1Sɛdeɛ sikakɔkɔɔ a anka ɛhyerɛn no nie?
Sikakɔkɔɔ amapa no ho abiri!
Wɔatoto aboɔdemmoɔ kronkron apete
wɔ mmɔntene biara so.
2Hwɛ sɛdeɛ Sion mmammarima a wɔdi mu
na anka wɔsom bo sɛ sika kɔkɔɔ no ayɛ,
seesei wɔfa wɔn sɛ dɔteɛ nkukuo,
ɔnwomfoɔ nsa ano adwuma!
3Mpo sakraman yi wɔn nufoɔ
ma wɔn mma enum,
nanso me nkurɔfoɔ ayɛ atirimuɔdenfoɔ
sɛ sohori a ɔwɔ ɛserɛ so.
4Osukɔm enti, akokoaa tɛkrɛma
fam ne dodo mu;
mmɔfra no su pɛ aduane,
nanso obiara mfa mma wɔn.
5Wɔn a na anka wɔdi nnuane pa no
ohia buruburo aka wɔn wɔ mmɔntene so.
Wɔn a wɔde serekye tetee wɔn no
seesei wɔdeda nso nkɔfie so.
6Me nkurɔfoɔ asotwe
so sene Sodom a
wɔtuu wɔn mpofirim no deɛ,
a wɔannya ɔboafoɔ biara no.
7Na wɔn ahenemma ho twa sene sukyerɛmma,
na wɔhoa sene nufosuo,
na wɔn onipadua no bere na ɛwɔ ahoɔden te sɛ abohemaa,
na wɔte sɛ aboɔdemmoɔ.
8Nanso, seesei deɛ, wɔbiri sene wisiapunu;
na wɔnhunu wɔn yie wɔ mmɔntene so.
Wɔn wedeɛ atwintwam wɔ wɔn nnompe so;
ɛho awo wesee sɛ abaa.
9Wɔn a wɔtotɔ wɔ akofena ano no yɛ koraa
sene wɔn a ɛkɔm kunkumm wɔn;
ɛkɔm tware wɔn, ma wɔwuwu
ɛsiane aduane a ɛnni mfuo so enti.
10Mmaa a wɔwɔ ayamhyehyeɛ
de wɔn nsa anoa wɔn ankasa mma,
ayɛ wɔn aduane
ɛberɛ a wɔsɛee me nkurɔfoɔ no.
11Awurade ada nʼabufuhyeɛ nyinaa adi;
wahwie nʼabufuo a ano yɛ den no.
Ɔsɔɔ ogya ano wɔ Sion
ma ɛhyee ne fapem.
12Asase so ahemfo annye anni,
ewiase mu nnipa nso annye anni
sɛ atamfoɔ bɛtumi ahyɛne
Yerusalem apono mu.
13Nanso ɛsiiɛ, nʼadiyifoɔ no bɔne
ne nʼasɔfoɔ amumuyɛ enti,
wɔn na wɔhwiee teneneefoɔ mogya
guu wɔ kuropɔn no mu.
14Afei wɔkeka wɔ mmɔntene so
te sɛ nnipa a wɔn ani afira.
Mogya a ama wɔn ho agu fi no enti
obiara suro sɛ ɔde ne ho bɛka wɔn ntadeɛ.
15Nnipa teateaam gu wɔn so sɛ, “Momfiri ha nkɔ! Mo ho nnte!
Monkɔ, monkɔ! Mommfa mo ho nka yɛn.”
Sɛ wɔdwane kɔnenam a
amanaman no mu nnipa ka sɛ,
“Wɔrentumi ntena ha bio.”
16Awurade ankasa abɔ wɔn ahwete;
nʼani nni wɔn so bio.
Wɔmmfa anidie mma asɔfoɔ,
na wɔn ani nnsɔ mpanimfoɔ.
17Deɛ ɛka ho bio, yɛn ani anni ammoa yɛn,
yɛpɛɛ sɛ yɛbɛnya mmoa, nanso ɛyɛɛ ɔkwa;
yɛfiri yɛn abantenten so de yɛn ani too
ɔman a wɔrentumi nnye yɛn so.
18Nnipa dii yɛn ntɛntɛ wɔ yɛn anammɔntuo mu,
enti yɛantumi annante yɛn mmɔntene so.
Yɛn awieeɛ bɛneeɛ, na wɔkanee yɛn nna,
ɛfiri sɛ na yɛn awieeɛ aduru so.
19Yɛn ataafoɔ ho yɛ hare
sene akɔdeɛ a wɔwɔ ewiem;
wɔtaa yɛn faa mmepɔ so
na wɔtɛɛ yɛn wɔ ɛserɛ so.
20Deɛ Awurade asra no ngo, yɛn ankasa yɛn nkwa no,
ɔtɔɔ wɔn mfidie mu.
Yɛgye dii sɛ ne nwunu ase
yɛbɛnya nkwa wɔ amanaman no mu.
21Di ahurisie na ma wʼani nnye, Ao Edom Ɔbabaa,
wo a wote Us asase so.
Wɔde kuruwa no bɛma wo nso bi;
wobɛboro na wɔabɔ wo adagya.
22Ao Ɔbabaa Sion, wʼasotwe bɛba awieeɛ;
ɔremma wonkɔ so ntena nnommumfa mu.
Nanso, Ao Ɔbabaa Edom, ɔbɛtua wo bɔne so ka
na wada wʼamumuyɛ adi.
