Nnwom 83
1 Asaf Dwom. Ao Onyankopɔn, ntena hɔ komm; mmua wʼano, Ao Onyankopɔn, keka wo ho.
“A psalm of Asaph.” O God! keep not silence! Hold not thy peace, and be not still, O God!
2 Hwɛ sɛdeɛ wʼatamfoɔ keka wɔn ho fa, na wɔn a wɔmpɛ wʼasɛm nso ama wɔn tiri so.
For, lo! thine enemies roar, And they who hate thee lift up their heads.
3 Wɔde anifire repam atia wo nkurɔfoɔ wɔrepam atia wɔn a wʼakoma da wɔn so no.
For they form secret plots against thy people, And consult together against thy chosen ones.
4 Wɔka sɛ, “Mommra na yɛnsɛe wɔn sɛ ɔman, sɛdeɛ wɔrenkae Israel din bio.”
“Come,” say they, “let us blot them out from the number of the nations, That the name of Israel may no more be remembered!”
5 Wɔde adwene korɔ bɔ pɔ; na wɔpam tia wo,
With one consent they consult together, Against thee do they form a league, —
6 Edom ntomadan ne Ismaelfoɔ, Moabfoɔ ne Hagarfoɔ,
The tents of Edom and the Ishmaelites, Of Moab and the Hagarenes,
7 Gebalfoɔ ne Amonfoɔ ne Amalekfoɔ, Filistifoɔ ne Tirofoɔ.
Gebal and Ammon and Amalek, The Philistines, with the inhabitants of Tyre.
8 Asiria mpo akɔka wɔn ho de wɔn ahoɔden akɔhyɛ Lot asefoɔ deɛ mu kena.
The Assyrians also are joined with them; They lend their strength to the children of Lot.
9 Yɛ wɔn sɛdeɛ woyɛɛ Midian sɛdeɛ woyɛɛ Sisera ne Yabin wɔ asubɔnten Kison ho no,
Do to them as to the Midianites, As to Sisera, as to Jabin at the brook Kison,
10 wɔn a wɔsɛee wɔ En-Dor na wɔdanee nwira no.
Who perished at Endor, And were trampled like dung to the earth.
11 Yɛ wɔn atitire sɛ Oreb ne Seeb, ne wɔn mmapɔmma nyinaa sɛ Seba ne Salmuna,
Make their chiefs like Oreb and Zeeb; Yea, all their princes as Zeba and Zalmunna!
12 a wɔkaa sɛ, “Momma yɛmfa Onyankopɔn adidibea nsase no.”
Who say, “Let us seize on God's habitations!”
13 Ao me Onyankopɔn, yɛ wɔn sɛ twahoframa mu mfuturo, sɛ ntɛtɛ a mframa bɔ guo.
Make them, O my God! like whirling chaff; Like stubble before the wind!
14 Sɛdeɛ ogya hye kwaeɛ, na ogyaframa sɔ nkokoɔ mu hye no no,
As fire consumeth the forest, And as flame setteth the mountains in a blaze,
15 saa ara na fa wʼahum taa wɔn na fa wo mframa a ano yɛ den no hunahuna wɔn.
So pursue them with thy tempest, And terrify them with thy storm!
16 Ma animguaseɛ nka wɔn, na ama nnipa apɛ wo din akyiri ɛkwan, Ao Awurade.
Cover their faces with shame, That they may seek thy name, O LORD!
17 Ma wɔn anim ngu ase na wɔn abasa mu ntu; ma wɔnwuwu wɔ animguaseɛ mu.
Let them be confounded! Yea, let them be put to shame, and perish!
18 Ma wɔnhunu sɛ wo a wo din de Awurade no, wo nko ara ne Ɔsorosoroni wɔ asase so nyinaa. Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ sɛ wɔnto no wɔ gittit sankuo nne so.
That they may know that thy name alone is Jehovah; That thou art the Most High over all the earth.
