Nnwom 2

1 Adɛn enti na amanamanmufoɔ no bo afu? Adɛn enti na wɔsɛe mmerɛ yɛ nhyehyɛeɛ hunu yi?

Why have the Gentiles been seething, and why have the people been pondering nonsense?

2 Asase so ahemfo sɔre gyina na atumfoɔ bom tu agyina tia Awurade ne Deɛ Wɔasra no no.

The kings of the earth have stood up, and the leaders have joined together as one, against the Lord and against his Christ:

3 Wɔka sɛ, “Momma yɛmmubu wɔn nkɔnsɔnkɔnsɔn na yɛnto wɔn mpokyerɛ ngu.”

“Let us shatter their chains and cast their yoke away from us.”

4 Deɛ ɔte adwa so wɔ soro no sere; Awurade di wɔn ho fɛw.

He who dwells in heaven will ridicule them, and the Lord will mock them.

5 Afei ɔka wɔn anim wɔ nʼabufuo mu hunahuna wɔn wɔ nʼabufuhyeɛ mu, ka sɛ,

Then will he speak to them in his anger and trouble them with his fury.

6 “Masi me Ɔhene wɔ Sion, me bepɔ kronkron no so.”

Yet I have been appointed king by him over Zion, his holy mountain, preaching his precepts.

7 Mɛpae mu aka Awurade ahyɛdeɛ: Ɔka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Woyɛ me Babarima; ɛnnɛ mayɛ wʼAgya.

The Lord has said to me: You are my son, this day have I begotten you.

8 Bisa me, na mede amanaman nyinaa bɛyɛ wʼagyapadeɛ, asase ano nyinaa bɛyɛ wo dea.

Ask of me and I will give to you: the Gentiles for your inheritance, and the ends of the earth for your possession.

9 Wode dadeɛ ahempoma bɛdi wɔn so; na woabobɔ wɔn sɛ ɔnwomfoɔ ahina.”

You will rule them with an iron rod, and you will shatter them like a potter’s vessel.

10 Enti mo ahemfo, monsua nyansa; monkae kɔkɔbɔ yi, mo asase sodifoɔ.

And now, O kings, understand. Receive instruction, you who judge the earth.

11 Momfa suro nsom Awurade na monsɛpɛ mo ho ahopopoɔ mu.

Serve the Lord in fear, and exult in him with trembling.

12 Momfe Ɔba no ano, na ne bo amfu ansɛe mo wɔ mo akwan so, ɛfiri sɛ nʼabufuhyeɛ tumi sɔre ntɛm so. Nhyira ne wɔn a wɔdwane toa no nyinaa.

Embrace discipline, lest at any time the Lord might become angry, and you would perish from the way of the just. Though his wrath can flare up in a short time, blessed are all those who trust in him.