Nnwom 94
1 Awurade, Onyankopɔn a wotɔ were, Onyankopɔn a wotɔ were, hyerɛn.
O Lord God, to whom vengeance belongs; O God, to whom vengeance belongs, show yourself.
2 Sɔre, asase so Temmufo, tua ahantanfo ka sɛnea ɛfata wɔn.
Lift up yourself, you judge of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
3 Awurade, enkosi da bɛn, amumɔyɛfo nnye wɔn ani nkosi da bɛn?
LORD, how long shall the wicked, how long shall the wicked triumph?
4 Wɔkasa ahantan so; ahohoahoa ahyɛ abɔnefo nyinaa ma.
How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves?
5 Awurade, wɔdwerɛw wo nkurɔfo; wɔhyɛ wʼagyapade so.
They break in pieces your people, O LORD, and afflict your heritage.
6 Wokunkum akunafo ne ananafo; na wodi ayisaa awu.
They slay the widow and the stranger, and murder the fatherless.
7 Wɔka se, “Awurade nhu, Yakob Nyankopɔn ayi nʼani.”
Yet they say, The LORD shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob regard it.
8 Monhwɛ yiye, mo agyimifo a mowɔ nnipa no mu; nkwaseafo, da bɛn na mubehu nyansa?
Understand, you brutish among the people: and you fools, when will you be wise?
9 Nea ɔbɔɔ aso no rente asɛm ana? Nea ɔyɛɛ ani no renhu ade ana?
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? he that formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 Nea ɔteɛteɛ aman so no rentwe aso ana? Nea ɔkyerɛkyerɛ onipa no nnim nyansa ana?
He that chastises the heathen, shall not he correct? he that teaches man knowledge, shall not he know?
11 Awurade nim onipa nsusuwii; onim sɛ enkosi hwee.
The LORD knows the thoughts of man, that they are vanity.
12 Awurade, nhyira ne onipa a woteɛteɛ no so, onipa a wokyerɛ no wo mmara no;
Blessed is the man whom you chasten, O LORD, and teach him out of your law;
13 Woma ɔhome fi amanehunu nna mu, kosi sɛ wobetu amoa ama amumɔyɛfo.
That you may give him rest from the days of adversity, until the pit be dig for the wicked.
14 Awurade rempo ne nkurɔfo; na ɔrennyaw nʼagyapade hɔ da.
For the LORD will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance.
15 Atemmu begyina treneeyɛ so bio, na wɔn a wɔn koma mu tew nyinaa bedi so.
But judgment shall return to righteousness: and all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Hena na ɔbɛsɔre atia amumɔyɛfo ama me? Hena na ɔbɛsɔre atia abɔnefo ama me?
Who will rise up for me against the evildoers? or who will stand up for me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Sɛ Awurade ammoa me a, anka mekɔɔ owu kommyɛ mu ntɛm so.
Unless the LORD had been my help, my soul had almost dwelled in silence.
18 Bere a mekae se, “Me nan rewatiri” no, Awurade, wo dɔ no soo me mu.
When I said, My foot slips; your mercy, O LORD, held me up.
19 Bere a me dadwen dɔɔso no, wʼawerɛkyekye maa me kra abotɔyam.
In the multitude of my thoughts within me your comforts delight my soul.
20 Ahengua a porɔwee ahyɛ no mma no ne wo wɔ ayɔnkofa ana? Ahengua a ne hyɛ nsɛm de amanehunu na ɛba no?
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by a law?
21 Wɔka bɔ mu tia atreneefo na wɔn a wodi bem no, wobu wɔn kumfɔ.
They gather themselves together against the soul of the righteous, and condemn the innocent blood.
22 Nanso Awurade yɛ mʼaban; na me Nyankopɔn ayɛ ɔbotan a ne mu na minya ahintawee.
But the LORD is my defense; and my God is the rock of my refuge.
23 Obetua wɔn nnebɔne no so ka na wɔn amumɔyɛ nti wasɛe wɔn; Awurade yɛn Nyankopɔn bɛsɛe wɔn.
And he shall bring on them their own iniquity, and shall cut them off in their own wickedness; yes, the LORD our God shall cut them off.
