Nnwom 109
1 Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ no. Dawid dwom. Ao Onyankopɔn a mekamfo woɔ, mmua wʼano,
“To the chief musician, by David, a psalm.” O God of my praise, do not keep silence.
2 na amumuyɛfoɔ ne nkontompofoɔ atu wɔn ano agu me so; wɔde atorɔ tɛkrɛma akasa atia me.
For the mouth of the wicked and the mouth of deceit are opened against me: they have spoken with me with the tongue of falsehood.
3 Wɔde nitansɛm atwa me ho ahyia na wɔto hyɛ me so a menkaa wɔn.
Also with words of hatred have they encompassed me, and they fight against me without a cause.
4 Wɔka nsɛm to me so de tua me nnamfoyɛ so ka, nanso meyɛ obi a ɔpɛ mpaeɛbɔ.
In recompense for my love are they my accusers, while I have nothing but prayer.
5 Wɔde bɔne tua me papayɛ so ka, na wɔde ɔtan tua me nnamfoyɛ so ka.
And they impose evil on me in recompense for good, and hatred in lieu of my love.
6 Ma onipa bɔne bi nsɔre ntia no; na Satan nnyina ne nsa nifa so.
Appoint thou a wicked man over him: and let an accuser stand at his right hand.
7 Wɔdi nʼasɛm a, ma ɔnni fɔ, na ne mpaeɛbɔ mmu no kumfɔ.
When he is to be judged, let him go forth guilty, 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.
9 Ma ne mma nyɛ nwisiaa na ne yere nyɛ okunafoɔ.
Let his children be fatherless, 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 be continually moving about, and beg, and let them seek [their bread] out of their ruined places.
11 Ma ɔdefirifoɔ bi mfa deɛ ɔwɔ nyinaa; na amanfrafoɔ mfom nʼadwuma so aba.
Let the creditor lay snares after all that he hath, and let strangers plunder his labor.
12 Mma obiara nhunu no mmɔbɔ Mma obiara nhunu ne nwisiaa nso mmɔbɔ.
Let him have none that extendeth kindness, and let there be none that is gracious to his fatherless children.
13 Ma nʼase nhye, na wɔn din nyera wɔ awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ a ɛreba no mu.
Let his posterity be cut off: in another generation let their 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 by the Lord, and let the sin of his mother not be blotted out.
15 Wɔn bɔne nyinaa nka Awurade anim, na wɔankae wɔn bio wɔ asase so.
Let them be before the Lord continually, that he may cut off from the earth their memory.
16 Ɛfiri sɛ wannwene da sɛ ɔbɛyɛ adɔeɛ, na mmom ɔtaa ahiafoɔ mmɔborɔfoɔ ne wɔn a wɔn werɛ ahoɔ de kɔɔ owuo mu.
For the reason that he remembered not to show kindness; but persecuted the poor and needy man, and the grieved in heart to put him to death.
17 Nʼani gyee sɛ ɔbɛdome enti nnome mmra ne so; wampɛ sɛ ɔbɛhyira enti nhyira mmɔ no.
As he loved cursing, so let it come over him: and as he delighted not in blessing, so let it be far from him.
18 Ɔhyɛɛ nnome sɛ atadeɛ; ɛnonom kɔɔ ne onipadua mu sɛ nsuo, ne ne nnompe mu sɛ ngo.
And he clothed himself with cursing as with his garment, and it cometh like water within him, and like oil into his bones.
19 Ma ɛnyɛ sɛ atadeɛ a ɛkyekyere ne ho, ne abɔsoɔ a ɛbɔ no daa.
Let it be unto him as a garment in which he wrappeth himself, and for a girdle let him be continually girded with it.
20 Ma yei nyɛ Awurade akatua a ɔde ma me kwaadubɔfoɔ, wɔn a wɔka nsɛmmɔne fa me ho no.
Let this be the reward of my accusers from the Lord, and of those 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 Eternal Lord, deal with me for the sake of thy name: because thy kindness is good, deliver thou me.
22 Ɛfiri sɛ meyɛ ohiani ne deɛ onnibie, na mʼakoma atɔ baha wɔ me mu.
For poor and needy am I, and my heart is deeply wounded within me.
23 Metwam sɛ anwummerɛ sunsumma; wɔwoso me kyene sɛ ntutummɛ.
Like the shadow when it declineth do I hasten away: I am driven suddenly off like the locusts.
24 Abuadadie ama me kotodwe mu agogo; mafɔn na ama aka me nnompe.
My knees stumble through fasting, and my flesh faileth of fatness.
25 Mayɛ aseredeɛ ama wɔn a wɔbɔ me soboɔ; sɛ wohunu me a, wɔwoso wɔn ti.
And I am become a reproach unto them: when they see me, they shake their head.
26 Boa me, Ao Awurade me Onyankopɔn; gye me sɛdeɛ wʼadɔeɛ teɛ.
Help me, O Lord my God: O save me according to thy kindness:
27 Ma wɔnhunu sɛ ɛyɛ wo nsa, na wo na woayɛ, Ao Awurade.
That they may know that this is thy hand: that thou, Lord, hast truly done it.
28 Wɔbɛdome, nanso wobɛhyira; sɛ wɔto hyɛ me so a, wɔn anim bɛgu ase, nanso wo ɔsomfoɔ ani bɛgye.
Let them then curse, but do thou bless: when they arise, let them be made ashamed; but let thy servant rejoice.
29 Animguaseɛ bɛdura mʼatamfoɔ ho; na akyekyere wɔn ho sɛ atadeɛ.
Let my accusers be clothed with confusion, and let them wrap themselves, as with a mantle, in their own shame.
30 Mede mʼano bɛma Awurade so ayɛ no kɛseɛ; mɛkamfo no wɔ nnipadɔm mu.
I will thank the Lord greatly with my mouth, and in the midst of many will I praise him.
31 Ɛfiri sɛ, ɔgyina onnibie nsa nifa so sɛ ɔbɛgye no nkwa afiri wɔn a wɔbu no kumfɔ nsam.
For he ever standeth at the right hand of the needy, to save him from those that judge his soul.
