Nnwom 80
1 Wɔde ma dwonkyerɛfo sɛ wɔnto no “Sonannim Edut” sanku nne so. Asaf dwom. Israel guanhwɛfo, tie yɛn, wo a wudii Yosef anim sɛnea wodi nguankuw anim; wo a wote ahengua so wɔ kerubim ntam no, hyerɛn
For the Leader; upon Shoshannim. A testimony. A Psalm of Asaph. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, Thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; Thou that art enthroned upon the cherubim, shine forth.
2 wɔ Efraim, Benyamin ne Manase anim. Kanyan wo tumi; bra begye yɛn nkwa.
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, stir up Thy might, and come to save us.
3 Ao Onyankopɔn, gye yɛn bio; ma wʼanim nhyerɛn yɛn so, na wɔagye yɛn nkwa.
O God, restore us; and cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
4 Asafo Awurade Nyankopɔn, wʼabufuw bɛdɛw akosi da bɛn, wʼabufuw a etia wo nkurɔfo mpaebɔ no?
O LORD God of hosts, how long wilt Thou be angry against the prayer of Thy people?
5 Wode nusu yɛɛ aduan maa wɔn dii; wode nusu kuruwama maa wɔn nomee.
Thou hast fed them with the bread of tears, and given them tears to drink in large measure.
6 Wode yɛn ayɛ nea yɛn mfɛfo ko ho, na yɛn atamfo serew yɛn.
Thou makest us a strife unto our neighbours; and our enemies mock as they please.
7 Asafo Nyankopɔn, gye yɛn bio; ma wʼanim nhyerɛn wɔ yɛn so, na wɔagye yɛn nkwa.
O God of hosts, restore us; and cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
8 Wutuu bobe fi Misraim beduae; wopam amanaman no na wuduae.
Thou didst pluck up a vine out of Egypt; Thou didst drive out the nations, and didst plant it.
9 Wosiesiee asase no baabi maa no, egyee ntin na ɛtrɛw asase no so.
Thou didst clear a place before it, and it took deep root, and filled the land.
10 Ne nwini kataa mmepɔw no so ne mman kataa sida akɛse no so.
The mountains were covered with the shadow of it, and the mighty cedars with the boughs thereof.
11 Ɛdennan trɛw kɔɔ Po no so, na ɛfefɛw trɛw koduu Asubɔnten no ho.
She sent out her branches unto the sea, and her shoots unto the River.
12 Adɛn nti na woabubu nʼafasu ama wɔn a wotwa mu wɔ hɔ no tetew ne bobe aba no?
Why hast Thou broken down her fences, so that all they that pass by the way do pluck her?
13 Kɔkɔte fi wuram bɛsɛe no pasaa na mmoadoma a wɔwɔ sare so de yɛ wɔn aduan.
The boar out of the wood doth ravage it, that which moveth in the field feedeth on it.
14 Asafo Nyankopɔn, san bra yɛn nkyɛn! fi ɔsoro hɔ hwɛ na wubehu! Hwɛ saa bobe yi so,
O God of hosts, return, we beseech Thee; look from heaven, and behold, and be mindful of this vine,
15 ntin a wo nsa nifa adua no, ɔbabarima a woatetew no ama wo ho no.
And of the stock which Thy right hand hath planted, and the branch that Thou madest strong for Thyself.
16 Wɔatwa wo bobe no ato fam, ato mu gya ama ahyew; wʼanimka ma wo nkurɔfo ase tɔre.
It is burned with fire, it is cut down; they perish at the rebuke of Thy countenance.
17 Fa wo nsa kata ɔbarima a ɔwɔ wo nifa no so, onipa ba a woatetew no ama wo ho no.
Let Thy hand be upon the man of Thy right hand, upon the son of man whom Thou madest strong for Thyself.
18 Afei yɛrentwe yɛn ho mfi wo nkyɛn; kanyan yɛn, na yɛbɛbɔ wo din.
So shall we not turn back from Thee; quicken Thou us, and we will call upon Thy name.
19 Asafo Awurade Nyankopɔn, gye yɛn bio, na ma wʼanim nhyerɛn yɛn so, na wɔagye yɛn nkwa.
O LORD God of hosts, restore us; cause Thy face to shine, and we shall be saved.
