Nnwom 87

1 Koramma dwom. Wato ne fapem wɔ bepɔw kronkron no so;

A Psalm of a Song for the sons of Core. His foundations are in the holy mountains.

2 Awurade dɔ Sion apon no sen Yakob atenae nyinaa.

The Lord loves the gates of Sion, more than all the tabernacles of Jacob.

3 Wɔka wo ho anuonyamsɛm Onyankopɔn kuropɔn:

Glorious things have been spoken of thee, O city of God. (Pause)

4 “Mede Rahab ne Babilonia bɛka wɔn a wɔyɛ osetie ma me no ho, Filistia, Tiro ne Kus nso na maka se, ‘Wɔwoo eyinom wɔ Sion.’”

I will make mention of Raab and Babylon to them that know me: behold also the Philistines, and Tyre, and the people of the Ethiopians: these were born there.

5 Ampa ara wɔbɛka afa Sion ho se, “Wɔwoo oyi ne ɔno wɔ no mu, na Ɔsorosoroni no ankasa de no betim hɔ.”

A man shall say, Sion [is my] mother; and [such] a man was born in her; and the Highest himself has founded her.

6 Awurade bɛkyerɛw wɔ nnipa dinkyerɛw nhoma no mu se, “Wɔwoo oyi wɔ Sion.”

The Lord shall recount [it] in the writing of the people, and of these princes that were born in her.

7 Na wɔbɛto dwom se, “Me ntin nyinaa wɔ wo mu.”

The dwelling of all within thee is [as the dwelling] of those that rejoice.