16 Sɛ bɔnefoɛ bɛsone a, mmeraatolɛ sone pee, na teneneefoɛ konwu bɔnefoɛ nemɔ b’asefinɛ.
Ye adwene gyi berɛ pindinn, na ongosuro kɔpem kyɛ bɔ ɔpena kyɛ ɔto ye pɔfoɛ mɔ ne, okonwu ye ɔ.
Ma wɔ nye la AWURADE so, ná nate ye atee so, na ɔkɔpagya wɔ maa aseɛ ne kɔyɛ w’agyapadeɛ; na wɔ nye konwu kyɛbɔ bɔnefoɛ bɛ boso onua ɔ.
Nakoso tie, mbɛle nu berɛ nen, né ɔnne berɛ ko; mbenane ye, nakoso mannwu ye.
Teneneeniɛ nwu kyɛ batɔ bɔnefoɛ so wereɛ a, ye nye gye; okonwunzi ye gya bo wɔ bɔnefoɛ mogya nu.
Wɔ nye mbaen yeɛ ɛkɔfa kɔnea ɔ, na ekonwu bɔnefoɛ b’akatuaa.
Me nye anwu me pɔfoɛ mɔ b’asefinɛ; bɛ bɔ bɛpena me bepura me ne, me so ate b’ayieleɛ bɔ wayie bɛ ɔ.
Amba, ao AWURADE, wɔ pɔfoɛ mɔ, wɔ pɔfoɛ mɔ de bekowuwu, bɔnefoɛ amukoraa bɛkɔbɔ aya.
Teneneeniɛ ɔfa ye nye nea bɔ ɔkɔ so wɔ bɔnefoɛ awuro ɔ, na bɔnefoɛ bɛ bɔne ti, b’ayieleɛ nyie bɛ yé.
Sɛ teneneefoɛ bedi maen so a, nu mmenia di ahurusi, nakoso sɛ bɔnefoɛ di so a, nu mmenia sũ gua bɛ kunu.
O, Awurade, nwa yeɛ ongosuro wɔ ná ɔngɔhyɛ wɔ dumaa animnyam ɔ? Ofikyɛ wɔ ngome yeɛ ɛte krongron ɔ. Maen maen amukoraa kɔwa kɔɔkoto wɔ, ofikyɛ wɔ ndɛenbualɛ turoloo ne ala ali.”
O, nyameɛso ne anwoteefoɛ ne asomafoɛ ne ngɔmhyɛlɛfoɛ, ɛ́mɔli ye nwo ahurusi, ofikyɛ Nyameɛ atɔ ye so wereɛ wama ɛmɔ!”