Nnwom 83
1 Asaf Dwom. Ao, Onyankopɔn, ntena hɔ komm; mmua wʼano, Ao, Onyankopɔn, keka wo ho.
God, do not continue to be silent! Do not be quiet and say nothing,
2 Hwɛ sɛnea wʼatamfo keka wɔn ho fa, na wɔn a wɔmpɛ wʼasɛm nso ama wɔn ti so.
because your enemies are rioting against you; those who hate you are rebelling against you!
3 Wɔde anifere repam atia wo nkurɔfo, wɔrepam atia wɔn a wo koma da wɔn so no.
They are secretly planning to do things to harm [us], your people; they are (conspiring together against/planning how to defeat) the people whom you protect.
4 Wɔka se, “Mommra na yɛnsɛe wɔn sɛ ɔman, sɛnea wɔrenkae Israel din bio.”
They say, “Come, we must destroy their nation, with the result that no one will remember that Israel ever existed!”
5 Wɔde adwene koro bɔ pɔw; na wɔpam tia wo,
They have agreed on [what they want to do to destroy Israel], and they have formed an alliance against you.
6 Edom ntamadan ne Ismaelfo, Moabfo ne Hagarfo,
[The people who have done that are] the people of Edom [region], the descendants of Ishmael [who live on the east side of the Jordan River], the Moab [people-group], the descendants of Hagar [who also live on the east side of the Jordan River],
7 Gebalfo ne Amonfo ne Amalekfo, Filistifo ne Tirofo.
Gebal [people-group], the Ammon [people-group], the Amalek [people-group], the Philistia [people-group], and the people of Tyre [city].
8 Asiria mpo akɔka wɔn ho de wɔn ahoɔden akɔhyɛ Lot asefo de no mu den.
[The people of] have joined them; they are strong allies of the [Moab and Ammon people-groups, who are] descendants of [Abraham’s nephew] Lot.
9 Yɛ wɔn sɛnea woyɛɛ Midian, sɛnea woyɛɛ Sisera ne Yabin wɔ asubɔnten Kison ho no,
[God], do to those people things like you did to the Midian [people-group], like [you did] to Sisera and Jabin at Kishon River.
10 wɔn a wɔsɛe wɔ En-Dor na wɔdan nwura no.
You destroyed them at Endor [town], and their corpses [lay on] the ground and decayed.
11 Yɛ wɔn atitiriw sɛ Oreb ne Seeb, ne wɔn mmapɔmma nyinaa sɛ Seba ne Salmuna,
Do to them things like you did to [Kings] Oreb and Zeeb; defeat their leaders like you defeated Zebah and Zalmunna,
12 a wɔkae se, “Momma yɛmfa Onyankopɔn adidibea nsase no no.”
who said, “We will take for ourselves the land that [the Israelis say] belongs to God!”
13 Me Nyankopɔn, yɛ wɔn sɛ mfɛtɛ mu mfutuma, sɛ ntɛtɛ a mframa bɔ gu.
My God, cause them [to disappear quickly] like whirling dust, like chaff that the wind blows away!
14 Sɛnea ogya hyew kwae, na ogyatannaa so nkoko mu hyew no no,
Like a fire completely burns a forest and like flames burn in the mountains,
15 saa ara na fa wʼahum taa wɔn na fa wo mframa a ano yɛ den no hunahuna wɔn.
expel them by sending storms; cause them to be terrified by your big storms/hurricanes!
16 Ma animguase nka wɔn, na ama nnipa ahwehwɛ wo din akyi kwan, Awurade.
Cause them [SYN] to be very ashamed in order that they will admit that you are very powerful.
17 Ma wɔn anim ngu ase na wonni yaw; ma wonwuwu wɔ animguase mu.
Cause them to be forever disgraced [because of being defeated], and cause them to die while they are still disgraced.
18 Ma wonhu sɛ wo a wo din de Awurade no, wo nko ara ne Ɔsorosoroni wɔ asase nyinaa so. Wɔde ma dwonkyerɛfo sɛ wɔnto no wɔ gittit sanku nne so.
Cause them to know that you, whose name is Yahweh, are the supreme ruler over everything on the earth.
