Yuda mmɔborɔ asetena ne n’animtiabuo
1 Ao, sɛ sika abiri tumm,
hyerɛmmoɔ pa no asakyera nie!
Wɔatoto kronkronbea aboɔ no
agu mmorɔno nyinaa so.
2 Sion mma a wɔn boɔ yɛ den
a wɔde sika amapa kari wɔn no,
ɛsii sɛn na wɔbuu wɔn sɛ dɔteɛ nkukuo,
ɔnwomfoɔ nsa ano adwuma yi?
3 Ɛserɛ so kraman mpo twetwe wɔn nufo
ma wɔn mma nnum;
me man babaa adane otirimuɔdenfoɔ
te sɛ ɛserɛ so nsohori.
4 Sukɔm ma akɔkoaa
tɛkyerɛma fam ne dodo mu,
mmotafowa srɛ aduane,
obi nni hɔ a ɔbu bi ma wɔn.
5 Wɔn a wɔdii adɔkɔdɔkɔdeɛ no
ayɛ pasaa mmorɔno so;
wɔn a wɔyɛne wɔn ɔtankɔkɔɔ soɔ no
yɛ sumina atuu.
6 Na me man babaa amumuyɛ so akatua
sene Sodom bɔne no deɛ,
ɛno nti na wɔbutuu no amonom,
a ɛnyɛ nsa na ɛsɛe no.
7 Ne mmapɔmma ho te sene sukyerɛmma,
wɔhoa nso sene nufosuo;
wɔn honam bere sene ntwoma,
wɔn nipadua te sɛ hoaboɔ.
8 Afei deɛ wɔn anim biri sene gyabidie,
wɔhu wɔn mmorɔno so a, wɔnhu wɔn:
Wɔn wedeɛ afemfam wɔn nnompe ho,
akyen wirekyee, ayɛ sɛ dua.
9 Wɔn a wɔtotɔ afena ano deɛ yɛ
sene wɔn a wɔtotɔ ɛkɔm ano
a afuo mu nnɔbaeɛ a abɔ wɔn nti
wɔkusa hyeɛ no.
10 Mmaa a wɔn yam hyehye wɔn
de wɔn nsa noaa wɔn ara wɔn yafumma;
wɔde wɔn yɛɛ aduane,
me man babaa sɛeɛ no mu.
11 AWURADE ayi n’abufuhyeɛ no adi awie,
wahwie n’abufuo a ano yɛ den no agu;
wasɔ Sion mu gya
ama no ahye ne nnyinasoɔ.
12 Asase so ahemfo
ne wiasefoɔ nyinaa annye anni,
sɛ ɔhohiahiafoɔ ne ɔtamfoɔ
bɛba abɛhyɛne Yerusalem apono mu.
13 N’adiyifoɔ bɔne, ne
n’asɔfoɔ amumuyɛ nti na ɛbaa saa;
ma wɔhwiee
teneneefoɔ mogya wɔn mfimfini.
14 Wɔkeka sɛ anifirafoɔ wɔ mmorɔno so,
wɔde mogya agugu wɔn ho fi
a enti wɔntumi nka wɔn ntadeɛ.
15 Wɔteaa mu kyerɛɛ wɔn sɛ: Momfiri ha! Mo a mo ho akum!
Mommane, mommane, mommfa mo nsa nnka!
Wɔdwane kɔkyinkyiniiɛ no,
wɔkaa no amanaman mu sɛ:
Wɔrenkɔ so ntena ha bio.
16 AWURADE ankasa na apansam wɔn,
ɔrenkɔ so nhwɛ wɔn;
wɔnhwɛ asɔfoɔ anim,
mpanin anim amma nyam.
17 Yɛn ani da so rehwɛ
yɛn mmoa a ɛremma no kwan,
yɛn ahwɛeɛ hɔ no, yɛhwɛɛ ɔman
a wɔntumi nnye yɛn nkwa no kwan ara.
18 Wɔtoaa yɛn anammɔn,
na yɛantumi annante yɛn mmɔntene so.
Yɛn awieeɛ abɛn, yɛn nna ahi,
aane, yɛn awieeɛ adu.
19 Yɛn atifoɔ ho yɛ hare
sene ɔsoro akɔdeɛ;
wɔti yɛn yerɛdɛyerɛdɛ mmepɔ so,
wɔtetɛ yɛn ɛserɛ so.
20 Yɛn hwene mu ahome,
deɛ AWURADE asra no no,
wɔakyere no wɔn amena mu,
ɔno a yɛkaa sɛ:
Ne nwunu ase na yɛbɛnya nkwa,
amanaman mu no.
21 Ma wo ho nsane wo na w’ani nnye,
Edom babaa a wote Us asase soɔ no;
wo nso wo so na amanehunu no rebɛtwam aba,
wobɛboro na w’adagya ada adi.
22 O Sion babaa, w’amumuyɛ so akatua asa!
Ɔremma wo nkɔ so ntena otukorɔ mu;
nanso, Edom babaa, ɔbɛba abɛtua w’amumuyɛ so ka,
ɔbɛyi wo bɔne so.