Psalms 44
1 To the chief Musician. Of the sons of Korah. An instruction. O God, with our ears have we heard, our fathers have told us, the work thou wroughtest in their days, in the days of old:
Dwom a wɔde ma dwonkyerɛfo. Koramma “maskil” dwom. Ao, Onyankopɔn, yɛde yɛn aso ate; yɛn agyanom aka akyerɛ yɛn; nea woyɛɛ wɔ wɔn bere so, wɔ tete mmere no mu.
2 Thou, by thy hand, didst dispossess the nations, but them thou didst plant; thou didst afflict the peoples, but them didst thou cause to spread out.
Wode wo nsa pam amanaman no na wobɔɔ yɛn agyanom atenase; wodwerɛw nnipa no na womaa yɛn agyanom dii yiye.
3 For not by their own sword did they take possession of the land, neither did their own arm save them; but thy right hand, and thine arm, and the light of thy countenance, because thou hadst delight in them.
Ɛnyɛ wɔn afoa na wɔde nyaa asase no, na ɛnyɛ wɔn nsa na ɛmaa wɔn nkonimdi; ɛyɛ wo nsa nifa, wo basa, ne wʼanim hann, efisɛ na wodɔ wɔn.
4 Thou thyself art my king, O God: command deliverance for Jacob.
Woyɛ me Hene ne me Nyankopɔn, nea ɔhyɛ nkonimdi ma Yakob.
5 Through thee will we push down our adversaries; through thy name will we tread them under that rise up against us.
Ɛnam wo so na yɛpam yɛn Atamfo; wo din mu na yetiatia wɔn a wokyi yɛn no so.
6 For I will not put confidence in my bow, neither shall my sword save me.
Memmfa me ho nto mʼagyan so, mʼafoa remfa nkonimdi mmrɛ me;
7 For thou hast saved us from our adversaries, and hast put them to shame that hate us.
na wo na woma yedi yɛn atamfo so wugu wɔn a wɔtan yɛn no anim ase.
8 In God will we boast all the day, and we will praise thy name for ever. (Selah)
Onyankopɔn mu na yɛhoahoa yɛn ho da mu nyinaa, na yɛbɛkamfo wo din no daa daa.
9 But thou hast cast off, and put us to confusion, and dost not go forth with our armies;
Nanso mprempren woapo yɛn abrɛ yɛn ase; wone yɛn asraafo nkɔ ɔsa bio.
10 Thou hast made us to turn back from the adversary, and they that hate us spoil for themselves;
Woma yeguan fii dɔm anim, ma yɛn atamfo fom yɛn agyapade.
11 Thou hast given us over like sheep [appointed] for meat, and hast scattered us among the nations;
Wuyii yɛn maa sɛ wonkum yɛn sɛ nguan na woahwete yɛn wɔ amanaman no mu.
12 Thou hast sold thy people for nought, and hast not increased [thy wealth] by their price;
Wotɔn wo nkurɔfo fofoofow, na woannya mfaso biara amfi mu.
13 Thou makest us a reproach to our neighbours, a mockery and a derision for them that are round about us;
Woayɛ yɛn ahohorade ama yɛn afipamfo, animtiaabude ne aserewde ama wɔn a wɔatwa yɛn ho ahyia.
14 Thou makest us a byword among the nations, a shaking of the head among the peoples.
Woayɛ yɛn kasabebui wɔ aman no mu na nnipa no wosow wɔn ti de gu yɛn so.
15 All the day my confusion is before me, and the shame of my face hath covered me,
Mʼanimguase di mʼanim daa, na aniwu akata mʼanim,
16 Because of the voice of him that reproacheth and blasphemeth; by reason of the enemy and the avenger.
esiane wɔn a wɔbɔ me ahohora na wɔkasa tia me de yi me ahi, esiane ɔtamfo a nʼani abere sɛ ɔbɛtɔ were no nti.
17 All this is come upon us; yet have we not forgotten thee, neither have we dealt falsely against thy covenant:
Eyinom nyinaa too yɛn de, nanso yɛn werɛ mfii wo, na yemmuu wʼapam no nso so ɛ.
18 Our heart is not turned back, neither have our steps declined from thy path;
Yɛn koma ntwe mfii wo ho; na yɛn anan nso mman mfii wo kwan so ɛ.
19 Though thou hast crushed us in the place of jackals, and covered us with the shadow of death.
Nanso wodwerɛw yɛn yɛɛ yɛn sakraman tu na wode sum kabii kataa yɛn so.
20 If we had forgotten the name of our God, and stretched out our hands to a strange god,
Sɛ na yɛn werɛ afi yɛn Nyankopɔn din anaa sɛ yɛatrɛw yɛn nsam akyerɛ ananafo nyame a,
21 Would not God search this out? for he knoweth the secrets of the heart.
anka Onyankopɔn behu, efisɛ onim koma mu ahintasɛm.
22 But for thy sake are we killed all the day long; we are reckoned as sheep for slaughter.
Nanso wo nti wokum yɛn daa nyinaa; wobu yɛn sɛ nguan a wɔrekokum wɔn.
23 Awake, why sleepest thou, Lord? arise, cast [us] not off for ever.
Nyan, Awurade! Adɛn nti na woada? Keka wo ho! Nnyaw yɛn hɔ afebɔɔ.
24 Wherefore hidest thou thy face, [and] forgettest our affliction and our oppression?
Adɛn nti na wode wʼanim ahintaw na wo werɛ fi yɛn ahohia ne nhyɛso?
25 For our soul is bowed down to the dust; our belly cleaveth unto the earth.
Wɔabrɛ yɛn ase kɔ dɔte mu na yɛn nipadua aka afam dɔte.
26 Rise up for our help, and redeem us for thy loving-kindness' sake.
Sɔre bɛboa yɛn; wʼadɔe a ɛnsa da no nti, gye yɛn.
