Nnwom 113

1 Monkamfo Awurade. Ao, mo Awurade asomfoɔ, monkamfo no, monkamfo Awurade din.

Praise Yah! Praise, you servants of Yahweh, praise Yahweh’s name.

2 Momma wɔnkamfo Awurade din, seesei ne daa nyinaa.

Blessed be Yahweh’s name, from this time forward and forever more.

3 Ɛfiri baabi a owia pue kɔsi faako a ɔkɔtɔ, ma wɔnkamfo Awurade din.

From the rising of the sun to its going down, Yahweh’s name is to be praised.

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

Yahweh is high above all nations, his glory above the heavens.

5 Hwan na ɔte sɛ Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn, Ɔbaako no a ɔdi ɔhene wɔ ɔsorosoro,

Who is like Yahweh, our God, who has his seat on high,

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

who stoops down to see in heaven and in the earth?

7 Ɔma ahiafoɔ so firi mfuturo mu na ɔpagya onnibie firi nso sie so;

He raises up the poor out of the dust, and lifts up the needy from the ash heap,

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

that he may set him with princes, even with the princes of his people.

9 Ɔbɔ obonini atenaseɛ wɔ ne fie sɛ ɔbaatan a nʼani gyeɛ. Monkamfo Awurade.

He settles the barren woman in her home as a joyful mother of children. Praise Yah!