5 Afei ngane me bɔne ngyirele wɔ, na mangata m’amumuyɛɛ so. Ngane kyɛ, “Ngɔhã me mmeraatolɛ ngohyire AWURADE,” na ɛfale me bɔne nwo foɛlilɛ hyɛle me. Sela
Dawide maa bɛhale mmenia ne beyiele nen, nziɛ ye, ye tiboa buale ye fɔ. Na Dawide fa tole AWURADE nyunu kyɛ, “Bɔ mayɔ ye, mayɔ bɔne paa. Nakoso AWURADE, mesrɛ wɔ ala, fa w’akoaa amumuyɛɛ kyɛ ye, ofikyɛ mali ngwaseasɛm paa.”
Na Dawide nwuni abɔfo bɔ ogu so oku mmenia nemɔ nen, osele AWURADE kyɛ, “Bɔne ne, me ngome yeɛ mayɔ ɔ, mvomsoɛ ne, me ngome yeɛ mayɔ ɔ. Na mmenia hemɔ bɔ menea bɛ so ye de, nzikyɛ yeɛ bayɔ ɔ? Mesrɛ wɔ ala, ma w’ahonehulɛ ne ɔbra me ne me baba abusuafoɛ so.”
angorangora biala, anaa wɔ maen Yisrael amukoraa, sɛ b’amaneɛ ne b’aworabɔlɛ ma bɛ nye ba bɛ nwo so, maa ɔnate so bɛtengyɛ bɛ sa bɛfa bekyire sua ye a, kyɛ bɛ sufrɛ biala oo, kyɛ bɛ mbaeɛ biala oo,
Ofikyɛ ye ɛyaafɛlɛ ndena berɛ ngyɛ, na ye anwumvoinnwunɛ wɔ berɛ ma sona mmerɛ bɔ sona ne te ase amukoraa. Sona poro moen kɔngɔen amukoraa, nakoso aleɛ kye a, onya anika.
Aso Efraim, ɔte mma bɔ ɔla m’ahone nwo ɔ? Aso ɔte baa bɔ me nye gye ye nwo ɔ? Mmerɛ pee bɔ metwi ye nyunu ne, yeɛ mekɔ so mekaye ye ɔ. Yiti me kunu tete me ma ye, amba, ngonwu ye anwumvoin, AWURADE noa dwirɛ ɛne.
Aso odi kyɛ sona di Nyameɛ ndurum anaa? Nakoso ɛmɔ de, ɛmɔdi me ndurum. Na ɛmɔbisa kyɛ, ‘Atee beni aso yeɛ yɛdi wɔ ndurum ɔ?’ Ɛmɔdi ye wɔ buru nu ngyɛmuɛ ko ɔne afɔleɛbɔlɛ nu.
Yiti mekã mekyire wɔ, ye bɔne worawora ne, bafa bahyɛ ye, ofikyɛ wala ɔdɔ piri paa ali. Nakoso sona bɔ bafa bɔne kãa bie bahyɛ ye ne, ɔdɔ kãa bie yeɛ ɔye ye ali ɔ.”
Na Yosua sele Akan kyɛ, “Mma, fa animnyam ma AWURADE Yisrael Nyameɛ, ná ka nahorɛ wɔ ye nyunu. Nikyee bɔ ayɔ ne, ka kyire me kekesaala ye. Nnɛfa fea me.”