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!

“For the leader of the music. On the Gittith. A psalm of Asaph.” Sing joyfully to God, our strength! Shout with gladness to the God of Jacob!

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

Raise a song, and strike the timbrel, The sweet-sounding harp, and the psaltery!

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

Blow the trumpet at the new moon; At the full moon, also, on our festal day!

4 Eyi yɛ Israelfo ahyɛde, Yakob Nyankopɔn mmara.

For this is a statute for Israel, A law of 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 appointed it as a memorial in Joseph, When he went out of the land of Egypt, Where he heard a language which he knew not.

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

“I relieved [[said he]] thy shoulders from their burden; Thy hands were removed from the hod.

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

Thou didst call in trouble, and I delivered thee; In the secret place of thunder I answered thee; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. (Pause)

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

Hear, O my people! and I will admonish thee! O Israel! that thou wouldst hearken to me!

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

Let there be no strange god within thee, Nor worship thou any foreign god!

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

I Jehovah am thy God, Who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: Open wide thy mouth, and I will fill it!

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

But my people would not listen to my voice, And Israel would not hearken to me.

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

So I gave them up to the obstinacy of their hearts, And they walked according to their own devices.

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

“O that my people had hearkened to me! That 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!

Soon would I have brought low their enemies, And turned my hand against their adversaries.

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

The haters of Jehovah should have become suppliants to them, And their prosperity should have endured for ever.

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

With the finest of the wheat I would have fed them, And with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied them.”