Nnwom 94
1 Awurade, Onyankopɔn a wotɔ werɛ, Onyankopɔn a wotɔ werɛ, hyerɛn.
O LORD! thou God of vengeance! O thou God of vengeance! shine forth!
2 Sɔre, Ao wo a woyɛ asase so ɔtemmufoɔ, tua ahantanfoɔ ka sɛdeɛ ɛfata wɔn.
Rouse thyself, thou judge of the earth! Render a recompense to the proud!
3 Ao Awurade, ɛnkɔsi da bɛn, amumuyɛfoɔ nnye wɔn ani nkɔsi da bɛn?
How long, O LORD! shall the wicked, How long shall the wicked triumph?
4 Wɔkasa ahantan so; ahohoahoa ahyɛ abɔnefoɔ nyinaa ma.
How long shall their lips pour forth insolence? How long shall all the evil-doers boast?
5 Ao Awurade, wɔdwerɛ wo nkurɔfoɔ; wɔhyɛ wʼagyapadeɛ so.
O LORD! they trample upon thy people, And oppress thine inheritance!
6 Wɔkunkumm akunafoɔ ne amanfrafoɔ; na wɔdi nwisiaa awu.
They slay the widow, and the stranger, And murder the fatherless;
7 Wɔka sɛ, “Awurade nhunu, Yakob Onyankopɔn ayi nʼani.”
And they say, “The LORD doth not see, The God of Jacob doth not regard!”
8 Monhwɛ yie, mo agyimifoɔ a mowɔ nnipa no mu; nkwaseafoɔ, da bɛn na mobɛhunu nyansa?
Be instructed, ye most stupid of mankind! O when, ye fools, will ye be wise?
9 Deɛ ɔbɔɔ aso no, ɔrente asɛm anaa? Deɛ ɔyɛɛ ani no, ɔrenhunu adeɛ anaa?
He that planted the ear, shall he not hear? He that formed the eye, shall he not see?
10 Deɛ ɔtenetene aman so no rentwe aso anaa? Deɛ ɔkyerɛkyerɛ onipa no nnim nyansa anaa?
He that chastiseth nations, shall not he punish? He that teacheth man knowledge, shall not he know?
11 Awurade nim onipa nsusuiɛ; ɔnim sɛ ɛnkɔsi hwee.
The LORD knoweth the thoughts of men, That they are vanity.
12 Ao Awurade, nhyira ne onipa a wotenetene ne so, onipa a wokyerɛ no wo mmara no;
Happy the man, O LORD! whom thou correctest, Whom by thy teaching thou makest wise;
13 Woma wɔn ɔhome firi amanehunu nna mu, kɔsi sɛ wɔbɛtu amena ama amumuyɛfoɔ.
To give him peace in the days of adversity, Until a pit be digged for the wicked!
14 Awurade rempo ne nkurɔfoɔ; na ɔrennya nʼagyapadeɛ hɔ da.
For the LORD will not forsake his people, Nor abandon his own inheritance.
15 Atemmuo bɛgyina teneneeyɛ so bio, na wɔn a wɔn akoma mu teɛ nyinaa bɛdi so.
For judgment shall return to justice, And all the upright in heart shall follow it.
16 Hwan na ɔbɛsɔre atia amumuyɛfoɔ ama me? Hwan na ɔbɛsɔre atia abɔnefoɔ ama me?
Who will rise up for me against the wicked? Who will stand up for me against the evil-doers?
17 Sɛ Awurade ammoa me a, anka mekɔɔ owuo kommyɛ mu ntɛm so.
If the LORD had not been my help, I had well nigh dwelt in the land of silence.
18 Ɛberɛ a mekaa sɛ, “Menan rewatiri” no, Ao Awurade, wo dɔ no sɔɔ me mu.
When I think that my foot is slipping, Thy goodness, O LORD! holdeth me up.
19 Ɛberɛ a me dadwene dɔɔso no, wʼawerɛkyekye maa me kra abotɔyam.
In the multitude of anxieties within me, Thy consolations revive 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 with thee be allied the throne of iniquity, Which deviseth mischief against law?
21 Awudifoɔ bɔ mu tia ateneneefoɔ na wɔn a wɔdi bem no, wɔbu wɔn kumfɔ.
They band together against the life 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 is my fortress, And my God the rock of my refuge.
23 Ɔbɛtua wɔn nnebɔne no so ka na wɔn amumuyɛ enti, wasɛe wɔn; Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn bɛsɛe wɔn.
He will bring upon them their own iniquity; Yea, through their own wickedness he will cut them off; Yea, the LORD, our God, will cut them off.
