1Edin pa yɛ sene ahonya bebrebe;
sɛ wɔbɛdi wo ni yɛ sene dwetɛ anaa sikakɔkɔɔ.
2Ɔdefoɔ ne ohiani wɔ adeɛ baako,
Awurade ne wɔn nyinaa Yɛfoɔ.
3Onitefoɔ hunu amanehunu a ɛreba na ɔhinta ne ho,
nanso atetekwaa kɔ nʼanim kɔnya amane.
4Ahobrɛaseɛ ne Awurade suro
ma ahonya ne animuonyam ne nkwa.
5Nkasɛɛ ne mfidie wɔ amumuyɛfoɔ akwan so,
nanso deɛ ɔbɔ ne kra ho ban no mmɛn ho.
6Kyerɛ abɔfra ɛkwan a ɔmfa so,
na sɛ ɔnyini a ɔremfiri so.
7Adefoɔ di ahiafoɔ so,
na boseagyeni yɛ deɛ ɔde fɛm ɔsomfoɔ.
8Deɛ ɔdua amumuyɛsɛm no twa ɔhaw
na wɔbɛsɛe nʼabufuhyeɛ abaa.
9Ɔyamyɛfoɔ bɛnya nhyira
ɛfiri sɛ ɔne ahiafoɔ kyɛ nʼaduane.
10Pam ɔfɛdifoɔ na basabasayɛ nso bɛkɔ;
ntɔkwa ne atɛnnidie to atwa.
11Obi a ɔdɔ akoma a emu teɛ na ne kasa ho yɛ nyam
bɛnya ɔhene afa no adamfo.
12Awurade ani wɛn nimdeɛ,
na ɔsɛe ɔtorofoɔ nsɛm.
13Ɔkwadwofoɔ ka sɛ, “Gyata bi wɔ mfikyire hɔ!”
anaasɛ, “Wɔbɛkum me wɔ mmɔntene so.”
14Ɔbaa waresɛefoɔ anomu yɛ amena donkudonku;
deɛ ɔhyɛ Awurade abufuo ase no bɛtɔ mu.
15Agyimisɛm kyekyere abɔfra akoma ho,
nanso ntenesoɔ abaa bɛpamo akɔ akyiri.
16Obi bɛsisi ohiani de apɛ ahonya
anaa ɔbɛkyɛ ɔdefoɔ adeɛ, ne nyinaa de no kɔ ohia mu.
Anyansasɛm
17Yɛ aso na tie anyansasɛm yi;
fa wʼakoma di me nkyerɛkyerɛ akyi,
18ɛfiri sɛ ɛyɛ sɛ wokora saa nsɛm yi wɔ wʼakoma mu,
na ne nyinaa ada wʼano.
19Sɛdeɛ wode wo ho bɛto Awurade so,
merekyerɛkyerɛ wo ɛnnɛ, aane wo.
20Mentwerɛɛ mmɛ aduasa mmaa wo,
deɛ ɛyɛ afotusɛm ne nimdeɛ,
21a ɛkyerɛkyerɛ wo nokorɛ ne deɛ akyinnyeɛ nni ho,
sɛdeɛ wobɛnya mmuaeɛ pa ama deɛ ɔsomaa woɔ no anaa?
22Mmɔ ahiafoɔ korɔno, sɛ wɔyɛ ahiafoɔ enti,
na nnsisi wɔn a wɔnni bie wɔ asɛnniiɛ,
23ɛfiri sɛ Awurade bɛdi wɔn asɛm ama wɔn
na wafom afa wɔn a wɔfom ahiafoɔ fa.
24Mfa obi a ne bo ha no adamfo,
na mmfa wo ho mmɔ deɛ ne bo nkyɛre fu,
25anyɛ saa a, wobɛsua nʼakwan
na woakɔtɔ afidie mu.
26Ɛnyɛ deɛ ɔde ne nsa hyɛ krataa ase di agyinamu,
anaasɛ deɛ ɔdi akagyinamu;
27na sɛ wonni deɛ wɔde tua a
wɔbɛhwan wo mpa mpo afiri wʼase.
28Ntutu tete aboɔ a wɔde ato hyeɛ;
deɛ wo nananom de sisii hɔ no.
29Wohunu odwumayɛfoɔ a ne nsa akokwa nʼadwuma ho anaa?
Ahemfo anim na ɔbɛsom,
na ɔrensom wɔ mpapahwekwaa anim.
