ye de tie bɛ wɔ nyameɛso, ná fa wɔ ngoaa bɔ bɛ ole wɔ maen Yisrael ne bɛ bɔne kyɛ bɛ, wɔ aberɛ bɔ ekyire bɛ atee paa bɔ odi kyɛ bɛfa so ɔ. Ma esue tɔ wɔ w’aseɛ bɔ afa ama wɔ mmenia maa wayɛ b’agyapadeɛ ne aso.
Na afei ɔkɔtɔ esue kogua nningyein bɔ edua ye wɔ aseɛ so ɔ so, ɔne aseɛ ne aso aleɛ bɔ ɔkɔwa ɔ so, na bɛkɔyɛ mbiri mbiri ne pee. Sɔ mmerɛ ne, wɔ nyɛmmoa kodidi wɔ aseɛ pirikua bɔ ngaka aleɛ wɔ so ɔ so.
Ngoli ahurusi piri paa wɔ AWURADE nu, me Nyameɛ nu yeɛ me kra di ahurusi ɔ; ofikyɛ wafa ngoalelɛ ataadeɛ wawura me, wafa tenenee tena wahera me, kyɛbɔ atɔmvorɛ biaa fa abotire siesie ye nwo ɔ, kyɛbɔ atɔmvorɛ braa fa ye mbembenanneɛ siesie ye nwo ɔ.
Ɛ́mɔma yɛnwu ye, ɛ́mɔma yɛpere yɛpena AWURADE nwo nimdeɛ. Ye walɛ ne, osi pi kyɛ ngyerɛmɔ; na ɔkɔwa yɛ berɛ kyɛ esue, kyɛ bamborɔ bɔ ɔtɔ gua aseɛ so ɔ.”
“Asa koso, mama esue ayakyi tɔlɛ wama ɛmɔ wɔ aberɛ bɔ wahã bosome nza koraka né buberɛ adwu ɔ; mama esue watɔ wagua kuro ko aso, yeɛ mamma wandɔ wangua kuro ko aso. Esue tɔ guale eboo ko aso, na eboo bɔ esue wandɔ wangua so ne, nu nningyein yerale.
Odi kyɛ ɛmɔsrɛ AWURADE maa ɔtɔ esue wɔ bamborɔ mmerɛ nu; AWURADE bɔ ɔma esue muna ne, ye yeɛ ɔma esue tɔ pee ma mmenia ɔ, na ɔtɔ ma ebiala maa onya fieso aleɛ.
Efraim kɔyɛ kyɛ katakyie, na bɛ ti anu kɔyɛ bɛ fɛfɛɛfɛ kyɛ bano nzaa ɔ. Amba, bɛ mma konwu ye, na bekoli ahurusi, na bɛ ti anu kɔyɛ bɛ fɛfɛɛfɛ wɔ AWURADE nu.
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.