Nnwom 99
1 Awurade di hene, momma amanaman no ho mpopo; ɔte nʼahengua so wɔ kerubim ntam, ma asase nwosow.
Yahweh is the [supreme] king, so [all] the people-groups should tremble ([in his presence/in front of him])! He sits on his throne [in the temple] above the [statues of] winged creatures, [so] the earth should quake/shake!
2 Awurade a ɔwɔ Sion yɛ ɔkɛse; wɔama no so wɔ amanaman nyinaa mu.
Yahweh is a mighty [king] in Jerusalem; [but] he is [also] the supreme ruler of all people-groups.
3 Ma wɔnkamfo wo din a ɛso na ɛyɛ nwonwa no, ɔyɛ ɔkronkron.
[So] they should praise him because he is very great/powerful; and he is holy!
4 Ɔhene no yɛ ɔkɛse, ɔdɔ atɛntrenee, woama pɛpɛyɛ atim; wayɛ nea eye na ɛteɛ wɔ Yakob mu.
He is a mighty king who (loves/is pleased with) what is just/right; he has acted justly and fairly [DOU] in Israel.
5 Momma Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn so na monsɔre no wɔ ne nan ntiaso anim; ɔyɛ ɔkronkron.
Praise Yahweh our God! Worship him [in front of the Sacred Chest in his temple] [MTY], where he rules people. He is holy!
6 Na Mose ne Aaron ka nʼasɔfo no ho, na Samuel ka wɔn a wɔbɔɔ ne din no ho; wɔfrɛɛ Awurade, na ogyee wɔn so.
Moses and Aaron were two of his priests; Samuel also was someone who prayed to him. Those [three] cried out to Yahweh [to help them], and he answered them.
7 Ofi omununkum dum mu kasa kyerɛɛ wɔn; wodii mmara ne ahyɛde a ɔmaa wɔn no so.
He spoke to Moses and Aaron from the cloud [that was like a huge] pillar; they obeyed [all] the laws and commandments [DOU] that he gave to them.
8 Awurade, yɛn Nyankopɔn, wugyee wɔn so; woyɛɛ bɔnefakyɛ Nyankopɔn maa Israel, nanso wotwee wɔn aso wɔ wɔn nnebɔne ho.
Yahweh, our God, you answered [your people] [when they cried out to you to help them]; you are a God who forgave them [for those sins that they had committed], even though you punished them for the things that they did that are wrong.
9 Momma Awurade yɛn Nyankopɔn so na monsɔre no wɔ ne bepɔw kronkron no so, na Awurade yɛn Nyankopɔn yɛ ɔkronkron.
Praise Yahweh, our God, and worship him [at the temple] on his sacred hill; [it is right to do that] because Yahweh, our God, is holy!
