Nnwom 148
1 Monkamfo Awurade! Monkamfo Awurade mfiri ɔsorosoro, monkamfo no wɔ ɔsoro sorɔnsorɔmmea.
Alleluia. Praise the Lord from the heavens. Praise him on the heights.
2 Nʼabɔfoɔ nyinaa, monkamfo no, ne ɔsoro asafo nyinaa, monkamfo no.
Praise him, all his Angels. Praise him, all his hosts.
3 Owia ne ɔsrane, monkamfo no, nsoromma a ɛhran nyinaa, monkamfo no.
Praise him, sun and moon. Praise him, all stars and light.
4 Monkamfo no, ɔsoro mu ɔsoro ne mo nsuo a mowɔ ɔsoro atifi.
Praise him, heavens of the heavens. And let all the waters that are above the heavens
5 Momma wɔn nyinaa nkamfo Awurade din, ɛfiri sɛ ɔno na ɔhyɛeɛ na wɔbɔɔ wɔn.
praise the name of the Lord. For he spoke, and they became. He commanded, and they were created.
6 Ɔde wɔn sisii hɔ afebɔɔ; na wahyɛ nʼasɛm a ɛrentwam da.
He has stationed them in eternity, and for age after age. He has established a precept, and it will not pass away.
7 Monkamfo Awurade mfiri asase so, mo, ɛpo kɛseɛ mu abɔdeɛ ne ɛpo bunu nyinaa,
Praise the Lord from the earth: you dragons and all deep places,
8 anyinam ne asukɔtweaa, sukyerɛmma ne omununkum, ahum a moyɛ nʼapɛdeɛ,
fire, hail, snow, ice, windstorms, which do his word,
9 mo, mmepɔ ne nkokoɔ nyinaa, nnua a ɛso aba ne ntweneduro nyinaa,
mountains and all hills, fruitful trees and all cedars,
10 wira mu mmoa ne anantwie, abɔdeɛ nketewa ne nnomaa a wɔtuo,
wild beasts and all cattle, serpents and feathered flying things,
11 asase ne amanaman nyinaa so ahemfo, mo, mmapɔmma ne asase sodifoɔ nyinaa,
kings of the earth and all peoples, leaders and all judges of the earth,
12 mmeranteɛ ne mmabaawa mmasiriwa ne mmɔfra nso.
young men and virgins. Let the older men with the younger men, praise the name of the Lord.
13 Ma wɔnkamfo Awurade din, na ne din so sene edin biara; nʼanimuonyam korɔn wɔ asase ne ɔsoro so.
For his name alone is exalted.
14 Wapagya abɛn bi ama ne nkurɔfoɔ, ama nʼahotefoɔ nyinaa animuonyam, Israelfoɔ, nnipa a wɔda nʼakoma so no. Monkamfo Awurade.
Confession of him is beyond heaven and earth, and he has exalted the horn of his people. A hymn to all his holy ones, to the sons of Israel, to a people close to him. Alleluia.
