Nnwom 58
1 Dawid “miktam” dwom. So mo asodifo, ampa ara sɛ, moka asɛm a ɛteɛ ana? Mubu atɛntrenee wɔ nnipa mu ana?
TO THE OVERSEER. “DO NOT DESTROY.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID. Is it true, O silent one, that you speak righteously? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
2 Dabi da! Modwene ntɛnkyew wɔ mo koma mu na mo nsa de akakabensɛm ba asase so.
Even in heart you work iniquities, In the land you ponder the violence of your hands.
3 Amumɔyɛfo fom kwan fi awo mu; wɔyɛ mmaratofo fi awotwaa mu na wodi atoro.
The wicked have been estranged from the womb, They have erred from the belly, speaking lies.
4 Wɔn ano bɔre te sɛ ɔwɔ de, ɛte sɛ ɔprammiri a wawɛn nʼaso,
Their poison [is] as poison of a serpent, As a deaf cobra shutting its ear,
5 a ɔnte ntafowayifo dwom, na ne dwom dɛdɛ no mpo mfa ne ho.
Which does not listen to the voice of whisperers, A charmer of most skillful charms.
6 Ao Onyankopɔn, bubu ɛse a egu wɔn anom, Awurade, tutu gyata no sebɔmmɔfo no gu!
O God, break their teeth in their mouth, Break down the jaw-teeth of young lions, O YHWH.
7 Ma wontwa mu nkɔ sɛ sunsuan; sɛ wɔtwe wɔn agyan a, ma wɔn bɛmma no ano nwu.
They are melted as waters, They go up and down for themselves, His arrow proceeds as they cut themselves 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.
He goes on as a snail that melts, [As] an untimely birth of a woman, They 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 discern the bramble, As living, He whirls away in His burning anger.
10 Sɛ wɔtɔ were ma atreneefo a wɔn ani begye, na wɔbɛhohoro wɔn anan ho wɔ amumɔyɛfo mogya mu.
The righteous rejoices that he has seen vengeance, He washes his steps 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.
And man says: “Surely fruit [is] for the righteous: Surely there is a God judging in the earth!”
