Nnwom 55
1 Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ. Wɔde sankuo na ɛtoeɛ. Dawid “maskil” dwom. Ao Onyankopɔn, tie me mpaeɛbɔ, mmu wʼani ngu me nkotosrɛ so,
to/for to conduct in/on/with music Maskil to/for David to listen [emph?] God prayer my and not to conceal from supplication my
2 tie me na gye me so. Me dadwene ha me na ama mayɛ basaa,
to listen [emph?] to/for me and to answer me to roam in/on/with complaint my and to make noise
3 wɔ deɛ mʼatamfoɔ reka ne sɛdeɛ amumuyɛfoɔ hwɛ me haa nti; wɔde amanehunu brɛ me; na wɔde abufuo sopa me.
from voice: sound enemy from face: because pressure wicked for to shake upon me evil: wickedness and in/on/with face: anger to hate me
4 Mʼakoma wɔ ahoyera mu; na owuo huboa aba me so.
heart my to twist: tremble in/on/with entrails: among my and terror death to fall: fall upon me
5 Ehu ne ahopopoɔ akyekyere me. Ahodwirie abu afa me so.
fear and trembling to come (in): come in/on/with me and to cover me shuddering
6 Mekaa sɛ, “Ao, sɛ mewɔ ntaban sɛ aburuburo a, anka mɛtu akɔ ama me ho atɔ me,
and to say who? to give: if only! to/for me wing like/as dove to fly and to dwell
7 anka mɛtu akɔ akyirikyiri akɔtena ɛserɛ so;
behold to remove to wander to lodge in/on/with wilderness (Selah)
8 anka mɛyɛ ntɛm akɔ mʼahintaeɛ, baabi a mframaden ne ahum mmɛn koraa.”
to hasten escape to/for me from spirit: breath to rush from tempest
9 Ao Awurade, ma amumuyɛfoɔ nyɛ basaa, na ma wɔn kasa ntoto, ɛfiri sɛ mɛhunu basabasayɛ ne apereapereɛ wɔ kuropɔn no mu.
to swallow up Lord to divide tongue: language their for to see: see violence and strife in/on/with city
10 Awia ne anadwo wɔtetɛ nʼafasuo ho; adwemmɔne ne nsisie wɔ mu.
by day and night to turn: surround her upon wall her and evil: wickedness and trouble in/on/with entrails: among her
11 Adesɛefoɔ dɔm reyɛ adwuma kuropɔn no mu. Ahunahuna ne nnaadaa wɔ ne mmɔntene so daa.
desire in/on/with entrails: among her and not to remove from street/plaza her oppression and deceit
12 Sɛ ɛyɛɛ ɔtamfoɔ na ɔresopa me a, anka mɛtumi agyina ano; sɛ ɛyɛɛ ɔtamfoɔ na ɔrema ne ho so atia me a, anka mɛtumi de me ho ahinta no.
for not enemy to taunt me and to lift: bear not to hate me upon me to magnify and to hide from him
13 Nanso, ɛyɛ wo, ɔdasani te sɛ me, me yɔnko pa ne me mʼadamfo brɛboɔ,
and you(m. s.) human like/as valuation my tame my and to know my
14 a kane no na me ne no wɔ ayɔnkofa a emu yɛ den ɛberɛ a yɛn nyinaa abɔ mu yuu rekɔ Onyankopɔn fie no.
which together be sweet counsel in/on/with house: temple God to go: walk in/on/with throng
15 Ma owuo mmɛfa mʼatamfoɔ mpofirim; ma wɔnkɔ damena mu anikann, ɛfiri sɛ bɔne te wɔn mu. (Sheol h7585)
(to deceive death *Q(K)*) upon them to go down hell: Sheol alive for bad: evil in/on/with sojourning their in/on/with entrails: inner parts their (Sheol h7585)
16 Nanso, mesu frɛ Onyankopɔn, na Awurade gye me nkwa.
I to(wards) God to call: call to and LORD to save me
17 Anwummerɛ, anɔpa ne awia, mede mmɔborɔnne su frɛ no, na ɔte me nne.
evening and morning and midday to muse and to roar and to hear: hear voice my
18 Ɔde ne ho bɔ afɔdeɛ ma me nya me tiri didim wɔ ɔko a wɔko tiaa me no mu, mpo bebree na wɔko tia me.
to ransom in/on/with peace: well-being soul my from battle to/for me for in/on/with many to be with me me
19 Onyankopɔn a wɔasi no ɔhene afebɔɔ no, ɔbɛte wɔn nka na waha wɔn, ɔbɛha nnipa a wɔnsesa wɔn akwan da na wɔnsuro Onyankopɔn nso.
to hear: hear God and to afflict them and to dwell front: old (Selah) which nothing change to/for them and not to fear: revere God
20 Me yɔnko to hyɛ ne nnamfonom so; na ɔbu nʼapam so.
to send: reach hand his in/on/with peace: friendship his to profane/begin: profane covenant his
21 Ɔwɔ tɛkrɛmawoɔ, nanso ɔtan wɔ nʼakomam. Nʼano asɛm dwodwo sene ngo, nanso ɛyɛ akofena a wɔatwe.
to smooth butter lip: word his and battle heart his be tender word his from oil and they(masc.) drawn sword
22 Fa wo haw to Awurade so na ɔno na ɔbɛgye wo; ɔremma ɔteneneeni nhwe ase.
to throw upon LORD burden your and he/she/it to sustain you not to give: allow to/for forever: enduring to shake to/for righteous
23 Nanso, wo, Ao Onyankopɔn, wobɛbrɛ amumuyɛfoɔ ase ama wɔakɔ porɔeɛ amena mu; mogyapɛfoɔ ne adaadaafoɔ renni wɔn nkwanna mu fa. Me deɛ, mede me ho to wo so.
and you(m. s.) God to go down them to/for well Pit: hell human blood and deceit not to divide day their and I to trust in/on/with you (questioned)
