Nnwom 135

1 Monkamfo Awurade. Monkamfo Awurade din; monkamfo no, mo Awurade asomfoɔ,

Alleluia. Praise the name of the Lord. You servants, praise the Lord.

2 mo a mosom wɔ Awurade fie, wɔ adihɔ a ɛwɔ yɛn Onyankopɔn fie.

You who stand in the house of the Lord, in the courts of the house of our God:

3 Monkamfo Awurade ɛfiri sɛ ɔyɛ; monto ayɛyie dwom mma ne din, na ɛno na ɛyɛ anisɔ.

praise the Lord, for the Lord is good. Sing psalms to his name, for it is sweet.

4 Awurade ayi Yakob sɛ ɔnyɛ ne deɛ, wayi Israel sɛ nʼadeɛ a ɛsom bo.

For the Lord has chosen Jacob for himself, Israel for his own possession.

5 Menim sɛ Awurade so; Ɔso sene anyame nyinaa.

For I have known that the Lord is great, and our God is before all gods.

6 Awurade yɛ deɛ ɔpɛ biara, wɔ ɔsoro ne asase so, ɛpo ne emu abunu nyinaa.

All things whatsoever that he willed, the Lord did: in heaven, on earth, in the sea, and in all the deep places.

7 Ɔma omununkum ma ne ho so firi asase ano ba; ɔsoma anyinam ka osutɔ ho na ɔma ahum tu firi nʼakoradan mu.

He leads clouds from the ends of the earth. He has created lightnings in the rain. He has produced winds from his storehouses.

8 Ɔkumm Misraim mmakan, nnipa ne mmoa mmakan.

He struck the first-born of Egypt, from man even to cattle.

9 Ɔsomaa ne nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ ne nʼanwanwadeɛ baa mo mfimfini, Ao Misraim, de tiaa Farao ne nʼasomfoɔ nyinaa.

He sent signs and wonders into your midst, O Egypt: upon Pharaoh and upon all his servants.

10 Ɔsɛee amanaman pii na ɔkunkumm ahemfo akɛseɛ,

He has struck many nations, and he has slaughtered strong kings:

11 Amorifoɔ ɔhene, Sihon Basan ɔhene, Og ne Kanaan ahemfo nyinaa,

Sihon, king of the Amorites, and Og, king of Bashan, and all the kingdoms of Canaan.

12 na ɔde wɔn nsase maa sɛ agyapadeɛ; ɔde maa ne nkurɔfoɔ Israelfoɔ.

And he gave their land as an inheritance, as an inheritance for his people Israel.

13 Ao Awurade, wo din wɔ hɔ daa. Ao Awurade wo din ahyeta awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ nyinaa mu.

Your name, O Lord, is in eternity. Your memorial, O Lord, is from generation to generation.

14 Awurade bɛdi ama ne nkurɔfoɔ na ɔbɛhunu nʼasomfoɔ mmɔbɔ.

For the Lord will judge his people, and he will be petitioned by his servants.

15 Amanaman no ahoni yɛ dwetɛ ne sikakɔkɔɔ a wɔde onipa nsa na ayɛ.

The idols of the Gentiles are silver and gold, the works of the hands of men.

16 Wɔwɔ ano, nanso wɔntumi nkasa, wɔwɔ ani, nanso wɔnhunu adeɛ;

They have a mouth, and do not speak. They have eyes, and do not see.

17 wɔwɔ aso, nanso wɔnte asɛm, na ahomeɛ nso nni wɔn anom.

They have ears, and do not hear. For neither is there any breath in their mouths.

18 Wɔn a wɔyɛɛ ahoni no bɛyɛ sɛ wɔn ara, saa ara na wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho to wɔn so no bɛyɛ.

Let those who make them become like them, along with all who trust in them.

19 Monkamfo Awurade, Ao Israel fiefoɔ; monkamfo Awurade, Ao Aaron fiefoɔ;

Bless the Lord, O house of Israel. Bless the Lord, O house of Aaron.

20 monkamfo Awurade, Ao Lewi fiefoɔ; monkamfo Awurade, mo a mosuro no.

Bless the Lord, O house of Levi. You who fear the Lord, bless the Lord.

21 Momfiri Sion nkamfo Awurade, monkamfo deɛ ɔte Yerusalem no. Monkamfo Awurade.

The Lord is blessed from Zion, by those who dwell in Jerusalem.