Nnwom 48

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

“A song and psalm by the sons of Korach.” Great is the Lord, and highly praised in the city of our God, [in] his holy mountain.

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

A beautiful district, the joy of the whole earth, is mount Zion, the farthest north, the city of the great King.

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

God is become known in her palaces as a defence.

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

For, lo, the kings were assembled, they are passed away together.

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

They indeed saw—[and] so they were astonished; they were terrified, they were confounded.

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

Trembling seized on them there, pain, as on a woman in travail.

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

With the east wind thou breakest the ships of Tharshish.

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 [it] 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 reflected on thy kindness, O God, in the midst of thy temple.

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

As thy name is, O God, so is thy praise over the ends of the earth: of righteousness is thy right hand full.

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 thy judgments.

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

Compass Zion about, and walk round about her; number her towers.

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

Direct your mind to her outer wall, mark carefully her palaces: in order that ye may tell it to the latest generation.

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

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