Na Lamɛke sele ɔye mɔ kyɛ, “Ada ne Sila, ɛ́mɔtie bɔ meka ye, Lamɛke aye mɔ, ɛmɔma bɛ so bra wa, mahu biaa bie bɔ opurale me ɔ, na mahu aberandeɛ bie bɔ ɔbɔle me ɔ.
Né Absalom ali moa waha wahyire ye somvoɛ nemɔ kitii kyɛ, “Ɛ́mɔfa bɛ nye bɛ́sra Amnɔn, na sɛ ɛmɔnwu kyɛ nzaa ne abo ye, ná mekã mekyire ɛmɔ kyɛ, ‘Ɛ́mɔhu Amnɔn!’ a, ɛ́mɔhu ye. Nnɛma ɛmɔsuro. Me yeɛ mahyɛ ɛmɔ kyɛ ɛ́mɔyɔ sɔ ɔ. Ɛ́mɔsi ɛmɔ ahone bɛyɛ mmienzua.”
Ɛwɔfoɛ bɔ waatena ɛmɔ nu ne, ɛ́mɔfa ye kyɛ ɔte kuromani; ná kuro ɛwɔfoɛ ne dwirɛ kyɛ wɔ bɔbɔ wɔ nwo, ofikyɛ né ɛmɔte ɛwɔfoɛ wɔ Misraim aseɛ so: Me ole AWURADE wɔ Nyameɛ.
Aliɛmaa mɔ, nnɛma ɛmɔtotɔ ɛmɔ nwo wereɛ, na mmom ɛ́mɔyakyi bɛ́ma Nyameɛ ahonehulɛ ne. Ofikyɛ bahyerɛ kyɛ, “Wereɛtɔlɛ te me deɛ, na ngotua so kerɛ, Awurade noa dwirɛ ɛne.”
Ofikyɛ wɔ yeeyɛlɛ ti bɛte Nyameɛ somvoɛ. Nakoso sɛ ɛyɔ bɔne de a, ye de ɔsɛ kyɛ esuro ɔ, ɔnate kyɛ bendira ɛhɔtɔ ne mbaen! Bɛte Nyameɛ somvoɛ bɔ bɛtɔ wereɛ bɛma bɛ yaafɛlɛ ba sona bɔ ɔyɔ bɔne so ɔ.
Mmeraa ne nwa, “Nnɛsɛkye agyaa, nnɛdi awue, nnɛwua, [nnɛdi adanzewia], nnɛma wɔ nye boro ebie nikye.” Na sɛ mmeraa dwirɛ biala boka so a, babɔ ye porɛ wɔ edwirɛ he anu kyɛ, “Kuro ebiɛngo dwirɛ kyɛ wɔ bɔbɔ wɔ nwo.”