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 leader of the music. On the Gittith. A psalm of Asaph.” Sing joyfully to God, our strength! Shout with gladness to the God of Jacob!

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

Raise a song, and strike the timbrel, The sweet-sounding harp, and the psaltery!

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

Blow the trumpet at the new moon; At the full moon, also, on our festal day!

4 Yei yɛ Israelfoɔ ahyɛdeɛ, Yakob Onyankopɔn mmara.

For this is a statute for Israel, A law 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 appointed it as a memorial in Joseph, When he went out of the land of Egypt, Where he heard a language which he knew not.

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

“I relieved [[said he]] thy shoulders from their burden; Thy hands were removed from the hod.

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

Thou didst call in trouble, and I delivered thee; In the secret place of thunder I answered thee; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. (Pause)

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

Hear, O my people! and I will admonish thee! O Israel! that thou wouldst hearken to me!

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

Let there be no strange god within thee, Nor worship thou any foreign god!

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

I Jehovah am thy God, Who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: Open wide thy mouth, and I will fill it!

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

But my people would not listen to my voice, And Israel would not hearken to me.

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

So I gave them up to the obstinacy of their hearts, And they walked according to their own devices.

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

“O that my people had hearkened to me! That 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!

Soon would I have brought low their enemies, And turned my hand against their adversaries.

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

The haters of Jehovah should have become suppliants to them, And their prosperity should have endured for ever.

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

With the finest of the wheat I would have fed them, And with honey out of the rock would I have satisfied them.”