Nnwom 80
1 Asaf dwom. Ao Israel dwanhwɛfoɔ, tie yɛn, wo a wodii Yosef anim sɛdeɛ wɔdi nnwankuo anim; wo a wote ahennwa so wɔ Kerubim ntam no, hyerɛn
To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim-eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm. Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph like a flock; you who have your seat on the winged ones, let your glory be seen.
2 wɔ Efraim, Benyamin ne Manase anim. Kanyane wo tumi; bra bɛgye yɛn nkwa.
Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh, let your strength be awake from sleep, and come as our salvation.
3 Ao Onyankopɔn, gye yɛn bio; ma wʼanim nhyerɛn yɛn so, na wɔagye yɛn nkwa.
Take us back again, O God; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.
4 Ao Otumfoɔ Awurade Onyankopɔn, wʼabofuo bɛdɛre akɔsi da bɛn wʼabofuo a ɛtia wo nkurɔfoɔ mpaeɛbɔ no?
O Lord God of armies, how long will your wrath be burning against the rest of your people?
5 Wode nisuo yɛɛ aduane maa wɔn diiɛ; wode nisuo kuruwa ma ma wɔnomeeɛ.
You have given them the bread of weeping for food; for their drink you have given them sorrow in great measure.
6 Woama yɛn mfɛfoɔ abu yɛn animtiaa, na yɛn atamfoɔ sere yɛn.
You make us a cause of war among our neighbours; our haters are laughing at us among themselves.
7 Ao Otumfoɔ Onyankopɔn, gye yɛn bio; ma wʼanim nhyerɛn yɛn so, na wɔagye yɛn nkwa.
Take us back again, O God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.
8 Wode bobe firi Misraim baeɛ; wopamoo amanaman no na woduaaɛ.
You took a vine out of Egypt: driving out the nations, and planting it in their land.
9 Wosiesiee asase no baabi maa no, ɛgyee nhini na ɛtrɛɛ asase no so.
You made ready a place for it, so that it might take deep root, and it sent out its branches over all the land.
10 Ne nwunu kataa mmepɔ no so ne mman kataa ntweneduro akɛseɛ no so.
The mountains were covered with its shade, and the great trees with its branches.
11 Ɛdendanee kɔɔ Ɛpo so, na ɛfefɛ kɔduruu Asubɔnten no ho.
It sent out its arms to the Sea, and its branches to the River.
12 Adɛn enti na woabubu nʼafasuo ama wɔn a wɔtwam hɔ tete ne bobe aba no?
Why are its walls broken down by your hands, so that all who go by may take its fruit?
13 Kɔkɔte firi wiram bɛsɛe no pasaa na mmoadoma a ɛwɔ ɛserɛ so de yɛ wɔn aduane.
It is uprooted by the pigs from the woods, the beasts of the field get their food from it.
14 Ao Otumfoɔ Onyankopɔn, sane bra yɛn nkyɛn! Firi soro hɔ hwɛ na wobɛhunu! Hwɛ saa bobe yi so,
Come back, O God of armies: from heaven let your eyes be turned to this vine, and give your mind to it,
15 ntini a wo nsa nifa adua no, ɔbabarima a woatete no ama wo ho no.
Even to the tree which was planted by your right hand, and to the branch which you made strong for yourself.
16 Wɔatwa wo bobe no ato fam, ato mu ogya ama ahye; wʼanimka ma wo nkurɔfoɔ ase tɔre.
It is burned with fire; it is cut down: they are made waste by the wrath of your face.
17 Fa wo nsa kata ɔbarima a ɔwɔ wo nifa no so, onipa ba a woatete no ama wo ho no.
Let your hand be on the man of your right hand, on the son of man whom you made strong for yourself.
18 Afei yɛrentwe yɛn ho mfiri wo nkyɛn; kanyane yɛn, na yɛbɛbɔ wo din.
So will we not be turned back from you; keep us in life, and we will give praise to your name.
19 Ao Otumfoɔ Awurade Onyankopɔn, gye yɛn bio, na ma wʼanim nhyerɛn yɛn so, na wɔagye yɛn nkwa. Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ sɛ wɔnto sɛ “gittit” sankuo nne so.
Take us back, O Lord God of armies; let us see the shining of your face, and let us be safe.
