Onyankopɔn dwene Israel ho
1 Na AWURADE asɛm baa me nkyɛn sɛ:
2 Kɔ na kɔpae gu Yerusalem aso mu sɛ: Sɛ AWURADE seɛ nie:
Mekae wo mmabaaberɛ mu adɔeɛ,
w’ayeforɔ berɛ mu dɔ no,
m’akyiri a wodiiɛ wɔ ɛserɛ soɔ,
asase a wɔnnua so adeɛ no so.
3 Israel yɛɛ kronkron maa AWURADE,
ɛyɛ ne nnɔbaeɛ mu aduanekan;
wɔn a wɔdiiɛ nyinaa dii fɔ;
mmusuo baa wɔn so,
AWURADE asɛm nie.
Israelfoɔ Agyanom bɔne
4 Montie AWURADE asɛm, O Yakob fiefoɔ ne Israel fie mmusua nyinaa.
5 Sɛ AWURADE seɛ nie:
Bɔne bɛn na mo agyanom hunuu no me ho
a enti wɔfirii me ho kɔɔ akyirikyiri
na wɔkɔdii ahuhudeɛ akyi na wɔadanedane hunu yi?
6 Na wɔanka sɛ: AWURADE a
ɔyii yɛn firii Misraim asase soɔ,
na ɔmaa yɛfaa serɛ soɔ,
nkyɛkyerɛ ne amena asase soɔ,
pɛsɛɛyɛ ne esum kabii asase soɔ,
asase a obi mfa soɔ
na onipa bi nte soɔ no wɔ hen?
7 Na mede mo mebaa turo asase so,
sɛ monni ɛso aba ne ɛso nnepa.
Nanso mobaeɛ no, mobɛguu m’asase ho fi,
na mode m’agyapadeɛ yɛɛ akyiwadeɛ.
8 Asɔfoɔ no ammisa sɛ: Ɛhe na AWURADE wɔ?
Na mmarakyerɛfoɔ no nnim me,
na ahwɛfoɔ no afom me,
na adiyifoɔ no nam Baal so hyɛɛ nkɔm,
na wɔdii nnoɔma a ɛho nni mfasoɔ akyi.
9 Enti me ne mo da so ham,
AWURADE asɛm nie,
na me ne mo mma mma bɛham.
10 Na montwam nkɔ Kiprofoɔ nsupɔ so nkɔhwɛ,
na monsoma nkɔ Kedar nkɔpeepee mu yie,
na monhwɛ sɛ adeɛ a ɛte sei aba hɔ pɛn anaa?
11 Ɔman bi asakyera n’anyame,
anyame a wɔnyɛ anyame?
Nanso me man de n’animuonyam asesa
deɛ ɛho nni mfasoɔ.
12 Momma yei nyɛ mo nwanwa, ɔsoro,
ahodwirie ne nketenkete nkuta mo,
AWURADE asɛm nie.
13 Na bɔne mmienu na me man ayɛ:
Wɔagya me a meyɛ
nkwa asutire no,
sɛ wɔrekɔbɔre mmura
a apaepae
a ɛntumi nkura nsuo.
14 Israel yɛ akoa? Ɔyɛ efienipa?
Adɛn nti na wadane fomfa adeɛ yi?
15 Gyataburuwa bobom
na wɔpɔ so wɔ ne so;
na wɔayɛ n’asase amamfo,
wɔahyehye ne nkuro, na obi nte mu.
16 Memfis ne Tapanes mma nso
asɛe w’ahenkyɛ.
17 Ɛnyɛ wo ara na wode yei baa wo soɔ,
sɛ wogyaa AWURADE wo Nyankopɔn,
berɛ a ɔde wo nam ɔkwan no soɔ no?
18 Na afei ɛdeɛn na wobɛnya no Misraim korɔ mu,
a enti worekɔ akɔnom Nil mu nsuo yi?
Anaasɛ ɛdeɛn na wobɛnya no Asiria korɔ mu
a enti worekɔ akɔnom Eufrate mu nsuo yi?
19 Wo bɔne bɛtwe w’aso,
na wo nsaneakyire atwi w’anim,
na hunu na hwɛ sɛ
gya a wogyaa AWURADE wo Nyankopɔn,
ne me ho hu a wonnie no so aba ne awerɛhoɔ.
AWURADE, asafo AWURADE asɛm nie.
Israel mpɛ sɛ wɔsom Awurade
20 Na mefiri teteete na mebubuu wo kɔnnua
tetee wo nkyehoma mu,
na wokaa sɛ: Merensom!
Ɛfiri sɛ nkokoɔ a ɛkorɔn nyinaa so
ne nnua frɔmfrɔm nyinaa ase
na woda bɔ adwaman.
21 Na me deɛ, metɛɛ wo sɛ bobe pa,
wofiri deɛ ɛyɛ nko ara mu.
Na ɛyɛɛ dɛn na woadane
me amannɔne bobe nhoma yi?
22 Na mpo sɛ wode dɔw dware,
na wofa samina ma no dɔɔso a,
w’amumuyɛ yɛ m’anim nkekaeɛ ara,
AWURADE NYANKOPƆN asɛm nie.
23 Ɛyɛ dɛn na woka sɛ: Me ho nguu fi,
Baalim akyiri nso mennii?
Hwɛ wo kwan bonhwa no mu,
hunu deɛ woayɛ.
Yomabereɛ a wagyigya, a ɔkontonkonton ne kwan,
24 wura mu afunumu a ɛserɛ so akokwa no
a ne kra akɔnnɔ mu ɔsɔ mframa no,
hwan na ɔbɛsianka no?
Wɔn a wɔhwehwɛ no nyinaa remmrɛ,
ne bosome mu na wɔbɛhu no.
25 Kata wo nan ho, na anna hɔ
ne wo mene nso, na sukɔm anne wo.
Na wo deɛ, wokaa sɛ: Ɔkwa! Dabi!
Na madɔ ananafoɔ,
na wɔn akyiri na mɛdie.
26 Sɛdeɛ wɔkyere owifoɔ a n’ani wuo no,
saa na Israel fie ani bɛwuo,
wɔn, wɔn ahemfo, wɔn asafohene ne
wɔn asɔfoɔ ne wɔn adiyifoɔ
27 a wɔka kyerɛ dua sɛ: M’agya ne wo,
ne ɔboɔ nso sɛ: Wo na wowoo me, no;
ɛfiri sɛ wɔadanedane wɔn akyiri akyerɛ me,
na ɛnyɛ wɔn anim;
na wɔn amanehunu berɛ mu deɛ, wɔka sɛ:
Sɔre na gye yɛn.
28 Na ɛhe na w’anyame
a woyɛ faeɛ no wɔ?
Ma wɔnsɔre, sɛ wɔbɛtumi agye wo,
w’amanehunu berɛ mu anaa?
Na sɛdeɛ wo nkuro dodoɔ teɛ no,
saa ara na w’anyame dodoɔ teɛ, O Yuda!
29 Ɛdeɛn nti na monwiinwii tia me?
Mo nyinaa moayɛ me dɔm,
AWURADE asɛm nie.
30 Kwa ara kwa na mepiraa mo mma;
wɔannye atenetene.
Mo afena akunkum mo adiyifoɔ
sɛ gyata a ɔsɛe adeɛ.
31 Mo, nnɛɛmma, montie AWURADE asɛm.
Madane ɛserɛ so ama Israel,
anaasɛ asase a aduru sum kabii?
Ɛdeɛn nti na me man ka sɛ: Yɛafa yɛn ho adi,
yɛremma wo nkyɛn bio?
32 Ababaa werɛ bɛfiri n’ahyehyɛdeɛ,
anaa ayeforɔ werɛ bɛfiri n’atadeɛ?
Nanso me man deɛ, wɔn werɛ afiri me
nna a wɔntumi nkan.
33 Hwɛ sɛdeɛ wosiesie wo kwan
de pɛ adɔfoɔ!
Ɛno nti nso mmaa bɔne mpo
woakyerɛ wɔn w’akwan.
34 Nso w’atadeɛ mmuano mu na wɔhunu
ahiafoɔ a wɔdi bem no mogya.
Ɛwom sɛ woanhunu sɛ wɔrebubu adan kɔ mu,
nanso yeinom nyinaa akyiri no
35 woka sɛ: Medi bem.
Ampa ara, n’abufuo adane afiri me so.
Hwɛ, me ne wo bɛdi,
sɛ woka sɛ: Menyɛɛ bɔne, no nti.
36 Hwɛ sɛdeɛ wonenam kwa
danedane wo kwan!
Misraim ho nso w’ani bɛwu,
sɛdeɛ w’ani wuu Asiria ho no.
37 Ɛhɔ nso na wobɛfiri aba
a wode wo nsa agu wo tire,
ɛfiri sɛ AWURADE apa wɔn a wode wo ho to wɔn soɔ no,
na worenni yie wɔn nkyɛn.