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 the chief Musician upon Aijeleth Shahar, A Psalm of David. My God, my God, why hast thou forsaken me? [why art thou so] far from helping me, [and from] the words of my roaring?

2 Me Nyankopɔn, misu frɛ wo awia, nanso wunnye me so, mefrɛ wo anadwo, nanso minnya ɔhome.

O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.

3 Nanso wɔasi wo hene sɛ Ɔkronkronni; wo na Israel kamfo wo.

But thou [art] holy, [O thou] that inhabitest the praises 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 didst deliver them.

5 Wosu frɛɛ wo na wugyee wɔn, wɔde wɔn ho too wo so na woanni wɔn nhuammɔ.

They cried unto thee, and were delivered: 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 worm, and no man; a reproach of men, and despised 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 laugh me to scorn: they shoot out the lip, they shake the head, [saying],

8 “Ɔde ne ho to Awurade so; ma Awurade mmegye no. Ma ɔmmɛboa no, efisɛ ɔwɔ no mu anigye.”

He trusted on the LORD [that] he would deliver him: let him deliver him, seeing he delighted in 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 [art] he that took me out of the womb: thou didst make me hope [when I was] upon my mother’s breasts.

10 Efi mʼawo mu na wɔde me too wo so; efi me na yafunu mu, woayɛ me Nyankopɔn.

I was cast upon thee from the womb: thou [art] my God from my mother’s belly.

11 Ntwe wo ho mfi me ho! Efisɛ amane abɛn na ɔboafo nni baabi.

Be not far from me; for trouble [is] near; for [there is] none to help.

12 Anantwinini bebree atwa me ho ahyia; Basan anantwinini a wɔn ho yɛ den atwa me ho ahyia.

Many bulls have compassed me: strong [bulls] of Bashan have beset me round.

13 Gyata a wɔbobɔ mu na wɔtetew wɔn hanam mu abuebue wɔn anom tɛtrɛɛ de kyerɛ me.

They gaped upon me [with] their mouths, [as] a ravening and a roaring lion.

14 Wɔahwie me agu sɛ nsu, na me nnompe nyinaa ahodwow. Me koma adan amane; anan wɔ me mu.

I am poured out like water, and all my bones are out of joint: my heart is like wax; it is melted in the midst of my bowels.

15 Mʼanom ayow te sɛ kyɛmfɛre mu. Na me tɛkrɛma atare mʼanom. Wode me to owu mfutuma mu.

My strength is dried up like a potsherd; and my tongue cleaveth to my jaws; 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 dogs have compassed me: the assembly of the wicked have inclosed me: they pierced my hands and my feet.

17 Me nnompe nyinaa gu petee mu; Mʼatamfo hwɛ me haa na wɔserew me.

I may tell all my bones: they look [and] stare upon me.

18 Wɔkyɛ me atade mu fa, na wɔbɔ me ntama so ntonto.

They part my garments among them, and cast lots upon my vesture.

19 Na wo, Awurade, ntwe wo ho; wone mʼahoɔden, bra ntɛm bɛboa me.

But be not thou far from me, O LORD: O my strength, haste thee to help me.

20 Gye me kra fi afoa ano; gye me nkwa a ɛsom bo no fi akraman tumi ase.

Deliver my soul from the sword; my darling from the power of the dog.

21 Gye me nkwa fi gyata anom; gye me fi ɛko mmɛn so.

Save me from the lion’s mouth: for thou hast heard me from the horns of the unicorns.

22 Mɛbɔ wo din akyerɛ me nuanom; mɛkamfo wo wɔ wɔn a wɔahyia hɔ no nyinaa anim.

I will declare thy name unto my brethren: in the midst of the congregation will I praise thee.

23 Monkamfo Awurade, mo a musuro no no! Mo a moyɛ Yakob asefo, monhyɛ no anuonyam! Mo Israel asefo nyinaa, munni no ni!

Ye that fear the LORD, praise him; all ye the seed of Jacob, glorify him; and fear him, all ye the seed 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 the affliction of the afflicted; neither hath he hid his face from him; but when he cried unto 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 praise [shall be] of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.

26 Ahiafo bedidi na wɔamee; wɔn a wɔhwehwɛ Awurade beyi no ayɛ, mo koma nnya nkwa daa.

The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.

27 Asase ano nyinaa bɛkae akɔ Awurade nkyɛn, na amanaman no mmusua nyinaa bɛkotow nʼanim,

All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.

28 efisɛ tumi wɔ Awurade na odi amanaman so hene.

For the kingdom [is] the LORD’s: and he [is] the governor 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 upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.

30 Nkyirimma nyinaa bɛsom no; wɔbɛka Awurade ho asɛm akyerɛ awo ntoatoaso a edidi so.

A seed shall serve him; it shall be accounted to 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 righteousness unto a people that shall be born, that he hath done [this].