Psalm 106
1Praise the Lord.
Give thanks to the Lord, because he is good.
His faithful love continues forever.
2Who can speak enough about the mighty acts of the Lord?
Who can praise him as much as he should be praised?
3Blessed are those who always do what is fair.
Blessed are those who keep doing what is right.
4Lord, remember me when you bless your people.
Help me when you save them.
5Then I will enjoy the good things you give your chosen ones.
I will be joyful together with your people.
I will join them when they praise you.
6We have sinned, just as our people of long ago did.
We too have done what is evil and wrong.
7When our people were in Egypt,
they forgot about the Lord’s miracles.
They didn’t remember his many kind acts.
At the Red Sea they refused to obey him.
8But he saved them for the honor of his name.
He did it to make his mighty power known.
9He ordered the Red Sea to dry up, and it did.
He led his people through it as if it were a desert.
10He saved them from the power of their enemies.
He set them free from their control.
11The waters covered their enemies.
Not one of them escaped alive.
12Then his people believed his promises
and sang praise to him.
13But they soon forgot what he had done.
They didn’t wait for what he had planned to happen.
14In the desert they longed for food.
In that dry and empty land they tested God.
15So he gave them what they asked for.
But he also sent a sickness that killed many of them.
16In their camp some of them became jealous of Moses and Aaron.
Aaron had been set apart to serve the Lord.
17The ground opened up and swallowed Dathan.
It buried Abiram and his followers.
18Fire blazed among all of them.
Flames destroyed those evil people.
19At Mount Horeb they made a metal statue of a bull calf.
They worshiped that statue of a god.
20They traded their glorious God
for a statue of a bull that eats grass.
21They forgot the God who saved them.
They forgot the God who had done great things in Egypt.
22They forgot the miracles he did in the land of Ham.
They forgot the wonderful things he did by the Red Sea.
23So he said he would destroy them.
But Moses, his chosen one,
stood up for them.
He kept God’s anger from destroying them.
24Later on, they refused to enter the pleasant land of Canaan.
They didn’t believe God’s promise.
25In their tents they told the Lord how unhappy they were.
They didn’t obey him.
26So he lifted up his hand and promised
that he would make them die in the desert.
27He promised he would scatter their children’s children among the nations.
He would make them die in other lands.
28They joined in worshiping the Baal that was worshiped at Peor.
They ate food that had been offered to gods that aren’t even alive.
29Their evil ways made the Lord angry.
So a plague broke out among them.
30But Phinehas stood up and took action.
Then the plague stopped.
31What Phinehas did made him right with the Lord.
It will be remembered for all time to come.
32By the waters of Meribah the Lord’s people made him angry.
Moses got in trouble because of them.
33They refused to obey the Spirit of God.
So Moses spoke without thinking.
34They didn’t destroy the nations in Canaan
as the Lord had commanded them.
35Instead, they mixed with those nations
and adopted their ways.
36They worshiped statues of their gods.
That became a trap for them.
37They sacrificed their sons and daughters
as offerings to false gods.
38They killed those who weren’t guilty of doing anything wrong.
They killed their own sons and daughters.
They sacrificed them as offerings to statues of the gods of Canaan.
The land became “unclean” because of the blood of their children.
39The people made themselves impure by what they had done.
They weren’t faithful to the Lord.
40So the Lord became angry with his people.
He turned away from his own children.
41He handed them over to the nations.
Their enemies ruled over them.
42Their enemies treated them badly
and kept them under their power.
43Many times the Lord saved them.
But they refused to obey him.
So he destroyed them because of their sins.
44Yet he heard them when they cried out.
He paid special attention to their suffering.
45Because they were his people, he remembered his covenant.
Because of his great love, he felt sorry for them.
46He made all those who held them as prisoners
have mercy on them.
47Lord our God, save us.
Bring us back from among the nations.
Then we will give thanks to you, because your name is holy.
We will celebrate by praising you.
48Give praise to the Lord, the God of Israel,
for ever and ever.
Let all the people say, “Amen!”
Praise the Lord.
Dwom 106
1Monkamfo Awurade!
Monna Awurade ase na ɔyɛ;
na nʼadɔeɛ wɔ hɔ daa.
2Hwan na ɔbɛtumi aka nneɛma akɛseɛ a Awurade ayɛ?
Anaasɛ ɔbɛtumi aka ne nkamfo awie?
3Nhyira nka wɔn a wɔkɔ so bu atɛntenenee,
na daa wɔyɛ deɛ ɛyɛ.
4Ao Awurade, sɛ wohunu wo nkurɔfoɔ mmɔbɔ a kae me.
Sɛ wogye wɔn nkwa a, boa me,
5na manya wɔn a wapa wɔn no yiedie mu kyɛfa,
na manya wo manfoɔ anigyeɛ no mu kyɛfa
na me ne wʼagyapadeɛ no abɔ mu de nkamfo ama wo.
6Yɛayɛ bɔne sɛdeɛ yɛn nananom yɛeɛ no;
yɛayɛ mfomsoɔ na yɛadi atirimuɔdensɛm.
7Ɛberɛ a yɛn nananom wɔ Misraim no,
wɔannwene wo nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ ho;
wɔankae wʼadɔeɛ bebrebe no,
na wɔtee atua wɔ Ɛpo Kɔkɔɔ no ho.
8Nanso, ne din enti ɔgyee wɔn nkwa,
sɛdeɛ ɔbɛda ne tumi kɛseɛ no adi.
9Ɔteaa Ɛpo Kɔkɔɔ no ma ɛwee;
ɔde wɔn faa abunu mu te sɛ ɛserɛ so.
10Ɔgyee wɔn firii ɔtamfoɔ no nsam;
deɛ ɔtane wɔn nsam na ɔyii wɔn firiiɛ.
11Nsuo kataa wɔn atamfoɔ so;
na ɔbaako mpo annya nkwa.
12Afei wɔgyee ne bɔhyɛ no diiɛ
na wɔtoo nʼayɛyie dwom.
13Nanso, ntɛm so, wɔn werɛ firii deɛ wayɛ
na wɔantwɛn nʼagyinatuo.
14Akɔnnɔ bɛhyɛɛ wɔn mu wɔ ɛserɛ so hɔ,
na wɔ asase paradada no so, wɔsɔɔ Onyankopɔn hwɛeɛ,
15enti ɔmaa wɔn deɛ wɔbisaeɛ,
nanso, ɔde ɔfɔn yadeɛ baa wɔn so.
16Na nsraban mu hɔ wɔn ani beree Mose
ne Aaron a Awurade ate ne ho no.
17Asase mu buee na ɛmenee Datan
na ɛsiee Abiram asafo no.
18Egya tɔɔ wɔn akyidifoɔ no mu;
ogyaframa hyee amumuyɛfoɔ no.
19Wɔyɛɛ nantwie ba wɔ Horeb
na wɔkotoo ohoni a wɔde fagudeɛ ayɛ.
20Wɔsesaa wɔn Animuonyam.
Wɔde nantwinini, a ɔwe ɛserɛ nsɛsodeɛ.
21Wɔn werɛ firii Onyankopɔn a ɔgyee wɔn nkwa,
deɛ ɔyɛɛ nneɛma akɛseɛ wɔ Misraim no,
22nsɛnkyerɛnneɛ a ɔyɛɛ wɔ Ham asase so
ne nneɛma a ɛyɛ hu wɔ Ɛpo Kɔkɔɔ ho no.
23Enti ɔkaa sɛ ɔbɛsɛe wɔn,
nanso Mose a ɔyɛ deɛ wapa noɔ no
sɔre gyinaa Onyankopɔn ne nnipa no ntam;
ɔsrɛɛ no, dwodwoo nʼabufuo no ano sɛdeɛ ɔrensɛe wɔn.
24Afei, wɔn ani ansɔ asase fɛfɛ no;
na wɔannye ne bɔhyɛ anni.
25Wɔnwiinwii wɔ wɔn ntomadan mu
na wɔannyɛ ɔsetie amma Awurade.
26Enti ɔmaa ne nsa so kaa ntam kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ
ɔbɛma wɔn atotɔ wɔ ɛserɛ no so,
27ɔbɛma wɔn asefoɔ atotɔ wɔ amanaman mu
na wabɔ wɔn ahwete nsase nyinaa so.
28Wɔde wɔn ho bɔɔ Baal-peor ho
na wɔdii afɔrebɔdeɛ a wɔde ama anyame a wɔnni nkwa;
29wɔde wɔn atirimuɔdensɛm hyɛɛ Awurade abufuo
na ɔyaredɔm sii wɔn mu.
30Na Pinehas sɔre dii agyinamu,
na Awurade sii ɔyaredɔm no ano.
31Wɔde yei yɛɛ tenenee maa Pinehas
wɔ awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ a ɛnni awieeɛ a ɛbɛba no mu.
32Meriba nsuo ho nso, wɔhyɛɛ Awurade abufuo,
na wɔn enti, ɔhaw baa Mose so,
33ɛfiri sɛ wɔtee Onyankopɔn Honhom anim atua,
na asɛm a wannwene ho firii Mose anomu.
34Wɔansɛe nnipa no
sɛdeɛ Awurade hyɛɛ wɔn no,
35nanso wɔde wɔn ho frafraa amanaman no
yɛɛ nneɛma a wɔyɛ no bi.
36Wɔsomm wɔn ahoni
na ɛbɛyɛɛ afidie maa wɔn.
37Wɔde wɔn mmammarima
ne wɔn mmammaa bɔɔ afɔdeɛ maa abosom.
38Wɔkaa mogya a ɛdi bem guiɛ;
wɔn mmammarima ne wɔn mmammaa mogya a
wɔde bɔɔ afɔdeɛ maa Kanaan ahoni no
maa asase no ho guu fi.
39Wɔde deɛ wɔyɛeɛ no guu wɔn ankasa ho fi;
wɔnam deɛ wɔyɛeɛ no so bɔɔ adwaman.
40Enti, Awurade bo fuu ne nkurɔfoɔ;
na ɔkyirii nʼagyapadeɛ.
41Ɔdanee wɔn maa amanaman no,
na wɔn atamfoɔ dii wɔn so.
42Wɔn atamfoɔ hyɛɛ wɔn so
na wɔkaa wɔn hyɛɛ wɔn tumi ase.
43Mpɛn bebree, Awurade gyee wɔn,
nanso wɔkɔɔ so tee atua
na wɔsɛe wɔ wɔn bɔne mu.
44Nanso ɔhunuu wɔn ahohiahia
ɛberɛ a wɔsu frɛɛ noɔ no;
45Wɔn enti, ɔkaee nʼapam no
na ɔfirii nʼadɔeɛ kɛseɛ no mu hunuu wɔn mmɔbɔ.
46Ɔmaa sodifoɔ a wɔafa wɔn nnommum no
nyaa ahummɔborɔ maa wɔn.
47Gye yɛn, Ao Awurade yɛn nkwagyeɛ Onyankopɔn,
na boaboa yɛn ano firi amanaman so,
na yɛada wo din kronkron no ase,
na yɛde nkamfo ahyɛ wo animuonyam.
48Ayɛyie nka Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn,
ɛmfiri mmerɛsanten nkɔsi nnasanten.
Momma nnipa no nyinaa nka sɛ, “Amen!”
Monkamfo Awurade.
