Osukɔm Ho Ɔfrɛ
1“Mommra, mo a osukɔm de mo nyinaa,
mommra nsu no ho;
na mo a munni sika,
mommra mmɛtɔ na munni!
Mommra mmɛtɔ nsa ne nufusu
a munntua hwee.
2Adɛn nti na mosɛe sika wɔ nea ɛnyɛ aduan ho
ne mo ahoɔden wɔ nea ɛmmee ho?
Muntie, muntie me na munni nea eye,
na mo kra ani begye nnepa a ɛwɔ akatua pa ho.
3Monyɛ aso, na mommra me nkyɛn;
muntie me, na mo kra anya nkwa.
Me ne mo bɛyɛ apam a ɛte hɔ daa,
me dɔ a to ntwa da a mede hyɛɛ Dawid bɔ no.
4Hwɛ, mede no ayɛ adansedi ama nnipa no,
wɔn kannifo ne ɔsahene.
5Ampa ara mobɛfrɛ aman a munnim wɔn,
na aman a munnim no bɛyɛ ntɛm aba mo nkyɛn,
Awurade, mo Nyankopɔn nti,
Israel Ɔkronkronni no,
efisɛ wahyɛ mo anuonyam.”
6Monhwehwɛ Awurade bere a mubehu no.
Momfrɛ no bere a ɔbɛn.
7Ma omumɔyɛfo ntwe ne ho mfi nʼakwan ho
na ɔbɔnefo nso mfi ne nsusuwii ho.
Ma ɔnnan nkɔ Awurade nkyɛn, na obehu no mmɔbɔ,
ɔnnan nkɔ yɛn Nyankopɔn nkyɛn, na ɔde ne ho bɛkyɛ no.
8“Na mʼadwene nyɛ mo adwene,
na mo akwan nso nyɛ mʼakwan,”
sɛnea Awurade se ni.
9Sɛnea ɔsoro korɔn sen asase no,
saa ara na mʼakwan korɔn sen mo akwan
na mʼadwene nso korɔn sen mo adwene.
10Sɛnea osu ne sukyerɛmma
tɔ fi soro gu fam,
na wɔnnsan nkɔ hɔ bio
wɔ bere a ɛmfɔw asase
mma enguu nhwiren mpaee,
sɛnea ɛbɛsow aba ama ogufo ne aduan ama odifo no,
11saa ara na mʼasɛm a efi mʼanom no te:
Ɛrensan mma me nkyɛn kwa.
Mmom ɛbɛyɛ nea mepɛ
na awie botae a ɛno nti mesomaa no.
12Mode ahosɛpɛw bepue
na wɔagya mo kwan asomdwoe mu;
mmepɔw ne nkoko
betue nnwonto wɔ mo anim,
na mfuw so nnua nyinaa
bɛbɔ wɔn nsam.
13Nsɔe anan mu ɔpepaw befifi,
na nnɛnkyɛnse anan mu ohuam dua befifi.
Eyi bɛyɛ nea ɛhyɛ Awurade anuonyam,
ɛbɛyɛ daapem nsɛnkyerɛnne,
a ɛrentwa mu da.
Invitation to the Thirsty
1“Come, all you who are thirsty,
come to the waters;
and you who have no money,
come, buy and eat!
Come, buy wine and milk
without money and without cost.
2Why spend money on what is not bread,
and your labor on what does not satisfy?
Listen, listen to me, and eat what is good,
and you will delight in the richest of fare.
3Give ear and come to me;
listen, that you may live.
I will make an everlasting covenant with you,
my faithful love promised to David.
4See, I have made him a witness to the peoples,
a ruler and commander of the peoples.
5Surely you will summon nations you know not,
and nations you do not know will come running to you,
because of the Lord your God,
the Holy One of Israel,
for he has endowed you with splendor.”
6Seek the Lord while he may be found;
call on him while he is near.
7Let the wicked forsake their ways
and the unrighteous their thoughts.
Let them turn to the Lord, and he will have mercy on them,
and to our God, for he will freely pardon.
8“For my thoughts are not your thoughts,
neither are your ways my ways,”
declares the Lord.
9“As the heavens are higher than the earth,
so are my ways higher than your ways
and my thoughts than your thoughts.
10As the rain and the snow
come down from heaven,
and do not return to it
without watering the earth
and making it bud and flourish,
so that it yields seed for the sower and bread for the eater,
11so is my word that goes out from my mouth:
It will not return to me empty,
but will accomplish what I desire
and achieve the purpose for which I sent it.
12You will go out in joy
and be led forth in peace;
the mountains and hills
will burst into song before you,
and all the trees of the field
will clap their hands.
13Instead of the thornbush will grow the juniper,
and instead of briers the myrtle will grow.
This will be for the Lord’s renown,
for an everlasting sign,
that will endure forever.”
