Nnwom 41
1 Dawid dwom. Nhyira ne onipa a mmɔborɔni asɛm ho hia no. Awurade gye no wɔ amanehunu berɛ mu.
TO THE OVERSEER. A PSALM OF DAVID. O the blessedness of him Who is acting wisely to the poor, In a day of evil YHWH delivers him.
2 Awurade bɛbɔ ne ho ban na wakora ne kra. Ɔbɛhyira no wɔ asase no so; ɔrennyaa no mma nʼatamfoɔ apɛdeɛ.
YHWH preserves him and revives him, He is blessed in the land, And You do not give him into the will of his enemies.
3 Awurade bɛhwɛ no wɔ ne yadeɛ mpa so na wagye no asi hɔ.
YHWH supports [him] on a bed of sickness, You have turned his bed in his weakness.
4 Mekaa sɛ, “Ao Awurade hunu me mmɔbɔ; sa me yadeɛ, ɛfiri sɛ mayɛ bɔne atia wo.”
I said, “O YHWH, favor me, Heal my soul, for I sinned against You,”
5 Mʼatamfoɔ de adwene bɔne ka wɔ me ho sɛ: “Da bɛn na ɔbɛwu ama ne din ayera?”
My enemies say evil of me: When he dies—his name has perished!
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 to see—he speaks vanity, His heart gathers iniquity to itself, He goes out—at the street he speaks.
7 Mʼatamfoɔ nyinaa keka asomusɛm fa me ho; wɔsusu bɔne ma me na wɔka sɛ:
All hating me whisper together against me, Against me they devise evil to me:
8 “Yare bɔne bi abɔ no; ɔrensɔre mfiri deɛ ɔda hɔ bio.”
A worthless thing is poured out on him, And because he lay down he does not rise again.
9 Mpo me yɔnko pa ara a mede me ho too ne soɔ, deɛ me ne no too nsa didiiɛ no, asɔre atia me.
Even my ally, in whom I trusted, One eating my bread, Made the heel great against me,
10 Nanso wo, Awurade, hunu me mmɔbɔ; pagya me, na mentua wɔn so ka.
And You, YHWH, favor me, And cause me to rise, And I give repayment to them.
11 Menim sɛ wʼani sɔ me, na me ɔtamfoɔ renni me so nkonim.
By this I have known, That You have delighted in me, Because my enemy does not shout over me.
12 Me nokorɛdie mu, wokura me mu na wode me gyina wʼanim afebɔɔ.
As for me, in my integrity, You have taken hold on me, And cause me to stand before You for all time.
13 Nhyira nka Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, ɛnnɛ ne daa nyinaa. Amen ne Amen! Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ.
Blessed [is] YHWH, God of Israel, From age to age. Amen and Amen.
