Nnwom 129

1 Ɔsoroforɔ dwom. “Wɔahyɛ me so pii firi me mmɔfraase, ma Israel nka.

[A Song of Ascents.] Many times they have afflicted me from my youth up. Let Israel now say,

2 “Wɔahyɛ me so pii firi me mmɔfraase, nanso wɔntumi nnii me so nkonim.

many times they have afflicted me from my youth up, yet they have not prevailed against me.

3 Fentemfoɔ afentem mʼakyi ayɛ wɔn nkofie atentene.

The plowers plowed on my back. They made their furrows long.

4 Nanso Awurade yɛ ɔteneneeni; Watwitwa amumuyɛfoɔ nhoma afiri me ho.”

The LORD is righteous. He has cut apart the cords of the wicked.

5 Ma wɔn a wɔtan Sion nyinaa mfa animguaseɛ nsane wɔn akyi.

Let them be disappointed and turned backward, all those who hate Zion.

6 Ma wɔnyɛ sɛ ɛserɛ a ɛwɔ ɔdan atifi, ɛnnyini na ahye;

Let them be as the grass on the housetops, which withers before it grows up;

7 Ɛremma otwafoɔ nya biribi wɔ ne nsam, na deɛ ɔboaboa ano nso renya hwee nʼabasa so.

with which the reaper doesn't fill his hand, nor he who binds sheaves, his bosom.

8 Mma wɔn a wɔtwam hɔ nnka sɛ, “Awurade nhyira mmra mo so; yɛhyira mo wɔ Awurade din mu.”

Neither do those who go by say, "The blessing of the LORD be on you. We bless you in the name of the LORD."