Nnwom 58

1 Dawid “miktam” dwom. So mo asodifo, ampa ara sɛ, moka asɛm a ɛteɛ ana? Mubu atɛntrenee wɔ nnipa mu ana?

Do ye indeed speak righteousness in silence? Do ye judge uprightly, O ye sons of men?

2 Dabi da! Modwene ntɛnkyew wɔ mo koma mu na mo nsa de akakabensɛm ba asase so.

No! In heart ye work wickedness. Ye weigh out the violence of your hands in the earth.

3 Amumɔyɛfo fom kwan fi awo mu; wɔyɛ mmaratofo fi awotwaa mu na wodi atoro.

The wicked are estranged from the womb. They go astray as soon as they are born, speaking lies.

4 Wɔn ano bɔre te sɛ ɔwɔ de, ɛte sɛ ɔprammiri a wawɛn nʼaso,

Their poison is like the poison of a serpent, like the deaf adder that stops her ear,

5 a ɔnte ntafowayifo dwom, na ne dwom dɛdɛ no mpo mfa ne ho.

which hearkens not to the voice of charmers, charming ever so wisely.

6 Ao Onyankopɔn, bubu ɛse a egu wɔn anom, Awurade, tutu gyata no sebɔmmɔfo no gu!

Break their teeth, O God, in their mouth. Break out the great teeth of the young lions, O Jehovah.

7 Ma wontwa mu nkɔ sɛ sunsuan; sɛ wɔtwe wɔn agyan a, ma wɔn bɛmma no ano nwu.

Let them melt away as water that runs with haste. When he aims his arrows, let them be as though they were cut off,

8 Ma wɔnyɛ sɛ nwaw horɔdɔhorɔdɔ bi a ɔrenan agu wɔ bere a ɔretene no. Ma wɔnyɛ sɛ ɔba a owu wɔ awoe a onhu owia koraa.

as a snail which melts and passes away, as the untimely birth of a woman, that has not seen the sun.

9 Ansa na mo nkuku bɛte nsɔe ano yaw, sɛ ɛyɛ amono anaa awo no, wɔbɛpra amumɔyɛfo akɔ.

Before your pots can feel the thorns, he will take them away with a whirlwind, the green and the burning alike.

10 Sɛ wɔtɔ were ma atreneefo a wɔn ani begye, na wɔbɛhohoro wɔn anan ho wɔ amumɔyɛfo mogya mu.

A righteous man shall rejoice when he sees the vengeance. He shall wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,

11 Afei nnipa bɛka se, “Ampa ara atreneefo kɔ so nya wɔn akatua; na ampa ara Onyankopɔn bi wɔ hɔ a obu wiase atɛn.” Wɔde ma dwonkyerɛfo.

so that men shall say, Truly there is a reward for the righteous man. Truly there is a God who judges in the earth.