Wɔde Akior hyɛ Israelfoɔ nsa
1 Ɛberɛ a basabasayɛ a nnipa a wɔwɔ agyinatufoɔ no ho brɛɛ aseɛ no, Holoferne a ɔyɛ Asiriafoɔ asraafoɔ sahene no ka kyerɛɛ Akior wɔ asraafoɔ ahɔhoɔ no anim sɛ:
2 Wo yɛ hwan, Akior ne mo Efraim akofo-apaafoɔ, sɛ wohyɛ nkɔm wɔ yɛn mu sɛdeɛ woayɛ ɛnnɛ yi, na woka kyerɛ yɛn sɛ mma yɛne Israelfoɔ nnkɔko, ɛsiane sɛ wɔn Nyankopɔn bɛbɔ wɔn ho ban? Hwan na ɔyɛ nyame ka Nebukadnessar ho? Ɔbɛsoma n’asraafoɔ ama wɔakɔsɛe wɔn afiri asase so. Wɔn Nyankopɔn no rennye wɔn;
3 na yɛn ɔhene nkoa deɛ, yɛbɛsɛe wɔn sɛdeɛ wɔn asraafoɔ no yɛ onipa baako. Wɔrentumi nnyina yɛn apɔnkɔsotefoɔ no ahoɔden anim.
4 Yɛbɛbunkam afa wɔn so; na wɔn mmepɔ bɛnom wɔn mogya aboboro, na wɔn afunu ahyɛ wɔn mfuom ma. Wɔn anammɔn mpo, obiara renhu bio wɔ yɛn ba a yɛbɛba wɔn so no anim. Sei na Ɔhene Nebukadnessar a ɔyɛ asase nyinaa so wura no seɛ. Na wakasa yi, ne nsɛm no mu biara renyɛ kwa.
5 Na mmom wo Akior, wo Amonni ɔsraani paani, w’amumuyɛ berɛ tiawa yi na wode aka saa nsɛm yi; ɛfiri nnɛ rekorɔ worenhunu m’anim bio de kɔsi sɛ mɛtɔ were wɔ saa nkurɔfoɔ yi a wɔfiri Misraim baeɛ no so.
6 Na mesane ba a, m’asraafoɔ nkrantɛ ne me nkoa pea na wɔde bɛwowɔ wo afa ha ne ha, na woatɔ fam wɔ wɔn apirafoɔ no mu.
7 Afei me nkoa de mobɛsane akɔ nkokoɔ aman no so, na wɔde mo adua nkuro a ɛdeda mmepɔ ntam akwan no mu baako nkyɛn.
8 Worenwu ara de bɛkɔ akɔsi sɛ wone wɔn nyinaa bɛwu.
9 Sɛ ɛyɛ ampa ara sɛ wowɔ anidasoɔ wɔ w’akoma mu sɛ wɔrenkyere wɔn a, mma wo werɛ nho! Makasa, na me nsɛm no mu biara nni hɔ a ɛremma mu.
10 Ɛnna Holoferne hyɛɛ ne nkoa a wɔsom no wɔ ntomadan mu no sɛ wɔnkyere Akior na wɔmfa no nkɔ Betulia na wɔmfa no nkɔma Israelfoɔ no.
11 Ɛno nti nkoa no faa no de no firii nsraban no mu kɔɔ petee mu hɔ, na wɔfirii petee mu hɔ foro kɔɔ kokoɔ kuro no so, na wɔkɔduruu nsuwa a ɛwɔ Betulia aseɛ hɔ.
12 Na mmarima a wɔwɔ kuro no mu hunuu wɔn no, wɔmiaeɛ na wɔtuu mmirika firii kuro no mu kɔgyinaa kokoɔ no atifi, na ntɔmmoɔtofoɔ no nyinaa kɔɔ so ara totoo aboɔ sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ na wɔntumi mforo mma.
13 Saa nti wɔpɛɛ kokoɔ n’ase hɔ baabi huntae, na wɔkyekyeree Akior gyaa no too kokoɔ no ase hɔ, na wɔsane kɔɔ wɔn wura nkyɛn.
14 Israelfoɔ sane firi wɔn kuro mu bae na wɔhunuu no; na wɔsanee no de no baa Betulia, na wɔde no bɛgyinaa wɔn ankasa wɔn kurom asɛnnifoɔ anim.
15 Saa berɛ no na wɔn ne Ussia ba Mika a wɔfiri Simeon abusua mu, Gotoniel ba Kabris ne Melkiel ba Karmis.
16 Wɔfrɛɛ kuro no mu mpanimfoɔ nyinaa bɛhyiae, na wɔn mmeranteɛ ne wɔn mmabaawa tuu mmirika kɔɔ badwa no ase. Wɔde Akior gyinaa nnipa no nyinaa anim, na Ussia bisaa no nsɛm faa nnoɔma a asisie no ho.
17 Ɔbuae na ɔka kyerɛɛ wɔn deɛ asie wɔ Holoferne badwa mu hɔ, ne nsɛm a waka nyinaa wɔ Asiriafoɔ mpanimfoɔ no anim, ne deɛ Holoferne aka ahoahoa ne ho sɛ ɔbɛyɛ atia Israel fie no nyinaa.
18 Ɛnna afei nnipa no nyinaa hwee fam na wɔsɔree Onyankopɔn, na wɔteaam sɛ:
19 O Awurade, ɔsoro Nyankopɔn, hwɛ wɔn ahantan, na hu yɛn nkurɔfoɔ mmɔbɔ wɔ wɔn ahohorabɔ mu, na ɛnnɛ da yi hwɛ wo nkurɔfoɔ a wɔate wɔn ho.
20 Ɛnna wɔsane hyɛɛ Akior bɔ bio, na wɔkamfoo no pii.
21 Ussia faa no de no kɔɔ n’ankasa ne fie, na ɔtoo mpanimfoɔ no pono; na anadwo no nyinaa wɔsu frɛɛ Israel Nyankopɔn hwehwɛɛ mmoa.