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.
God, we ourselves have heard what our parents and grandparents told us. They told us about the miracles that you performed long ago.
2 Wode wo nsa pam amanaman no na wobɔɔ yɛn agyanom atenase; wodwerɛw nnipa no na womaa yɛn agyanom dii yiye.
[They told us] how you expelled the ungodly people and enabled us to live in their land. [They told us] that you punished those ungodly people and enabled your own people to prosper [IDM].
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.
It was not by using their own swords that they conquered the people that lived in that land, and it was not by their own power that they were victorious; it was only by your power [MTY, DOU] [that they did those things]; and they were sure that you were with them, and that showed that you were pleased with them.
4 Woyɛ me Hene ne me Nyankopɔn, nea ɔhyɛ nkonimdi ma Yakob.
You are my King and my God; it is you who enable us, your people [MTY], to defeat our enemies.
5 Ɛnam wo so na yɛpam yɛn Atamfo; wo din mu na yetiatia wɔn a wokyi yɛn no so.
It is by your power that we knock our enemies down and tramp on them.
6 Memmfa me ho nto mʼagyan so, mʼafoa remfa nkonimdi mmrɛ me;
I do not trust that I will be saved by using my bow [and arrows] and my sword.
7 na wo na woma yedi yɛn atamfo so wugu wɔn a wɔtan yɛn no anim ase.
No, it is you who have rescued us from our enemies, it is you who have caused those who hate us to become ashamed [because they were defeated].
8 Onyankopɔn mu na yɛhoahoa yɛn ho da mu nyinaa, na yɛbɛkamfo wo din no daa daa.
We have continually boasted about what God [has done for us], and we will thank him [MTY] forever.
9 Nanso mprempren woapo yɛn abrɛ yɛn ase; wone yɛn asraafo nkɔ ɔsa bio.
But [now] you have rejected us and caused us to be disgraced; when our armies march out [to fight a battle], you no [longer] go with them.
10 Woma yeguan fii dɔm anim, ma yɛn atamfo fom yɛn agyapade.
You have caused us to run away from our enemies, with the result that they captured the things that belonged to us.
11 Wuyii yɛn maa sɛ wonkum yɛn sɛ nguan na woahwete yɛn wɔ amanaman no mu.
You have allowed us to become like [MET] sheep that were ready to be slaughtered; you scattered us [far away] among [other].
12 Wotɔn wo nkurɔfo fofoofow, na woannya mfaso biara amfi mu.
[It is as though] [MET] you sold us, your people, [to our enemies] for a very small price, and you did not gain much profit from selling us!
13 Woayɛ yɛn ahohorade ama yɛn afipamfo, animtiaabude ne aserewde ama wɔn a wɔatwa yɛn ho ahyia.
People who live in nations near us make fun of us; they laugh at us and deride/belittle us.
14 Woayɛ yɛn kasabebui wɔ aman no mu na nnipa no wosow wɔn ti de gu yɛn so.
They make jokes using the name of [our country], they shake their heads [to indicate that they despise us].
15 Mʼanimguase di mʼanim daa, na aniwu akata mʼanim,
All day I feel disgraced; from seeing my face, people know that I am ashamed.
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.
I hear what those who sneer at me and revile me say; I am ashamed in front of my enemies and those who want to harm me.
17 Eyinom nyinaa too yɛn de, nanso yɛn werɛ mfii wo, na yemmuu wʼapam no nso so ɛ.
All these things have happened to us [even] though we have not forgotten you, and we are not the ones who disobeyed the agreement you made with [our ancestors].
18 Yɛn koma ntwe mfii wo ho; na yɛn anan nso mman mfii wo kwan so ɛ.
We have not stopped being loyal to you, and we have not stopped doing what you want us to do [IDM].
19 Nanso wodwerɛw yɛn yɛɛ yɛn sakraman tu na wode sum kabii kataa yɛn so.
But [it is as though] you have allowed us to be helpless among wild animals, and abandoned us in a deep dark [ravine].
20 Sɛ na yɛn werɛ afi yɛn Nyankopɔn din anaa sɛ yɛatrɛw yɛn nsam akyerɛ ananafo nyame a,
If we had forgotten to worship [MTY] our God, or if we had spread out our hands to [worship] a foreign god,
21 anka Onyankopɔn behu, efisɛ onim koma mu ahintasɛm.
you certainly would have known that, because you know [even] what we secretly think.
22 Nanso wo nti wokum yɛn daa nyinaa; wobu yɛn sɛ nguan a wɔrekokum wɔn.
But it is because we belong to you, [that our enemies] are constantly killing us. They act toward us as though we were only sheep to be slaughtered.
23 Nyan, Awurade! Adɛn nti na woada? Keka wo ho! Nnyaw yɛn hɔ afebɔɔ.
[So], Yahweh, arise! Why are you asleep [RHQ]? Get up! Do not reject us forever!
24 Adɛn nti na wode wʼanim ahintaw na wo werɛ fi yɛn ahohia ne nhyɛso?
Why are you not looking at us? Why are you forgetting that we are suffering and being oppressed [by our enemies]?
25 Wɔabrɛ yɛn ase kɔ dɔte mu na yɛn nipadua aka afam dɔte.
We are pushed down to the ground and we cannot get up.
26 Sɔre bɛboa yɛn; wʼadɔe a ɛnsa da no nti, gye yɛn. Wɔde ma dwonkyerɛfo. Wɔde “lilie” sanku dwontobea na ɛtoe.
Arise, and come and help us! Rescue us because you faithfully love us!
