Nnwom 41
1 Dawid dwom. Nhyira ne onipa a mmɔborɔni asɛm ho hia no. Awurade gye no wɔ amanehunu berɛ mu.
Unto the end, a psalm for David himself. Blessed is he that understandeth concerning the needy and the poor: the Lord will deliver him in the evil day.
2 Awurade bɛbɔ ne ho ban na wakora ne kra. Ɔbɛhyira no wɔ asase no so; ɔrennyaa no mma nʼatamfoɔ apɛdeɛ.
The Lord preserve him and give him life, and make him blessed upon the earth: and deliver him not up to the will of his enemies.
3 Awurade bɛhwɛ no wɔ ne yadeɛ mpa so na wagye no asi hɔ.
The Lord help him on his bed of sorrow: thou hast turned all his couch in his sickness.
4 Mekaa sɛ, “Ao Awurade hunu me mmɔbɔ; sa me yadeɛ, ɛfiri sɛ mayɛ bɔne atia wo.”
I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me: heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.
5 Mʼatamfoɔ de adwene bɔne ka wɔ me ho sɛ: “Da bɛn na ɔbɛwu ama ne din ayera?”
My enemies have spoken evils against me: when shall he die and his name perish?
6 Ɛberɛ biara a obi ba me nkyɛn no, ɔka atorɔsɛm, na nʼakoma hɔre dinsɛeɛ; ɔfiri adi kɔ a, ɔde kɔdi nsekuro.
And if he came in to see me, he spoke vain things: his heart gathered together iniquity to itself. He went out and spoke to the same purpose.
7 Mʼatamfoɔ nyinaa keka asomusɛm fa me ho; wɔsusu bɔne ma me na wɔka sɛ:
All my enemies whispered together against me: they devised evils to me.
8 “Yare bɔne bi abɔ no; ɔrensɔre mfiri deɛ ɔda hɔ bio.”
They determined against me an unjust word: shall he that sleepeth rise again no more?
9 Mpo me yɔnko pa ara a mede me ho too ne soɔ, deɛ me ne no too nsa didiiɛ no, asɔre atia me.
For even the man of peace, in whom I trusted, who ate my bread, hath greatly supplanted me.
10 Nanso wo, Awurade, hunu me mmɔbɔ; pagya me, na mentua wɔn so ka.
But thou, O Lord, have mercy on me, and raise me up again: and I will requite them.
11 Menim sɛ wʼani sɔ me, na me ɔtamfoɔ renni me so nkonim.
By this I know, that thou hast had a good will for me: because my enemy shall not rejoice over me.
12 Me nokorɛdie mu, wokura me mu na wode me gyina wʼanim afebɔɔ.
But thou hast upheld me by reason of my innocence: and hast established me in thy sight for ever.
13 Nhyira nka Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, ɛnnɛ ne daa nyinaa. Amen ne Amen! Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ.
Blessed by the Lord the God of Israel from eternity to eternity. So be it. So be it.
