Nnwom 109
1 Dawid dwom. Ao Onyankopɔn a mekamfo woɔ, mmua wʼano,
For the end, a Psalm of David. For the end, a Psalm of David. O God, pass not over my praise in silence;
2 na amumuyɛfoɔ ne nkontompofoɔ atu wɔn ano agu me so; wɔde atorɔ tɛkrɛma akasa atia me.
for the mouth of the sinner and the mouth of the crafty [man] have been opened against me: they have spoken against me with a crafty tongue.
3 Wɔde nitansɛm atwa me ho ahyia na wɔto hyɛ me so a menkaa wɔn.
And they have compassed me with words of hatred; and fought against me without a cause.
4 Wɔka nsɛm to me so de tua me nnamfoyɛ so ka, nanso meyɛ obi a ɔpɛ mpaeɛbɔ.
Instead of loving me, they falsely accused me: but I continued to pray.
5 Wɔde bɔne tua me papayɛ so ka, na wɔde ɔtan tua me nnamfoyɛ so ka.
And they rewarded me evil for good, and hatred for my love.
6 Ma onipa bɔne bi nsɔre ntia no; na Satan nnyina ne nsa nifa so.
Set thou a sinner against him; and let the devil stand at his right hand.
7 Wɔdi nʼasɛm a, ma ɔnni fɔ, na ne mpaeɛbɔ mmu no kumfɔ.
When he is judged, let him go forth condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
8 Ma ne nkwa nna nyɛ kakraa bi; na ɔfoforɔ nsi nʼanan mu sɛ ɔkandifoɔ.
Let his days be few: and let another take his office of overseer.
9 Ma ne mma nyɛ nwisiaa na ne yere nyɛ okunafoɔ.
Let his children be orphans, and his wife a widow.
10 Ma ne mma nkyinkyini nsrɛsrɛ adeɛ; ma wɔmpam wɔn mfiri wɔn afie a abubuo no mu.
Let his children wander without a dwelling-place, and beg: let them be cast out of their habitations.
11 Ma ɔdefirifoɔ bi mfa deɛ ɔwɔ nyinaa; na amanfrafoɔ mfom nʼadwuma so aba.
Let [his] creditor exact all that belongs to him: and let strangers spoil his labours.
12 Mma obiara nhunu no mmɔbɔ Mma obiara nhunu ne nwisiaa nso mmɔbɔ.
Let him have no helper; neither let there be any one to have compassion on his fatherless children.
13 Ma nʼase nhye, na wɔn din nyera wɔ awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ a ɛreba no mu.
Let his children be [given up] to utter destruction: in one generation let his name be blotted out.
14 Ma wɔnkae nʼagyanom nnebɔne wɔ Awurade anim; na ne maame bɔne no ntena hɔ daa.
Let the iniquity of his fathers be remembered before the Lord; and let not the sin of his mother be blotted out.
15 Wɔn bɔne nyinaa nka Awurade anim, na wɔankae wɔn bio wɔ asase so.
Let them be before the Lord continually; and let their memorial be blotted out from the earth.
16 Ɛfiri sɛ wannwene da sɛ ɔbɛyɛ adɔeɛ, na mmom ɔtaa ahiafoɔ mmɔborɔfoɔ ne wɔn a wɔn werɛ ahoɔ de kɔɔ owuo mu.
Because he remembered not to shew mercy, but persecuted the needy and poor man, and [that] to slay him that was pricked in the heart.
17 Nʼani gyee sɛ ɔbɛdome enti nnome mmra ne so; wampɛ sɛ ɔbɛhyira enti nhyira mmɔ no.
He loved cursing also, and it shall come upon him; and he took not pleasure in blessing, so it shall be removed far from him.
18 Ɔhyɛɛ nnome sɛ atadeɛ; ɛnonom kɔɔ ne onipadua mu sɛ nsuo, ne ne nnompe mu sɛ ngo.
Yea, he put on cursing as a garment, and it is come as water into his bowels, and as oil into his bones.
19 Ma ɛnyɛ sɛ atadeɛ a ɛkyekyere ne ho, ne abɔsoɔ a ɛbɔ no daa.
Let it be to him as a garment which he puts on, and as a girdle with which he girds himself continually.
20 Ma yei nyɛ Awurade akatua a ɔde ma me kwaadubɔfoɔ, wɔn a wɔka nsɛmmɔne fa me ho no.
This is the dealing of the Lord with those who falsely accuse me, and of them that speak evil against my soul.
21 Nanso, wo Ao Asafo Awurade, wo din enti, wo ne me nni no yie; firi wʼadɔeɛ mu gye me.
But thou, O Lord, Lord, deal [mercifully] with me, for thy name's sake: for thy mercy is good.
22 Ɛfiri sɛ meyɛ ohiani ne deɛ onnibie, na mʼakoma atɔ baha wɔ me mu.
Deliver me, for I am poor and needy; and my heart is troubled within me.
23 Metwam sɛ anwummerɛ sunsumma; wɔwoso me kyene sɛ ntutummɛ.
I am removed as a shadow in its going down: I am tossed up and down like locusts.
24 Abuadadie ama me kotodwe mu agogo; mafɔn na ama aka me nnompe.
My knees are weakened through fasting, and my flesh is changed by reason of [the want of] oil.
25 Mayɛ aseredeɛ ama wɔn a wɔbɔ me soboɔ; sɛ wohunu me a, wɔwoso wɔn ti.
I became also a reproach to them: [when] they saw me they shook their heads.
26 Boa me, Ao Awurade me Onyankopɔn; gye me sɛdeɛ wʼadɔeɛ teɛ.
Help me, O Lord my God; and save me according to thy mercy.
27 Ma wɔnhunu sɛ ɛyɛ wo nsa, na wo na woayɛ, Ao Awurade.
And let them know that this is thy hand; and [that] thou, Lord, hast wrought it.
28 Wɔbɛdome, nanso wobɛhyira; sɛ wɔto hyɛ me so a, wɔn anim bɛgu ase, nanso wo ɔsomfoɔ ani bɛgye.
Let them curse, but thou shalt bless: let them that rise up against me be ashamed, but let thy servant rejoice.
29 Animguaseɛ bɛdura mʼatamfoɔ ho; na akyekyere wɔn ho sɛ atadeɛ.
Let those that falsely accuse me be clothed with shame, and let them cover themselves with their shame as with a mantle.
30 Mede mʼano bɛma Awurade so ayɛ no kɛseɛ; mɛkamfo no wɔ nnipadɔm mu.
I will give thanks to the Lord abundantly with my mouth; and in the midst of many I will praise him.
31 Ɛfiri sɛ, ɔgyina onnibie nsa nifa so sɛ ɔbɛgye no nkwa afiri wɔn a wɔbu no kumfɔ nsam.
For he stood on the right hand of the poor, to save [me] from them that persecute my soul.
