Nnwom 55
1 Wɔde ma dwonkyerɛfo. Wɔde sanku na ɛto. Dawid “maskil” dwom. Ao Onyankopɔn, tie me mpaebɔ, mmu wʼani ngu me nkotosrɛ so,
To him that excelleth on Neginoth. A Psalme of David to give instruction. Heare my prayer, O God, and hide not thy selfe from my supplication.
2 tie me na gye me so. Me dadwen haw me na ama mayɛ basaa,
Hearken vnto me, and answere me: I mourne in my prayer, and make a noyse,
3 esiane nea me tamfo reka, esiane omumɔyɛfo ahunahuna nti; efisɛ wɔde amanehunu ba me so; na wofi wɔn abufuw mu kum me.
For the voyce of the enemie, and for the vexation of ye wicked, because they haue brought iniquitie vpon me, and furiously hate me.
4 Me koma wɔ ahoyeraw mu; na owu huboa aba me so.
Mine heart trembleth within mee, and the terrours of death are fallen vpon me.
5 Ehu ne ahopopo akyekyere me. Ahodwiriw abu afa me so.
Feare and trembling are come vpon mee, and an horrible feare hath couered me.
6 Mekae se, “Ao, sɛ mewɔ ntaban sɛ aburuburu a, anka metu akɔ ama me ho atɔ me,
And I said, Oh that I had wings like a doue: then would I flie away and rest.
7 anka metu akɔ akyirikyiri akɔtena sare so;
Beholde, I woulde take my flight farre off, and lodge in the wildernes. (Selah)
8 anka mɛyɛ ntɛm akɔ me hintabea, faako a mframahweam ne ahum mmɛn koraa.”
Hee would make haste for my deliuerance from the stormie winde and tempest.
9 Awurade, ma amumɔyɛfo nyɛ basaa, na ma wɔn kasa ntoto, efisɛ mihu basabasayɛ ne aperepere wɔ kuropɔn no mu.
Destroy, O Lord, and deuide their tongues: for I haue seene crueltie and strife in the citie.
10 Awia ne anadwo wɔtetɛw nʼafasu ho; adwemmɔne ne asisi wɔ mu.
Day and night they goe about it vpon the walles thereof: both iniquitie and mischiefe are in the middes of it.
11 Adesɛefo dɔm reyɛ adwuma wɔ kuropɔn no mu. Ahunahuna ne nnaadaa wɔ ne mmɔnten so daa.
Wickednes is in the middes thereof: deceit and guile depart not from her streetes.
12 Sɛ ɛyɛɛ ɔtamfo na ɔresopa me a, anka metumi agyina ano; sɛ ɛyɛɛ ɔtamfo na ɔrema ne ho so atia me a, anka metumi de me ho ahintaw no.
Surely mine enemie did not defame mee: for I could haue borne it: neither did mine aduersarie exalt himselfe against mee: for I would haue hid me from him.
13 Nanso ɛyɛ wo, ɔdesani te sɛ me, me yɔnko, mʼadamfo kann,
But it was thou, O man, euen my companion, my guide and my familiar:
14 a kan no na me ne no wɔ ayɔnkofa a mu yɛ den bere a yɛn nyinaa bɔɔ mu yuu kɔɔ Onyankopɔn fi na yɛka asomfo no ho no.
Which delited in consulting together, and went into the House of God as companions.
Let death sense vpon them: let them goe downe quicke into the graue: for wickednes is in their dwellings, euen in the middes of them. (Sheol h7585)
16 Nanso misu frɛ Onyankopɔn, na Awurade gye me nkwa.
But I will call vnto God, and the Lord will saue me.
17 Anwummere, anɔpa ne awia, mede mmɔborɔnne su frɛ no, na ɔte me nne.
Euening and morning, and at noone will I pray, and make a noyse, and he wil heare my voice.
18 Ɔde ne ho bɔ afɔre ma minya me ti didi mu wɔ ako a wodi tia me no mu, mpo dodow na wɔsɔre tia me.
He hath deliuered my soule in peace from the battel, that was against me: for many were with me.
19 Onyankopɔn a wɔasi no hene afebɔɔ no, ɔbɛte wɔn nka na wahaw wɔn, ɔbɛhaw nnipa a wɔnsakra wɔn akwan da na wonsuro Onyankopɔn nso.
God shall heare and afflict them, euen hee that reigneth of olde, (Selah) because they haue no changes, therefore they feare not God.
20 Me yɔnko tow hyɛ ne nnamfonom so; na obu nʼapam so.
Hee layed his hande vpon such, as be at peace with him, and he brake his couenant.
21 Ɔwɔ tɛkrɛmawo, nanso ɔtan wɔ ne koma mu. Nʼano asɛm dwudwo sen ngo, nanso ɛyɛ afoa a wɔatwe.
The wordes of his mouth were softer then butter, yet warre was in his heart: his words were more gentle then oyle, yet they were swordes.
22 Fa wo haw to Awurade so na ɔno na obegye wo; ɔremma ɔtreneeni nhwe ase.
Cast thy burden vpon the Lord, and hee shall nourish thee: he wil not suffer the righteous to fall for euer.
23 Nanso wo, Onyankopɔn, wobɛbrɛ amumɔyɛfo ase ama wɔakɔ ɔporɔw amoa mu; mogyapɛfo ne nnaadaafo renni wɔn nkwanna mu fa. Nanso me de, mede me ho to wo so.
And thou, O God, shalt bring them downe into the pitte of corruption: the bloudie, and deceitfull men shall not liue halfe their dayes: but I will trust in thee.
