Nnwom 146

1 Monkamfo Awurade. Me kra, kamfo Awurade!

Praise Yahweh. Praise Yahweh, my soul.

2 Mɛkamfo Awurade me nkwanna nyinaa; mɛto ayeyi dwom ama me Nyankopɔn, sɛ mete ase yi.

I give praise to Yahweh with all my life; I will sing praises to my God as long as I exist.

3 Mommfa mo ho nto mmapɔmma so, adesamma a wɔrentumi nnye nkwa.

Do not put your trust in princes or in mankind, in whom there is no salvation.

4 Sɛ wɔn honhom tu kɔ a, wɔsan kɔ dɔte mu, saa da no ara wɔn nsusuwii nyinaa yɛ ɔkwa.

When a person's life's breath stops, he returns to the ground; on that day his plans end.

5 Nhyira ne nea ne boafo ne Yakob Nyankopɔn, nea nʼanidaso wɔ Awurade, ne Nyankopɔn mu.

Blessed is he who has the God of Jacob for his help, whose hope is in Yahweh his God.

6 Ɔno ne ɔsoro ne asase Yɛfo, po ne biribiara a ɛwɔ mu nyinaa Awurade a ɔyɛ nokwafo daa no.

Yahweh made heaven and earth, the sea, and all that is in them; he observes trustworthiness forever.

7 Odi ma wɔn a wɔhyɛ wɔn so, na ɔma wɔn a ɔkɔm de wɔn aduan. Awurade gyaa nneduafo,

He executes justice for the oppressed and gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners;

8 Awurade ma anifuraefo hu ade. Awurade ma wɔn a wɔakom no so, Awurade dɔ atreneefo.

Yahweh opens the eyes of the blind; Yahweh raises up those who are bowed down; Yahweh loves the righteous people.

9 Awurade hwɛ ahɔho so, na ɔwowaw ayisaa ne akunafo, na amumɔyɛfo akwan de, ɔdan ani.

Yahweh protects the foreigners in the land; he lifts up the fatherless and widow, but he opposes the wicked.

10 Awurade di hene daa daa, Ao, Sion, wo Nyankopɔn, wɔ awo ntoatoaso nyinaa so. Monkamfo Awurade.

Yahweh will reign forever, your God, Zion, for all generations. Praise Yahweh.