Nnwom 81

1 Wɔde ma dwonkyerɛfo sɛ wɔnto sɛ “gittit” sanku nne so. Asaf dwom. Monto ahurusi dwom mma Onyankopɔn yɛn ahoɔden; mommɔ ose mma Yakob Nyankopɔn no!

Unto the end. For the wine and oil presses. A Psalm of Asaph himself. Exult before God our helper. Sing joyfully to the God of Jacob.

2 Momma nnwom no so na monwosow akasaa. Mommɔ sanku ne bɛnta dɛdɛ no.

Take up a psalm, and bring forth the timbrel: a pleasing Psalter with stringed instruments.

3 Monhyɛn mmentia ɔsram foforo da no, ne ne kurokumatwa mu, yɛn Aponto da no;

Sound the trumpet at the new moon, on the noteworthy day of your solemnity,

4 Eyi yɛ Israelfo ahyɛde, Yakob Nyankopɔn mmara.

for it is a precept in Israel and a judgment for the God of Jacob.

5 Otintimii sɛ nhyehyɛe maa Yosef bere a ɔsɔre tiaa Misraim no, faako a yɛtee kasa a yɛnte ase no.

He set it as a testimony with Joseph, when he went out of the land of Egypt. He heard a tongue that he did not know.

6 Ɔka se, “Miyii adesoa no fii wɔn mmati so, ne wɔn nsa fii kɛntɛn ho.

He turned the burdens away from his back. His hands had been a slave to baskets.

7 Mo ahohiahia mu mofrɛɛ me na migyee mo, migyee mo so wɔ aprannaa mu; mesɔɔ mo hwɛɛ wɔ Meriba nsu ho.

You called upon me in tribulation, and I freed you. I heard you within the hidden tempest. I tested you with waters of contradiction.

8 “Me nkurɔfo, muntie me kɔkɔbɔ yi, Israel, sɛ mubetie me a!

My people, listen and I will call you to testify. If, O Israel, you will pay heed to me,

9 Ɛnsɛ sɛ munya anyame foforo bi wɔ mo mu; ɛnsɛ sɛ mokotow ananafo anyame.

then there will be no new god among you, nor will you adore a foreign god.

10 Mene Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn a miyii mo fii Misraim asase so no. Mummue mo anom tɛtrɛɛ na mɛhyɛ mu ma.

For I am the Lord your God, who led you out of the land of Egypt. Widen your mouth, and I will fill it.

11 “Nanso me nkurɔfo rentie me; Israel remmrɛ ne ho ase mma me.

But my people did not hear my voice, and Israel was not attentive to me.

12 Enti migyaa wɔn maa wɔn komaden sɛ wɔnyɛ nea wɔpɛ biara.

And so, I sent them away, according to the desires of their heart. They will go forth according to their own inventions.

13 “Sɛ me nkurɔfo tie me, na Israel nantew mʼakwan so a,

If my people had heard me, if Israel had walked in my ways,

14 anka medi wɔn atamfo so ama wɔn ntɛm na mama me basa so atia wɔn a wokyi wɔn!

I would have humbled their enemies, as if it were nothing, and I would have sent my hand upon those who troubled them.

15 Wɔn a wɔtan Awurade no de osuro bɛkotow no, na wɔn asotwe to rentwa da.

The enemies of the Lord have lied to him, and their time will come, in every age.

16 Nanso wɔde atoko mu atoko papa bɛma mo adi; mede ɔbotan mu wo bɛma mo amee.”

And he fed them from the fat of the grain, and he saturated them with honey from the rock.