< Nnwom 135 >

1 Monkamfo Awurade. Monkamfo Awurade din; monkamfo no, mo Awurade asomfo,
Praise ye the LORD. Praise ye the name of the LORD; praise [him], O ye servants of the LORD:
2 mo a mosom wɔ Awurade fi, wɔ adiwo a ɛwɔ yɛn Nyankopɔn fi.
Ye that 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 ye the LORD; for the LORD is good: sing praises unto his name; for it is pleasant.
4 Awurade ayi Yakob sɛ ɔnyɛ ne de, wayi Israel sɛ nʼade a ɛsom bo.
For the LORD hath chosen Jacob unto 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 that our Lord is above all gods.
6 Awurade yɛ nea ɔpɛ biara wɔ ɔsoro ne asase so, po ne mu bun nyinaa.
Whatsoever the LORD pleased, that hath he done, in heaven and in earth, in the seas 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.
He causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings for the rain; he bringeth forth the wind out of his treasuries.
8 Okum Misraim mmakan, nnipa ne mmoa mmakan.
Who smote 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 thee, O Egypt, upon Pharaoh, and upon all his servants.
10 Ɔsɛee amanaman pii, na okunkum ahemfo akɛse,
Who smote many nations, and slew mighty kings;
11 Amorifo hene, Sihon Basan hene, Og ne Kanaan ahemfo nyinaa,
Sihon king of the Amorites, and Og king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan:
12 na ɔde wɔn nsase maa sɛ agyapade ɔde maa ne nkurɔfo Israelfo.
And gave their land for an heritage, an heritage unto Israel his people.
13 Awurade, wo din wɔ hɔ daa. Awurade wo din ahyeta awo ntoatoaso nyinaa mu.
Thy name, O LORD, [endureth] for ever; thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations.
14 Awurade bedi ama ne nkurɔfo na obehu nʼasomfo mmɔbɔ.
For the LORD shall judge his people, and repent himself concerning his servants.
15 Amanaman no ahoni yɛ dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ a wɔde onipa nsa na ayɛ.
The idols of the nations are silver and gold, the work of men’s hands.
16 Wɔwɔ ano, nanso wontumi nkasa, wɔwɔ ani, nanso wonhu ade;
They have mouths, but they speak not; eyes have they, but they see not;
17 wɔwɔ aso, nanso wɔnte asɛm, na ɔhome nso nni wɔn anom.
They have ears, but they hear not; neither is there any breath in their mouths.
18 Wɔn a wɔyɛɛ ahoni no bɛyɛ sɛ wɔn ara, saa ara na wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho to wɔn so no bɛyɛ.
They that make them shall be like unto them; yea, every one that trusteth in them.
19 Monkamfo Awurade, mo Israelfo nyinaa; monkamfo Awurade, Aaron fi;
O house of Israel, bless ye the LORD: O house of Aaron, bless ye the LORD:
20 monkamfo Awurade, Lewi fi; monkamfo Awurade, mo a musuro no.
O house of Levi, bless ye the LORD: ye that fear the LORD, bless ye the LORD.
21 Mumfi Sion nkamfo Awurade, monkamfo nea ɔte Yerusalem no. Monkamfo Awurade.
Blessed be the LORD out of Zion, who dwelleth at Jerusalem. Praise ye the LORD.

< Nnwom 135 >