Nnwom 69

1 Dawid dwom. Ao Onyankopɔn, gye me nkwa na nsuo no abɛdeda me kɔn mu.

For the end, [a Psalm] of David, for alternate [strains]. Save me, O God; for the waters have come in to my soul.

2 Meremem wɔ atɛkyɛ a emu dɔ mu, wɔ baabi a me nan nnya siberɛ. Maduru subunu mu na nsuo abu afa me so.

I am stuck fast in deep mire, and there is no standing: I am come in to the depths of the sea, and a storm has overwhelmed me.

3 Mafrɛ mabrɛ sɛ mepɛ mmoa. Me mene mu awe. Mʼani so ayɛ kusuu, na merehwehwɛ me Onyankopɔn.

I am weary [of] crying, my throat has become hoarse; mine eyes have failed by my waiting on my God.

4 Wɔn a wɔtane me kwa no dɔɔso sene me tiri so nwi; wɔn a wɔtane me kwa no dɔɔso, wɔn a wɔhwehwɛ sɛ wɔbɛsɛe me no. Wɔhyɛ me sɛ mennane deɛ menwiaaɛ no mma.

They that hate me without a cause are more than the hairs of my head: my enemies that persecute me unrighteously are strengthened: then I restored that which I took not away.

5 Ao Onyankopɔn, wonim me kwasea a mayɛ; mʼafɔdie nhintaa wo.

O God, you know my foolishness; and my transgressions are not hidden from you.

6 Mma wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho to wo so no anim ngu ase ɛsiane me enti, Ao Awurade, Asafo Awurade; mma wɔn a wɔhwehwɛ wo no anim ngu ase me enti, Ao Israel Onyankopɔn.

Let not them that wait on you, O Lord of hosts, be ashamed on my account: let not them that seek you, be ashamed on my account, O God of Israel.

7 Wo enti wobu me animtiaa, na aniwuo akata mʼanim.

For I have suffered reproach for your sake; shame has covered my face.

8 Mete sɛ ɔhɔhoɔ wɔ me nuanom mu, mete sɛ ɔmamfrani wɔ me maame mmammarima mu,

I became strange to my brethren, and a stranger to my mother's children.

9 na wo fie ho mmɔdemmɔ hyɛ me so, wɔn a wɔbɔ wo ahohora no animtiabuo abɛda me so.

For the zeal of your house has eaten me up; and the reproaches of them that reproached you are fallen upon me.

10 Sɛ metwa adwo na medi mmuada a wɔbɔ me ahohora;

And I bowed down my soul with fasting, and that was made my reproach.

11 sɛ mefira ayitoma a nnipa de me yɛ aseredeɛ.

And I put on sackcloth for my covering; and I became a proverb to them.

12 Wɔn a wɔtete ɛpono no ano no sere me, na akɔwensafoɔ de me din to dwom.

They that sit in the gate talked against me, and they that drank wine sang against me.

13 Nanso mɛbɔ wo mpaeɛ, Ao Awurade, wɔ wʼadom berɛ mu; wɔ wʼadɔeɛ kɛseɛ no enti, Ao Onyankopɔn, fa wo nokorɛ nkwagyeɛ no gye me so.

But I [will cry] to you, O Lord, in my prayer; O God, it is a propitious time: in the multitude of your mercy hear me, in the truth of your salvation.

14 Yi me firi atɛkyɛ no mu, mma memmem wɔ mu; gye me firi wɔn a wɔtane me no nsam, ne nsu bunu mu.

Save me from the mire, that I stick not [in it]: let me be delivered from them that hate me, and from the deep waters.

15 Mma nsuo nnyiri mfa me anaa ebunu mmene me anaa amena nkata me so.

Let not the waterflood drown me, nor let the deep swallow me up; neither let the well shut its mouth upon me.

16 Ao Awurade, gye me so firi wʼadɔeɛ a ɛyɛ no mu; wʼadom enti, dane bɛhwɛ me.

Hear me, O Lord; for your mercy is good: according to the multitude of your compassions look upon me.

17 Mfa wʼanim nhinta wo ɔsomfoɔ; gye me so ntɛm, na mewɔ ɔhaw mu.

And turn not away your face from your servant; for I am afflicted: hear me speedily.

18 Twi bɛn me na gye me; gye me nkwa, mʼatamfoɔ enti.

Draw near to my soul and redeem it: deliver me because of mine enemies.

19 Wonim sɛdeɛ wɔkasa tia me, gu mʼanim ase na wɔtiatia mʼanim; wʼani tua mʼatamfoɔ nyinaa.

For you know my reproach, and my shame, and my confusion; all that afflict me are before you.

20 Kasatia ahyɛ mʼakoma so ama mayɛ sɛ obi a ɔnni ɔboafoɔ; mepɛɛ awerɛkyekyerɛ nanso mannya bi, mepɛɛ ɔwerɛkyekyefoɔ, nanso manhunu bi.

My soul has waited for reproach and misery; and I waited for one to grieve with me, but there was none; and for one to comfort me, but I found none.

21 Wɔde bɔnwoma guu mʼaduane mu, osukɔm dee me no, wɔmaa me nsã nwononwono.

They gave [me] also gall for my food, and made me drink vinegar for my thirst.

22 Ma wɔn didipono a ɛsi wɔn anim nyi wɔn sɛ afidie; ma ɛnyɛ akatua ne afidie mma wɔn.

Let their table before them be for a snare, and for a recompense, and for a stumbling block.

23 Ma wɔn ani so nyɛ wɔn kusuu na wɔanhunu adeɛ, na ma wɔn akyi nkuntunu afebɔɔ.

Let their eyes be darkened that they should not see; and bow down their back continually.

24 Hwie wʼabufuhyeɛ gu wɔn so; na ma wʼabofuo huuhuuhu no mmra wɔn so.

Pour out your wrath upon them, and let the fury of your anger take hold on them.

25 Ma wɔn atenaeɛ nyɛ amamfo; mma obiara ntena wɔn ntomadan mu.

Let their habitation be made desolate; and let there be no inhabitant in their tents:

26 Wɔtaa wɔn a wopira wɔn no, wɔka wɔn a wopira wɔn no amanehunu ho asɛm.

Because they persecuted him whom you have struck; and they have added to the grief of my wounds.

27 Fa amumuyɛ mu amumuyɛ ho soboɔ bɔ wɔn; mma wɔnnya wo nkwagyeɛ mu kyɛfa.

Add iniquity to their iniquity; and let them not come into your righteousness.

28 Pepa wɔn din firi nkwa nwoma no mu, mfa wɔn din nka ateneneefoɔ deɛ ho.

Let them be blotted out of the book of the living, and let them not be written with the righteous.

29 Mewɔ ɔyea ne ahohiahia mu; Ao Onyankopɔn, ma wo nkwagyeɛ no mmɔ me ho ban.

I am poor and sorrowful; but the salvation of your countenance has helped me.

30 Mede dwomtoɔ bɛyi Onyankopɔn din ayɛ na mede aseda ahyɛ no animuonyam.

I will praise the name of my God with a song, I will magnify him with praise;

31 Yei bɛsɔ Awurade ani yie asene nantwie, asene nantwinini a ɔtua mmɛn na ɔwɔ tɔte.

and [this] shall please God more than a young calf having horns and hoofs.

32 Mmɔborɔni bɛhunu na nʼani agye, mo a mohwehwɛ Onyankopɔn no akoma bɛnya nkwa.

Let the poor see and rejoice; seek the Lord diligently, and you shall live.

33 Awurade tie wɔn a adeɛ ahia wɔn, na ɔmmu ne nkurɔfoɔ nneduafoɔ animtiaa.

For the Lord hears the poor, and does not set at nothing his fettered ones.

34 Ma ɔsoro ne asase nkamfo no, ɛpo ne deɛ ɛkeka ne ho wɔ mu nyinaa,

Let the heavens and the earth raise him, the sea, and all things moving in them.

35 ɛfiri sɛ Onyankopɔn bɛgye Sion nkwa na wakyekyere Yuda nkuropɔn no bio. Afei nnipa bɛtena mu na ayɛ wɔn dea;

For God will save Sion, and the cities of Judea shall be built; and [men] shall dwell there, and inherit it.

36 Nʼasomfoɔ asefoɔ na wɔbɛfa hɔ, na wɔn a wɔdɔ ne din no bɛtena hɔ. Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ.

And the seed of his servants shall possess it, and they that love his name shall dwell therein.