Nnwom 74
1 Asaf dwom. Ao Onyankopɔn, adɛn enti na woapo yɛn koraa yi? Adɛn enti na wʼabofuo hye wʼadidibea nnwan?
Maschil of Asaph. O God, why hast thou cast [us] off for ever? [why] doth thy anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
2 Kae nkurɔfoɔ a wotɔɔ wɔn teteete no, abusua a ɛyɛ wʼagyapadeɛ a wogyee wɔn no, Bepɔ Sion, baabi a woteɛ hɔ.
Remember thy congregation, [which] thou hast purchased of old: the rod of thy inheritance, [which] thou hast redeemed; this mount Zion, in which thou hast dwelt.
3 Dane wo ho kyerɛ mmubuiɛ a ɛda so wɔ hɔ yi so, saa ɔsɛeɛ a ɔtamfoɔ no de abrɛ wo kronkronbea no.
Lift up thy feet to the perpetual desolations; [even] all [that] the enemy hath done wickedly in the sanctuary.
4 Wʼatamfoɔ bobɔɔ mu wɔ baabi a wohyiaa yɛn no; wɔasisi wɔn mfrankaa sɛ agyiraeɛhyɛdeɛ wɔ hɔ.
Thy enemies roar in the midst of thy congregations; they set up their ensigns [for] signs.
5 Wɔyɛɛ wɔn sɛ nnipa a wɔrehwim mmonnua de abubu nnua a ayɛ nkyɛkyerɛ.
[A man] was famous according as he had lifted up axes upon the thick trees.
6 Wɔde wɔn mmonnua ne nname bubuu nnua a wɔasene adi ho adwinneɛ no.
But now they break down the carved work of it at once with axes and hammers.
7 Wɔhyee wo kronkronbea no dwerɛbee; wɔguu baabi a wo Din teɛ no ho fi.
They have cast fire into thy sanctuary, they have defiled [by casting down] the dwelling-place of thy name to the ground.
8 Wɔkaa wɔ wɔn akoma mu sɛ, “Yɛbɛtiatia wɔn so ayɛ wɔn pasaa!” Wɔhyee baabiara a wɔsom Onyankopɔn wɔ asase no so.
They said in their hearts, Let us destroy them together: they have burned up all the synagogues of God in the land.
9 Yɛnhunu wo nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a ɛyɛ nwanwa biara bio; adiyifoɔ no nyinaa asa, na yɛn mu biara nnim nna dodoɔ a ɛbɛdie.
We see not our signs: [there is] no more any prophet: neither [is there] among us any that knoweth how long.
10 Ao Onyankopɔn, wʼatamfoɔ bɛsere wo akɔsi da bɛn? Wɔn a wɔkyiri woɔ no bɛgu wo din ho fi daa anaa?
O God, how long shall the adversary reproach? shall the enemy blaspheme thy name for ever?
11 Adɛn enti na woatwe wo nsa, wo nsa nifa no? Yi firi wʼatadeɛ mmobɔeɛ no mu na sɛe wɔn.
Why withdrawest thou thy hand, even thy right hand? pluck [it] out of thy bosom.
12 Nanso, Ao Onyankopɔn, woyɛ me ɔhene firi tete; wode nkwagyeɛ ba asase so.
For God [is] my King of old, working salvation in the midst of the earth.
13 Ɛyɛ wo na wode wo tumi paee ɛpo mu no; wopɛkyɛɛ nsuo mu ɔtweaseɛ no ti.
Thou didst divide the sea by thy strength: thou didst break the heads of the dragons in the waters.
14 Wopɛkyɛɛ Lewiatan no ti na wode no maa ɛserɛ so abɔdeɛ sɛ wɔn aduane.
Thou didst break the head of leviathan in pieces, [and] didst give him [to be] food to the people inhabiting the wilderness.
15 Wo na womaa nsuwa ne nsutire tueeɛ; na womaa nsubɔntene a ɛtene weweeɛ.
Thou didst cleave the fountain and the flood: thou didst dry up mighty rivers.
16 Adekyeeɛ wɔ wo na adesaeɛ nso yɛ wo dea; wode owia ne ɔsrane sisii hɔ.
The day [is] thine, the night also [is] thine: thou hast prepared the light and the sun.
17 Ɛyɛ wo na wototoo asase so ahyeɛ nyinaa; wobɔɔ ahuhuro ne awɔ mmerɛ.
Thou hast set all the borders of the earth: thou hast made summer and winter.
18 Ao Awurade, kae sɛdeɛ ɔtamfoɔ no sere woɔ, sɛdeɛ nkwaseafoɔ agu wo din ho fi.
Remember this, the enemy hath reproached, O LORD, and the foolish people have blasphemed thy name.
19 Mfa wʼaborɔnoma nkwa mma nkekaboa; mma wo werɛ mfiri wo nkurɔfoɔ a wɔrehunu amane no nkwa afebɔɔ.
O deliver not the soul of thy turtle dove to the multitude [of the wicked]: forget not the congregation of thy poor for ever.
20 Ma wʼapam no ho nhia wo, ɛfiri sɛ akakabensɛm ahyɛ asase no so sum ma.
Have respect to the covenant: for the dark places of the earth are full of the habitations of cruelty.
21 Mma wɔn a wɔahyɛ wɔn soɔ no anim nngu ase; ma ahiafoɔ ne mmɔborɔfoɔ nkamfo wo din.
O let not the oppressed return ashamed: let the poor and needy praise thy name.
22 Ao Onyankopɔn, ma wo ho so na ka wo ara wʼasɛm; kae sɛdeɛ nkwaseafoɔ sere wo da mu nyinaa.
Arise, O God, plead thy own cause: remember how the foolish man reproacheth thee daily.
23 Mmu wʼani ngu wɔn a wɔsɔre tia wo no nteateam so, wʼatamfoɔ gyegyeegye a ɛkɔ soro daa no. Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ no. Wɔnto no sɛdeɛ wɔto “Nsɛe No” nne so.
Forget not the voice of thy enemies: the tumult of those that rise against thee increaseth continually.
