Nnwom 102 – AKCB & NIVUK

Akuapem Twi Contemporary Bible

Nnwom 102:1-28

Dwom 102

Aberante mmɔborɔni mpaebɔ. Osu kyerɛ Awurade bere a ɔwɔ ahohia mu.

1Awurade, tie me mpaebɔ;

na ma me mmoa ho sufrɛ nnu wʼanim.

2Mmfa wʼanim nhintaw me

bere a mewɔ ahohia mu.

Brɛ wʼaso ase ma me;

na sɛ misu frɛ wo a, gye me so ntɛm.

3Me nkwanna reyera te sɛ wusiw;

me nnompe adɔ sɛ nyansramma.

4Me koma abotow na akisa sɛ sare;

na me kɔn nnɔ aduan.

5Mʼapinisi dennen nti

maka ɔhonam ne nnompe.

6Mete sɛ sare so patu,

te sɛ patu a ɔte nnwiriwii mu.

7Meda hɔ a, mʼani gu so; mayɛ sɛ

anomaa bi a ɔno nko ara si ɔdan atifi.

8Da mu nyinaa mʼatamfo bɔ me akutia.

Wɔn a wodi me ho fɛw no bɔ me din de dome.

9Mede nsõ ayɛ mʼaduan

na mede nusu fra me nsu mu

10esiane wʼabufuwhyew dennen no nti,

woama me so, ayi me asi nkyɛn.

11Me nkwa nna te sɛ anwummere sunsuma;

na mehyew sɛ sare.

12Nanso wo Awurade, woyɛ ɔhene daa daa;

na wo din a ahyeta no te hɔ daa awo ntoatoaso nyinaa mu.

13Wobɛsɔre na woahu Sion mmɔbɔ;

bere adu sɛ wuhu no mmɔbɔ;

bere a wohyɛe no aso.

14Nʼabo som bo ma wʼasomfo;

ne mfutuma hyɛ wɔn awerɛhow.

15Amanaman no besuro Awurade din;

asase so ahemfo nyinaa bedi wʼanuonyam ni.

16Awurade bɛkyekyere Sion bio,

na wapue wɔ nʼanuonyam mu.

17Obetie mmɔborɔfo mpaebɔ;

na ɔremmu nʼani ngu wɔn sufrɛ so.

18Monkyerɛw eyi mma nkyirimma,

sɛnea ɛbɛyɛ a wɔn a wonnya nwoo wɔn no bɛkamfo Awurade;

19Awurade hwɛɛ fam fi ne kronkronbea wɔ ɔsoro hɔ;

ofi ɔsoro hwɛɛ asase,

20sɛnea ɔbɛte nneduafo apinisi,

na wɔagyaa wɔn a wɔabu wɔn kumfɔ no.”

21Enti wɔbɛpae mu abɔ Awurade din wɔ Sion

na wɔakamfo no wɔ Yerusalem,

22bere a amanaman ne ahenni ahorow

behyia mu na wɔasom Awurade.

23Ɔmaa me yɛɛ mmerɛw wɔ bere a merenyin.

Otwaa me nkwa nna so.

24Enti mekae se,

“Me Onyankopɔn, mfa me nkɔ, wɔ me nkwa nna mfimfini;

wo mfe wɔ hɔ daa kodu awo ntoatoaso nyinaa mu.

25Mfiase no wotoo asase fapem,

na ɔsoro yɛ wo nsa ano adwuma.

26Ne nyinaa betwa mu na wo de, wobɛtena hɔ daa;

wɔbɛtetew te sɛ atade.

Wobɛsesa wɔn te sɛ ntama,

na wɔbɛtow wɔn agu.

27Nanso wote sɛnea wote,

na wo mfe to rentwa da.

28Wʼasomfo mma bɛtena nkwa mu wɔ wʼanim;

na wɔn asefo ase betim wɔ wʼanim.”

New International Version – UK

Psalms 102:1-28

Psalm 102In Hebrew texts 102:1-28 is numbered 102:2-29.

A prayer of an afflicted person who has grown weak and pours out a lament before the Lord.

1Hear my prayer, Lord;

let my cry for help come to you.

2Do not hide your face from me

when I am in distress.

Turn your ear to me;

when I call, answer me quickly.

3For my days vanish like smoke;

my bones burn like glowing embers.

4My heart is blighted and withered like grass;

I forget to eat my food.

5In my distress I groan aloud

and am reduced to skin and bones.

6I am like a desert owl,

like an owl among the ruins.

7I lie awake; I have become

like a bird alone on a roof.

8All day long my enemies taunt me;

those who rail against me use my name as a curse.

9For I eat ashes as my food

and mingle my drink with tears

10because of your great wrath,

for you have taken me up and thrown me aside.

11My days are like the evening shadow;

I wither away like grass.

12But you, Lord, sit enthroned for ever;

your renown endures through all generations.

13You will arise and have compassion on Zion,

for it is time to show favour to her;

the appointed time has come.

14For her stones are dear to your servants;

her very dust moves them to pity.

15The nations will fear the name of the Lord,

all the kings of the earth will revere your glory.

16For the Lord will rebuild Zion

and appear in his glory.

17He will respond to the prayer of the destitute;

he will not despise their plea.

18Let this be written for a future generation,

that a people not yet created may praise the Lord:

19‘The Lord looked down from his sanctuary on high,

from heaven he viewed the earth,

20to hear the groans of the prisoners

and release those condemned to death.’

21So the name of the Lord will be declared in Zion

and his praise in Jerusalem

22when the peoples and the kingdoms

assemble to worship the Lord.

23In the course of my life102:23 Or By his power he broke my strength;

he cut short my days.

24So I said:

‘Do not take me away, my God, in the midst of my days;

your years go on through all generations.

25In the beginning you laid the foundations of the earth,

and the heavens are the work of your hands.

26They will perish, but you remain;

they will all wear out like a garment.

Like clothing you will change them

and they will be discarded.

27But you remain the same,

and your years will never end.

28The children of your servants will live in your presence;

their descendants will be established before you.’