Nnwom 139
1 Dawid dwom. Ao Awurade, woahwehwɛ me mu na woahunu me.
Lord, thou hast proved me, and known me:
2 Wonim mʼasetena ne me sɔreɛ; wofiri akyirikyiri hunu mʼadwene mu.
Thou hast know my sitting down, and my rising up.
3 Wonim mʼadifirie ne me nnaeɛ; wonim mʼakwan nyinaa.
Thou hast understood my thoughts afar off: my path and my line thou hast searched out.
4 Ansa na mɛbue mʼano akasa no Ao Awurade, na wonim ne nyinaa dada.
And thou hast foreseen all my ways: for there is no speech in my tongue.
5 Woatwa me ho nyinaa ahyia na wobɔ me ho ban.
Behold, O Lord, thou hast known all things, the last and those of old: thou hast formed me, and hast laid thy hand upon me.
6 Saa nimdeɛ yi boro me nteaseɛ so, ɛyɛ me nwanwa dodo.
Thy knowledge is become wonderful to me: it is high, and I cannot reach to it.
7 Ɛhe na mɛtumi afiri wo honhom anim akorɔ? Ɛhe na mɛtumi adwane afiri wʼanim akorɔ?
Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy face?
If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I descend into hell, thou art present. (Sheol h7585)
9 Sɛ mede adekyeeɛ ntaban tu na mekɔtena ɛpo akyi nohoa a,
If I take my wings early in the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea:
10 mpo ɛhɔ na wo nsa bɛgya me akɔ, na wo nsa nifa bɛsɔ me mu.
Even there also shall thy hand lead me: and thy right hand shall 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 shall cover me: and night shall be my light in my pleasures.
12 esum mpo nnyɛ sum mma wo; na anadwo bɛhyerɛn sɛ awia; esum ne hann yɛ wo pɛ.
But darkness shall not be dark to thee, and night shall be light as day: the darkness thereof, and the light thereof are alike to thee.
13 Na wo na wobɔɔ me honhom wonwonoo me wɔ me maame awotwaa mu.
For thou hast possessed my reins: thou hast protected me from my mother’s womb.
14 Mekamfo wo, ɛfiri sɛ woyɛɛ me anwanwakwan so a ɛyɛ hu. Wo nnwuma yɛ nwanwa. Menim ɛno yie pa ara.
I will praise thee, for thou art fearfully magnified: wonderful are thy works, and my soul knoweth right well.
15 Wɔamfa me bɔberɛ anhinta wo ɛberɛ a wɔyɛɛ me kɔkoam no; ɛberɛ a wɔnwonoo me asase yam no,
My bone is not hidden from thee, which thou hast made in secret: and my substance in 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.
Thy eyes did see my imperfect being, and in thy book all shall be written: days shall be formed, and no one in them.
17 Ao Onyankopɔn, wo nsusuiɛ som bo ma me! Woka ne nyinaa bɔ mu a, ɛso dodo!
But to me thy friends, O God, are made exceedingly honourable: their principality is 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 shall be multiplied above the sand: I rose up and am still with thee.
19 Ao Onyankopɔn, sɛ anka wobɛkumkum amumuyɛfoɔ a! Momfiri me so, mo mogyapɛfoɔ!
If thou wilt kill the wicked, O God: ye men of blood, depart from me:
20 Wɔde adwemmɔne ka wo ho asɛm; wʼatamfoɔ mmɔ wo din pa.
Because you say in thought: They shall receive thy cities in vain.
21 Ao Awurade, metane wɔn a wɔtane wo, na mekyiri wɔn a wɔsɔre tia woɔ.
Have I not hated them, O Lord, that hated thee: and pine away because of thy enemies?
22 Menni hwee sɛ ɔtan a mewɔ ma wɔn; mefa wɔn sɛ mʼatamfoɔ.
I have hated them with a perfect hatred: and they are become enemies to me.
23 Hwehwɛ me mu, Ao Onyankopɔn, na hunu mʼakoma; sɔ me hwɛ na hunu mʼadwene.
Prove me, O God, and know my heart: examine me, and know my paths.
24 Hwɛ sɛ bɔne bi wɔ me mu a, na fa me fa ɛkwan a ɛkɔ daa nkwa so. Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ.
And see if there be in me the way of iniquity: and lead me in the eternal way.
