Nnwom 41
1 Dawid dwom. Nhyira ne onipa a mmɔborɔni asɛm ho hia no; Awurade gye no wɔ amanehunu bere mu.
To the Overseer. — A Psalm of David. O the happiness of him Who is acting wisely unto the poor, In a day of evil doth Jehovah deliver him.
2 Awurade bɛbɔ ne ho ban na wakora ne kra; obehyira no wɔ asase no so; ɔrennyaa no mma nʼatamfo apɛde.
Jehovah doth preserve him and revive him, He is happy in the land, And Thou givest him not into the will of his enemies.
3 Awurade bɛhwɛ no wɔ ne yare mpa so na wagye no asi hɔ.
Jehovah supporteth on a couch of sickness, All his bed Thou hast turned in his weakness.
4 Mekae se, “Ao Awurade hu me mmɔbɔ; sa me yare, efisɛ mayɛ bɔne atia wo.”
I — I said, 'O Jehovah, favour me, Heal my soul, for I did sin against Thee,'
5 Mʼatamfo de adwene bɔne ka fa me ho se: “Da bɛn na obewu ama ne din ayera?”
Mine enemies say evil of me: When he dieth — his name hath perished!
6 Bere biara a obi ba me nkyɛn no, ɔka atosɛm, na ne koma hɔre dinsɛe; ofi adi kɔ a, ɔde kodi nseku.
And if he came to see — vanity he speaketh, His heart gathereth iniquity to itself, He goeth out — at the street he speaketh.
7 Mʼatamfo nyinaa keka asomsɛm fa me ho; wosusuw bɔne ma me na wɔka se:
All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:
8 “Ɔyare bɔne bi abɔ no; ɔrensɔre mfi nea ɔda hɔ bio.”
A thing of Belial is poured out on him, And because he lay down he riseth not again.
9 Mpo me yɔnko pa ara a mede me ho too no so, nea me ne no too nsa didii no, asɔre atia me.
Even mine ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, made great the heel against me,
10 Nanso wo, Awurade, hu me mmɔbɔ; ma me so, na mintua wɔn so ka.
And Thou, Jehovah, favour me, And cause me to rise, And I give recompence to them.
11 Minim sɛ wʼani sɔ me, na me tamfo renni me so nkonim.
By this I have known, That Thou hast delighted in me, Because my enemy shouteth not over me.
12 Me nokwaredi mu, wukura me mu na wode me gyina wʼanim afebɔɔ.
As to me, in mine integrity, Thou hast taken hold upon me, And causest me to stand before Thee to the age.
13 Nhyira nka Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, nnɛ ne daa nyinaa. Amen! ne Amen! Wɔde ma dwonkyerɛfo.
Blessed [is] Jehovah, God of Israel, From the age — and unto the age. Amen and Amen.
