1 Ao AWURADE, me pɔfoɛ mɔ sone! Mmenia pee bedwɔso betia me.
Absalom ne Yisrael mmienzua mukoraa bɛwale Yerusalem, bɔ né Ahitofel boka ye so ɔ.
Wɔ ɔdɔ bɔ onni ngasi ne, ye ye ali kyire me wɔ atee bɔ ɔyɛ nwanwa ɔ so; bɛ bɔ bɛnwati befi bɛ pɔfoɛ mɔ sa nu bɛbafea wɔ berɛ ne, wɔ yeɛ ɛfa wɔ sa famaa ɛpepɛ ede bɛ ɔ.
“Aliɛmaa kɔye aliɛmaa kɔma maa bekohu ye, seɛ kɔye baa kɔma, na mmaa kodwɔso kotia awofoɛ maa bekohu bɛ.
Na maen ne amukoraa bebuale kyɛ, “Ye mogya ɔ́bɔ yɛ ne yɛ mma mɔ ti so!”
Sɔ ahemvo ne amukoraa boaboale bɛ lɔen noa, na bɛbɔle nu bɛɛkyekyele asikyeleɛ wɔ Merom nzue nwo kyɛ bɛ ne Yisrael bɛkwaaho.