Psalms 41
1 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. Blessed is he who considers the poor. Yahweh will deliver him in the day of evil.
Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ. Dawid dwom. Nhyira ne onipa a mmɔborɔni asɛm ho hia no. Awurade gye no wɔ amanehunu berɛ mu.
2 Yahweh will preserve him, and keep him alive. He shall be blessed on the earth, and he will not surrender him to the will of his enemies.
Awurade bɛbɔ ne ho ban na wakora ne kra. Ɔbɛhyira no wɔ asase no so; ɔrennyaa no mma nʼatamfoɔ apɛdeɛ.
3 Yahweh will sustain him on his sickbed, and restore him from his bed of illness.
Awurade bɛhwɛ no wɔ ne yadeɛ mpa so na wagye no asi hɔ.
4 I said, “Yahweh, have mercy on me! Heal me, for I have sinned against you.”
Mekaa sɛ, “Ao Awurade hunu me mmɔbɔ; sa me yadeɛ, ɛfiri sɛ mayɛ bɔne atia wo.”
5 My enemies speak evil against me: “When will he die, and his name perish?”
Mʼatamfoɔ de adwene bɔne ka wɔ me ho sɛ: “Da bɛn na ɔbɛwu ama ne din ayera?”
6 If he comes to see me, he speaks falsehood. His heart gathers iniquity to itself. When he goes abroad, he tells it.
Ɛberɛ biara a obi ba me nkyɛn no, ɔka atorɔsɛm, na nʼakoma hɔre dinsɛeɛ; ɔfiri adi kɔ a, ɔde kɔdi nsekuro.
7 All who hate me whisper together against me. They imagine the worst for me.
Mʼatamfoɔ nyinaa keka asomusɛm fa me ho; wɔsusu bɔne ma me na wɔka sɛ:
8 “An evil disease”, they say, “has afflicted him. Now that he lies he shall rise up no more.”
“Yare bɔne bi abɔ no; ɔrensɔre mfiri deɛ ɔda hɔ bio.”
9 Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, who ate bread with me, has lifted up his heel against me.
Mpo me yɔnko pa ara a mede me ho too ne soɔ, deɛ me ne no too nsa didiiɛ no, asɔre atia me.
10 But you, Yahweh, have mercy on me, and raise me up, that I may repay them.
Nanso wo, Awurade, hunu me mmɔbɔ; pagya me, na mentua wɔn so ka.
11 By this I know that you delight in me, because my enemy doesn’t triumph over me.
Menim sɛ wʼani sɔ me, na me ɔtamfoɔ renni me so nkonim.
12 As for me, you uphold me in my integrity, and set me in your presence forever.
Me nokorɛdie mu, wokura me mu na wode me gyina wʼanim afebɔɔ.
13 Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, from everlasting and to everlasting! Amen and amen.
Nhyira nka Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, ɛnnɛ ne daa nyinaa.
