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.
An instruction, by Ethan the Ezrahite. Of the kind acts of Jehovah, to the age I sing, To all generations I make known Thy faithfulness with my mouth,
2 Mɛka sɛ wʼadɔeɛ no tim hɔ daa nyinaa, na watim wo nokorɛdie wɔ ɔsoro hɔ ankasa.
For I said, 'To the age is kindness built, The heavens! Thou dost establish Thy faithfulness in them.'
3 Wokaa sɛ, “Me ne onipa a mayi no no ayɛ apam; maka ntam akyerɛ me ɔsomfoɔ Dawid.
I have made a covenant for My chosen, I have sworn to David My servant:
4 ‘Mɛma wʼase atim hɔ daa na wʼahennwa nso atim wɔ awoɔ ntoantoasoɔ nyinaa mu.’”
'Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and generation thy throne. (Selah)
5 Ao Awurade, ɔsorosorofoɔ kamfo wʼanwanwadeɛ, na wo nokorɛdie nso, wɔkamfo wɔ ahotefoɔ asafo mu.
and the heavens confess Thy wonders, O Jehovah, Thy faithfulness also [is] in an assembly of holy ones.
6 Na hwan na ɔne wo Awurade sɛ wɔ ɔsoro hɔ? Hwan na ɔte sɛ Awurade wɔ ɔsoro abɔdeɛ mu?
For who in the sky, Compareth himself to Jehovah? Is like to Jehovah among sons of the mighty?
7 Akronkronfoɔ agyinatufoɔ mu, wosuro Onyankopɔn; wɔde suro ma no sene wɔn a wotwa ne ho hyia nyinaa.
God is very terrible, In the secret counsel of His holy ones, And fearful over all surrounding Him.
8 Ao Otumfoɔ Awurade Onyankopɔn, hwan na ɔte sɛ woɔ? Ao Awurade woyɛ kɛseɛ na wo nokorɛdie atwa wo ho ahyia.
O Jehovah, God of Hosts, Who [is] like Thee — a strong Jah? And Thy faithfulness [is] round about Thee.
9 Wodi ɛpo a ɛreworo soɔ so; nʼasorɔkye bobɔ kɔ ɔsoro a, wobrɛ no ase.
Thou [art] ruler over the pride of the sea, In the lifting up of its billows Thou dost restrain them.
10 Wodwerɛɛ Rahab sɛ atɔfoɔ no mu baako; wode wo basa denden no bɔɔ wʼatamfoɔ pansameeɛ.
Thou hast bruised Rahab, as one wounded. With the arm of Thy strength Thou hast scattered Thine enemies.
11 Ɔsoro wɔ wo, na asase nso wɔ wo; ewiase ne deɛ ɛwɔ mu nyinaa, wo na wohyɛɛ aseɛ.
Thine [are] the heavens — the earth also [is] Thine, The habitable world and its fulness, Thou hast founded them.
12 Wobɔɔ atifi ne anafoɔ. Tabor ne Hermon de ahosɛpɛ to dwom ma wo din.
North and south Thou hast appointed them, Tabor and Hermon in Thy name do sing.
13 Tumi ayɛ wo basa ma; wo nsam wɔ ahoɔden, wama wo nsa nifa so.
Thou hast an arm with might, Strong is Thy hand — high Thy right hand.
14 Wʼahennwa no fapem yɛ tenenee ne atɛntenenee; adɔeɛ ne nokorɛdie di wʼanim.
Righteousness and judgment [Are] the fixed place of Thy throne, Kindness and truth go before Thy face.
15 Nhyira nka wɔn a wɔasua sɛdeɛ wɔbɔ wo abɔdin, wɔn a wɔnante wʼanim hann no mu, Ao Awurade.
O the happiness of the people knowing the shout, O Jehovah, in the light of Thy face they walk habitually.
16 Wɔgye wɔn ani wɔ wo din mu da mu nyinaa; wɔdi ahurisie wɔ wo tenenee mu.
In Thy name they rejoice all the day, And in Thy righteousness they are exalted,
17 Wone wɔn animuonyam ne ahoɔden, na wʼadom enti yɛyɛ nkonimdifoɔ.
For the beauty of their strength [art] Thou, And in Thy good will is our horn exalted,
18 Ampa ara, yɛn banbɔ firi Awurade hɔ, na Israel Kronkronni no ama yɛn Ɔhene.
For of Jehovah [is] our shield, And of the Holy One of Israel our king.
19 Ɛda bi wokasaa wɔ anisoadehunu mu, kyerɛɛ wʼahotefoɔ sɛ, “Madom ɔkofoni bi ahoɔden; mapagya aberanteɛ bi afiri nnipa no mu.
Then Thou hast spoken in vision, To Thy saint, yea, Thou sayest, I have placed help upon a mighty one, Exalted a chosen one out of the people,
20 Mahunu Dawid, me ɔsomfoɔ; mede me ngo kronkron no asra no.
I have found David My servant, With My holy oil I have anointed him.
21 Me nsa bɛwowa no; ampa ara mʼabasa bɛhyɛ no den.
With whom My hand is established, My arm also doth strengthen him.
22 Ɔtamfoɔ biara renhyɛ no sɛ ɔntua toɔ; omumuyɛfoɔ biara rentumi nhyɛ ne so.
An enemy exacteth not upon him, And a son of perverseness afflicteth him not.
23 Mɛdwerɛ nʼatamfoɔ wɔ nʼanim na mabobɔ nʼahohiahiafoɔ ahwe fam.
And I have beaten down before him his adversaries, And those hating him I plague,
24 Me nokorɛ adɔeɛ bɛka ne ho, na me din mu, wɔbɛma nʼabɛn so.
And My faithfulness and kindness [are] with him, And in My name is his horn exalted.
25 Mɛtrɛ nʼahyeɛ mu akɔsi ɛpo so, na ɔde ne nsa nifa bɛto nsubɔntene so.
And I have set on the sea his hand, And on the rivers his right hand.
26 Ɔbɛfrɛ me aka sɛ, ‘Wone mʼagya, me Onyankopɔn, me nkwagyeɛ botan.’
He proclaimeth me: 'Thou [art] my Father, My God, and the rock of my salvation.'
27 Mɛyɛ no mʼabakan, asase so ahene nyinaa no mu ɔkɛseɛ.
I also first-born do appoint him, Highest of 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.
To the age I keep for him My kindness, And My covenant [is] stedfast with him.
29 Mɛma nʼase atim afebɔɔ, nʼahennwa nso bɛtim hɔ akɔsi sɛ ɔsoro bɛtwam.
And I have set his seed for ever, And his throne as the days of the heavens.
30 “Sɛ ne mmammarima po me mmara na sɛ wɔanni mʼahyɛdeɛ so,
If his sons forsake My law, And in My judgments do not walk;
31 sɛ wɔbu mʼahyɛdeɛ so na sɛ wɔanni me ɔhyɛ nsɛm so a,
If My statutes they pollute, And My commands do not keep,
32 ɛno deɛ, mede abaa bɛtwe wɔn aso wɔ wɔn bɔne ho na wɔn amumuyɛ nso mede mmaatwa atwe wɔn aso;
I have looked after with a rod their transgression, And with strokes their iniquity,
33 Nanso, merennyae mʼadɔeɛ a meyɛ ma noɔ no na mɛkɔ so adi no nokorɛ.
And My kindness I break not from him, Nor do I deal falsely in My faithfulness.
34 Meremmu mʼapam no so na merensesa deɛ mede mʼano aka no.
I profane not My covenant, And that which is going forth from My lips I change not.
35 Menam me din kronkron no so aka ntam prɛko, na merentwa Dawid atorɔ da.
Once I have sworn by My holiness, I lie not to David,
36 Meremma nʼase ntɔre da na nʼahennwa nso bɛtim wɔ mʼanim te sɛ owia;
His seed is to the age, And his throne [is] as the sun before Me,
37 ɛbɛtim hɔ daa te sɛ ɔsrane, ɔdansefoɔ nokwafoɔ a ɔwɔ ewiem no.”
As the moon it is established — to the age, And the witness in the sky is stedfast. (Selah)
38 Nanso woapo no, woapa nʼakyi wo bo afu deɛ woasra no ngo no.
And Thou, Thou hast cast off, and dost reject, Thou hast shown Thyself wroth With Thine anointed,
39 Woagu apam a wo ne wo ɔsomfoɔ pameeɛ no woagu nʼahenkyɛ ho fi wɔ mfuturo mu.
Hast rejected the covenant of Thy servant, Thou hast polluted to the earth his crown,
40 Woabubu nʼafasuo nyinaa ama nʼabandenden adane mmubuiɛ.
Thou hast broken down all his hedges, Thou hast made his fenced places a ruin.
41 Wɔn a wɔtwam wɔ hɔ nyinaa fom no fa; na wayɛ aniwudeɛ ama ne mfɛfoɔ.
Spoiled him have all passing by the way, He hath been a reproach to his neighbours,
42 Woama nʼatamfoɔ nsa nifa so; ama wɔn nyinaa di ahurisie.
Thou hast exalted the right hand of his adversaries, Thou hast caused all his enemies to rejoice.
43 Woama nʼakofena ayɛ ɔkwa, na woannyina nʼakyi wɔ ɔko mu.
Also — Thou turnest back the sharpness of his sword, And hast not established him in battle,
44 Wode nʼanimuonyam aba awieeɛ na woato nʼahennwa atwene fam.
Hast caused [him] to cease from his brightness, And his throne to the earth hast cast down.
45 Woatwa ne mmeranteberɛ nna so na wode animguaseɛ ngugusoɔ akata ne so.
Thou hast shortened the days of his youth, Hast covered him over [with] shame. (Selah)
46 Ao Awurade, ɛnkɔsi da bɛn? Wode wo ho bɛhinta afebɔɔ anaa? Wʼabofuhyeɛ bɛkɔ so adɛre akɔsi da bɛn?
Till when, O Jehovah, art Thou hidden? For ever doth Thy fury burn as fire?
47 Kae sɛdeɛ me nkwa nna twam ntɛm so. Ɛfiri sɛ woabɔ yɛn nyinaa sɛ adeɛ a ɛtwa mu ntɛm so!
Remember, I pray Thee, what [is] life-time? Wherefore in vain hast Thou created All the sons of men?
48 Hwan na ɔbɛtena ase a ɔrenwu da? Anaasɛ hwan na ɔbɛtumi agye ne ho afiri owuo tumi nsam? (Sheol h7585)
Who [is] the man that liveth, and doth not see death? He delivereth his soul from the hand of Sheol. (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?
Where [are] Thy former kindnesses, O Lord. Thou hast sworn to David in Thy faithfulness,
50 Awurade kae sɛdeɛ wɔadi wo ɔsomfoɔ ho fɛ ne sɛdeɛ manya akoma ama amanaman no akutiabɔ.
Remember, O Lord, the reproach of Thy servants, I have borne in my bosom all the strivings of the peoples,
51 Ao Awurade, akutiabɔ a wʼatamfoɔ de adi fɛw, de adi deɛ woasra no ngo no anammɔntuo biara ho fɛw.
Wherewith Thine enemies reproached, O Jehovah, Wherewith they have reproached The steps of Thine anointed.
52 Ayɛyie nka Awurade daa!
Blessed [is] Jehovah to the age. Amen, and amen!
