Nnwom 90
1 Onyankopɔn nipa Mose mpaebɔ. Awurade, wo na woayɛ yɛn tenabea awo ntoatoaso nyinaa mu.
A prayer of Moses the man of God. Lord, You have been our dwelling place through all generations.
2 Ansa na wɔrebɛbɔ mmepɔw anaasɛ worebɛda asase ne wiase adi no, na woyɛ Onyankopɔn fi mmeresanten kosi mmeresanten.
Before the mountains were born or You brought forth the earth and the world, from everlasting to everlasting You are God.
3 Woma adesamma san dan mfutuma, ka se, “Mo adesamma, monsan nkɔ mfutuma mu.”
You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”
4 Mfirihyia apem yɛ wʼani so sɛ da koro a abɛsen mprempren, anaasɛ anadwo mu dɔnhwerew kakraa bi.
For in Your sight a thousand years are but a day that passes, or a watch of the night.
5 Wopra nnipa kɔ, wɔ owu nna mu; wɔte sɛ sare a afefɛw anɔpa,
You whisk them away in their sleep; they are like the new grass of the morning—
6 ɛfefɛw yɛ frɔmfrɔm anɔpa de, nanso anwummere ɛwo na etwintwam.
in the morning it springs up new, but by evening it fades and withers.
7 Yɛresa wɔ wʼabufuw ano na wʼanibere abɔ yɛn hu.
For we are consumed by Your anger and terrified by Your wrath.
8 Wode yɛn amumɔyɛ asi wʼanim, na yɛn kokoa mu bɔne da wʼanim hann no mu.
You have set our iniquities before You, our secret sins in the light of Your presence.
9 Yɛn nna nyinaa twa mu wɔ wʼabufuwhyew mu; na yɛde awerɛhowdi na ewie yɛn mfe.
For all our days decline in Your fury; we finish our years with a sigh.
10 Yɛn nkwa nna si mfe aduɔson, anaasɛ aduɔwɔtwe, sɛ yɛwɔ ahoɔden a; na mu ahohoahoade yɛ ɔhaw ne awerɛhow, na etwa mu ntɛmntɛm, na yetu kɔ.
The length of our days is seventy years— or eighty if we are strong— yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for they quickly pass, and we fly away.
11 Sɛ anka yebehu sɛ wʼabufuw mu tumi te ɛ! Wʼabufuwhyew kɛse te sɛnea wo ho suro te.
Who knows the power of Your anger? Your wrath matches the fear You are due.
12 Ma yenhu yɛn nna kan sɛnea ɛte, na yɛanya nyansa koma.
So teach us to number our days, that we may present a heart of wisdom.
13 Tɔ wo bo ase, Awurade, enkosi da bɛn? Hu wʼasomfo mmɔbɔ.
Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.
14 Ma wʼadɔe a ɛnsa da no mmee yɛn adekyee mu, na yɛde anigye ato dwom adi ahurusi yɛn nna nyinaa mu.
Satisfy us in the morning with Your loving devotion, that we may sing for joy and be glad all our days.
15 Ma yɛn ani nnye nna bebree sɛ nna dodow a wode yɛn kɔɔ amanehunu mu no, sɛ mfirihyia dodow a yehuu ateetee no.
Make us glad for as many days as You have afflicted us, for as many years as we have seen evil.
16 Ma wʼasomfo nhu wo nneyɛe na wɔn mma nhu wʼanuonyam.
May Your work be shown to Your servants, and Your splendor to their children.
17 Ma Awurade yɛn Nyankopɔn adom no ntena yɛn so; na yɛn nsa ano adwuma nyɛ yiye mma yɛn; yiw, ma yɛn nsa ano adwuma nyɛ yiye.
May the favor of the Lord our God rest upon us; establish for us the work of our hands— yes, establish the work of our hands!
