NWOMA A ƐTƆ SO NNAN
Nnwom 90–106
Dwom 90
Onyankopɔn onipa Mose mpaeɛbɔ.
1Awurade, wo na woayɛ yɛn tenabea
awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ nyinaa mu.
2Ansa na wɔrebɛbɔ mmepɔ
anaasɛ worebɛda asase ne ewiase adi no,
na woyɛ Onyankopɔn firi mmerɛsanten kɔsi mmerɛsanten.
3Woma adasamma sane dane mfuturo,
ka sɛ, “Ao adasamma, monsane nkɔ mfuturo mu.”
4Mfirinhyia apem yɛ wʼani so sɛ
da koro a abɛsene seesei,
anaasɛ anadwo mu dɔnhwereɛ kakraa bi.
5Wopra nnipa kɔ, wɔ owuo nna mu;
wɔte sɛ ɛserɛ a afefɛ anɔpa,
6ɛfefɛ yɛ frɔmfrɔm anɔpa deɛ,
nanso anwummerɛ ɛwo na ɛtwintwam.
7Yɛresa wɔ wʼabofuo ano
na wʼanibereɛ abɔ yɛn hu.
8Wode yɛn amumuyɛ asi wʼanim,
na yɛn kɔkoam bɔne da wʼanim hann no mu.
9Yɛn nna nyinaa twam wɔ wʼabufuhyeɛ mu;
na yɛde awerɛhoɔdie na ɛwie yɛn mfeɛ.
10Yɛn nkwa nna si mfeɛ aduɔson,
anaasɛ aduɔwɔtwe, sɛ yɛwɔ ahoɔden a;
na emu ahohoahoadeɛ yɛ ɔhaw ne awerɛhoɔ,
na ɛtwam ntɛm ntɛm, na yɛtu kɔ.
11Hwan na ɔnim wʼabofuo mu tumi?
Wʼabofuhyeɛ yɛ kɛseɛ sɛdeɛ wo ho suro teɛ.
12Ma yɛnhunu yɛn nna kan sɛdeɛ ɛteɛ,
na yɛanya nyansa akoma.
13Sane bra, Ao Awurade, ɛbɛkɔ so akɔsi da bɛn?
Hunu wʼasomfoɔ mmɔbɔ.
14Ma wʼadɔeɛ a ɛnsa da no mmee yɛn adekyeɛ mu,
na yɛde anigyeɛ ato dwom adi ahurisie yɛn nna nyinaa mu.
15Ma yɛn ani nnye nna bebree sɛ nna dodoɔ a wode yɛn kɔɔ amanehunu mu no,
sɛ mfirinhyia dodoɔ a yɛhunuu ateeteeɛ no.
16Ma wʼasomfoɔ nhunu wo nneyɛɛ
na wɔn mma nhunu wʼanimuonyam.
17Ma Awurade yɛn Onyankopɔn adom no ntena yɛn so;
na yɛn nsa ano adwuma nyɛ yie mma yɛn
aane, yɛn nsa ano adwuma nyɛ yie.
Book IV
Psalms 90–106
Psalm 90
A prayer of Moses, the man of God.
1Lord, from the very beginning
you have been like a home to us.
2Before you created the whole world and the mountains were made,
from the beginning to the end you are God.
3You turn human beings back to dust.
You say to them, “Return to dust.”
4To you a thousand years
are like a day that has just gone by.
They are like a few hours of the night.
5Yet you sweep people away, and they die.
They are like new grass that grows in the morning.
6In the morning it springs up new,
but by evening it’s all dried up.
7Your anger destroys us.
Your burning anger terrifies us.
8You have put our sins right in front of you.
You have placed our secret sins where you can see them clearly.
9You have been angry with us all of our days.
We groan as we come to the end of our lives.
10We live to be about 70.
Or we may live to be 80, if we stay healthy.
But even our best days are filled with trouble and sorrow.
The years quickly pass, and we are gone.
11If only we knew the power of your anger!
It’s as great as the respect we should have for you.
12Teach us to realize how short our lives are.
Then our hearts will become wise.
13Lord, please stop punishing us!
How long will you keep it up?
Be kind to us.
14Satisfy us with your faithful love every morning.
Then we can sing for joy and be glad all our days.
15Make us glad for as many days as you have made us suffer.
Give us joy for as many years as we’ve had trouble.
16Show us your mighty acts.
Let our children see your glorious power.
17May the Lord our God always be pleased with us.
Lord, make what we do succeed.
Please make what we do succeed.
