O Sion mma mmrasua, ɛ́mɔfite bɛbra bɛɛnea Nana Solomon, kyɛ owura abotire bɔ ye maame fa bɔle ye wɔ kyẽa bɔ ɔfale atɔmvorɛ ne, ɔne kyẽa bɔ ye nye gyele paa ne.
O Sion, kanyane wɔ nwo, kanyane wɔ nwo! kyire w’anwoserɛ e! O Yerusalem, kuro krongron, fa w’animnyam tena ne kera, ofikyɛ, ofi ɛnɛ bɔ ɔkɔ ɔ, bɛmbɛ-bɛ-bienzuafoɛ ne bɛ bɔ bɛ nwo nde ne, bengowura wɔ nu ko.
“Ɛmɔ amukoraa bɔ ɛmɔkuro Yerusalem dwirɛ ɔ, odi kyɛ ɛmɔ ne ye bɛ nye kã, ná ɛmɔ ne ye bedi ahurusi; ɛmɔ amukoraa bɔ ɛmɔdi ye nwo aworabɔlɛ ɔ, ɛmɔ ne ye beli ahurusi;
Ɛmɔnwu ye sɔ a, ɛmɔ nye kɔgye“‘, ɛmɔ bowue nu komia kyɛ ndire frɔmfrɔm, mmenia konwu kyɛ AWURADE tumi gyi ye somvoɛ mɔ si, na ye ahone hu ye pɔfoɛ mɔ so.
O Sion awa brasua, di ahurusi paa! O Yerusalem awa brasua, bɔ ese! Tie, wɔ Hene ne ɔ́ba wɔ berɛ, ɔtengyɛ, na ye yeɛ ngoalelɛ wɔ ye berɛ ɔ, odwo, na ɔte afunum so, afunum akrɔngrɔma so, bɔ ɔte afunum beleɛ ɔ.
Na ogu so ɔfa ɛhe nwo adwene ne, Awurade abɔfo yele ye nwo ali hyirele ye wɔ laleɛ nu, na osele ye kyɛ, “Yosef, Dawide bosoniɛ, nnɛsuro kyɛ ɛkɔfa ɛye Maria ɛkɔwa w’awuro ɔ; ɔnate kyɛ bɔ ɔnwonzɛ ye ne ofi Sunzum Krongron nu.
Bɔ atɔmvorɛ braa ne ɔte ye deɛ ne, ye ole atɔmvorɛ biaa ne. Na atɔmvorɛ biaa n’adamvo bɔ ogyina berɛ, ná otie ye ne de, ɔma ye nye gye paa wɔ atɔmvorɛ biaa ne komvi nwo; yiti afei de, m’anigye ne wali mu.
Nyameɛ nungunɛ ne bie yeɛ metwe wɔ ɛmɔ nwo ɔ. Ofikyɛ mafa ɛmɔ mabɔ asiwa mama biaa komapɛ, ye ole Kristo, na ngɔfa ɛmɔ ngɔma ye kyɛ ababunu bɔ ye nwo te ná onnwuni biaa le ɔ.
“O, maen maen, ɛmɔ ne ye mmenia beli ahurusi, [mmosoen amukoraa, ɛ́mɔkoto AWURADE] ofikyɛ ɔkɔtɔ ye ngoaa mɔ mogya so wereɛ, ɔkɔtɔ ye pɔfoɛ mɔ so wereɛ, [okotua bɛ bɔ bekyi ye kerɛ], ná wate aseɛ ne anwo wama ye mmenia.”
Na aseɛ wosole wɔ sɔ dɔnhwere ne ala nu, na kuro ne ngyɛmuɛ buru nu ko bu guale, na aseɛwosolɛ ne huni mmenia apee nzoo; na ɛserɛ hane bɛ bɔ baha ne, na bɛhyɛle nyameɛso Nyameɛ ne animnyam.
Na osele me kyɛ. “Kyerɛ ɛhe: Bɛ bɔ bato bɛ sa bafrɛ bɛ kyɛ bɛbra Boaen Ba n’atɔmvorɛ poentolɛ bo ne, banya saleɛ.” Na osele me kyɛ, “Ɛhemɔ te Nyameɛ noa dwirɛ bɔ ɔte nahorɛ ɔ.”
Na abɔfo nzoo bɔ betiratira kulie nzoo ne, bɔ ɛhawo nzoo bɔ ɔpɛ ye bo ne bayi bɛ tɛkyɛ ne, bɛ nu ko wale me berɛ oosele me kyɛ, “Bra, na ngohyire wɔ Atɔmvorɛ braa ne, Boaen Ba n’aye ne.”