Nnwom 147
1 Monkamfo Awurade. Eye sɛ wɔto ayeyi nnwom ma yɛn Nyankopɔn, ɛyɛ fɛ na ɛfata dodo sɛ wɔkamfo no!
Alleluia, [a Psalm] of Aggaeus and Zacharias. Praise you the Lord: for psalmody is a good thing; let praise be sweetly sung to our God.
2 Awurade kyekyere Yerusalem; Ɔboaboa Israel nnommum ano.
The Lord builds up Jerusalem; and he will gather together the dispersed of Israel.
3 Ɔsa wɔn a wɔn koma abotow no yare, na ɔkyekyere wɔn akuru.
He heals the broken in heart, and binds up their wounds.
4 Ɔkyerɛ nsoromma dodow a ɛwɔ hɔ, na ɔde obiara din frɛ no.
He numbers the multitudes of stars; and calls them all by names.
5 Yɛn Awurade so, na ne tumi yɛ kɛse; yɛrente nʼase nwie.
Great is our Lord, and great is his strength; and his understanding is infinite.
6 Awurade wowaw ahobrɛasefo na ɔtotow amumɔyɛfo hwehwe fam.
The Lord lifts up the meek; but brings sinners down to the ground.
7 Monto aseda nnwom mma Awurade. Momfa sanku nto dwom mma yɛn Nyankopɔn.
Begin [the song] with thanksgiving to the Lord; sing praises on the harp to our God:
8 Ɔde omununkum kata ɔsoro ani; ɔma asase osu ma sare nyin wɔ nkoko so.
who covers the heaven with clouds, who prepares rain for the earth, who causes grass to spring up on the mountains, [[and green herb for the service of men; ]]
9 Ɔma anantwi aduan, na sɛ kwaakwaadabimma su a, ɔma wɔn aduan.
and gives cattle their food, and to the young ravens that call upon him.
10 Ɛnyɛ ɔpɔnkɔ ahoɔden na nʼani sɔ na ɛnyɛ onipa ahoɔden nso.
He will not take pleasure in the strength of a horse; neither is he well-pleased with the legs of a man.
11 Na mmom, Awurade ani sɔ nnipa a wosuro no, wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho to nʼadɔe a ɛnsa da no so no.
The Lord takes pleasure in them that fear him, and in all that hope in his mercy.
12 Momma Awurade so, Yerusalem; kamfo wo Nyankopɔn, Sion,
Alleluia, a Psalm of Aggaeus and Zacharias. Praise the Lord, O Jerusalem; praise your God, O Sion.
13 ɔma wʼapon akyi adaban yɛ den, na ohyira wo nkurɔfo a wɔte wo mu.
For he has strengthened the bars of your gates; he has blessed your children within you.
14 Ɔma wʼahye so dwo, na ɔde awi ankasa ma wo.
He makes your borders peaceful, and fills you with the flour of wheat.
15 Ɔsoma nʼahyɛde kɔ asase so; nʼasɛm tu mmirika ntɛm so.
He sends his oracle to the earth: his word will run swiftly.
16 Ɔtrɛw sukyerɛmma mu sɛ oguan ho nwi, na ɔpete obosu sukyerɛmma sɛ nsõ.
He gives snow like wool: he scatters the mist like ashes.
17 Ɔtotow mparuwbo gu fam sɛ mmosea. Hena na obetumi agyina nʼawɔw dennen no ano?
Casting [forth] his ice like morsels: who shall stand before his cold?
18 Ɔsoma nʼasɛm no ma ɛnan no; ɔhwanyan ne mframa, na nsu sen.
He shall send out his word, and melt them: he shall blow [with] his wind, and the waters shall flow.
19 Wada nʼasɛm adi akyerɛ Yakob, ne mmara ne ɔhyɛ nsɛm akyerɛ Israel.
He sends his word to Jacob, his ordinances and judgments to Israel.
20 Ɔnyɛɛ eyi maa ɔman foforo biara ɛ; wonnim ne mmara. Monkamfo Awurade!
He has not done so to any [other] nation; and he has not shown them his judgments.
