Nnwom 94
1 Awurade, Onyankopɔn a wotɔ werɛ, Onyankopɔn a wotɔ werɛ, hyerɛn.
A Psalm of David for the fourth [day] of the week. The Lord is a God of vengeance; the God of vengeance has declared himself.
2 Sɔre, Ao wo a woyɛ asase so ɔtemmufoɔ, tua ahantanfoɔ ka sɛdeɛ ɛfata wɔn.
Be you exalted, you that judge the earth: render a reward to the proud.
3 Ao Awurade, ɛnkɔsi da bɛn, amumuyɛfoɔ nnye wɔn ani nkɔsi da bɛn?
How long shall sinners, O Lord, how long shall sinners boast?
4 Wɔkasa ahantan so; ahohoahoa ahyɛ abɔnefoɔ nyinaa ma.
They will utter and speak unrighteousness; all the workers of iniquity will speak [so].
5 Ao Awurade, wɔdwerɛ wo nkurɔfoɔ; wɔhyɛ wʼagyapadeɛ so.
They have afflicted your people, O Lord, and hurt your heritage.
6 Wɔkunkumm akunafoɔ ne amanfrafoɔ; na wɔdi nwisiaa awu.
They have slain the widow and fatherless, and murdered the stranger.
7 Wɔka sɛ, “Awurade nhunu, Yakob Onyankopɔn ayi nʼani.”
And they said, The Lord shall not see, neither shall the God of Jacob understand.
8 Monhwɛ yie, mo agyimifoɔ a mowɔ nnipa no mu; nkwaseafoɔ, da bɛn na mobɛhunu nyansa?
Understand now, you simple amongst the people; and you fools, at length be wise.
9 Deɛ ɔbɔɔ aso no, ɔrente asɛm anaa? Deɛ ɔyɛɛ ani no, ɔrenhunu adeɛ anaa?
He that planted the ear, does he not hear? or he that formed the eye, does not he perceive?
10 Deɛ ɔtenetene aman so no rentwe aso anaa? Deɛ ɔkyerɛkyerɛ onipa no nnim nyansa anaa?
He that chastises the heathen, shall not he punish, [even] he that teaches man knowledge?
11 Awurade nim onipa nsusuiɛ; ɔnim sɛ ɛnkɔsi hwee.
The Lord knows the thoughts of men, that they are vain.
12 Ao Awurade, nhyira ne onipa a wotenetene ne so, onipa a wokyerɛ no wo mmara no;
Blessed is the man whoever you shall chasten, O Lord, and shall teach him out of your law;
13 Woma wɔn ɔhome firi amanehunu nna mu, kɔsi sɛ wɔbɛtu amena ama amumuyɛfoɔ.
to give him rest from evil days, until a pit be digged for the sinful one.
14 Awurade rempo ne nkurɔfoɔ; na ɔrennya nʼagyapadeɛ hɔ da.
For the Lord will not cast off his people, neither will he forsake his inheritance;
15 Atemmuo bɛgyina teneneeyɛ so bio, na wɔn a wɔn akoma mu teɛ nyinaa bɛdi so.
until righteousness return to judgement, and all the upright in heart shall follow it. (Pause)
16 Hwan na ɔbɛsɔre atia amumuyɛfoɔ ama me? Hwan na ɔbɛsɔre atia abɔnefoɔ ama me?
Who will rise up for me against the transgressors? or who will stand up with me against the workers of iniquity?
17 Sɛ Awurade ammoa me a, anka mekɔɔ owuo kommyɛ mu ntɛm so.
If the Lord had not helped me, my soul had almost sojourned in Hades.
18 Ɛberɛ a mekaa sɛ, “Menan rewatiri” no, Ao Awurade, wo dɔ no sɔɔ me mu.
If I said, My foot has been moved;
19 Ɛberɛ a me dadwene dɔɔso no, wʼawerɛkyekye maa me kra abotɔyam.
your mercy, O Lord, helped me. O Lord, according to the multitude of my griefs within my heart, your consolation have soothed my soul.
20 Ɔhene a porɔeɛ ahyɛ no ma no ne wo wɔ ayɔnkofa anaa? Wʼani gye ahennie a ɛde amanehunu ba ho anaa?
Shall the throne of iniquity have fellowship with you, which frames mischief by an ordinance?
21 Awudifoɔ bɔ mu tia ateneneefoɔ na wɔn a wɔdi bem no, wɔbu wɔn kumfɔ.
They will hunt for the soul of the righteous, and condemn innocent blood.
22 Nanso Awurade yɛ mʼaban; na me Onyankopɔn ayɛ ɔbotan a ne mu na menya ahintaeɛ.
But the Lord was my refuge; and my God the helper of my hope.
23 Ɔbɛtua wɔn nnebɔne no so ka na wɔn amumuyɛ enti, wasɛe wɔn; Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn bɛsɛe wɔn.
And he will recompense to them their iniquity and their wickedness: the Lord our God shall utterly destroy them.
