Nnwom 58
1 Dawid “miktam” dwom. Mo sodifoɔ, ampa ara, moka asɛm a ɛtene anaa? Mobu atɛntenenee wɔ nnipa mu anaa?
For the chief musician; set to Al Tashheth. A psalm of David. A michtam. Do you rulers speak righteousness? Do you judge uprightly, you people?
2 Dabi! Modwene ntɛnkyea wɔ mʼakomam na mo nsa de akakabensɛm ba asase so.
No, you commit wickedness in your heart; you distribute violence throughout the land with your hands.
3 Amumuyɛfoɔ fom kwan firi awoɔ mu; wɔyɛ mmaratofoɔ firi awotwaa mu na wɔdi atorɔ.
The wicked go astray even when they are in the womb; they go astray from birth, speaking lies.
4 Wɔn ano ɛborɔ te sɛ ɔwɔ deɛ. Ɛte sɛ ɔprammire a watɛn nʼaso,
Their poison is like a snake's poison; they are like a deaf adder that stops up its ears,
5 a ɔnte ntafowayifoɔ dwom, na ne dwom dɛɛdɛ no mpo mfa ne ho.
that pays no attention to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful they are.
6 Ao Onyankopɔn, bubu ɛse a ɛgu wɔn anom, Ao Awurade, tutu agyata no sebɔmmɔfoɔ no gu!
Break their teeth in their mouths, God; break out the great teeth of the young lions, Yahweh.
7 Ma wɔntwa mu nkɔ sɛ nsunsuan; sɛ wɔtwe wɔn agyan a, ma wɔn bɛmma no ano nwu.
Let them melt away as water that runs off; when they shoot their arrows, let them be as though they had no points.
8 Ma wɔnyɛ sɛ nwa pɛkyɛpɛkyɛ bi a ɔretene kɔ. Ma wɔnyɛ sɛ ɔba a ɔwu wɔ awoeɛ na ɔnhunu owia.
Let them be like a snail that melts and passes away, like the untimely-born child of a woman that never sees the sunlight.
9 Ansa na mo nkukuo bɛte nkasɛɛ ano yea, sɛ ɛyɛ mono anaa deɛ awo no, wɔbɛpra amumuyɛfoɔ akɔ.
Before your pots can feel the thorn's burning heat, he will take them away with a whirlwind, the green thorns and the burning thorns alike.
10 Sɛ wɔtua amumuyɛfoɔ ka a, ateneneefoɔ ani bɛgye, na wɔbɛhohoro wɔn nan ho wɔ amumuyɛfoɔ mogya mu.
The righteous will rejoice when he sees God's vengeance; he will wash his feet in the blood of the wicked,
11 Afei nnipa bɛka sɛ, “Ampa ara, ateneneefoɔ kɔ so nya wɔn akatua; na ampa ara Onyankopɔn bi wɔ hɔ a ɔbu ewiase atɛn.” Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ.
so that men will say, “Truly, there is a reward for the righteous person; truly there is a God who judges the earth.”
