Nnwom 81

1 Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ sɛ wɔnto sɛ “gittit” sankuo nne so. Asaf dwom. Monto ahurisie dwom mma Onyankopɔn yɛn ahoɔden; mommɔ ose mma Yakob Onyankopɔn no!

For the end, a Psalm for Asaph, concerning the wine presses. Rejoice you in God our helper; shout aloud to the God of Jacob.

2 Momma nnwom no so na monwoso akasaeɛ. Mommɔ sankuo ne bɛnta dɛɛdɛ no.

Take a psalm, and produce the timbrel, the pleasant lute with the harp.

3 Monhyɛne mmɛntia ɔsrane foforɔ da no, ne ɔsrane korokumatwa mu, yɛn Apontoɔ da no;

Blow the trumpet at the new moon, in the glorious day of your feast.

4 Yei yɛ Israelfoɔ ahyɛdeɛ, Yakob Onyankopɔn mmara.

For [this] is an ordinance for Israel, and a statute of the God of Jacob.

5 Ɔtintimiiɛ sɛ nhyehyɛeɛ maa Yosef ɛberɛ a ɔsɔre tiaa Misraim no, faako a yɛtee kasa a yɛnte aseɛ no.

He made it [to be] a testimony in Joseph, when he came forth out of the land of Egypt: he heard a language which he understood not.

6 Ɔka sɛ, “Meyii adesoa no firii mo mmatire so, ne mo nsa firii adwumaden ho.

He removed his back from burdens: his hands slaved in making the baskets.

7 Mo ahohiahia mu, mofrɛɛ me na megyee mo, megyee mo so wɔ aprannaa mu; me sɔɔ mo hwɛeɛ wɔ Meriba nsuo ho.

You did call upon me in trouble, and I delivered you; I heard you in the secret place of the storm: I proved you at the water of Strife. (Pause)

8 “Ao me nkurɔfoɔ, montie me kɔkɔbɔ yi, Ao Israel, sɛ mobɛtie me a!

Hear, my people, and I will speak to you, O Israel; and I will testify to you: if you will listen to me;

9 Ɛnsɛ sɛ monya anyame foforɔ bi wɔ mo mu; ɛnsɛ sɛ mokoto ananafoɔ nyame.

there shall be no new god in you; neither shall you worship a strange god.

10 Mene Awurade, mo Onyankopɔn a meyii mo firii Misraim asase so no. Mommue mo anom tɛtrɛɛ na mɛhyɛ mu ma.

For I am the Lord your God, that brought you out of the land of Egypt: open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11 “Nanso me nkurɔfoɔ rentie me; Israel remmrɛ ne ho ase mma me.

But my people listened not to my voice; and Israel gave no heed to me.

12 Enti megyaa wɔn maa wɔn akomaden sɛ wɔnyɛ deɛ wɔpɛ biara.

So I let them go after the ways of their own hearts: they will go on in their own ways.

13 “Sɛ me nkurɔfoɔ tie me, na Israel nante mʼakwan so a,

If my people had listened to me, if Israel had walked in my ways,

14 anka mɛdi wɔn atamfoɔ so ama wɔn ntɛm na mama me basa so atia wɔn a wɔkyiri wɔn!

I should have put down their enemies very quickly, and should have laid my hand upon those that afflicted them.

15 Wɔn a wɔtane Awurade no de suro bɛkoto no, na wɔn asotwe to rentwa da.

The Lord's enemies [should have] lied to him: but their time shall be for ever.

16 Nanso, wɔde atokoɔ mu atokoɔ papa bɛma mo adi; mede ɔbotan mu woɔ bɛma mo amee.”

And he fed them with the fat of wheat; and satisfied them with honey out of the rock.