Nnwom 50

1 Asaf dwom. Tweduampɔn, Onyankopɔn, Awurade no kasa, na ɔfrɛ asase nyinaa efi apuei kosi atɔe.

A Psalm of Asaph. God, God, the LORD, hath spoken, and called the earth from the rising of the sun unto the going down thereof.

2 Onyankopɔn hyerɛn fi Sion kurow a ne fɛ wie pɛyɛ.

Out of Zion, the perfection of beauty, God hath shined forth.

3 Yɛn Nyankopɔn reba nanso ɔrenyɛ komm; ogya a ɛhyew nneɛma di nʼanim, ahum a ɛretu atwa ne ho ahyia.

Our God cometh, and doth not keep silence; a fire devoureth before Him, and round about Him it stormeth mightily.

4 Ɔfrɛ ɔsorosoro ne asase, sɛ ɔrebu ne nkurɔfo atɛn;

He calleth to the heavens above, and to the earth, that He may judge His people:

5 Ɔka se, “Boaboa nnipa a wɔatew wɔn ho no ano ma me; wɔn a wɔnam afɔrebɔ so ne me yɛɛ apam no.”

'Gather My saints together unto Me; those that have made a covenant with Me by sacrifice.'

6 Ɔsoro pae mu ka ne trenee, na Onyankopɔn ankasa ne otemmufo.

And the heavens declare His righteousness; for God, He is judge. (Selah)

7 “Muntie, me nkurɔfo, na mɛkasa, medi adanse atia wo, Israel; Mene Onyankopɔn, wo Nyankopɔn no.

'Hear, O My people, and I will speak; O Israel, and I will testify against thee: God, thy God, am I.

8 Merenka mo anim wɔ mo afɔrebɔde anaa mo hyew afɔre a ɛwɔ mʼanim daa no ho.

I will not reprove thee for thy sacrifices; and thy burnt-offerings are continually before Me.

9 Anantwinini a wofi mo mfuw so anaa mpapo a wofi mo buw mu ho nhia me,

I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he-goats out of thy folds.

10 efisɛ kwae mu aboa biara yɛ me de, anantwi a wɔwɔ nkoko mpempem so nso saa ara.

For every beast of the forest is Mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills.

11 Minim anomaa biara a ɔwɔ mmepɔw no so, na wuram abɔde nyinaa yɛ me de.

I know all the fowls of the mountains; and the wild beasts of the field are Mine.

12 Sɛ ɔkɔm dee me a, anka merenka nkyerɛ mo; efisɛ, wiase ne nea ɛwɔ mu nyinaa yɛ me de.

If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; for the world is Mine, and the fulness thereof.

13 Mewe anantwinini nam, na menom mpapo mogya ana?

Do I eat the flesh of bulls, or drink the blood of goats?

14 Momfa aseda afɔre mma Onyankopɔn, na munni bɔ a mohyɛɛ Ɔsorosoroni no so,

Offer unto God the sacrifice of thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the Most High;

15 na momfrɛ me hiada; na megye mo na moahyɛ me anuonyam.”

And call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver thee, and thou shalt honour Me.'

16 Nanso amumɔyɛfo de, Onyankopɔn bisa wɔn se, “Adɛn nti na moka me mmara na mʼapam da mo ano?

But unto the wicked God saith: 'What hast thou to do to declare My statutes, and that thou hast taken My covenant in thy mouth?

17 Mukyi me nkyerɛkyerɛ, na motow me nsɛm gu mo akyi.

Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest My words behind thee.

18 Sɛ muhu ɔkorɔmfo a mode mo ho bɔ no; na mo ne nguaman nso bɔ.

When thou sawest a thief, thou hadst company with him, and with adulterers was thy portion.

19 Mode mo ano yɛ bɔne, na mode mo tɛkrɛma boaboa nnaadaa ano.

Thou hast let loose thy mouth for evil, and thy tongue frameth deceit.

20 Mokasa tia mo nuabarima bere biara na mosopa mo ankasa na ba.

Thou sittest and speakest against thy brother; thou slanderest thine own mother's son.

21 Moayɛ eyinom nyinaa; nanso manka hwee, enti mususuw sɛ mete sɛ mo. Nanso mɛka mo anim, na mede mo sobo asi mo anim.

These things hast thou done, and should I have kept silence? Thou hadst thought that I was altogether such a one as thyself; but I will reprove thee, and set the cause before thine eyes.

22 “Munnwen eyi ho, mo a mo werɛ fi Onyankopɔn, anyɛ saa a, mɛtetew mo mu nketenkete a obiara remmegye mo;

Now consider this, ye that forget God, lest I tear in pieces, and there be none to deliver.

23 Nea ɔbɔ aseda afɔre no hyɛ me anuonyam, na osiesie kwan sɛnea mɛda Onyankopɔn nkwagye adi akyerɛ no.”

Whoso offereth the sacrifice of thanksgiving honoureth Me; and to him that ordereth his way aright will I show the salvation of God.'