Nnwom 72
1 Salomo dwom. Ao, Onyankopɔn, fa wʼatɛntrenee dom ɔhene no, na fa wo trenee ma ɔhene babarima.
Solomon’s. O God! thy justice, give, unto the king, And thy righteousness, unto the son of a king;
2 Ɔde trenee bebu wo nkurɔfo atɛn, obebu wo nkurɔfo a wɔrehu amane no atɛntrenee.
May he judge, Thy people with righteousness; And thine oppressed ones with justice;
3 Mmepɔw no de yiyedi bɛbrɛ nnipa no, nkoko no de trenee bɛba.
May the mountains bring peace to the people, And the hills [be laden] with righteousness;
4 Ɔbɛko ama nnipa no mu amanehunufo na wagye wɔn a wonni bi mma nkwa; ɔbɛdwerɛw nhyɛsofo.
May he, Vindicate the oppressed of the people, Bring deliverance to the children of the needy, and, Crush the oppressor.
5 Owia ne ɔsram da so wɔ hɔ yi wobesuro wo awo ntoatoaso nyinaa mu.
Let men revere thee, With the sun, And in presence of the moon, Unto the remotest generation.
6 Ɔbɛyɛ sɛ osu a ɛtɔ gu asase a wɔadɔw so so, te sɛ obosu a egugu asase so.
Let him come down, Like rain on fields to be mown, Like myriad drops on land to be reaped.
7 Atreneefo benyin frɔmfrɔm wɔ ne bere so; yiyedi bebu so akosi da a ɔsram nni hɔ bio.
May righteousness, in his days, blossom forth, And abundance of peace, till there be no moon.
8 Obedi hene afi po akosi po, afi Asubɔnten Efrata akosi asase ano.
So let him have dominion, From sea to sea, And from the River ["Euphrates"] unto the ends of the earth;
9 Sare so mmusua bɛkotow nʼanim na nʼatamfo adi mfutuma.
Before him, let the men of the desert kneel, But, as for his foes, the dust, let them lick;
10 Tarsis ne mpoano ahemfo a wɔwɔ akyirikyiri de sonkahiri bɛbrɛ no; Saba ne Seba ahemfo de ayɛyɛde bɛbrɛ no.
The kings of Tarshish and of the Coastlands, A gift, let them render, The kings of Sheba and Seba, A present, let them bring;
11 Ahemfo nyinaa bɛkotow no, amanaman nyinaa bɛsom no.
Yea let all kings, bow down unto him, Let, all nations, serve him;
12 Na obegye mmɔborɔfo a wosu frɛ no, ne amanehunufo a wonni ɔboafo.
Because he Rescueth, The needy from the rich, The oppressed, who hath no helper;
13 Obehu wɔn a wɔayɛ mmrɛw ne ahiafo mmɔbɔ na wagye ahiafo nkwa.
He Pitieth the weak and the needy, And, the lives of the needy, he Saveth:
14 Obegye wɔn afi nhyɛso ne akakabensɛm ase, efisɛ wɔn mogya som bo wɔ nʼanim.
From extortion, and, violence, he Redeemeth their life, And precious 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.
Let him live, then! And be there given unto him of the gold of Sheba, —Let prayer also be offered for him continually, All the day, let him be blessed.
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 there be an abundance of corn in the earth, in the top of the mountains, —Let the fruit thereof, wave like Lebanon, And they of the city bloom like the fresh shoots 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 age-abiding, In the presence of the sun, let his Name flourish, —And may all the families of the ground bless themselves in him, All nations, pronounce him happy!
18 Nhyira nka Awurade Nyankopɔn, Israel Nyankopɔn! Ɔno nko ara na ɔyɛ anwonwade.
Blessed be Yahweh God, the God of Israel, —Who doeth wondrous things by himself alone;
19 Nhyira nka ne din a anuonyam ahyɛ no ma no daa daa. Ma nʼanuonyam nhyɛ wiase nyinaa ma.
And blessed be his glorious Name, unto times age-abiding, —And filled with his glory be all the earth, Amen and Amen!
20 Yisai ba Dawid mpaebɔ no awiei ni.
Ended are the prayers of David, son of Jesse.
