Nnwom 60

1 Dawid “Miktam” dwom. Wɔde yɛ nkyerɛkyerɛ. Ɔtoo no bere a ɔne Aram Naharanfo ne Aram Zobafo koe na Yoab san kokum Edomfo mpem dumien wɔ Nkyene Bon mu no. Onyankopɔn, woapo yɛn, woabɔ yɛn agu; wo bo afuw yɛn, nanso gye yɛn bio!

TO THE OVERSEER. [SET] ON “LILY OF TESTIMONY.” A MIKTAM OF DAVID, TO TEACH, IN HIS STRIVING WITH ARAM-NAHARAIM AND WITH ARAM-ZOBAH, WHEN JOAB TURNS BACK AND STRIKES EDOM IN THE VALLEY OF SALT—TWELVE THOUSAND. O God, You had cast us off, You had broken us—had been angry! You turn back to us.

2 Woawosow asase no na woapae mu; toatoa nea abubu no, efisɛ ɛrehinhim.

You have caused the land to tremble, You have broken it, Heal its breaches, for it has moved.

3 Woama wo nkurɔfo ahu mmere bɔne; woama yɛn nsa a ɛma yɛtɔ ntintan.

You have shown Your people a hard thing, You have caused us to drink wine of trembling.

4 Nanso wɔn a wosuro wo de, woama wɔn frankaa so sɛ wontu ntia agyan no.

You have given an ensign to those fearing You, To be lifted up as an ensign Because of truth. (Selah)

5 Gye yɛn nkwa na fa wo nsa nifa boa yɛn, na ama wɔn a wodɔ wɔn no anya nkwa.

That Your beloved ones may be drawn out, Save [with] Your right hand, and answer us.

6 Onyankopɔn akasa afi ne kronkronbea se, “Nkonim mu, mɛkyɛ Sekem mu, na masusuw Sukot bon no.

God has spoken in His holiness: I exult—I apportion Shechem, And I measure the Valley of Succoth,

7 Gilead yɛ me de; Manase nso saa ara; Efraim yɛ me dade kyɛw, Yuda yɛ mʼahempema.

Gilead [is] Mine, and Manasseh [is] Mine, And Ephraim [is] the strength of My head, Judah [is] My lawgiver,

8 Moab yɛ me guasɛn, Edom so na metow me mpaboa gu; na meteɛ mu nkonimdi so gu Filistifo so.”

Moab [is] My pot for washing, Over Edom I cast My shoe, Shout, concerning Me, O Philistia.

9 Hena na ɔde me bɛkɔ kuropɔn a wɔabɔ ho ban no mu? Hena na obedi mʼanim akɔ Edom?

Who brings me [to] a city of bulwarks? Who has led me to Edom?

10 Onyankopɔn, ɛnyɛ wo na woapo yɛn na wo ne yɛn asraafo nkɔ ɔsa bio ana?

Is it not You, O God? Have You cast us off? And do You not go forth, O God, with our hosts?

11 Boa yɛn tia ɔtamfo no, na ɔdesani mmoa nka hwee.

Give to us help from adversity, And the deliverance of man [is] vain.

12 Onyankopɔn wɔ yɛn afa yi, yebedi nkonim, na obetiatia yɛn atamfo so. Wɔde ma dwonkyerɛfo. Wɔde sanku na ɛto.

We do mightily in God, And He treads down our adversaries!