Dwom 51
Dawid dwom a ɔtoo no bere a ɔde ne ho kaa Batseba na odiyifo Natan kɔɔ ne nkyɛn no.
1Ao, Onyankopɔn hu me mmɔbɔ,
sɛnea wʼadɔe a ɛnsa da no te;
wʼahummɔbɔ kɛse no nti,
pepa me mmarato.
2Hohoro mʼamumɔyɛ nyinaa
na tew me ho fi me bɔne mu!
3Na mahu me mmarato,
na mekae me bɔne daa.
4Mayɛ mfomso atia wo; atia wo nko ara
na mayɛ nea ɛyɛ bɔne wɔ wʼani so,
enti wudi bem wɔ wʼatemmu mu
na woteɛ wɔ wʼatemmu mu.
5Ampa ara wɔwoo me wɔ bɔne mu,
na bɔne mu na me na nyinsɛn me.
6Ampa ara nokware na wohwehwɛ wɔ me mu.
Wokyerɛ me nyansa a mu dɔ.
7Fa adwerɛ hohoro me ho, na me ho afi;
guare me, na mɛhoa asen sukyerɛmma.
8Ma mente ahosɛpɛw ne anigye nka;
na ma nnompe a woabubu no nni ahurusi.
9Kata wʼani wɔ me bɔne ho
na pepa mʼamumɔyɛ nyinaa.
10Ao, Onyankopɔn, bɔ koma a mu tew wɔ me mu,
na yɛ honhom a atim no foforo wɔ me mu.
11Mpam me mfi wʼanim,
na nyi wo Honhom Kronkron mfi me mu.
12Fa wo nkwagye mu anigye no ma me bio,
na ma me ɔpɛ honhom a ɛbɛma magyina.
13Afei mɛkyerɛ nnebɔneyɛfo wʼakwan,
na amumɔyɛfo bɛsan aba wo nkyɛn.
14Ao, Onyankopɔn, gye me fi mogya ho afɔdi mu.
Onyame a wugye me nkwa,
na me tɛkrɛma bɛto wo trenee ho dwom.
15Awurade, bue mʼano fafa,
na mede mʼano bɛpae mu aka wʼayeyi.
16Wompɛ afɔrebɔ, anka mɛbɔ;
wʼani nnye ɔhyew afɔre ho.
17Onyankopɔn afɔre yɛ honhom a abotow,
Onyankopɔn,
worempo ahonu ne ahobrɛase koma.
18Ma ɛnyɛ wo fɛ sɛ wobɛma Sion anya nkɔso wɔ wʼanigye mu;
na woasi Yerusalem afasu.
19Afei wʼani begye ɔtreneeni afɔrebɔ ho,
ɔhyew afɔre a edi mu;
na wɔde anantwinini bɛbɔ afɔre wʼafɔremuka so.
Psalm 51In Hebrew texts 51:1-19 is numbered 51:3-21.
For the director of music. A psalm of David. When the prophet Nathan came to him after David had committed adultery with Bathsheba.
1Have mercy on me, O God,
according to your unfailing love;
according to your great compassion
blot out my transgressions.
2Wash away all my iniquity
and cleanse me from my sin.
3For I know my transgressions,
and my sin is always before me.
4Against you, you only, have I sinned
and done what is evil in your sight;
so you are right in your verdict
and justified when you judge.
5Surely I was sinful at birth,
sinful from the time my mother conceived me.
6Yet you desired faithfulness even in the womb;
you taught me wisdom in that secret place.
7Cleanse me with hyssop, and I shall be clean;
wash me, and I shall be whiter than snow.
8Let me hear joy and gladness;
let the bones you have crushed rejoice.
9Hide your face from my sins
and blot out all my iniquity.
10Create in me a pure heart, O God,
and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
11Do not cast me from your presence
or take your Holy Spirit from me.
12Restore to me the joy of your salvation
and grant me a willing spirit, to sustain me.
13Then I will teach transgressors your ways,
so that sinners will turn back to you.
14Deliver me from the guilt of bloodshed, O God,
you who are God my Saviour,
and my tongue will sing of your righteousness.
15Open my lips, Lord,
and my mouth will declare your praise.
16You do not delight in sacrifice, or I would bring it;
you do not take pleasure in burnt offerings.
17My sacrifice, O God, is51:17 Or The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
a broken and contrite heart
you, God, will not despise.
18May it please you to prosper Zion,
to build up the walls of Jerusalem.
19Then you will delight in the sacrifices of the righteous,
in burnt offerings offered whole;
then bulls will be offered on your altar.
