Nnwom 106
1 Monkamfo Awurade! Monna Awurade ase na ɔyɛ; na nʼadɔeɛ wɔ hɔ daa.
Praise ye the LORD! O give thanks to the LORD, for he is good; For his mercy endureth for ever!
2 Hwan na ɔbɛtumi aka nneɛma akɛseɛ a Awurade ayɛ? Anaasɛ ɔbɛtumi aka ne nkamfo awie?
Who can utter the mighty deeds of the LORD? Who can show forth all his praise?
3 Nhyira nka wɔn a wɔkɔ so bu atɛntenenee, na daa wɔyɛ deɛ ɛyɛ.
Happy are they who have regard to justice, Who practise righteousness at all times!
4 Ao Awurade, sɛ wohunu wo nkurɔfoɔ mmɔbɔ a kae me. Sɛ wogye wɔn nkwa a, boa me,
Remember me, O LORD! with the favor promised to thy people; O visit me with thy salvation!
5 na manya wɔn a wapa wɔn no yiedie mu kyɛfa, na manya wo manfoɔ anigyeɛ no mu kyɛfa na me ne wʼagyapadeɛ no abɔ mu de nkamfo ama wo.
That I may see the prosperity of thy chosen, That I may rejoice in the joy of thy people, That I may glory with thine inheritance!
6 Yɛayɛ bɔne sɛdeɛ yɛn nananom yɛeɛ no; yɛayɛ mfomsoɔ na yɛadi atirimuɔdensɛm.
We have sinned with our fathers; We have committed iniquity; we have done wickedly.
7 Ɛberɛ a yɛn nananom wɔ Misraim no, wɔannwene wo nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ ho; wɔankae wʼadɔeɛ bebrebe no, na wɔtee atua wɔ Ɛpo Kɔkɔɔ no ho.
Our fathers in Egypt did not regard thy wonders; They remembered not the multitude of thy mercies; But rebelled at the sea, the Red sea.
8 Nanso, ne din enti ɔgyee wɔn nkwa, sɛdeɛ ɔbɛda ne tumi kɛseɛ no adi.
Yet he saved them for his own name's sake. That he might make his mighty power to be known.
9 Ɔteaa Ɛpo Kɔkɔɔ no ma ɛwee; ɔde wɔn faa abunu mu te sɛ ɛserɛ so.
He rebuked the Red sea, and it was dried up, And he led them through the deep as through a desert.
10 Ɔgyee wɔn firii ɔtamfoɔ no nsam; deɛ ɔtane wɔn nsam na ɔyii wɔn firiiɛ.
He saved them from the hand of him that hated them, And redeemed them from the hand of the enemy.
11 Nsuo kataa wɔn atamfoɔ so; na ɔbaako mpo annya nkwa.
The waters covered their enemies; There was not one of them left.
12 Afei wɔgyee ne bɔhyɛ no diiɛ na wɔtoo nʼayɛyie dwom.
Then believed they his words, And sang his praise.
13 Nanso, ntɛm so, wɔn werɛ firii deɛ wayɛ na wɔantwɛn nʼagyinatuo.
But they soon forgot his deeds, And waited not for his counsel.
14 Akɔnnɔ bɛhyɛɛ wɔn mu wɔ ɛserɛ so hɔ, na wɔ asase paradada no so, wɔsɔɔ Onyankopɔn hwɛeɛ,
They gave way to appetite in the wilderness, And tempted God in the desert;
15 enti ɔmaa wɔn deɛ wɔbisaeɛ, nanso, ɔde ɔfɔn yadeɛ baa wɔn so.
And he gave them their request, But sent upon them leanness.
16 Na nsraban mu hɔ wɔn ani beree Mose ne Aaron a Awurade ate ne ho no.
They also envied Moses in the camp, And Aaron, the holy one of the LORD.
17 Asase mu buee na ɛmenee Datan na ɛsiee Abiram asafo no.
Then the earth opened, and swallowed up Dathan, And covered the company of Abiram,
18 Egya tɔɔ wɔn akyidifoɔ no mu; ogyaframa hyee amumuyɛfoɔ no.
And a fire was kindled in their company; The flames burned up the wicked.
19 Wɔyɛɛ nantwie ba wɔ Horeb na wɔkotoo ohoni a wɔde fagudeɛ ayɛ.
They made a calf in Horeb, And worshipped a molten image;
20 Wɔsesaa wɔn Animuonyam. Wɔde nantwinini, a ɔwe ɛserɛ nsɛsodeɛ.
They changed their God of glory Into the image of a grass-eating ox.
21 Wɔn werɛ firii Onyankopɔn a ɔgyee wɔn nkwa, deɛ ɔyɛɛ nneɛma akɛseɛ wɔ Misraim no,
They forgot God, their saviour, Who had done such great things in Egypt,
22 nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a ɔyɛɛ wɔ Ham asase so ne nneɛma a ɛyɛ hu wɔ Ɛpo Kɔkɔɔ ho no.
Such wonders in the land of Ham. Such terrible things at the Red sea.
23 Enti ɔkaa sɛ ɔbɛsɛe wɔn, nanso Mose a ɔyɛ deɛ wapa noɔ no sɔre gyinaa Onyankopɔn ne nnipa no ntam; ɔsrɛɛ no, dwodwoo nʼabufuo no ano sɛdeɛ ɔrensɛe wɔn.
Then he said that he would destroy them; Had not Moses, his chosen, stood before him in the breach, To turn away his wrath, that he might not destroy them.
24 Afei, wɔn ani ansɔ asase fɛfɛ no; na wɔannye ne bɔhyɛ anni.
They also despised the pleasant land, And believed not his word;
25 Wɔnwiinwii wɔ wɔn ntomadan mu na wɔannyɛ ɔsetie amma Awurade.
But murmured in their tents, And would not hearken to the voice of the LORD.
26 Enti ɔmaa ne nsa so kaa ntam kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ ɔbɛma wɔn atotɔ wɔ ɛserɛ no so,
Then he lifted up his hand against them, And swore that he would make them fall in the wilderness;
27 ɔbɛma wɔn asefoɔ atotɔ wɔ amanaman mu na wabɔ wɔn ahwete nsase nyinaa so.
That he would overthrow their descendants among the nations, And scatter them in the lands.
28 Wɔde wɔn ho bɔɔ Baal-peor ho na wɔdii afɔrebɔdeɛ a wɔde ama anyame a wɔnni nkwa;
They also gave themselves to the worship of Baal-peor, And ate sacrifices offered to lifeless idols.
29 wɔde wɔn atirimuɔdensɛm hyɛɛ Awurade abufuo na ɔyaredɔm sii wɔn mu.
Thus they provoked his anger by their practices, And a plague broke in upon them.
30 Na Pinehas sɔre dii agyinamu, na Awurade sii ɔyaredɔm no ano.
Then stood up Phinehas, and executed judgment, And the plague was stayed.
31 Wɔde yei yɛɛ tenenee maa Pinehas wɔ awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ a ɛnni awieeɛ a ɛbɛba no mu.
And this was counted to him for righteousness, To all generations for ever.
32 Meriba nsuo ho nso, wɔhyɛɛ Awurade abufuo, na wɔn enti, ɔhaw baa Mose so,
They provoked him also at the waters of Meribah [[strife]], And evil befell Moses on their account.
33 ɛfiri sɛ wɔtee Onyankopɔn Honhom anim atua, na asɛm a wannwene ho firii Mose anomu.
For they provoked his spirit, So that he spake inconsiderately with his lips.
34 Wɔansɛe nnipa no sɛdeɛ Awurade hyɛɛ wɔn no,
They did not destroy the nations, As Jehovah had commanded them.
35 nanso wɔde wɔn ho frafraa amanaman no yɛɛ nneɛma a wɔyɛ no bi.
They mingled themselves with the peoples, And learned their practices.
36 Wɔsomm wɔn ahoni na ɛbɛyɛɛ afidie maa wɔn.
They even worshipped their idols, Which became to them a snare.
37 Wɔde wɔn mmammarima ne wɔn mmammaa bɔɔ afɔdeɛ maa abosom.
Their sons and their daughters they sacrificed to demons,
38 Wɔkaa mogya a ɛdi bem guiɛ; wɔn mmammarima ne wɔn mmammaa mogya a wɔde bɔɔ afɔdeɛ maa Kanaan ahoni no maa asase no ho guu fi.
And shed innocent blood, The blood of their own sons and daughters, Whom they sacrificed to the idols of Canaan; And the land was polluted with blood.
39 Wɔde deɛ wɔyɛeɛ no guu wɔn ankasa ho fi; wɔnam deɛ wɔyɛeɛ no so bɔɔ adwaman.
Thus they defiled themselves with their works, And played the harlot with their practices.
40 Enti, Awurade bo fuu ne nkurɔfoɔ; na ɔkyirii nʼagyapadeɛ.
Then burned the anger of the LORD against his people, So that he abhorred his own inheritance.
41 Ɔdanee wɔn maa amanaman no, na wɔn atamfoɔ dii wɔn so.
And he gave them into the hand of the nations, And they who hated them ruled over them.
42 Wɔn atamfoɔ hyɛɛ wɔn so na wɔkaa wɔn hyɛɛ wɔn tumi ase.
Their enemies oppressed them, And they were bowed down under their hand.
43 Mpɛn bebree, Awurade gyee wɔn, nanso wɔkɔɔ so tee atua na wɔsɛe wɔ wɔn bɔne mu.
Many times did he deliver them; But they provoked him by their devices, And they were brought low for their iniquities.
44 Nanso ɔhunuu wɔn ahohiahia ɛberɛ a wɔsu frɛɛ noɔ no;
Yet, when he heard their cries, He had regard to their affliction;
45 Wɔn enti, ɔkaee nʼapam no na ɔfirii nʼadɔeɛ kɛseɛ no mu hunuu wɔn mmɔbɔ.
He remembered his covenant with them, And repented according to the greatness of his mercy,
46 Ɔmaa sodifoɔ a wɔafa wɔn nnommum no nyaa ahummɔborɔ maa wɔn.
And caused them to find pity Among all that carried them captive.
47 Gye yɛn, Ao Awurade yɛn nkwagyeɛ Onyankopɔn, na boaboa yɛn ano firi amanaman so, na yɛada wo din kronkron no ase, na yɛde nkamfo ahyɛ wo animuonyam.
Save us, O Jehovah, our God! and gather us from among the nations, That we may give thanks to thy holy name, And glory in thy praise!
48 Ayɛyie nka Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, ɛmfiri mmerɛsanten nkɔsi nnasanten. Momma nnipa no nyinaa nka sɛ, “Amen!” Monkamfo Awurade.
[Blessed be Jehovah, the God of Israel, From everlasting to everlasting! And let all the people say, Amen! Praise ye Jehovah!]
