Nnwom 2
1 Adɛn nti na amanaman no hyehyɛ bɔne ho na nnipa no bɔ pɔw hunu yi?
Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?
2 Asase so ahemfo sɔre gyina na sodifo ka wɔn ho bɔ mu tia Awurade ne Nea Wɔasra no no.
The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ:
3 Wɔka se, “Momma yemmubu wɔn nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn na yɛntow wɔn mpokyerɛ ngu.”
“Let us shatter their chains and cast their yoke away from us.”
4 Nea ɔte agua so wɔ ɔsoro no serew; Awurade di wɔn ho fɛw.
He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them.
5 Afei ɔka wɔn anim wɔ nʼabufuw mu, hunahuna wɔn wɔ nʼabufuwhyew mu, ka se,
Then will he speak to them in his anger and trouble them with his fury.
6 “Masi me Hene wɔ Sion, me bepɔw kronkron no so.”
Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.
7 Mɛpae mu aka Awurade ahyɛde: Ɔka kyerɛɛ me se, “Woyɛ me Ba; nnɛ mayɛ wʼAgya.
The Lord has said to me: You are my son, this day have I begotten you.
8 Bisa me, na mede amanaman nyinaa bɛyɛ wʼagyapade, asase ano nyinaa bɛyɛ wo de.
Ask of me and I will give to you: the Gentiles for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession.
9 Wode dade ahempema bedi wɔn so; na woabobɔ wɔn sɛ ɔnwemfo ahina.”
You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel.
10 Enti mo ahemfo, munsua nyansa; monkae kɔkɔbɔ yi, mo asase sodifo.
And now, O kings, understand. Receive instruction, you who judge the earth.
11 Momfa osuro nsom Awurade na monsɛpɛw mo ho ahopopo mu.
Serve the Lord in fear, and exult in him with trembling.
12 Mumfew Ɔba no ano, na ne bo amfuw na mo akwan de mo bɛkɔ ɔsɛe mu, efisɛ nʼabufuwhyew tumi sɔre mpofirim. Nhyira ne wɔn a woguan toa no nyinaa.
Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, and you would perish from the way of the just. Though his wrath can flare up in a short time, blessed are all those who trust in him.
