12 Efraim afa ngondombo wapɛ me nwo wayia, yeɛ Yisrael awuro ama koso, bafa nnakannaka bapɛ me nwo bayia. Nakoso Yuda de, ɔtɛ ne Nyameɛ nate; na odi nahorɛ ma Krongronniɛ ne.
Na AWURADE sele kyɛ, “Maen he, bɛfa bɛ noa mbaen yeɛ bɛtwe bepingye me ɔ, bɛ noa mbaen yeɛ bɛfa bedi me ni ɔ, nakoso b’ahone nu de, bembingye me koraa, na esurolɛ bɔ besuro me ne, ɔte kuro sona ahyɛdeɛ bɔ basua ye mbaen ɔ;
Nzoen yeɛ odi ɔ; ye adwene bɔ ɔte kãa ne amaa wamini, ɔngora mbepɛ nnne ye kra, yeɛ ɔngora mmisa ye nwo kyɛ, “Bɔ me sa famaa tira nu ye, aso nna nnakannaka nikyee ɔ?”
Efraim li mvrama si, na ogu eyia afiteleɛ mvrama so daa biala. Ɔma ye anoanupɛlɛ ne basabasayɔlɛ ɔkɔ so yɛ pee, bɛ ne Asiria bɛyɛ apam, na bɛsoa ngoo bɛkɔ Misraim.