Nnipa pa nnɔɔso
1 Mennue, na mayɛ
sɛ nnuabateɛ,
sɛ bobe aba mpɛpɛdie,
bobe esia a mɛdie,
borɔdɔmakan a me kɔn dɔ no bi nni hɔ.
2 Nnipa pa ayera afiri asase so;
teefoɔ nni nnipa mu,
wɔn nyinaa tetɛ mogya,
wɔsunsum wɔn nuanom fidie.
3 Wɔn nsa gu bɔne so sɛ ɛnyɛ yie;
ɔsafohene bisa biribi, na ɔtemmufoɔ pɛ kɛtɛasehyɛ,
na onipa kɛseɛ ka ne kra bɔnepɛ ho asɛm,
sɛdeɛ wɔbom nwono amumuyɛ ne no.
4 Wɔn mu nipa pa te sɛ hwerɛmo,
wɔn mu teefoɔ sene nkasɛɛ ban.
W’awɛmfoɔ da no, w’asotwe no reba,
ɛno na wɔn sakasakayɛ bɛduro.
5 Monnnye adamfoɔ nnni,
mommfa mo ho nnto ɔyɔnkoɔ so;
ɔbaa a ɔda wo koko mu no,
ne ho na wɛn w’ano.
6 Na ɔbabanin bu n’agya ɔsesani,
ɔbabaa sɔre tia ne na,
aseɛ sɔre tia n’ase,
onipa fiefoɔ yɛ n’atamfo.
Anidasoɔ ne adesrɛ
7 Na me deɛ, AWURADE na mehwɛ no kwan,
mɛtwɛn me nkwagyeɛ Nyankopɔn no.
Me Nyankopɔn bɛtie me.
8 Me tamfo, mma w’ani nnnye me ho;
na mahwe ase a, mɛsɔre;
na mete sum mu a,
AWURADE ne me hann.
9 Mɛsoa AWURADE abufuhyeɛ no,
ɛfiri sɛ mayɛ no bɔne,
de akɔsi sɛ ɔbɛham me ham ama me,
na wabu atɛn ama me;
ɔbɛyi me afiri aba hann mu;
mɛhwɛ ne tenenee no.
10 Na me tamfo bɛhunu,
na aniwuo abɛkata ne so, ɔno a ɔka kyerɛɛ me sɛ:
Ɛhe na wo Nyankopɔn no wɔ?
Mede m’ani bɛhwɛ no,
afei wɔbɛtiatia ne so
sɛ mmorɔno so dɔteɛ.
11 Ɛda a wɔbɛto wo fasuo no reba;
ɛda no so na w’ahyeɛ bɛkɔ akyirikyirie.
12 Ɛda no na wɔbɛfiri
Asiria ne Misraim nkuro mu aba wo nkyɛn,
na wɔbɛfiri Misraim akɔsi asuo no ano,
afiri po akɔsi po, afiri bepɔ no akɔsi bepɔ aba.
13 Na asase no bɛdane amamfo,
ɛsofoɔ no nti,
wɔn nneyɛɛ so aba no nti.
14 Fa wo poma yɛne wo man,
w’agyapadeɛ nnwan
a wɔn nko ara te kwaeɛm,
Karmel atifi no.
Ma wɔnnidi Basan ne Gilead
sɛ tete nna no mu.
15 Mɛma wɔahunu anwanwadeɛ
sɛ nna a wɔfirii Misraim asase so baeɛ no.
16 Amanaman bɛhunu, na wɔn ani awuwu wɔn mmaninneɛ nyinaa ho;
wɔde wɔn nsa bɛtuatua wɔn ano,
na wɔn aso nso bɛsisi.
17 Wɔbɛtafere mfuturo sɛ ɔwɔ,
sɛ mmoa a wɔtwe wɔn ho fam,
wɔde ahopopoɔ bɛfiri wɔn huntabea aba;
wɔde suro bɛbɛn AWURADE yɛn Nyankopɔn,
na wɔasuro w’anim.
Nyankopɔn adom mu ahotosoɔ
18 Hwan na ɔte sɛ wo; Onyankopɔn a wode amumuyɛ kyɛ
na wosiane mmarato ho
ma w’agyapadeɛ nkaeɛ no?
Worensɔ w’abufuo mu daa,
na adɔeɛ mmom na wopɛ;
19 yɛn ho na wobɛsane ama ne yam ahyehye wo,
wobɛpepa yɛn amumuyɛ.
Na wobɛto wɔn bɔne nyinaa
agu ɛpo bunu mu.
20 Fa nokorɛ kyerɛ Yakob,
yi adɔeɛ kyerɛ Abraham,
sɛdeɛ wokaa yɛn agyanom ntam
firi tete nteredee nna mu no.