Nnwom 148

1 Monkamfo Awurade! Monkamfo Awurade mfiri ɔsorosoro, monkamfo no wɔ ɔsoro sorɔnsorɔmmea.

Praise ye Yah, Praise Yahweh, out of the heavens, Praise him, in the heights;

2 Nʼabɔfoɔ nyinaa, monkamfo no, ne ɔsoro asafo nyinaa, monkamfo no.

Praise him, all his messengers, Praise him, all his host;

3 Owia ne ɔsrane, monkamfo no, nsoromma a ɛhran nyinaa, monkamfo no.

Praise him, sun and moon, Praise him, all ye stars of light;

4 Monkamfo no, ɔsoro mu ɔsoro ne mo nsuo a mowɔ ɔsoro atifi.

Praise him, O ye heavens of heavens, and ye waters that are above the heavens;

5 Momma wɔn nyinaa nkamfo Awurade din, ɛfiri sɛ ɔno na ɔhyɛeɛ na wɔbɔɔ wɔn.

Let them praise the Name of Yahweh, for, he, commanded, and they were created;

6 Ɔde wɔn sisii hɔ afebɔɔ; na wahyɛ nʼasɛm a ɛrentwam da.

So caused he them to stand perpetually—age-abidingly, A decree, hath he given, and it passeth not beyond.

7 Monkamfo Awurade mfiri asase so, mo, ɛpo kɛseɛ mu abɔdeɛ ne ɛpo bunu nyinaa,

Praise Yahweh, out of the earth, sea monsters, and all resounding deeps;

8 anyinam ne asukɔtweaa, sukyerɛmma ne omununkum, ahum a moyɛ nʼapɛdeɛ,

Fire and hail, snow and vapour, stormy wind, fulfilling his word;

9 mo, mmepɔ ne nkokoɔ nyinaa, nnua a ɛso aba ne ntweneduro nyinaa,

Ye mountains, and all hills, fruit trees, and all cedars;

10 wira mu mmoa ne anantwie, abɔdeɛ nketewa ne nnomaa a wɔtuo,

Thou wild-beast, and all ye cattle, crawling creature, and bird of wing;

11 asase ne amanaman nyinaa so ahemfo, mo, mmapɔmma ne asase sodifoɔ nyinaa,

Kings of earth, and all peoples, Rulers, and all judges of earth;

12 mmeranteɛ ne mmabaawa mmasiriwa ne mmɔfra nso.

Young men, yea even virgins, elders, and children.

13 Ma wɔnkamfo Awurade din, na ne din so sene edin biara; nʼanimuonyam korɔn wɔ asase ne ɔsoro so.

Let them praise the Name of Yahweh, for lofty is his Name alone, His splendour is over earth and heavens.

14 Wapagya abɛn bi ama ne nkurɔfoɔ, ama nʼahotefoɔ nyinaa animuonyam, Israelfoɔ, nnipa a wɔda nʼakoma so no. Monkamfo Awurade.

Therefore hath he exalted a horn for his people, a praise for all his men of lovingkindness, for the sons of Israel—a people near him, Praise ye Yah!