Nnwom 130

1 Ɔsorokorɔ dwom. Ao Awurade, mefiri ebunu mu resu frɛ wo;

A Song of degrees. Out of the depths do I call upon thee, Jehovah.

2 Ao Awurade tie me nne. Wɛn wʼaso ma me nkotosrɛ.

Lord, hear my voice; let thine ears be attentive to the voice of my supplication.

3 Ao Awurade, sɛ wobu yɛn bɔne ho nkonta a, anka hwan na ɔbɛtumi agyina ano?

If thou, Jah, shouldest mark iniquities, Lord, who shall stand?

4 Nanso, wowɔ bɔnefakyɛ; ɛno enti wɔsuro wo.

But there is forgiveness with thee, that thou mayest be feared.

5 Metwɛn Awurade, me kra twɛn, na nʼasɛm mu na mede mʼanidasoɔ ahyɛ.

I wait for Jehovah; my soul doth wait, and in his word do I hope.

6 Me kra twɛne Awurade sene sɛdeɛ awɛmfoɔ twɛne adekyeɛ, sene sɛdeɛ awɛmfoɔ twene adekyeɛ.

My soul [waiteth] for the Lord more than the watchers [wait] for the morning, [more than] the watchers for the morning.

7 Ao Israel, ma wʼani nna Awurade so, ɛfiri sɛ Awurade wɔ adɔeɛ a ɛwɔ hɔ daa na ɔgyeɛ amapa wɔ ne mu.

Let Israel hope in Jehovah, because with Jehovah there is loving-kindness, and with him is plenteous redemption;

8 Ɔno ankasa bɛgye Israel afiri wɔn bɔne nyinaa mu.

And he will redeem Israel from all his iniquities.