“Yerusalem, Yerusalem, kuro a oku adiyifoɔ na osi bɛ a bɛasoma bɛ ne nkyɛne aboɔ! Hwɛ mprɛ dodoɔ a meepɛ sɛ mɛboaboa wo mma ano sɛdeɛ akokɔ baatane boaboa ne mma ano ne ntabane ase, nso hoampɛ!
Na bɛtenaa hɔ berɛ pii de akokoɔduro kasa maa Awurade, na Awurade ankasa dii n’adom ho asɛm he ho adanseɛ denam nsɛnkyerɛnne ne anwanwadeɛ ahodoɔ a ɔnam bɛ nsa so yɔeɛ he so.
Nti anuanom, megyina Nyankopɔn mmɔborɔhunu so ɔɔsrɛ ho sɛ, homfa ho nipadua nsi hɔ sɛ afɔdeɛ a ɔte ase, a ɔyɛ kronkron a ɔsɔ Nyankopɔn ani. Yei ne nyamesom pa.
Honhwɛ yie na hoampo deɛ ɔɔkasa he; na sɛ bɛ a bɛpoo kɔkɔbɔ a bɛte firii asaase yi so he antumi annwane a, ɔbɛyɛ dɛ ne yɛ a yɛate kɔkɔbɔ a ofiri soro he betumi adwane?