Nnwom 90
1 Onyankopɔn nipa Mose mpaebɔ. Awurade, wo na woayɛ yɛn tenabea awo ntoatoaso nyinaa mu.
[A Prayer by Moses, the man of God.] YHWH, you have been our dwelling place for 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 brought forth, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
3 Woma adesamma san dan mfutuma, ka se, “Mo adesamma, monsan nkɔ mfutuma mu.”
You turn man to destruction, saying, "Return, you descendants of Adam."
4 Mfirihyia apem yɛ wʼani so sɛ da koro a abɛsen mprempren, anaasɛ anadwo mu dɔnhwerew kakraa bi.
For a thousand years in your sight are just like yesterday when it is past, like a watch in the night.
5 Wopra nnipa kɔ, wɔ owu nna mu; wɔte sɛ sare a afefɛw anɔpa,
You sweep them away as they sleep. In the morning they sprout like new grass.
6 ɛfefɛw yɛ frɔmfrɔm anɔpa de, nanso anwummere ɛwo na etwintwam.
In the morning it sprouts and springs up. By evening, it is withered and dry.
7 Yɛresa wɔ wʼabufuw ano na wʼanibere abɔ yɛn hu.
For we are consumed in your anger. We are troubled in 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 have passed away in your wrath. We bring our years to an end as 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 days of our years are seventy, or even by reason of strength eighty years; yet their pride is but labor and sorrow, for it passes quickly, 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 according to the fear that is due to you?
12 Ma yenhu yɛn nna kan sɛnea ɛte, na yɛanya nyansa koma.
So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom.
13 Tɔ wo bo ase, Awurade, enkosi da bɛn? Hu wʼasomfo mmɔbɔ.
Relent, YHWH. How long? 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 kindness, that we may rejoice 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.
Let your work appear to your servants; your glory 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.
Let the favor of YHWH our God be on us; establish the work of our hands for us; yes, establish the work of our hands.
