< Nnwom 135 >

1 Monkamfo Awurade. Monkamfo Awurade din; monkamfo no, mo Awurade asomfo,
Alleluia. Praise you the name of the Lord; praise the Lord, [you his] servants,
2 mo a mosom wɔ Awurade fi, wɔ adiwo a ɛwɔ yɛn Nyankopɔn fi.
who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God.
3 Monkamfo Awurade efisɛ oye; monto ayeyi nnwom mma ne din, na ɛno na ɛyɛ anisɔ.
Praise you the Lord; for the Lord is good: sing praises to his name; for [it is] good.
4 Awurade ayi Yakob sɛ ɔnyɛ ne de, wayi Israel sɛ nʼade a ɛsom bo.
For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, [and] Israel for his peculiar treasure.
5 Minim sɛ Awurade so; Ɔso sen anyame nyinaa.
For I know that the Lord is great, and our Lord is above all gods;
6 Awurade yɛ nea ɔpɛ biara wɔ ɔsoro ne asase so, po ne mu bun nyinaa.
all that the Lord willed, he did in heaven, and on the earth, in the sea, and in all deeps.
7 Ɔma omununkum ma ne ho so fi asase ano ba; ɔsoma anyinam ka osu ho na ɔma ahum tu fi ne koradan mu.
Who brings up clouds from the extremity of the earth: he has made lightnings for the rain: he brings winds out of his treasures.
8 Okum Misraim mmakan, nnipa ne mmoa mmakan.
Who struck the firstborn of Egypt, both of man and beast.
9 Ɔsomaa ne nsɛnkyerɛnne ne nʼanwonwade baa mo mfimfini, Misraim, de tiaa Farao ne nʼasomfo nyinaa.
He sent signs and wonders into the midst of you, O Egypt, on Pharao, and on all his servants.
10 Ɔsɛee amanaman pii, na okunkum ahemfo akɛse,
Who struck many nations, and killed mighty kings;
11 Amorifo hene, Sihon Basan hene, Og ne Kanaan ahemfo nyinaa,
Seon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Basan, and all the kingdoms of Chanaan:
12 na ɔde wɔn nsase maa sɛ agyapade ɔde maa ne nkurɔfo Israelfo.
and gave their land [for] an inheritance, an inheritance to Israel his people.
13 Awurade, wo din wɔ hɔ daa. Awurade wo din ahyeta awo ntoatoaso nyinaa mu.
O Lord, your name [endures] for ever, and your memorial to all generations.
14 Awurade bedi ama ne nkurɔfo na obehu nʼasomfo mmɔbɔ.
For the Lord shall judge his people, and comfort himself concerning his servants.
15 Amanaman no ahoni yɛ dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ a wɔde onipa nsa na ayɛ.
The idols of the heathen are silver and gold, the works of men's hands.
16 Wɔwɔ ano, nanso wontumi nkasa, wɔwɔ ani, nanso wonhu ade;
They have a mouth, but they can’t speak; they have eyes, but they can’t see;
17 wɔwɔ aso, nanso wɔnte asɛm, na ɔhome nso nni wɔn anom.
they have ears, but they can’t hear; for there is no breath in their mouth.
18 Wɔn a wɔyɛɛ ahoni no bɛyɛ sɛ wɔn ara, saa ara na wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho to wɔn so no bɛyɛ.
Let those who make them be made like to them; and all those who trust in them.
19 Monkamfo Awurade, mo Israelfo nyinaa; monkamfo Awurade, Aaron fi;
O house of Israel, bless you the Lord: O house of Aaron, bless you the Lord:
20 monkamfo Awurade, Lewi fi; monkamfo Awurade, mo a musuro no.
O house of Levi, bless you the Lord: you that fear the Lord, bless the Lord.
21 Mumfi Sion nkamfo Awurade, monkamfo nea ɔte Yerusalem no. Monkamfo Awurade.
Blessed in Sion be the Lord, who dwells in Jerusalem.

< Nnwom 135 >