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 winepresses, a psalm for Asaph himself. Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob.

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

Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel: the pleasant psaltery with the harp.

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

Blow up the trumpet on the new moon, on the noted day of your solemnity.

4 Eyi yɛ Israelfo ahyɛde, Yakob Nyankopɔn mmara.

For it is a commandment in Israel, and a judgment to 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 ordained it for a testimony in Joseph, when he came out of the land of Egypt: he heard a tongue which he knew not.

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

He removed his back from the burdens: his hands had served in baskets.

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

Thou calledst upon me in affliction, and I delivered thee: I heard thee in the secret place of tempest: I proved thee at the waters of contradiction.

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

Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken to me,

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

There shall be no new god in thee: neither shalt thou adore a strange 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 thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

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

But my people heard not my voice: and Israel hearkened not to me.

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

So I let them go according to the desires of their heart: they shall walk in 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 should soon have humbled their enemies, and laid my hand on them that 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 shall be for ever.

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

And he fed them with the fat of wheat, and filled them with honey out of the rock.