Nnwom 58

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

For the chief musician; set to Al Tashheth. A psalm of David. A michtam. Do you rulers speak righteousness? Do you judge uprightly, you people?

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

No, you commit wickedness in your heart; you distribute violence throughout the land with your hands.

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

The wicked go astray even when they are in the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.

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

Their poison is like a snake's poison; they are like a deaf adder that stops up its ears,

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

that pays no attention to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful they are.

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

Break their teeth in their mouths, God; break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.

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 off; when they shoot their arrows, let them be as though they had no points.

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 like a snail that melts and passes away, like the untimely-born child of a woman that never sees the sunlight.

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

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

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

The righteous will rejoice when he sees God's vengeance; he will 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 will say, “Truly, there is a reward for the righteous person; truly there is a God who judges the earth.”