Nnwom 48

1 Koramma dwom. Awurade yɛ ɔkɛse na ɔsɛ nkamfo, wɔ yɛn Nyankopɔn kuropɔn mu, ne bepɔw kronkron so.

Great is the LORD, and greatly to be praised in the city of our God, in the mountain of his holiness.

2 Ne sorokɔ ma ɛyɛ fɛ, ɛyɛ wiase nyinaa anigyede. Bepɔw Sion te sɛ Safon sorɔnsorɔmmea, Ɔhenkɛse no kuropɔn.

Beautiful for situation, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, on the sides of the north, the city of the great King.

3 Onyankopɔn te nʼabankɛse mu wada ne ho adi sɛ ɔyɛ nʼabandennen.

God is known in her palaces for a refuge.

4 Bere a ahemfo yi boaa wɔn ho ano, na wotuu ɔsa bɔɔ mu no,

For, see, the kings were assembled, they passed by together.

5 wohuu no ma ɛyɛɛ wɔn ahodwiriw, na wɔde ehu guanee.

They saw it, and so they marveled; they were troubled, and hurried away.

6 Wɔbɔɔ huboa wɔ hɔ, ɔyaw a ɛte sɛ ɔbea a awo aka no.

Fear took hold on them there, and pain, as of a woman in travail.

7 Wosɛe wɔn sɛ Tarsis ahyɛn a apuei mframa abɔ adwira wɔn.

You break the ships of Tarshish with an east wind.

8 Sɛnea yɛate no, saa ara na yɛahu wɔ Asafo Awurade kuropɔn no mu, yɛn Nyankopɔn kuropɔn mu; Onyankopɔn ma etim hɔ afebɔɔ.

As we have heard, so have we seen in the city of the LORD of hosts, in the city of our God: God will establish it for ever. (Selah)

9 Wʼasɔredan no mu; Ao, Onyankopɔn, na yɛdwene wo dɔ a enni huammɔ da no ho,

We have thought of your loving kindness, O God, in the middle of your temple.

10 Ao, Onyankopɔn, wʼayeyi du asase ano te sɛ wo din te; trenee ayɛ wo nsa nifa mu ma.

According to your name, O God, so is your praise to the ends of the earth: your right hand is full of righteousness.

11 Sion bepɔw di ahurusi, Yuda nkuraase no ani gye esiane wʼatemmu no nti.

Let mount Zion rejoice, let the daughters of Judah be glad, because of your judgments.

12 Nantew Sion na twa ho hyia, kan nʼabantenten dodow,

Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.

13 dwene nʼafasu ho yiye, hwɛ nʼabankɛse no, na woaka ho asɛm akyerɛ nkyirimma.

Mark you well her bulwarks, consider her palaces; that you may tell it to the generation following.

14 Saa Onyankopɔn yi yɛ yɛn Nyankopɔn daa daa; ɔbɛyɛ yɛn kwankyerɛfo akosi awiei mpo.

For this God is our God for ever and ever: he will be our guide even to death.