1Why, seeing times are not hidden from the Almighty, do they that know him not see his days? 2Some remove the landmarks; they violently take away flocks, and feed thereof.24.2 feed…: or, feed them 3They drive away the ass of the fatherless, they take the widow’s ox for a pledge. 4They turn the needy out of the way: the poor of the earth hide themselves together. 5Behold, as wild asses in the desert, go they forth to their work; rising betimes for a prey: the wilderness yieldeth food for them and for their children. 6They reap every one his corn in the field: and they gather the vintage of the wicked.24.6 corn: Heb. mingled corn, or, dredge24.6 they gather…: Heb. the wicked gather the vintage 7They cause the naked to lodge without clothing, that they have no covering in the cold. 8They are wet with the showers of the mountains, and embrace the rock for want of a shelter. 9They pluck the fatherless from the breast, and take a pledge of the poor. 10They cause him to go naked without clothing, and they take away the sheaf from the hungry; 11Which make oil within their walls, and tread their winepresses, and suffer thirst. 12Men groan from out of the city, and the soul of the wounded crieth out: yet God layeth not folly to them.
13They are of those that rebel against the light; they know not the ways thereof, nor abide in the paths thereof. 14The murderer rising with the light killeth the poor and needy, and in the night is as a thief. 15The eye also of the adulterer waiteth for the twilight, saying, No eye shall see me: and disguiseth his face.24.15 disguiseth…: Heb. setteth his face in secret 16In the dark they dig through houses, which they had marked for themselves in the daytime: they know not the light. 17For the morning is to them even as the shadow of death: if one know them, they are in the terrors of the shadow of death.
18He is swift as the waters; their portion is cursed in the earth: he beholdeth not the way of the vineyards. 19Drought and heat consume the snow waters: so doth the grave those which have sinned.24.19 consume: Heb. violently take 20The womb shall forget him; the worm shall feed sweetly on him; he shall be no more remembered; and wickedness shall be broken as a tree. 21He evil entreateth the barren that beareth not: and doeth not good to the widow. 22He draweth also the mighty with his power: he riseth up, and no man is sure of life.24.22 no…: or, he trusteth not his own life 23Though it be given him to be in safety, whereon he resteth; yet his eyes are upon their ways. 24They are exalted for a little while, but are gone and brought low; they are taken out of the way as all other, and cut off as the tops of the ears of corn.24.24 are gone: Heb. are not24.24 taken…: Heb. closed up 25And if it be not so now, who will make me a liar, and make my speech nothing worth?
1“Adɛn nti na Onyankopɔn nhyɛ bere mma atemmu?
Adɛn nti na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔn a wonim no no hwɛ saa da no anim nanso ɛmma da?
2Nnipa yiyi abo a wɔde ato ɔhye;
na wɔde nguankuw a wɔawia kɔ hɔ adidi.
3Wɔpam ayisaa mfurum
na wogye akunafo anantwi sɛ awowaside.
4Wosum ahiafo fi kwan so
na wɔhyɛ asase no so ahiafo ma wɔkɔtetɛw.
5Sɛnea sare so mfurum yɛ no
saa ara na ahiafo no yɛ wɔn adwuma de pɛ aduan;
asase kesee no so na wonya aduan ma wɔn mma.
6Wɔboaboa mmoa aduan ano wɔ mfuw no so
na wodi mpɛpɛ wɔ amumɔyɛfo bobe nturo mu.
7Wonni ntama, na wɔda adagyaw anadwo;
wonni hwee a wɔde kata wɔn ho wɔ awɔw mu.
8Mmepɔw so osu tɔ fɔw wɔn kyam
na wɔtetare abotan no ho, efisɛ wonni nnae.
9Wɔtew ayisaa fi nufu ano;
na wɔfa ohiani abotafowa de si ne ka anan mu.
10Wɔnenam adagyaw a wonni ntama;
wɔsoa awi afiafi, nanso ɔkɔm de wɔn ara.
11Wokyi ngo wɔn adan mu;
wotiatia nsakyiamoa mu, nanso osukɔm de wɔn.
12Wɔn a wɔrewuwu no apinisi fi kuropɔn no mu,
na apirafo kra su pɛ mmoa.
Nanso Onyankopɔn mfa bɔne nto obiara so.
13“Ebinom wɔ hɔ a wɔsɔre tia hann no,
wɔn a wonnim nʼakwan
anaasɛ wɔnnantew nʼatempɔn so no.
14Sɛ adekyee hann no kɔ a, owudifo no sɔre
na okum ohiani ne mmɔborɔni;
anadwo, mu owiawia ne ho sɛ ɔkorɔmfo.
15Ɔwaresɛefo twɛn bere a anim rebiribiri;
ɔka se, ‘obiara renhu me,’
na ɔde nʼanim hintaw.
16Sum mu na nnipa bubu apon wura afi mu,
na adekyee, wɔtoto wɔn ho apon mu;
wɔne hann nni hwee yɛ.
17Sum kabii yɛ adekyee ma wɔn nyinaa;
wɔne sum mu nneɛma a ɛyɛ hu fa nnamfo.
18“Nanso wɔte sɛ ahuru a ɛte nsu ani;
wɔadome wɔn kyɛfa wɔ asase no so,
enti obiara nkɔ bobe nturo no mu.
19Sɛnea ɔhyew ne ɔpɛ hwim sukyerɛmma a anan kɔ no,
saa ara na ɔda de wɔn a wɔayɛ bɔne kɔ ne no.
20Awotwaa werɛ fi wɔn,
na osunson di wɔn nam;
nnipa bɔne de wɔnnkae wɔn bio
na mmom wobubu te sɛ dua.
21Wɔde ɔbea bonin a onni ba yɛ hanam,
na wonhu akunafo mmɔbɔ.
22Onyankopɔn nam ne tumi so twe atumfo kɔ;
ɛwɔ mu sɛ wonya asetena pa de, nanso wonni nkwa ho bɔhyɛ.
23Otumi ma wɔn tena ase asomdwoe mu,
nanso nʼani wɔ wɔn akwan so.
24Wɔma wɔn so bere tiaa bi, na afei wonni hɔ bio;
wɔbrɛ wɔn ase boaboa wɔn ano sɛ nnipa nyinaa;
wotwitwa wɔn gu te sɛ aburow ti.
25“Sɛ eyi nte saa a, hena na obetumi agye me akyinnye
na ama nea maka no ayɛ nsɛnhunu?”
