Nnwom 22
1 Wɔde ma dwonkyerɛfo. Wɔto no sɛnea wɔto “Adekyee forote” dwom. Dawid dwom. Me Nyankopɔn, me Nyankopɔn, adɛn nti na woagyaw me? Adɛn nti na me nkwagye ne wo ntam aware, adɛn na mʼapinisi nsɛm ne wo ntam aware?
To him that excelleth upon Aiieleth Hasshahar. A Psalme of Dauid. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me, and art so farre from mine health, and from the wordes of my roaring?
2 Me Nyankopɔn, misu frɛ wo awia, nanso wunnye me so, mefrɛ wo anadwo, nanso minnya ɔhome.
O my God, I crie by day, but thou hearest not, and by night, but haue no audience.
3 Nanso wɔasi wo hene sɛ Ɔkronkronni; wo na Israel kamfo wo.
But thou art holy, and doest inhabite the prayses of Israel.
4 Wo mu na yɛn agyanom de wɔn werɛ hyɛe; wogyee wo dii, na wugyee wɔn.
Our fathers trusted in thee: they trusted, and thou didest deliuer them.
5 Wosu frɛɛ wo na wugyee wɔn, wɔde wɔn ho too wo so na woanni wɔn nhuammɔ.
They called vpon thee, and were deliuered: they trusted in thee, and were not confounded.
6 Nanso meyɛ osunson, na menyɛ onipa nnipa bɔ me ahohora na wobu me animtiaa.
But I am a worme, and not a man: a shame of men, and the contempt of the people.
7 Obiara a ohu me di me ho fɛw; wotwa me adapaa, wosow wɔn ti ka se:
All they that see me, haue me in derision: they make a mowe and nod the head, saying,
8 “Ɔde ne ho to Awurade so; ma Awurade mmegye no. Ma ɔmmɛboa no, efisɛ ɔwɔ no mu anigye.”
He trusted in the Lord, let him deliuer him: let him saue him, seeing he loueth him.
9 Wo na wuyii me fii awotwaa mu bae na womaa me de me ho too wo so bere a mitua me na nufu ano mpo.
But thou didest draw me out of ye wombe: thou gauest me hope, euen at my mothers breasts.
10 Efi mʼawo mu na wɔde me too wo so; efi me na yafunu mu, woayɛ me Nyankopɔn.
I was cast vpon thee, euen from ye wombe: thou art my God from my mothers belly.
11 Ntwe wo ho mfi me ho! Efisɛ amane abɛn na ɔboafo nni baabi.
Be not farre from me, because trouble is neere: for there is none to helpe me.
12 Anantwinini bebree atwa me ho ahyia; Basan anantwinini a wɔn ho yɛ den atwa me ho ahyia.
Many yong bulles haue compassed me: mightie bulles of Bashan haue closed me about.
13 Gyata a wɔbobɔ mu na wɔtetew wɔn hanam mu abuebue wɔn anom tɛtrɛɛ de kyerɛ me.
They gape vpon me with their mouthes, as a ramping and roaring lyon.
14 Wɔahwie me agu sɛ nsu, na me nnompe nyinaa ahodwow. Me koma adan amane; anan wɔ me mu.
I am like water powred out, and all my bones are out of ioynt: mine heart is like waxe: it is molten in the middes of my bowels.
15 Mʼanom ayow te sɛ kyɛmfɛre mu. Na me tɛkrɛma atare mʼanom. Wode me to owu mfutuma mu.
My strength is dryed vp like a potsheard, and my tongue cleaueth to my iawes, and thou hast brought me into the dust of death.
16 Akraman atwa me ho ahyia, nnebɔneyɛfo kuw atwa me ahyia, wɔahwirew me nsa ne mʼanan mu.
For dogges haue compassed me, and the assemblie of the wicked haue inclosed me: they perced mine hands and my feete.
17 Me nnompe nyinaa gu petee mu; Mʼatamfo hwɛ me haa na wɔserew me.
I may tell all my bones: yet they beholde, and looke vpon me.
18 Wɔkyɛ me atade mu fa, na wɔbɔ me ntama so ntonto.
They part my garments among them, and cast lottes vpon my vesture.
19 Na wo, Awurade, ntwe wo ho; wone mʼahoɔden, bra ntɛm bɛboa me.
But be thou not farre off, O Lord, my strength: hasten to helpe me.
20 Gye me kra fi afoa ano; gye me nkwa a ɛsom bo no fi akraman tumi ase.
Deliuer my soule from the sword: my desolate soule from the power of the dogge.
21 Gye me nkwa fi gyata anom; gye me fi ɛko mmɛn so.
Saue me from the lyons mouth, and answere me in sauing me from the hornes of the vnicornes.
22 Mɛbɔ wo din akyerɛ me nuanom; mɛkamfo wo wɔ wɔn a wɔahyia hɔ no nyinaa anim.
I wil declare thy Name vnto my brethren: in the middes of the Congregation will I praise thee, saying,
23 Monkamfo Awurade, mo a musuro no no! Mo a moyɛ Yakob asefo, monhyɛ no anuonyam! Mo Israel asefo nyinaa, munni no ni!
Prayse the Lord, ye that feare him: magnifie ye him, all the seede of Iaakob, and feare ye him, all the seede of Israel.
24 Ommuu nʼani nguu ɔmanehunufo ateetee so ɛ, ɔmfaa nʼanim nhintaw no; na mmom watie ne sufrɛ a ɔde rehwehwɛ mmoa no.
For he hath not despised nor abhorred ye affliction of the poore: neither hath he hid his face from him, but when he called vnto him, he heard.
25 Me botae a mede yi wo ayɛ wɔ bagua mu no fi wo; medi me bɔhyɛ so wɔ wɔn a wosuro wo no anim.
My prayse shalbe of thee in the great Congregation: my vowes will I perfourme before them that feare him.
26 Ahiafo bedidi na wɔamee; wɔn a wɔhwehwɛ Awurade beyi no ayɛ, mo koma nnya nkwa daa.
The poore shall eate and be satisfied: they that seeke after the Lord, shall prayse him: your heart shall liue for euer.
27 Asase ano nyinaa bɛkae akɔ Awurade nkyɛn, na amanaman no mmusua nyinaa bɛkotow nʼanim,
All the endes of the worlde shall remember themselues, and turne to the Lord: and all the kinreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
28 efisɛ tumi wɔ Awurade na odi amanaman so hene.
For the kingdome is the Lords, and he ruleth among the nations.
29 Asase so adefo nyinaa bedidi na wɔasɔre no; wɔn a wɔkɔ dɔte mu nyinaa bebu nkotodwe nʼanim, wɔn a wɔrentumi mma nkwa mu.
All they that be fat in the earth, shall eate and worship: all they that go downe into the dust, shall bowe before him, euen he that cannot quicken his owne soule.
30 Nkyirimma nyinaa bɛsom no; wɔbɛka Awurade ho asɛm akyerɛ awo ntoatoaso a edidi so.
Their seede shall serue him: it shalbe counted vnto the Lord for a generation.
31 Wɔbɛka ne trenee akyerɛ nnipa a wonnya nwoo wɔn efisɛ ɔno na wayɛ.
They shall come, and shall declare his righteousnesse vnto a people that shall be borne, because he hath done it.
