2 Samuel 22
1 Ɛberɛ a Awurade gyee Dawid firii nʼatamfoɔ nyinaa ne Saulo nsam akyi no, ɔtoo saa dwom yi de yii Awurade ayɛ.
And David spoke to the Lord the words of this song, in the day in which the Lord rescued him out of the hand of all his enemies, and out of the hand of Saul.
2 Nsɛm a ɛwɔ dwom no mu nie: “Awurade yɛ me botan, mʼaban ne mʼagyenkwa;
And the song was thus: O Lord, my rock, and my fortress, and my deliverer,
3 me Onyankopɔn yɛ me botan; ne mu na menya banbɔ. Ɔyɛ me kyɛm, me nkwagyeɛ mu ahoɔden ne me banbɔeɛ, mʼabantenten, mʼagyenkwa, deɛ ɔgye me firi basabasayɛ mu.
my God; he shall be to me my guard, I will trust in him: [he is] my protector, and the horn of my salvation, my helper, and my sure refuge; you shall save me from the unjust man.
4 “Mesu frɛ Awurade; ɔno na ayɛyie sɛ no, ɛfiri sɛ, ɔgye me firi mʼatamfoɔ nsam.
I will call upon the Lord who is worthy to be praised, and I shall be saved from my enemies.
5 Owuo asorɔkye twaa me ho hyiaeɛ; ɔsɛeɛ yiri faa me so.
For the troubles of death compassed me, the floods of iniquity amazed me:
the pangs of death surrounded me, the agonies of death prevented me. (Sheol h7585)
7 “Na mʼamanehunu mu no, mesu mefrɛɛ Awurade. Aane, mefrɛɛ me Onyankopɔn pɛɛ mmoa. Ɔtee me nne firii ne kronkronbea. Me sufrɛ duruu nʼasom.
When I am afflicted I will call upon the Lord, and will cry to my God, and he shall hear my voice out of his temple, and my cry shall come into his ears.
8 Na asase wosoeɛ na ɛhinhimeɛ; ɔsoro fapem wosoeɛ; wɔwosoeɛ, nʼabufuo enti.
And the earth was troubled and quaked, and the foundations of heaven were confounded and torn asunder, because the Lord was angry with them.
9 Wisie firii ne hwene mu; ogyaframa firii nʼanom; na egyasramma dɛre firii mu.
There went up a smoke in his wrath, and fire out of his mouth devours: coals were kindled at it.
10 Ɔfirii ɔsoro baa fam; na omununkum kabii duruu ne nan ase.
And he bowed the heavens, and came down, and [there was] darkness under his feet.
11 Ɔte Kerubim so tuiɛ; gyaagyaa ne ho wɔ mframa ntaban so.
And he rode upon the cherubs and did fly, and was seen upon the wings of the wind.
12 Ɔde sum kataa ne ho hyiaeɛ, ɔde osuo omununkum dii nʼanim ɛkan.
And he made darkness his hiding-place; his tabernacle round about him was the darkness of waters, he condensed it with the clouds of the air.
13 Hann kɛseɛ hyerɛn wɔ nʼanim, na anyinam pa firi mu.
At the brightness before him coals of fire were kindled.
14 Awurade bobɔɔ mu firi soro; Ɔsorosoroni no teaam denden.
The Lord thundered out of heaven, and the Most High uttered his voice.
15 Ɔtoo nʼagyan maa nʼatamfoɔ hweteeɛ; anyinam dwaeɛ ma wɔyɛɛ basaa.
And he sent forth arrows, and scattered them, and he flashed lightning, and dismayed them.
16 Awurade kasaeɛ, na ewiase nnyinasoɔ no nyinaa daa hɔ. Wɔtumi hunuu ɛpo ase, na asase fapem ho daa hɔ.
And the channels of the sea were seen, and the foundations of the world were discovered, at the rebuke of the Lord, at the blast of the breath of his anger.
17 “Ɔfiri ɔsoro baa ɛfam bɛsɔɔ me mu; ɔtwee me firii nsuo a emu dɔ mu.
He sent from above and took me; he drew me out of many waters.
18 Ɔgyee me firii mʼatamfoɔ a wɔyɛ den nsam, atamfoɔ a wɔkyiri me na wɔn ho yɛ den pa ara ma me.
He delivered me from my strong enemies, from them that hated me, for they were stronger than I.
19 Wɔbaa me so wɔ mʼamanehunu da mu, nanso Awurade pagyaa me.
The days of my affliction prevented me; but the Lord was my stay.
20 Ɔde me baa baabi a banbɔ wɔ; ɔgyee me, ɛfiri sɛ, nʼani ku me ho.
And he brought me into a wide place, and rescued me, because he delighted in me.
21 “Awurade ne me adi no sɛdeɛ me tenenee teɛ; wahwɛ me nsa a ɛho teɛ so atua me ka.
And the Lord recompensed me according to my righteousness; even according to the purity of my hands did he recompense me.
22 Ɛfiri sɛ, manante Awurade akwan so; Mentwee me ho mfirii me Onyankopɔn ho nkɔyɛɛ bɔne.
Because, I kept the ways of the Lord, and did not wickedly depart from my God.
23 Ne mmara nyinaa gu mʼanim; mentwee me ho mfirii ne nhyehyɛeɛ ho.
For all his judgments and his ordinances [were] before me: I departed not from them.
24 Me ho nni asɛm wɔ Onyankopɔn anim; matwe me ho afiri bɔne ho.
And I shall be blameless before him, and will keep myself from my iniquity.
25 Awurade tuaa me papayɛ so ka, ɛfiri sɛ menni fɔ wɔ nʼanim.
And the Lord will recompense me according to my righteousness, and according to the purity of my hands in his eye-sight.
26 “Woda wo ho adi sɛ ɔnokwafoɔ kyerɛ wɔn a wɔdi nokorɛ, wɔn a wɔdi mu nso wo kyerɛ wɔn sɛ wodi mu.
With the holy you will be holy, and with the perfect man you will be perfect,
27 Woyi wo kronkronyɛ kyerɛ ɔkronkronni, nanso amumuyɛfoɔ deɛ wokyiri wɔn.
and with the excellent you will be excellent, and with the froward you will be froward.
28 Wogye ahobrɛasefoɔ, nanso wʼani kɔ ahantanfoɔ so sɛ wobɛbrɛ wɔn ase.
And you will save the poor people, and will bring down the eyes of the haughty.
29 Ao Awurade, woyɛ me kanea. Aane, Awurade woma me sum dane hann.
For you, Lord, [are] my lamp, and the Lord shall shine forth to me in my darkness.
30 Wʼahoɔden a wode ma me enti, metumi ka akodɔm gu; me Onyankopɔn enti, metumi foro ɔfasuo.
For by you shall I run [as] a girded man, and by my God shall I leap over a wall.
31 “Onyankopɔn deɛ, nʼakwan yɛ pɛ; Awurade bɔhyɛ nyinaa ba mu. Ɔyɛ akokyɛm ma wɔn a wɔhwehwɛ banbɔ wɔ ne mu.
As for the Mighty One, his way [is] blameless: the word of the Lord [is] strong [and] tried in the fire: he is a protector to all that put their trust in him.
32 Hwan ne Onyankopɔn, gye sɛ Awurade? Hwan ne ɔbotantim no, gye sɛ yɛn Onyankopɔn?
Who [is] strong, but the Lord? and who will be a Creator except our God?
33 Onyankopɔn ne mʼaban a ɛyɛ den; wagye me, na wama me kwan so ayɛ pɛ.
[It is] the Mighty One who strengthens me with might, and has prepared my way without fault.
34 Ɔma mʼanammɔn ho yɛ hare sɛ ɔforoteɛ deɛ; Ɔma me gyina sorɔnsorɔmmea.
He makes my feet like hart's feet, and sets me upon the high places.
35 Ɔsiesie me ma ɔko; na mʼabasa tumi kuntunu kɔbere mfrafraeɛ tadua.
He teaches my hands to war, and has broken a brazen bow by my arm.
36 Woama me wo nkwagyeɛ kyɛm. Wo mmoa ama mayɛ ɔkɛseɛ.
And you have given me the shield of my salvation, and your propitious dealing has increased me,
37 Woabɔ ɛkwan tɛtrɛɛ ama me nan sɛdeɛ ɛrenwatiri.
so as to make room under me for my going, and my legs did not totter.
38 “Metaa mʼatamfoɔ so sɛee wɔn; mannyina kɔsii sɛ wɔdii nkoguo.
I will pursue my enemies, and will utterly destroy them; and I will not turn again till I have consumed them.
39 Meyamoo wɔn, mebɔɔ wɔn hwee fam, na wɔantumi ansɔre; wɔhwehwee ase wɔ me nan ase.
And I will crush them, and they shall not rise; and they shall fall under my feet.
40 Wohyɛɛ me ahoɔden maa ɔko; woaka mʼatamfoɔ ahyɛ me nan ase.
And you shall strengthen me with power for the war; you shall cause them that rise up against me to bow down under me.
41 Womaa wɔdanee wɔn ani dwaneeɛ, na mesɛe wɔn a wɔtan me nyinaa.
And you have caused mine enemies to flee before me, even them that hated me, and you have slain them.
42 Wɔsu pɛɛ mmoa, nanso obiara ammɛgye wɔn. Wɔsu frɛɛ Awurade, nanso wannye wɔn so.
They shall cry, and there shall be no helper; to the Lord, but he hearkens not to them.
43 Meyamoo wɔn ma wɔyɛɛ sɛ asase so mfuturo; mepraa wɔn guu nsuka mu sɛ wira.
And I ground them as the dust of the earth, I beat them small as the mire of the streets.
44 “Womaa me nkonimdie wɔ wɔn a wɔbɔ me kwaadu so. Woahwɛ sɛ mɛyɛ amanaman sodifoɔ; na nnipa a mennim wɔn som me.
And you shall deliver me from the striving of the peoples, you shall keep me [to be] the head of the Gentiles: a people which I knew not served me.
45 Ananafoɔ brɛ wɔn ho ase ma me; wɔte me nka pɛ ara a, wɔde wɔn ho ma me.
The strange children feigned [obedience] to me; they listened to me as soon as they heard.
46 Wɔn nyinaa bɔ huboa, na wɔde ahopopoɔ firi wɔn nsraban mu ba.
The strange children shall be cast away, and shall be overthrown out of their hiding places.
47 “Awurade te ase! Ayɛyi nka me botan, ma wɔmma Onyankopɔn, me nkwagyeɛ botan so.
The Lord lives, and blessed [be] my guardian, and my God, my strong keeper, shall be exalted.
48 Ɔno ne Onyankopɔn a ɔtɔ wɔn a wɔha me so awere; ɔka amanaman no hyɛ mʼase
The Lord who avenges me [is] strong, chastening the nations under me,
49 na ɔgye me firi mʼatamfoɔ nsam. Wode me si baabi a mʼatamfoɔ nnuru, wogye me firi atutupɛfoɔ a wɔtia me nsam.
and bringing me out from my enemies: and you shall set me on high from among those that rise up against me: you shall deliver me from the violent man.
50 Ao Awurade yei enti, mɛkamfo wo wɔ amanaman mu nyinaa; na mɛto ayɛyie nnwom ama wo edin.
Therefore will I confess to you, O Lord, among the Gentiles, and sing to your name.
51 “Wode nkonimdie akɛseɛ ama wo ɔhene; woda ɔdɔ a ɛnsa da adi kyerɛ deɛ woasra no ngo, wode kyerɛ Dawid, ne nʼasefoɔ afebɔɔ.”
He magnifies the salvation of his king, and works mercy for his anointed, even for David and for his seed for ever.
