Nnwom 17

Dawid Mpaeɛbɔ.

1Ao, Awurade tie me tenenee abisadeɛ;

tie me sufrɛ.

Yɛ aso ma me mpaeɛbɔ

deɛ ɛmfiri nnaadaa anofafa mu.

2Ma me bembuo a ɛfiri wo hɔ.

Ma wʼani nhunu deɛ ɛyɛ pɛ.

3Wopɛɛpɛɛ mʼakoma mu,

wohwehwɛ me mu anadwo,

na wosɔ me hwɛ deɛ, nanso worenhunu hwee;

masi madwene pi sɛ mʼano renka bɔne.

4Nnipa nneyɛɛ fam no,

wʼanomu asɛm enti

matwe me ho afiri

basabasayɛfoɔ akwan ho.

5Menam wʼakwan so daa;

me nan nnwatiriiɛ.

6Mesu mefrɛ wo, Ao Onyankopɔn

na wobɛgye me so;

yɛ aso ma me na tie me mpaeɛbɔ.

7Da wo dɔ nwanwasoɔ no adi

wo a wode wo nsa nifa

gye wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho to wo so no nkwa

firi wɔn atamfoɔ nsam.

8Hwɛ me so sɛ obi a wodɔ no;

fa me sie wo ntaban nwunu no ase

9firi amumuyɛfoɔ a wɔretaataa me nsam,

mʼatamfoɔ a wɔatwa me ho ahyia no.

10Wɔpirim wɔn akoma,

na wɔkasa ahantan so.

11Wɔadi me ntɛtɛ, afei wɔatwa me ho ahyia;

wɔn ani abere sɛ wɔbɛbɔ me ahwe fam.

12Wɔte sɛ gyata a ahaboa ho kɔm de no,

te sɛ gyata kɛseɛ bi a wabutu wɔ atɛeɛ.

13Sɔre, Ao Awurade!

Wone wɔn mfa mmɔ ani na ka wɔn hyɛ;

fa wʼakofena no gye me firi amumuyɛfoɔ no nsam.

14Ao Awurade fa wo nsa

gye me firi nnipa a wɔte sei nsam

asase so nnipa a wɔn akatua wɔ nkwa yi mu.

Womma ɛkɔm nne wɔn a wʼani ku wɔn ho;

wɔn mmammarima wɔ bebree,

na wɔkora agyapadeɛ ma wɔn mma.

15Na me deɛ, me tenenee mu, mɛhunu wʼanim;

sɛ menyane na mehunu wo a, mʼakoma bɛtɔ ne yam.

Wɔde ma dwomkyerɛfoɔ.