Nnwom 106
1 Monkamfo Awurade! Monna Awurade ase na oye; na nʼadɔe wɔ hɔ daa.
Hallelujah. Oh give thanks unto the Lord; for he is good: for to eternity endureth his kindness.
2 Hena na obetumi aka nneɛma akɛse a Awurade ayɛ? Anaasɛ obetumi aka ne nkamfo awie?
Who can utter the mighty acts of the Lord? who can publish all his praise?
3 Nhyira nka wɔn a wɔkɔ so bu atɛntrenee, na daa wɔyɛ nea eye.
Happy are those that observe justice, that execute righteousness at all times.
4 Awurade, sɛ wuhu wo nkurɔfo mmɔbɔ a kae me, sɛ wugye wɔn nkwa a, boa me,
Remember me, O Lord, when thou favorest thy people: oh visit me with thy salvation;
5 na manya wɔn a wapaw wɔn no yiyedi mu kyɛfa, na manya wo manfo anigye no mu kyɛfa, na me ne wʼagyapade no abɔ mu de nkamfo ama wo.
That I may look on the happiness of thy elect, that I may rejoice in the joy of thy nation, that I may glorify myself with thy inheritance.
6 Yɛayɛ bɔne sɛnea yɛn nenanom yɛe no; yɛayɛ mfomso na yɛadi atirimɔdensɛm.
We have sinned together with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
7 Bere a yɛn nenanom wɔ Misraim no, wɔannwene wo nsɛnkyerɛnne ho; wɔankae wʼadɔe bebrebe no, na wɔtew atua wɔ Po Kɔkɔɔ no ho.
Our fathers did not reflect on thy wonders in Egypt: they remembered not the multitude of thy kindnesses; but rebelled at the sea, even at the Red Sea.
8 Nanso ne din nti ogyee wɔn nkwa, sɛnea ɔbɛda ne tumi kɛse no adi.
Nevertheless he saved them for the sake of his name, to make known his might.
9 Ɔteɛɛ Po Kɔkɔɔ no ma ɛyowee; ɔde wɔn faa bun mu te sɛ sare so.
He rebuked the Red Sea also, and it was dried up; and he led them through the depths, as through the wilderness.
10 Ogyee wɔn fii ɔtamfo no nsam; nea ɔtan wɔn no nsam na oyii wɔn fii.
And he saved them from the hand of him that hated them, and redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11 Nsu kataa wɔn atamfo so; na ɔbaako mpo annya nkwa.
And the waters covered their adversaries: not one of them was left.
12 Afei wogyee ne bɔhyɛ no dii na wɔtoo nʼayeyi nnwom.
Then believed they in his words, they sang his praise.
13 Nanso ntɛm so, wɔn werɛ fii nea wayɛ na wɔantwɛn nʼagyinatu.
Speedily they forgot his works, they waited not for his counsel;
14 Akɔnnɔ bɛhyɛɛ wɔn mu wɔ sare so hɔ, asase paradada no so na wɔsɔɔ Onyankopɔn hwɛe,
And they felt a lustful longing in the wilderness, and tempted God in the desert.
15 enti ɔmaa wɔn nea wobisae, nanso ɔde ɔfɔn yare baa wɔn so.
And he gave them what they had asked; but sent dryness into their soul.
16 Na nsraban mu hɔ wɔn ani beree Mose ne Aaron a Awurade atew ne ho no.
Moreover they envied Moses in the camp, and Aaron the holy one of the Lord.
17 Asase mu bue ma ɛmenee Datan na esiee Abiram asafo no.
The earth opened and swallowed up Dathan, and covered over the company of Abiram.
18 Ogya tɔɔ wɔn akyidifo no mu; ogyatannaa hyew amumɔyɛfo no.
And a fire was kindled in their company: the flame burnt up the wicked.
19 Wɔyɛɛ nantwi ba wɔ Horeb na wɔkotow ohoni a wɔde fagude ayɛ.
They made a calf in Horeb, and bowed themselves down to a molten image.
20 Wɔsesaa wɔn Anuonyam wɔde nantwinini, a ɔwe sare nsɛsode.
And they exchanged their glory for the similitude of an ox that eateth herbs.
21 Wɔn werɛ fii Onyankopɔn a ogyee wɔn nkwa, nea ɔyɛɛ nneɛma akɛse wɔ Misraim no,
They forgot God their saviour, who had done great things in Egypt,
22 nsɛnkyerɛnne a ɔyɛɛ wɔ Ham asase so ne nneɛma a ɛyɛ hu wɔ Po Kɔkɔɔ ho no.
Wonders in the land of Ham, terrible things by the Red Sea.
23 Enti ɔkae se ɔbɛsɛe wɔn, nanso Mose a ɔyɛ nea wapaw no no, sɔre gyinaa Onyankopɔn ne nnipa no ntam; ɔsrɛ de dwudwoo nʼabufuwhyew no ano sɛnea ɔrensɛe wɔn.
He therefore spoke of destroying them: had not Moses his elect stood in the breach before him, to turn away his fury, that he might not destroy.
24 Afei wɔn ani ansɔ asase fɛfɛ no; na wɔannye ne bɔhyɛ no anni.
And they despised the pleasant land, they believed not in his word;
25 Wonwiinwii wɔ wɔn ntamadan mu na wɔanyɛ osetie amma Awurade.
But they murmured in their tents, they hearkened not unto the voice of the Lord.
26 Enti ɔmaa ne nsa so kaa ntam kyerɛɛ wɔn se ɔbɛma wɔatotɔ wɔ sare no so,
He therefore lifted up his hand against them, to cause them to fall in the wilderness;
27 ɔbɛma wɔn asefo atotɔ wɔ amanaman mu na wabɔ wɔn ahwete nsase nyinaa so.
And to let their seed fall among the nations, and to scatter them in the lands.
28 Wɔde wɔn ho bɔɔ Baal-Peor ho na wodii afɔrebɔde a wɔde ama anyame a wonni nkwa;
And they joined themselves unto Ba'al-pe'or, and ate the sacrifices of the dead.
29 wɔde wɔn atirimɔdensɛm hyɛɛ Awurade abufuw na ɔyaredɔm sii wɔn mu.
And they provoked him to anger with their deeds: and there broke in among them the plague.
30 Na Pinehas sɔre dii akagyinamu, na wosiw ɔyaredɔm no ano.
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment: and the plague was stayed.
31 Wɔde eyi yɛɛ trenee maa no wɔ awo ntoatoaso a enni awiei a ɛbɛba no mu.
And it was accounted unto him for righteousness, unto all generations for evermore.
32 Meriba nsu ho nso, wɔhyɛɛ Awurade abufuw, na wɔn nti, ɔhaw baa Mose so,
They angered him also at the waters of Meribah, and evil happened to Moses for their sake;
33 efisɛ wɔtew Onyankopɔn Honhom anim atua, na asɛm a wannwene ho fii Mose anom.
Because they had embittered his spirit, and so he spoke thoughtlessly with his lips.
34 Wɔansɛe nnipa no sɛnea Awurade hyɛɛ wɔn no,
They did not exterminate the nations, that the Lord had indicated to them;
35 nanso wɔde wɔn ho frafraa amanaman no yɛɛ nneɛma a wɔyɛ no bi.
But they mingled themselves among the nations, and learned their doings.
36 Wɔsom wɔn ahoni, na ɛbɛyɛɛ afide maa wɔn.
And they served their idols, and these became unto them a snare.
37 Wɔde wɔn mmabarima ne wɔn mmabea bɔɔ afɔre maa abosom.
Yea, they sacrificed their sons and their daughters unto the evil spirits;
38 Wɔkaa mogya a edi bem gui, wɔn mmabarima ne wɔn mmabea mogya a wɔde bɔɔ afɔre maa Kanaan ahoni no maa asase no ho guu fi.
And they shed innocent blood, the blood of their sons and of their daughters, whom they sacrificed unto the idols of Canaan: and the land was polluted with blood-guiltiness.
39 Wɔde nea wɔyɛɛ no guu wɔn ankasa ho fi; wɔnam nea wɔyɛɛ no so bɔɔ aguaman.
Thus were they made unclean through their own doings, and went astray with their own deeds.
40 Enti Awurade bo fuw ne nkurɔfo; na okyii nʼagyapade.
therefore was the wrath of the Lord kindled against his people, and be felt disgust for his own inheritance.
41 Ɔdan wɔn maa amanaman no, na wɔn atamfo dii wɔn so.
And he gave them up into the hand of the nations: and there ruled over them those that hated them.
42 Wɔn atamfo hyɛɛ wɔn so na wɔkaa wɔn hyɛɛ wɔn tumi ase.
And their enemies also oppressed them: and they were subdued under their hand.
43 Mpɛn bebree, Awurade gyee wɔn, nanso wɔkɔɔ so tew atua na wɔsɛe wɔ wɔn bɔne mu.
Many times did he deliver them; but they rebelled with their counsel, and they were brought low through their iniquity.
44 Nanso ohuu wɔn ahohiahia bere a wosu frɛɛ no no.
Nevertheless he looked on when they were in distress, when he heard their entreaty.
45 Wɔn nti ɔkaee nʼapam no, na ofii nʼadɔe kɛse no mu huu wɔn mmɔbɔ.
And he remembered unto them his covenant, and he bethought himself according to the abundance of his kindnesses;
46 Ɔmaa asodifo a wɔafa wɔn nnommum no nyaa ahummɔbɔ maa wɔn.
And be caused them to find mercy before all those that had carried them away captive.
47 Gye yɛn, Awurade yɛn nkwagye Nyankopɔn, na boaboa yɛn ano fi amanaman so, na yɛada wo din kronkron no ase, na yɛde nkamfo ahyɛ wo anuonyam.
Save us, O Lord our God, and gather us from among the nations, to give thanks unto thy holy name, to triumph in thy praise.
48 Ayeyi nka Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, emfi mmeresanten nkosi nnasanten. Momma nnipa no nyinaa nka se, “Amen!” Monkamfo Awurade.
Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel from everlasting even to everlasting: and let all the people say, Amen, Hallelujah.
