Nnwom 113

1 Monkamfo Awurade. Monkamfo Awurade, mo a moyɛ nʼasomfo no, monkamfo Awurade din.

Hallelujah. Praise the Lord, you his servants, praise the name of the Lord.

2 Momma wɔnkamfo Awurade din, mprempren ne daa nyinaa.

The name of the Lord be blessed from now and for evermore.

3 Efi faako a owia pue kosi faako a ɛkɔtɔ, ma wɔnkamfo Awurade din.

From sunrise to sunset is the name of the Lord to be praised.

4 Wɔama Awurade so aman nyinaa so, nʼanuonyam tra ɔsorosoro.

High is the Lord above all nations, above the heavens is his glory.

5 Hena na ɔte sɛ Awurade yɛn Nyankopɔn, Ɔbaako no a odi hene wɔ ɔsorosoro,

Who is like the Lord our God, seated on high?

6 ɔno na ɔbɔ ne mu ase hwɛ ɔsorosoro ne asase?

He bends down to look at the heavens and earth.

7 Ɔma ahiafo so fi mfutuma mu na ɔma onnibi so fi nso siw so;

He raises the weak from the dust, he lifts the poor from the dunghill,

8 ɔde wɔn tena mmapɔmma mu, wɔn nkurɔfo mmapɔmma mu.

and sets them beside the princes, even the princes of his people.

9 Ɔbɔ obonin atenase wɔ ne fi sɛ ɔbeatan a nʼani gye. Monkamfo Awurade.

He gives the childless woman a home, and makes her the happy mother of children. Hallelujah.