Nnwom 58
1 Wɔde ma dwonkyerɛfo. Wɔto no sɛnea wɔto “Mma Wɔnnsɛe No” sanku nne so. Dawid “miktam” dwom. So mo asodifo, ampa ara sɛ, moka asɛm a ɛteɛ ana? Mubu atɛntrenee wɔ nnipa mu ana?
For the Leader; Al-tashheth. A Psalm of David; Michtam. Do ye indeed speak as a righteous company? Do ye judge with equity the sons of men?
2 Dabi da! Modwene ntɛnkyew wɔ mo koma mu na mo nsa de akakabensɛm ba asase so.
Yea, in heart ye work wickedness; ye weigh out in the earth the violence of your hands.
3 Amumɔyɛfo fom kwan fi awo mu; wɔyɛ mmaratofo fi awotwaa mu na wodi atoro.
The wicked are estranged from the womb; the speakers of lies go astray as soon as they are born.
4 Wɔn ano bɔre te sɛ ɔwɔ de, ɛte sɛ ɔprammiri a wawɛn nʼaso,
Their venom is like the venom of a serpent; they are like the deaf asp that stoppeth her ear;
5 a ɔnte ntafowayifo dwom, na ne dwom dɛdɛ no mpo mfa ne ho.
Which hearkeneth not to the voice of charmers, or of the most cunning binder of spells.
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 cheek-teeth of the young lions, O LORD.
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 runneth apace; when he aimeth 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.
Let them be as a snail which melteth and passeth away; like the untimely births of a woman, that have 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 sweep it away with a whirlwind, the raw and the burning alike.
10 Sɛ wɔtɔ were ma atreneefo a wɔn ani begye, na wɔbɛhohoro wɔn anan ho wɔ amumɔyɛfo mogya mu.
The righteous shall rejoice when he seeth 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.”
And men shall say: 'Verily there is a reward for the righteous; verily there is a God that judgeth in the earth.'
