Nnwom 72
1 Salomo dwom. Ao, Onyankopɔn, fa wʼatɛntrenee dom ɔhene no, na fa wo trenee ma ɔhene babarima.
Of Solomon. Give the king, O God, your own spirit of justice your spirit of right to the son of the king,
2 Ɔde trenee bebu wo nkurɔfo atɛn, obebu wo nkurɔfo a wɔrehu amane no atɛntrenee.
that with right he may judge your people, and your downtrodden ones with justice.
3 Mmepɔw no de yiyedi bɛbrɛ nnipa no, nkoko no de trenee bɛba.
May the mountains bear weal for the people, and the hills yield fruits of justice.
4 Ɔbɛko ama nnipa no mu amanehunufo na wagye wɔn a wonni bi mma nkwa; ɔbɛdwerɛw nhyɛsofo.
The weak may he help to their rights, may he save the sons of the needy and crush the oppressor in pieces.
5 Owia ne ɔsram da so wɔ hɔ yi wobesuro wo awo ntoatoaso nyinaa mu.
May he live as long as the sun, while the moon shines – for ages and ages.
6 Ɔbɛyɛ sɛ osu a ɛtɔ gu asase a wɔadɔw so so, te sɛ obosu a egugu asase so.
May he be like the rain on the meadow, like showers that water the earth.
7 Atreneefo benyin frɔmfrɔm wɔ ne bere so; yiyedi bebu so akosi da a ɔsram nni hɔ bio.
In his days may justice flourish, and welfare abound, till the moon be no more.
8 Obedi hene afi po akosi po, afi Asubɔnten Efrata akosi asase ano.
May he reign from ocean to ocean, from the river to the ends of the earth.
9 Sare so mmusua bɛkotow nʼanim na nʼatamfo adi mfutuma.
May his foes bow down before him, his enemies lick the dust.
10 Tarsis ne mpoano ahemfo a wɔwɔ akyirikyiri de sonkahiri bɛbrɛ no; Saba ne Seba ahemfo de ayɛyɛde bɛbrɛ no.
May tribute be rendered by kings of the isles and of Tarshish; may gifts be brought by the kings of Sheba and Seba.
11 Ahemfo nyinaa bɛkotow no, amanaman nyinaa bɛsom no.
May all kings fall prostrate before him, and all nations yield him their service.
12 Na obegye mmɔborɔfo a wosu frɛ no, ne amanehunufo a wonni ɔboafo.
For he saves the poor when he cries, the helpless and the downtrodden.
13 Obehu wɔn a wɔayɛ mmrɛw ne ahiafo mmɔbɔ na wagye ahiafo nkwa.
He pities the weak and the poor, he saves the lives of the poor.
14 Obegye wɔn afi nhyɛso ne akakabensɛm ase, efisɛ wɔn mogya som bo wɔ nʼanim.
He redeems them from wrong and from violence, for dear is their blood in his sight.
15 Ɔhene nkwa so! ma wɔmfa sikakɔkɔɔ mfi Seba mmrɛ no. Ma nnipa mmɔ mpae mma no na wonhyira no da mu nyinaa.
Long may he live; and may gold of Sheba be given him; prayer, too, be made for him ceaselessly, all the day long may men bless him.
16 Aburow mmu so wɔ asase no so nyinaa; nnuan mmu so wɔ nkoko so, ma nʼaba mmɔ sɛ Lebanon; na enyin sɛ mfuw so sare.
May the land have abundance of corn, to the tops of the hills may it wave. May the fruit thereof flourish like Lebanon, may men spring from the city like grass of the earth.
17 Ne din bɛtena hɔ daa; ɛntena hɔ nkyɛ sɛ owia. Wɔbɛfa no so ahyira amanaman no, na wɔbɛfrɛ no nhyira.
May his name be blessed forever, may his fame endure as the sun. May all nations envy his blessedness, all tribes of the earth call him happy.
18 Nhyira nka Awurade Nyankopɔn, Israel Nyankopɔn! Ɔno nko ara na ɔyɛ anwonwade.
Blest be the Lord God, Israel’s God, who alone does wonders;
19 Nhyira nka ne din a anuonyam ahyɛ no ma no daa daa. Ma nʼanuonyam nhyɛ wiase nyinaa ma.
And blest be forever his glorious name. Let all the earth be filled with his glory. Amen and Amen.
20 Yisai ba Dawid mpaebɔ no awiei ni.
Here end the prayers of David, son of Jesse.
