Nnwom 34
1 Dawid dwom a ɔtoeɛ ɛberɛ a ɔboa pa danee ɔbɔdamfoɔ wɔ Abimelek anim no na ɔpanin no gyaee no ma ɔkɔeɛ no akyi. Mede aseda bɛma Awurade berɛ nyinaa; nʼayɛyie wɔ mʼanom daa.
I will always thank Yahweh; I will constantly praise him [MTY].
2 Me kra bɛhoahoa ne ho wɔ Awurade mu; ma amanehunufoɔ nte na wɔn nni ahurisie.
I will boast about what Yahweh [has done]. All those who are oppressed/discouraged should hear me and rejoice.
3 Mo ne me nkamfo Awurade; momma yɛmmɔ mu nkamfo ne din!
Join with me in telling others that Yahweh is great! You and I should together proclaim how glorious he is!
4 Mefrɛɛ Awurade na ɔgyee me so; na ɔyii me firii mʼakomatuo nyinaa mu.
I prayed to Yahweh, and he (answered my prayer/did what I asked him to do); he rescued me from [all those who caused me] to be afraid.
5 Wɔn a wɔhwɛ nʼanim no hyerɛn na wɔn anim rengu ase da.
Those who trust [IDM] that he [will help them] will be joyful; (they will never be disappointed/he will always do for them the things that he promises) [LIT].
6 Ohiani yi frɛeɛ, na Awurade tiee no; na ɔgyee no firii nʼahohia nyinaa mu.
I was miserable/helpless, but I called out to Yahweh, and he heard me. He rescued me from all my troubles.
7 Awurade ɔbɔfoɔ wɛn wɔn a wɔsuro no, na ɔgye wɔn.
An angel from Yahweh guards those who revere him, and the angel rescues them.
8 Monka nhwɛ na monhunu sɛ Awurade yɛ. Nhyira ne onipa a ɔhinta wɔ ne mu.
Find out for yourself, and you will experience that Yahweh is good to you! He is very pleased with those who ask him to protect them.
9 Monsuro Awurade, mo a moyɛ nʼahotefoɔ, na wɔn a wɔsuro noɔ no nhia hwee.
All you who belong to him, revere him! Those who do that will always have the things that they need [LIT].
10 Agyata yɛ mmrɛ na ɛkɔm de wɔn, nanso wɔn a wɔhwehwɛ Awurade no, adepa biara remmɔ wɔn.
Lions [are usually] very strong, [but sometimes] even young lions are hungry and become weak, but those who trust in Yahweh will (have everything/not lack any good thing) [LIT] [that they need].
11 Mommra, me mma, monyɛ aso mma me; mɛkyerɛkyerɛ mo Awurade ho suro.
You (who are my students/whom I teach), come and listen to me, and I will teach you how to revere Yahweh.
12 Mo mu hwan na ɔpɛ nkwa na ɔpɛ sɛ ɔhunu nna papa bebree?
If [RHQ] any of you wants to enjoy life and have a good long life,
13 Ɛnneɛ ɛnsɛ sɛ ɔka kasa bɔne, na ɛsɛ sɛ ɔgyae atorɔtwa.
do not say anything that is evil! Do not tell lies!
14 Twe wo ho firi bɔne ho, na yɛ papa; hwehwɛ asomdwoeɛ na ti no.
Turn away from doing evil, and do what is good! Always try hard to enable people to live peacefully [with each other.]
15 Awurade ani wɔ ateneneefoɔ so na ɔtie wɔn mpaeɛbɔ;
Yahweh [MTY] carefully watches over those who [act] righteously; he always responds [MTY] to them when they call [to him for help].
16 Awurade ani sa wɔn a wɔyɛ bɔne, sɛ ɔbɛyi wɔn nkaeɛ afiri asase yi so.
But Yahweh [SYN] (is opposed to/turns away from) those who do what is evil. [And after they die], people will forget them completely.
17 Ateneneefoɔ team su, na Awurade tie wɔn; ɔyi wɔn firi wɔn haw nyinaa mu.
Yahweh hears righteous people when they call out to him; he rescues them from all their troubles.
18 Awurade bɛn wɔn a wɔapa aba na ɔgye wɔn a wɔadwerɛ wɔn wɔ honhom mu no nkwa.
Yahweh is always ready to help those who are discouraged; he rescues those who have nothing good to hope for.
19 Onipa tenenee bɛhunu amaneɛ bebree nanso Awurade gye no firi ne nyinaa mu;
Righteous people may have many troubles, but Yahweh rescues them from all those troubles.
20 ɔbɔ ne nnompe nyinaa ho ban, sɛdeɛ emu baako mpo mmu.
Yahweh protects them from being harmed; [when their enemies attack them], they will not break any bones of those righteous people.
21 Bɔne bɛkum ɔdebɔneyɛfoɔ; ɔteneneeni atamfoɔ bɛnya afɔbuo.
Wicked people will be killed by their own evil deeds (OR, by [people doing to them] the same evil things [that the wicked do to others]) [PRS], and Yahweh will punish those who oppose righteous people.
22 Awurade gye nʼasomfoɔ nkwa; wɔn a wɔdwane toa noɔ no mu biara renkɔ afɔbuo mu.
Yahweh will save those who serve him. He will (not condemn/forgive) [LIT] those who trust in him.
