Nnwom 139
1 Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ. Dawid dwom. Ao Awurade, woahwehwɛ me mu na woahunu me.
Unto the end. A Psalm of David. O Lord, you have examined me, and you have known me.
2 Wonim mʼasetena ne me sɔreɛ; wofiri akyirikyiri hunu mʼadwene mu.
You have known my sitting down and my rising up again.
3 Wonim mʼadifirie ne me nnaeɛ; wonim mʼakwan nyinaa.
You have understood my thoughts from afar. My path and my fate, you have investigated.
4 Ansa na mɛbue mʼano akasa no Ao Awurade, na wonim ne nyinaa dada.
And you have foreseen all my ways. For there is no word in my tongue.
5 Woatwa me ho nyinaa ahyia na wobɔ me ho ban.
Behold, O Lord, you have known all things: the newest and the very old. You have formed me, and you have placed your hand over me.
6 Saa nimdeɛ yi boro me nteaseɛ so, ɛyɛ me nwanwa dodo.
Your knowledge has become a wonder to me. It has been reinforced, and I am not able to prevail against it.
7 Ɛhe na mɛtumi afiri wo honhom anim akorɔ? Ɛhe na mɛtumi adwane afiri wʼanim akorɔ?
Where will I go from your Spirit? And where will I flee from your face?
If I ascend into heaven, you are there. If I descend into Hell, you are near. (Sheol h7585)
9 Sɛ mede adekyeeɛ ntaban tu na mekɔtena ɛpo akyi nohoa a,
If I assume my feathers in early morning, and dwell in the utmost parts of the sea,
10 mpo ɛhɔ na wo nsa bɛgya me akɔ, na wo nsa nifa bɛsɔ me mu.
even there, your hand will lead me forth, and your right hand will hold me.
11 Na meka sɛ, “Ampa ara esum mmɛkata me so na hann nnane adesaeɛ ntwa me ho nhyia a,”
And I said: Perhaps darkness will overwhelm me, and the night will be my illumination, to my delight.
12 esum mpo nnyɛ sum mma wo; na anadwo bɛhyerɛn sɛ awia; esum ne hann yɛ wo pɛ.
But darkness will not be impenetrable to you, and night will illuminate like the day: for just as its darkness is, so also is its light.
13 Na wo na wobɔɔ me honhom wonwonoo me wɔ me maame awotwaa mu.
For you have possessed my temperament. You have supported me from the womb of my mother.
14 Mekamfo wo, ɛfiri sɛ woyɛɛ me anwanwakwan so a ɛyɛ hu. Wo nnwuma yɛ nwanwa. Menim ɛno yie pa ara.
I will confess to you, for you have been magnified terribly. Your works are miraculous, as my soul knows exceedingly well.
15 Wɔamfa me bɔberɛ anhinta wo ɛberɛ a wɔyɛɛ me kɔkoam no; ɛberɛ a wɔnwonoo me asase yam no,
My bone, which you have made in secret, has not been hidden from you, and my substance is in accord with the lower parts of the earth.
16 wʼani hunuu me ɛberɛ a meyɛ mogya toa no. Nna dodoɔ a woatwa ama me no, wɔatwerɛ ne nyinaa wɔ wo nwoma mu ansa na emu baako reba mu.
Your eyes saw my imperfection, and all this shall be written in your book. Days will be formed, and no one shall be in them.
17 Ao Onyankopɔn, wo nsusuiɛ som bo ma me! Woka ne nyinaa bɔ mu a, ɛso dodo!
But to me, O God, your friends have been greatly honored. Their first ruler has been exceedingly strengthened.
18 Sɛ mese mɛkan a, ne dodoɔ bɛboro mpoano anwea, sɛ menyane a, me ne wo wɔ hɔ ara.
I will number them, and they will be more numerous than the sand. I rose up, and I am still with you.
19 Ao Onyankopɔn, sɛ anka wobɛkumkum amumuyɛfoɔ a! Momfiri me so, mo mogyapɛfoɔ!
O God, if only you would cut down sinners. You men of blood: depart from me.
20 Wɔde adwemmɔne ka wo ho asɛm; wʼatamfoɔ mmɔ wo din pa.
For you say in thought: They will accept your cities in vain.
21 Ao Awurade, metane wɔn a wɔtane wo, na mekyiri wɔn a wɔsɔre tia woɔ.
Have I not hated those who hated you, Lord, and wasted away because of your enemies?
22 Menni hwee sɛ ɔtan a mewɔ ma wɔn; mefa wɔn sɛ mʼatamfoɔ.
I have hated them with a perfect hatred, and they have become enemies to me.
23 Hwehwɛ me mu, Ao Onyankopɔn, na hunu mʼakoma; sɔ me hwɛ na hunu mʼadwene.
Examine me, O God, and know my heart. Question me, and know my paths.
24 Hwɛ sɛ bɔne bi wɔ me mu a, na fa me fa ɛkwan a ɛkɔ daa nkwa so.
And see if there might be in me the way of iniquity, and lead me in the way of eternity.
