Nnwom 99

1 Awurade di ɔhene, momma amanaman no ho mpopo; ɔte nʼahennwa so wɔ Kerubim ntam, ma asase nwoso.

Yahweh reigns; let the nations tremble. He sits enthroned above the cherubim; the earth quakes.

2 Awurade a ɔwɔ Sion yɛ kɛseɛ; wɔama ne so wɔ amanaman nyinaa mu.

Yahweh is great in Zion; he is exalted above all the nations.

3 Ma wɔnkamfo wo din a ɛso na ɛyɛ nwanwa no. Ɔyɛ kronkron.

Let them praise your great and awesome name; he is holy.

4 Ɔhene no yɛ kɛseɛ, ɔdɔ atɛntenenee, woama pɛpɛyɛ atim; wayɛ deɛ ɛyɛ na ɛtene wɔ Yakob mu.

The king is strong, and he loves justice. You have established fairness; you have done righteousness and justice in Jacob.

5 Momma Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn so na monsɔre no wɔ ne nan ntiasoɔ anim; ɔyɛ kronkron.

Praise Yahweh our God and worship at his footstool. He is holy.

6 Na Mose ne Aaron ka nʼasɔfoɔ no ho, na Samuel ka wɔn a wɔbɔɔ ne din no ho; wɔfrɛɛ Awurade, na ɔgyee wɔn so.

Moses and Aaron were among his priests, and Samuel was among those who called on his name. They called to Yahweh, and he answered them.

7 Ɔfiri omununkum dum mu kasa kyerɛɛ wɔn; wɔdii mmara ne ahyɛdeɛ a ɔmaa wɔn no so.

He spoke to them from the pillar of cloud. They kept his solemn commands and the statutes that he gave them.

8 Ao Awurade, yɛn Onyankopɔn, wogyee wɔn so; woyɛɛ bɔnefakyɛ Onyankopɔn maa Israel, nanso wɔtwee wɔn aso wɔ wɔn nnebɔne ho.

You answered them, Yahweh our God. A forgiving God you were to them, but one who punished their sinful deeds.

9 Momma Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn so na monsɔre no wɔ ne bepɔ kronkron no so, na Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn yɛ kronkron.

Praise Yahweh our God, and worship at his holy hill, for Yahweh our God is holy.