1Ao, sɛ anka wobɛsunsuane ɔsorosoro mu, asiane aba fam a,
ɛno na anka mmepɔ no ho bɛpopo wɔ wʼanim!
2Sɛdeɛ ogya ma mmabaa dɛre
na ɛma nsuo huru no,
siane bra fam na ma wʼatamfoɔ nhunu wo din
na ma amanaman no ho mpopo wɔ wʼanim!
3Na ɛberɛ a woyɛɛ nneɛma a ɛyɛ nwanwa a yɛanhwɛ anim no,
wosiane baa fam na mmepɔ no ho popoo wɔ wʼanim.
4Ɛfiri teteete obiara nteeɛ,
ɛntwaa obiara aso mu,
ani biara nhunuu Onyankopɔn bi sɛ wo,
deɛ ɔdi dwuma ma wɔn a wɔtwɛn no.
5Woboa wɔn a wɔde anigyeɛ yɛ deɛ ɛtene,
wɔn a wɔkae wʼakwan.
Nanso yɛkɔɔ so yɛɛ bɔne tiaa wo no,
wo bo fuiɛ.
Na afei ɛbɛyɛ dɛn na woagye yɛn nkwa?
6Yɛn nyinaa ayɛ sɛ obi a ne ho nteɛ,
na yɛn tenenee nneyɛɛ nyinaa te sɛ ntomago fi;
yɛn nyinaa akusa te sɛ ahahan,
na yɛn bɔne pra yɛn kɔ te sɛ mframa.
7Obiara mmɔ wo din,
na obiara mpere sɛ ɔbɛso wo mu;
ɛfiri sɛ wode wʼanim ahinta yɛn
na yɛn bɔne enti woama yɛasɛe.
8Nanso, Ao Awurade, wo ne yɛn Agya.
Yɛyɛ dɔteɛ, na wo ne ɔnwomfoɔ no;
yɛn nyinaa yɛ wo nsa ano adwuma.
9Mma wo bo mfu ntra so, Ao Awurade;
nkae yɛn bɔne da biara da.
Ao, brɛ wʼani ase hwɛ yɛn, yɛsrɛ wo,
ɛfiri sɛ yɛn nyinaa yɛ wo nkurɔfoɔ.
10Wo nkuropɔn kronkron no adane anweatam;
Sion mpo ayɛ anweatam, Yerusalem ada mpan.
11Yɛn asɔredan kronkron a ɛwɔ animuonyam, faako a yɛn nananom yii wo ayɛ no,
wɔde ogya ahye,
na deɛ ɛsom bo ma yɛn no, abubu.
12Yei nyinaa akyi, Ao Awurade wo de wo ho bɛkame yɛn anaa?
Wobɛkɔ so ayɛ komm atwe yɛn aso aboro so anaa?
1I wish you would open up your heavens
and come down to us!
I wish the mountains would tremble
when you show your power!
2Be like a fire that causes twigs to burn.
It also makes water boil.
So come down and make yourself known to your enemies.
Cause the nations to shake with fear
when they see your power!
3Long ago you did some wonderful things we didn’t expect.
You came down, and the mountains trembled
when you showed your power.
4No one’s ears have ever heard of a God like you.
No one’s eyes have ever seen a God who is greater than you.
No God but you acts for the good
of those who trust in him.
5You come to help those who enjoy doing what is right.
You help those who thank you for teaching them how to live.
But when we continued to disobey you,
you became angry with us.
So how can we be saved?
6All of us have become like someone who is “unclean.”
All the good things we do are like dirty rags to you.
All of us are like leaves that have dried up.
Our sins sweep us away like the wind.
7No one prays to you.
No one asks you for help.
You have turned your face away from us.
You have let us feel the effects of our sins.
8Lord, you are our Father.
We are the clay. You are the potter.
Your hands made all of us.
9Don’t be so angry with us, Lord.
Don’t remember our sins anymore.
Please have mercy on us.
All of us belong to you.
10Your sacred cities have become a desert.
Even Zion is a desert.
Jerusalem is a dry and empty place.
11Our people of long ago used to praise you in our holy and glorious temple.
But now it has been burned down.
Everything we treasured has been destroyed.
12Lord, won’t you help us even after everything that’s happened?
Will you keep silent and punish us more than we can stand?
