< Nnwom 87 >
1 Kora mma dwom. Awurade ato ne fapem wɔ bepɔ kronkron no so;
A Psalm of the sons of Korah. A song. He has founded His city on the holy mountains.
2 Awurade dɔ Sion apono no sene Yakob atenaeɛ nyinaa.
The LORD loves the gates of Zion more than all the dwellings of Jacob.
3 Wɔka wo ho animuonyamsɛm Ao Onyankopɔn kuropɔn:
Glorious things are ascribed to you, O city of God.
4 “Mede Rahab ne Babilonia bɛka wɔn a wɔyɛ ɔsetie ma me no ho, Filistia, Tiro ne Kus nso mɛka sɛ, ‘Wɔwoo yeinom wɔ Sion.’”
“I will mention Rahab and Babylon among those who know Me— along with Philistia, Tyre, and Cush — when I say, ‘This one was born in Zion.’”
5 Ampa ara wɔbɛka wɔ Sion ho sɛ, “Wɔwoo yei ne ɔno wɔ ne mu, na Ɔsorosoroni no ankasa de no bɛtim hɔ.”
And it will be said of Zion: “This one and that one were born in her, and the Most High Himself will establish her.”
6 Awurade bɛtwerɛ wɔ nnipa dintwerɛ nwoma no mu sɛ, “Wɔwoo yei wɔ Sion.”
The LORD will record in the register of the peoples: “This one was born in Zion.”
7 Na wɔbɛto dwom sɛ, “Me nhini nyinaa wɔ wo mu.” Kora mma dwom a wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ sɛ wɔnto no “Mahalat Leannot” sankuo so.
Singers and pipers will proclaim, “All my springs of joy are in You.”