Nnwom 44
1 Kora mma “maskil” dwom. Ao Onyankopɔn, yɛde yɛn aso ate; yɛn agyanom aka akyerɛ yɛn; deɛ woyɛeɛ wɔ wɔn berɛ so, wɔ tete mmerɛ no mu.
To the Chief Musician. For the Sons of Korah. An Instructive Psalm. O God! with our own ears, have we heard, Our fathers, have recounted to us, —The work thou didst work, In their day, In the days of aforetime:
2 Wode wo nsa pamoo amanaman no na wobɔɔ yɛn agyanom atenaseɛ; wodwerɛɛ nnipa no na womaa yɛn agyanom dii yie.
Thou thyself, with thine own hand—Didst dispossess, nations, and didst plant them, Didst break peoples in pieces, and didst spread them out:
3 Ɛnyɛ wɔn akofena na wɔde nyaa asase no, na ɛnyɛ wɔn nsa na ɛmaa wɔn nkonimdie; ɛyɛ wo nsa nifa, wo basa, ne wʼanim hann, ɛfiri sɛ na wodɔ wɔn.
For, not by their own sword, gat they possession of the land, Nor did, their own arm, win victory for them, —But thine own right hand, and thine own arm, and the light of thy face, Because thou hadst accepted them.
4 Woyɛ me Ɔhene ne me Onyankopɔn, deɛ ɔhyɛ nkonimdie ma Yakob.
Thou thyself, art my king, O God, Command thou the victories of Jacob.
5 Ɛnam wo so na yɛpamoo yɛn Atamfoɔ; wo din mu na yɛtiatia wɔn a wɔkyiri yɛn soɔ.
By thee, will we thrust at, our adversaries, In thy Name, will we tread down our assailants;
6 Meremfa me ho nto mʼagyan so mʼakofena remfa nkonimdie mmrɛ me;
For, not in my bow, will I trust, Nor shall, my sword, give me victory;
7 na wo na woma yɛdi yɛn atamfoɔ so. Wogu wɔn a wɔtane yɛn anim ase.
For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, And, them who hated us, hast thou put to shame.
8 Onyankopɔn mu na yɛhoahoa yɛn ho da mu nyinaa na yɛbɛkamfo wo din no daa daa.
In God, have we boasted all the day, And, thy Name—unto times age-abiding, will we praise. (Selah)
9 Nanso seesei woapo yɛn abrɛ yɛn ase; wone yɛn asraafoɔ nnkɔ ɔsa bio.
But nay thou hast rejected, and confounded us, And wilt not go forth with our hosts;
10 Woma yɛdwane firii ɛdɔm anim ma yɛn atamfoɔ fom yɛn agyapadeɛ.
Thou sufferest us to turn back from the adversary, And, they who hate us, have plundered at will:
11 Woyii yɛn maa sɛ wɔnkum yɛn sɛ nnwan na woahwete yɛn wɔ amanaman no mu.
Thou dost give us up like sheep to be devoured, And, amongst the nations, hast thou scattered us.
12 Wotɔn wo nkurɔfoɔ fofoofo, na woannya mfasoɔ biara amfiri mu.
Thou dost sell thy people for, no-value, And hast not made increase by their price.
13 Woayɛ yɛn ahohoradeɛ ama yɛn afipamfoɔ, animtiabudeɛ ne aseredeɛ ama wɔn a atwa yɛn ho ahyia.
Thou dost make us, A reproach to our neighbours, A mockery and a derision to them who are round about us:
14 Woayɛ yɛn akasabɛbuo wɔ aman no mu na nnipa no woso wɔn ti de gu yɛn so.
Thou dost make us, A by-word among the nations, —A shaking of the head among the peoples.
15 Mʼanimguaseɛ di mʼanim daa, na aniwuo akata mʼanim
All the day, is my confusion before me, And, the shame of my face, hath covered me:
16 ɛsiane wɔn a wɔbɔ me ahohora na wɔkasa tia me de yi me ahi, ɛsiane ɔtamfoɔ a nʼani abre sɛ ɔbɛtɔ were no enti.
At the voice of him who reproacheth and revileth, At the face of the foe and avenger.
17 Yeinom nyinaa too yɛn deɛ, nanso yɛn werɛ mfirii wo, na yɛmmuu wʼapam no nso so.
All this, hath come upon us, Yet had we not forgotten thee, Neither had we dealt falsely with thy covenant;
18 Yɛn akoma ntwe mfirii wo ho; na yɛn nan nso mmane mfirii wo kwan so.
Our heart had not drawn back, Nor had our goings swerved from thy path;
19 Nanso wodwerɛɛ yɛn yɛɛ yɛn sakraman tuo na wode esum kabii kataa yɛn so.
That thou shouldst have crushed us down in the place of wild dogs, And covered us over with a deadly shadow.
20 Sɛ na yɛn werɛ afiri yɛn Onyankopɔn din anaa sɛ yɛatrɛ yɛn nsam akyerɛ ananafoɔ nyame a
If we had forgotten the Name of our God, And had spread forth our hands unto the GOD of the foreigner,
21 anka Onyankopɔn bɛhunu, ɛfiri sɛ ɔnim akoma mu ahintasɛm.
Would not, God, have searched into this, Seeing that, he, knoweth the secrets of the heart?
22 Nanso, wo enti, wɔkum yɛn daa nyinaa; wɔbu yɛn sɛ nnwan a wɔrekɔkum wɔn.
Surely, for thy sake, have we been slain all the day, We have been accounted as sheep for slaughter.
23 Nyane, Ao Awurade! Adɛn enti na wada? Keka wo ho! Nnya yɛn hɔ afebɔɔ.
Awake thou! wherefore shouldst thou sleep, O Lord? Bestir thee! do not reject us altogether!
24 Adɛn enti na wode wʼanim ahinta na wo werɛ firi yɛn ahohia ne nhyɛsoɔ?
Wherefore shouldst thou hide, thy face? Shouldst forget our humiliation and our oppression?
25 Wɔabrɛ yɛn ase kɔ dɔteɛ mu na yɛn onipadua aka afam dɔteɛ.
For our soul, sinketh down to the dust, Our body, cleaveth to the earth.
26 Sɔre bɛboa yɛn; wʼadɔeɛ a ɛnsa da no enti, gye yɛn. Wɔde “Sukooko” sankuo dwomtobea na ɛtoeɛ. Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ.
Arise to our help, And ransom us, because of thine own lovingkindness.
