Nnwom 44
1 Koramma “maskil” dwom. Ao, Onyankopɔn, yɛde yɛn aso ate; yɛn agyanom aka akyerɛ yɛn; nea woyɛɛ wɔ wɔn bere so, wɔ tete mmere no mu.
For the end, a Psalm for instruction, for the sons of Core. O God, we have heard with our ears, our fathers have told us, the work which thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old.
2 Wode wo nsa pam amanaman no na wobɔɔ yɛn agyanom atenase; wodwerɛw nnipa no na womaa yɛn agyanom dii yiye.
Thine hand utterly destroyed the heathen, and thou didst plant them: thou didst afflict the nations, and cast them out.
3 Ɛnyɛ wɔn afoa na wɔde nyaa asase no, na ɛnyɛ wɔn nsa na ɛmaa wɔn nkonimdi; ɛyɛ wo nsa nifa, wo basa, ne wʼanim hann, efisɛ na wodɔ wɔn.
For they inherited not the land by their [own] sword, and their [own] arm did not deliver them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou wert well pleased in them.
4 Woyɛ me Hene ne me Nyankopɔn, nea ɔhyɛ nkonimdi ma Yakob.
Thou art indeed my King and my God, who commandest deliverances for Jacob.
5 Ɛnam wo so na yɛpam yɛn Atamfo; wo din mu na yetiatia wɔn a wokyi yɛn no so.
In thee will we push down our enemies, and in thy name will we bring to nought them that rise up against us.
6 Memmfa me ho nto mʼagyan so, mʼafoa remfa nkonimdi mmrɛ me;
For I will not trust in my bow, and my sword shall not save me.
7 na wo na woma yedi yɛn atamfo so wugu wɔn a wɔtan yɛn no anim ase.
For thou hast saved us from them that afflicted us, and hast put to shame them that hated us.
8 Onyankopɔn mu na yɛhoahoa yɛn ho da mu nyinaa, na yɛbɛkamfo wo din no daa daa.
In God will we make our boast all the day, and to thy name will we give thanks for ever. (Pause)
9 Nanso mprempren woapo yɛn abrɛ yɛn ase; wone yɛn asraafo nkɔ ɔsa bio.
But now thou hast cast off, and put us to shame; and thou wilt not go forth with our hosts.
10 Woma yeguan fii dɔm anim, ma yɛn atamfo fom yɛn agyapade.
Thou hast turned us back before our enemies; and they that hated us spoiled for themselves.
11 Wuyii yɛn maa sɛ wonkum yɛn sɛ nguan na woahwete yɛn wɔ amanaman no mu.
Thou madest us as sheep for meat; and thou scatteredst us among the nations.
12 Wotɔn wo nkurɔfo fofoofow, na woannya mfaso biara amfi mu.
Thou hast sold thy people without price, and there was no profit by their exchange.
13 Woayɛ yɛn ahohorade ama yɛn afipamfo, animtiaabude ne aserewde ama wɔn a wɔatwa yɛn ho ahyia.
Thou hast made us a reproach to our neighbours, a scorn and derision them that are round about us.
14 Woayɛ yɛn kasabebui wɔ aman no mu na nnipa no wosow wɔn ti de gu yɛn so.
Thou hast made us a proverb among the Gentiles, a shaking of the head among the nations.
15 Mʼanimguase di mʼanim daa, na aniwu akata mʼanim,
All the day my shame is before me, and the confusion of my face has covered me,
16 esiane wɔn a wɔbɔ me ahohora na wɔkasa tia me de yi me ahi, esiane ɔtamfo a nʼani abere sɛ ɔbɛtɔ were no nti.
because of the voice of the slanderer and reviler; because of the enemy and avenger.
17 Eyinom nyinaa too yɛn de, nanso yɛn werɛ mfii wo, na yemmuu wʼapam no nso so ɛ.
All these things are come upon us: but we have not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt unrighteously in thy covenant.
18 Yɛn koma ntwe mfii wo ho; na yɛn anan nso mman mfii wo kwan so ɛ.
And our heart has not gone back; but thou hast turned aside our paths from thy way.
19 Nanso wodwerɛw yɛn yɛɛ yɛn sakraman tu na wode sum kabii kataa yɛn so.
For thou hast laid us low in a place of affliction, and the shadow of death has covered us.
20 Sɛ na yɛn werɛ afi yɛn Nyankopɔn din anaa sɛ yɛatrɛw yɛn nsam akyerɛ ananafo nyame a,
If we have forgotten the name of our God, and if we have spread out our hands to a strange god; shall not God search these things out?
21 anka Onyankopɔn behu, efisɛ onim koma mu ahintasɛm.
for he knows the secrets of the heart.
22 Nanso wo nti wokum yɛn daa nyinaa; wobu yɛn sɛ nguan a wɔrekokum wɔn.
For, for thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for slaughter.
23 Nyan, Awurade! Adɛn nti na woada? Keka wo ho! Nnyaw yɛn hɔ afebɔɔ.
Awake, wherefore sleepest thou, O Lord? arise, and do not cast [us] off for ever.
24 Adɛn nti na wode wʼanim ahintaw na wo werɛ fi yɛn ahohia ne nhyɛso?
Wherefore turnest thou thy face away, [and] forgettest our poverty and our affliction?
25 Wɔabrɛ yɛn ase kɔ dɔte mu na yɛn nipadua aka afam dɔte.
For our soul has been brought down to the dust; our belly has cleaved to the earth.
26 Sɔre bɛboa yɛn; wʼadɔe a ɛnsa da no nti, gye yɛn. Wɔde ma dwonkyerɛfo. Wɔde “lilie” sanku dwontobea na ɛtoe.
Arise, O Lord, help us, and redeem us for thy name's sake.
