1 Ao Yisraelfoɛ, ɛ́mɔtie edwirɛ he bɔ AWURADE wahã wafa ɛmɔ nwo ɔ: bɔ mahã mafa abusua amukoraa bɔ nyele ɛmɔ mvili Misraim aseɛ so mmale ne nwo ɔ, kyɛ,
O, ye somvoɛ Yisrael boso ama, Yakob boso ama bɔ waneanea nu waye bɛ ɔ.
Ɔhane kyɛ, “Yudafoɛ amukoraa, Yerusalemfoɛ ne Nana Yehosafate, ɛ́mɔtie. AWURADE nwa nyoo, ‘Sɔ ɛlɔen piri he, nnɛma ɛmɔsuro bɛ, yeɛ nnɛmɔma ɛmɔ kunu tete ɛmɔ wɔ bɛ nwo; ofikyɛ koɛ ne ɔtte ɛmɔ koɛ, na mmom ɔte Nyameɛ koɛ.
“O Yakob awuro ama, yeɛ Yisrael awuro ama bɔ baha ne amukoraa, bɔ madodo ɛmɔ ofite ɛmɔ aworɛ nu, bɔ magyi ɛmɔ fi bɛ kunu ɔ, ɛ́mɔyɛ asoɛ bétie me!
“Yɛ asoɛ tie me, O Yakob ne Yisrael bɔ mafrɛ wɔ ɔ! Me ole Ye, me ole bɔ oli moa ne, yeɛ me ala koso ole ayieleɛ ne.
Ofikyɛ kyɛbɔ abɔsoɛ mata sona yaase ne, sɔ ala yeɛ mmane Yisrael awuro ama amukoraa ne Yuda awuro ama amukoraa bɛmatane me ɔ, amaa ɔnate so bayɛ me maen, me dumaa, m’ayɛyelɛ ne m’animnyam. Nakoso bandie. AWURADE noa dwirɛ ɛne.
“Sɔ mmerɛ ne, ngɔyɛ Yisrael mmusua nemɔ amukoraa bɛ Nyameɛ, na bɛ koso bɛkɔyɛ me maen, AWURADE noa dwirɛ ɛne.”
Sɔ amumuyɛɛ abusua bɔ bɛkɔha ne amukoraa, nekaa biala bɔ mafoa bɛ maagua ne, bekohuro kyɛ bekowu tra kyɛ bɛkɔtena ngoa nu ɔ, Asafo AWURADE noa dwirɛ ɛne.
Yisraelfoɛ, ɛ́mɔtie AWURADE noa dwirɛ; ofikyɛ AWURADE ne aseɛ ne aso ama banya dwirɛ, ɔnate kyɛ nahorɛlilɛ, anwumvoinnwunɛ, ɔne Nyameɛ nwo nimdeɛ biala nne aseɛ ne aso.
Ao asɔfo, ɛ́mɔtie edwirɛ he, ɛmɔ, Yisrael awuro ama, ɛ́mɔyɛ asoɛ betie. Ao, ɛhene awuro ama, ɛ́mɔtie, ofikyɛ ndɛenbualɛ ne, ɔ́ba ɛmɔ so; ofikyɛ ɛmɔakakyi ngaen wɔ Misepa, ɔne ɛtɛen bɔ batrɛtrɛ nu wɔ Tabɔ so ɔ.
Afei koso, nyele ɛmɔ mvili Misraim aseɛ so, na nnili ɛmɔ nyunu mvale ɛmɔ mvale ɛserɛ so afoɛ aburanna, kyɛ ɛmɔɔfa Amoriniɛ n’aseɛ ne bɛyɛ ɛmɔ deɛ.
Ɛmɔ, ɛ́mɔtie, Basan nandwie mmeleɛ bɔ ɛmɔwɔ Samaria bokaa so ɔ, ɛmɔ bɔ ɛmɔhyɛ mmenia bɔ bɛyɛ anwumvo ɔ so, ná ɛmɔsisi ehiafoɛ ɔ; ɛmɔ bɔ ɛmɔkã bekyire ɛmɔ ahu mɔ kyɛ, ‘Fa bra maa yɛno’ ɔ.
Ao Yisrael awuro ama, ɛ́mɔtie edwirɛ he bɔ mékã mefa ɛmɔ nwo, bɔ ɔte awuyebɔlɛ ye.
Yiti AWURADE nwa nyoo: Tie, medwene kyɛ ngɔprapra musue ngogua abusua he aso, bɔ ɛmɔngɔhora bɛngɔye ye nyamaa bengofi ɛmɔ kɔme ɔ; yeɛ ɛmɔngɔhora bɛngɔnate bɛngɔmoma bɛ bati so, ofikyɛ sɔ mmerɛ ne te mmerɛ tɛɛ.
Na ngane kyɛ, Ao, mesrɛ ɛmɔ, ɛ́mɔtie oo, Yakob atitire ne Yisrael awuro ama mbanyi. Aso nna ɛmɔ yeɛ odi kyɛ ɛmɔnea kyɛ ndɛen turoloo kɔyɛ adwuma ɔ?
Mboanoafoɛ, ɛmɔ yaakɔ oo, Keretifoɛ maen ne! AWURADE dwirɛ ne obua ɛmɔ foɛ; O Kanaan bɔ ɔte Filistifoɛ aseɛ ɔ, ngɔbɔ wɔ tɔɔ, na bɔ ɔwɔ wɔ nu biala ngɔha wɔ wɔ nu.
Bɔ ole asoɛ ne, maa otie bɔ Sunzum ne kã kyire asɔre nemɔ ne.