Nyankopɔn mmuaeɛ
1 Mɛgyina m’ahwɛeɛ,
na mede me ho bɛsi aban so,
na masra mahwɛ asɛm ko a ɔbɛka akyerɛ me
ne deɛ mede bɛbua no wɔ me nkurobɔ no ho.
2 Na AWURADE buaa me sɛ:
Twerɛ adehunu no,
na kyerɛkyerɛ mu gu aboɔpono so,
na wɔatumi akan no wɔ ahoɔherɛ so.
3 Na adehunu no da so kyerɛ berɛ a wɔahyɛ,
na ɛrepɛ kwan aba mu, na ɛyɛ nokorɛ nso.
Sɛ ɛtwentwɛn ase mpo a, twɛn no ara,
na ba deɛ, ɛbɛba, ɛrenka akyi.
4 Hwɛ, ɔbɔnefoɔ kra huhuru,
ɛntene wɔ ne mu,
na ɔteneneeni deɛ, ɔnam ne nokorɛdie so na ɔbɛtena ase.
Nkonimdifoɔ no nnue!
5 Na bio nso, Kaldeafoɔ te sɛ nsabofoɔ.
Na wɔyɛ nnipa ahokyerɛfoɔ a wɔn bo nnwo da;
wɔatrɛ wɔn kra akɔnnɔ mu sɛ Asamando,
na wɔte sɛ owuo a ɔmmeeɛ,
wɔfa amanaman nnommum ba wɔn nkyɛn
na wɔfom aman nyinaa fa.
6 Ɛberɛ bi reba a wɔn nnomumfoɔ bɛsere na wɔadi wɔn ho fɛw sɛ:
Ɔnnue, deɛ ɔnam asisie kwan so fa adeɛ a ɛnyɛ ne dea no.
W’apoobɔ yi bɛkɔ so ara akɔsi da bɛn?
7 Ɛnyɛ mpofirim na wɔn a wɔde wo ka bɛsɔreɛ atia wo,
na wɔbɛnyane na wɔabɛhwanyan woɔ,
na woadane wɔn asadeɛ?
8 Ɛsiane sɛ woafom amanaman pii afa nti,
na woaka nnipa mogya agu, ne nhyɛsoɔ a wode ahyɛ asase,
nkuro ne emufoɔ nyinaa soɔ
nti aman mu nkaeɛ nyinaa bɛfom wo nso afa.
9 Ɔnnue, deɛ ɔnya mfasoɔ bɔne ma ne fie,
sɛ ɔde ne pirebuo bɛsi sorɔnsorɔmmea
na wayi ne ho afiri mmusuo nsam no.
10 Woatu agyina anya aniwuo ama wo fie,
sɛ woatwitwa aman pii aguo,
na woayɛ wo kra bɔne.
11 Ɔboɔ firi ɔfasuo mu bɛteam,
na mpuna afiri nnua mu agye so.
12 Ɔnnue, deɛ ɔkyekyere kuro mogya mu,
na ɔto aban abusudeɛ mu.
13 Hwɛ, ɛmfiri asafo AWURADE nkyɛn
sɛ aman yɛ adwuma brɛ ma ogya,
na nkurɔfoɔ brɛ ma ade hunu?
14 Na afei deɛ, AWURADE animuonyam ho nimdeɛ
bɛhyɛ asase so ma
sɛdeɛ nsuo kata ɛpo soɔ.
15 Due, wo a woma wo yɔnko nsa nom
wɔ adwenbɔne kwan soɔ,
na woma no borɔ na woahwɛ n’adagya mu.
16 Ahohora amee wo asene animuonyam;
wo nso nom, na wo momonoto nna adi;
AWURADE nifa mu kuruwa
bɛdane aba wo so,
na ɛfeɛ ne ahohora bɛgu w’animuonyam so.
17 Na wo Babel, asɛmmɔne a wɔde dii Lebanon
ne mmoa sɛeɛ a ɛbɔɔ wɔn binim no,
nnipa mogya a woaka aguo, ne nhyɛsoɔ a wode ahyɛ asase,
kuro ne emufoɔ nyinaa so no nyinaa bɛbua w’atifi.
18 Sɛ odwumfoɔ sene ohoni a,
ɛho mfasoɔ ne deɛn?
Ɛyɛ guo honi, kyerɛkyerɛni torofoɔ;
ɛfiri sɛ odwumfoɔ yɛ ahoni mum a,
ɔde ne ho to ɔno ara n’adwinnie a ɔdie no so.
19 Due, wo a woka kyerɛ dua sɛ: Nyane!
Na woka kyerɛ ɔboɔ mum sɛ: Sɔre!
Ɛno na ɛbɛkyerɛ adeɛ anaa?
Hwɛ, wɔde sika ne dwetɛ adura ho,
na ahome biara nni mu.
20 Na AWURADE deɛ, ɔwɔ n’asɔrefie kronkron mu;
na momma asase nyinaa nyɛ komm wɔ n’anim.