Nnwom 89
1 Esrahini Etan ɔhaw ne amanehunu dwom. Mɛto Awurade adɔeɛ ho dwom daa daa; mede mʼano bɛda wo nokorɛdie adi awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ nyinaa mu.
A Psalme to give instruction, of Ethan the Ezrahite. I will sing the mercies of the Lord for euer: with my mouth will I declare thy trueth from generation to generation.
2 Mɛka sɛ wʼadɔeɛ no tim hɔ daa nyinaa, na watim wo nokorɛdie wɔ ɔsoro hɔ ankasa.
For I said, Mercie shalbe set vp for euer: thy trueth shalt thou stablish in ye very heauens.
3 Wokaa sɛ, “Me ne onipa a mayi no no ayɛ apam; maka ntam akyerɛ me ɔsomfoɔ Dawid.
I haue made a couenant with my chosen: I haue sworne to Dauid my seruant,
4 ‘Mɛma wʼase atim hɔ daa na wʼahennwa nso atim wɔ awoɔ ntoantoasoɔ nyinaa mu.’”
Thy seede will I stablish for euer, and set vp thy throne from generation to generation. (Selah)
5 Ao Awurade, ɔsorosorofoɔ kamfo wʼanwanwadeɛ, na wo nokorɛdie nso, wɔkamfo wɔ ahotefoɔ asafo mu.
O Lord, euen the heauens shall prayse thy wonderous worke: yea, thy trueth in the Congregation of the Saints.
6 Na hwan na ɔne wo Awurade sɛ wɔ ɔsoro hɔ? Hwan na ɔte sɛ Awurade wɔ ɔsoro abɔdeɛ mu?
For who is equall to the Lord in the heauen? and who is like the Lord among the sonnes of the gods?
7 Akronkronfoɔ agyinatufoɔ mu, wosuro Onyankopɔn; wɔde suro ma no sene wɔn a wotwa ne ho hyia nyinaa.
God is very terrible in the assemblie of the Saints, and to be reuerenced aboue all, that are about him.
8 Ao Otumfoɔ Awurade Onyankopɔn, hwan na ɔte sɛ woɔ? Ao Awurade woyɛ kɛseɛ na wo nokorɛdie atwa wo ho ahyia.
O Lord God of hostes, who is like vnto thee, which art a mightie Lord, and thy trueth is about thee?
9 Wodi ɛpo a ɛreworo soɔ so; nʼasorɔkye bobɔ kɔ ɔsoro a, wobrɛ no ase.
Thou rulest the raging of the sea: when the waues thereof arise, thou stillest them.
10 Wodwerɛɛ Rahab sɛ atɔfoɔ no mu baako; wode wo basa denden no bɔɔ wʼatamfoɔ pansameeɛ.
Thou hast beaten downe Rahab as a man slaine: thou hast scattered thine enemies with thy mightie arme.
11 Ɔsoro wɔ wo, na asase nso wɔ wo; ewiase ne deɛ ɛwɔ mu nyinaa, wo na wohyɛɛ aseɛ.
The heauens are thine, the earth also is thine: thou hast layde the foundation of the world, and all that therein is.
12 Wobɔɔ atifi ne anafoɔ. Tabor ne Hermon de ahosɛpɛ to dwom ma wo din.
Thou hast created the North and the South: Tabor and Hermon shall reioyce in thy Name.
13 Tumi ayɛ wo basa ma; wo nsam wɔ ahoɔden, wama wo nsa nifa so.
Thou hast a mightie arme: strong is thine hand, and high is thy right hand.
14 Wʼahennwa no fapem yɛ tenenee ne atɛntenenee; adɔeɛ ne nokorɛdie di wʼanim.
Righteousnesse and equitie are the stablishment of thy throne: mercy and trueth goe before thy face.
15 Nhyira nka wɔn a wɔasua sɛdeɛ wɔbɔ wo abɔdin, wɔn a wɔnante wʼanim hann no mu, Ao Awurade.
Blessed is the people, that can reioyce in thee: they shall walke in the light of thy countenance, O Lord.
16 Wɔgye wɔn ani wɔ wo din mu da mu nyinaa; wɔdi ahurisie wɔ wo tenenee mu.
They shall reioyce continually in thy Name, and in thy righteousnes shall they exalt them selues.
17 Wone wɔn animuonyam ne ahoɔden, na wʼadom enti yɛyɛ nkonimdifoɔ.
For thou art the glory of their strength, and by thy fauour our hornes shall be exalted.
18 Ampa ara, yɛn banbɔ firi Awurade hɔ, na Israel Kronkronni no ama yɛn Ɔhene.
For our shield apperteineth to the Lord, and our King to the holy one of Israel.
19 Ɛda bi wokasaa wɔ anisoadehunu mu, kyerɛɛ wʼahotefoɔ sɛ, “Madom ɔkofoni bi ahoɔden; mapagya aberanteɛ bi afiri nnipa no mu.
Thou spakest then in a vision vnto thine Holy one, and saydest, I haue layde helpe vpon one that is mightie: I haue exalted one chosen out of the people.
20 Mahunu Dawid, me ɔsomfoɔ; mede me ngo kronkron no asra no.
I haue found Dauid my seruant: with mine holy oyle haue I anoynted him.
21 Me nsa bɛwowa no; ampa ara mʼabasa bɛhyɛ no den.
Therefore mine hande shall be established with him, and mine arme shall strengthen him.
22 Ɔtamfoɔ biara renhyɛ no sɛ ɔntua toɔ; omumuyɛfoɔ biara rentumi nhyɛ ne so.
The enemie shall not oppresse him, neither shall the wicked hurt him.
23 Mɛdwerɛ nʼatamfoɔ wɔ nʼanim na mabobɔ nʼahohiahiafoɔ ahwe fam.
But I will destroy his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
24 Me nokorɛ adɔeɛ bɛka ne ho, na me din mu, wɔbɛma nʼabɛn so.
My trueth also and my mercie shall be with him, and in my Name shall his horne be exalted.
25 Mɛtrɛ nʼahyeɛ mu akɔsi ɛpo so, na ɔde ne nsa nifa bɛto nsubɔntene so.
I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the floods.
26 Ɔbɛfrɛ me aka sɛ, ‘Wone mʼagya, me Onyankopɔn, me nkwagyeɛ botan.’
He shall cry vnto mee, Thou art my Father, my God and the rocke of my saluation.
27 Mɛyɛ no mʼabakan, asase so ahene nyinaa no mu ɔkɛseɛ.
Also I wil make him my first borne, higher then the Kings of the earth.
28 Mɛma mʼadɔeɛ a mewɔ ma no no atena hɔ daa, na apam a me ne no ayɛ nso bɛtena hɔ daa.
My mercie will I keepe for him for euermore, and my couenant shall stande fast with him.
29 Mɛma nʼase atim afebɔɔ, nʼahennwa nso bɛtim hɔ akɔsi sɛ ɔsoro bɛtwam.
His seede also will I make to endure for euer, and his throne as the dayes of heauen.
30 “Sɛ ne mmammarima po me mmara na sɛ wɔanni mʼahyɛdeɛ so,
But if his children forsake my Lawe, and walke not in my iudgements:
31 sɛ wɔbu mʼahyɛdeɛ so na sɛ wɔanni me ɔhyɛ nsɛm so a,
If they breake my statutes, and keepe not my commandements:
32 ɛno deɛ, mede abaa bɛtwe wɔn aso wɔ wɔn bɔne ho na wɔn amumuyɛ nso mede mmaatwa atwe wɔn aso;
Then will I visite their transgression with the rod, and their iniquitie with strokes.
33 Nanso, merennyae mʼadɔeɛ a meyɛ ma noɔ no na mɛkɔ so adi no nokorɛ.
Yet my louing kindnesse will I not take from him, neither will I falsifie my trueth.
34 Meremmu mʼapam no so na merensesa deɛ mede mʼano aka no.
My couenant wil I not breake, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
35 Menam me din kronkron no so aka ntam prɛko, na merentwa Dawid atorɔ da.
I haue sworne once by mine holines, that I will not fayle Dauid, saying,
36 Meremma nʼase ntɔre da na nʼahennwa nso bɛtim wɔ mʼanim te sɛ owia;
His seede shall endure for euer, and his throne shalbe as the sunne before me.
37 ɛbɛtim hɔ daa te sɛ ɔsrane, ɔdansefoɔ nokwafoɔ a ɔwɔ ewiem no.”
He shalbe established for euermore as the moone, and as a faythfull witnes in the heauen. (Selah)
38 Nanso woapo no, woapa nʼakyi wo bo afu deɛ woasra no ngo no.
But thou hast reiected and abhorred, thou hast bene angry with thine Anoynted.
39 Woagu apam a wo ne wo ɔsomfoɔ pameeɛ no woagu nʼahenkyɛ ho fi wɔ mfuturo mu.
Thou hast broken the couenant of thy seruant, and profaned his crowne, casting it on the ground.
40 Woabubu nʼafasuo nyinaa ama nʼabandenden adane mmubuiɛ.
Thou hast broken downe all his walles: thou hast layd his fortresses in ruine.
41 Wɔn a wɔtwam wɔ hɔ nyinaa fom no fa; na wayɛ aniwudeɛ ama ne mfɛfoɔ.
All that goe by the way, spoyle him: he is a rebuke vnto his neighbours.
42 Woama nʼatamfoɔ nsa nifa so; ama wɔn nyinaa di ahurisie.
Thou hast set vp the right hand of his enemies, and made all his aduersaries to reioyce.
43 Woama nʼakofena ayɛ ɔkwa, na woannyina nʼakyi wɔ ɔko mu.
Thou hast also turned the edge of his sworde, and hast not made him to stand in the battell.
44 Wode nʼanimuonyam aba awieeɛ na woato nʼahennwa atwene fam.
Thou hast caused his dignitie to decay, and cast his throne to the ground.
45 Woatwa ne mmeranteberɛ nna so na wode animguaseɛ ngugusoɔ akata ne so.
The dayes of his youth hast thou shortned, and couered him with shame. (Selah)
46 Ao Awurade, ɛnkɔsi da bɛn? Wode wo ho bɛhinta afebɔɔ anaa? Wʼabofuhyeɛ bɛkɔ so adɛre akɔsi da bɛn?
Lord, howe long wilt thou hide thy selfe, for euer? shall thy wrath burne like fire?
47 Kae sɛdeɛ me nkwa nna twam ntɛm so. Ɛfiri sɛ woabɔ yɛn nyinaa sɛ adeɛ a ɛtwa mu ntɛm so!
Remember of what time I am: wherefore shouldest thou create in vaine all the children of men?
48 Hwan na ɔbɛtena ase a ɔrenwu da? Anaasɛ hwan na ɔbɛtumi agye ne ho afiri owuo tumi nsam? (Sheol h7585)
What man liueth, and shall not see death? shall hee deliuer his soule from the hande of the graue? (Selah) (Sheol h7585)
49 Ao Awurade, ɛhe na wo tete adɔeɛ kɛseɛ no wɔ, deɛ wofiri wo nokorɛdie mu de kaa ntam kyerɛɛ Dawid no?
Lord, where are thy former mercies, which thou swarest vnto Dauid in thy trueth?
50 Awurade kae sɛdeɛ wɔadi wo ɔsomfoɔ ho fɛ ne sɛdeɛ manya akoma ama amanaman no akutiabɔ.
Remember, O Lord, the rebuke of thy seruants, which I beare in my bosome of all the mightie people.
51 Ao Awurade, akutiabɔ a wʼatamfoɔ de adi fɛw, de adi deɛ woasra no ngo no anammɔntuo biara ho fɛw.
For thine enemies haue reproched thee, O Lord, because they haue reproched the footesteps of thine Anointed.
52 Ayɛyie nka Awurade daa!
Praised be the Lord for euermore. So be it, euen so be it.
