Nnwom 71
1 Ao Awurade, wo mu na me dwane hinta; mma mʼanim ngu ase da.
In thee, O Jehovah, do I take refuge. Let me never be put to shame.
2 Wo tenenee no enti, yi me na gye me; tie me na gye me nkwa.
Deliver me in thy righteousness, and rescue me. Bow down thine ear to me, and save me.
3 Yɛ me nkwagyeɛ botan faako a mɛtumi akɔ daa; hyɛ ma wɔmmɛgye me nkwa, na wo ne me botan ne mʼaban.
Be thou to me a rock of habitation to which I may continually resort. Thou have given commandment to save me, for thou are my rock and my fortress.
4 Ao me Onyankopɔn, gye me firi amumuyɛfoɔ nsam, gye me firi nnebɔneyɛfoɔ ne atirimuɔdenfoɔ nsam.
Rescue me, O my God, out of the hand of a wicked man, out of the hand of an unrighteous and cruel man.
5 Na woayɛ mʼanidasoɔ, Ao Asafo Awurade, mʼahotɔsoɔ firi mʼababunu berɛ mu.
For thou are my hope, O lord Jehovah, my trust from my youth.
6 Ɛfiri awoɔ mu, mede me ho ato wo so; wo na woyii me firii me maame yafunu mu. Mɛkamfo wo daa.
By thee I have been held up from the womb. Thou are he who took me out of my mother's bowels. My praise shall be continually of thee.
7 Mayɛ nhwɛsodeɛ ama bebree, nanso wo ne me dwanekɔbea denden.
I am as a wonder to many, but thou are my strong refuge.
8 Wo nkamfo ahyɛ mʼanom ma, mekamfo wʼanimuonyam da mu nyinaa.
My mouth shall be filled with thy praise, and with thy honor all the day.
9 Nto me ntwene ɛberɛ a mabɔ akɔkoraa; mʼahoɔden sa me mu a, nnya me.
Cast me not off in the time of old age. Forsake me not when my strength fails.
10 Ɛfiri sɛ mʼatamfoɔ kasa tia me wɔn a wɔtwɛn sɛ wɔbɛkum me no bom pam me tiri so.
For my enemies speak concerning me, and those who watch for my soul take counsel together,
11 Wɔka sɛ, “Onyankopɔn agya no mu; momma yɛnti no na yɛnkyere no, na obiara nni hɔ a ɔbɛgye no.”
saying, God has forsaken him. Pursue and take him, for there is none to deliver.
12 Ao Onyankopɔn, mfiri me nkyɛn nkɔ akyiri; Ao me Onyankopɔn, yɛ ntɛm bɛboa me.
O God, be not far from me. O my God, make haste to help me.
13 Ma wɔn a wɔbɔ me soboɔ no nsɛe animguaseɛ mu; wɔn a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔpira me no ma ahohora ne animguaseɛ nkata wɔn so.
Let them be put to shame and consumed who are adversaries to my soul. Let them be covered with reproach and dishonor who seek my hurt.
14 Nanso me deɛ, mɛnya anidasoɔ daa; mɛkɔ so makamfo wo.
But I will hope continually, and will praise thee yet more and more.
15 Mɛka wo tenenee ho asɛm, ne wo nkwagyeɛ da mu nyinaa, nanso mennim ano.
My mouth shall tell of thy righteousness, of thy salvation all the day, for I know not the numbers.
16 Ao Otumfoɔ Awurade, mɛba abɛpae mu aka wo nnwuma akɛseɛ no; mɛpae mu aka wo nko ara tenenee akyerɛ.
I will come with the mighty acts of the lord Jehovah. I will make mention of thy righteousness, even of thine only.
17 Ao Onyankopɔn, ɛfiri mʼababunu berɛ na wokyerɛkyerɛɛ me, na ɛbɛsi ɛnnɛ yi, meka wʼanwanwadeɛ a woayɛ kyerɛ.
O God, thou have taught me from my youth, and I have declared thy wondrous works until now.
18 Mpo sɛ mebɔ akɔkoraa na mefu dwono a, Ao Onyankopɔn, nnya me, kɔsi sɛ mɛka wo tumi ho asɛm akyerɛ nkyirimma, ne wo kɛseyɛ akyerɛ wɔn a wɔbɛba nyinaa.
Yea, even when I am old and gray headed, O God, forsake me not, until I have declared thy strength to a generation, thy might to everyone who is to come.
19 Ao Onyankopɔn, wo tenenee duru sorosoro, wo a woayɛ nneɛma akɛseɛ. Ao Onyankopɔn, hwan na ɔte sɛ wo?
Thy righteousness also, O God, is very high, thou who have done great things. O God, who is like thee?
20 Mmom woama mahunu ɔhaw bebree a ɛyɛ yea; nanso wobɛma me nkwa bio; na wobɛyi me bio afiri asase ase.
Thou, who have shown us many and great troubles, will revive us again, and will bring us up again from the depths of the earth.
21 Wobɛhyɛ me animuonyam bebree na woakyekye me werɛ bio.
Increase thou my greatness, and turn again and comfort me.
22 Mede sankuo bɛkamfo wo Ao me Onyankopɔn, wo tenenee enti mɛto wʼayɛyi dwom wɔ sankuten so Ao Israel Kronkronni.
I will also praise thee with the psaltery, even thy truth, O my God. To thee I will sing praises with the harp, O thou Holy One of Israel.
23 Mʼanofafa de anigyeɛ bɛteam ɛberɛ a meto dwom kamfo woɔ, me a woagye me no.
My lips shall shout for joy when I sing praises to thee, and my soul, which thou have redeemed.
24 Me tɛkrɛma bɛka wo tenenee nnwuma da mu nyinaa, ɛfiri sɛ wɔn a wɔpɛ sɛ wɔha me no kɔ animguaseɛ ne basabasayɛ mu.
My tongue also shall talk of thy righteousness all the day long. For they are put to shame, for they are confounded, who seek my hurt.
