Kwadwom
א [Aleph]
2 O hwɛ sɛnea Yehowa de n’abufuw akata Sion so sɛ omununkum!
Watow Israel ahoɔfɛ afi soro ahwe fam.+
Wankae ne nan ntiaso+ no n’abufuw da no.
ב [Beth]
2 Yehowa amene Yakob tenabea nyinaa; wanhu mmɔbɔ.
Wadwiriw Yuda babea nkurow a ɛyɛ den no agu fam+ wɔ n’abufuw mu.
Watow n’ahenni+ ne ne mpanyimfo+ agu fam de agu wɔn anim ase.*
ג [Gimel]
3 Watwa Israel ahoɔden nyinaa* agu wɔ n’abufuw mu.
Bere a atamfo baa yɛn so no, wammoa yɛn,*+
Na ɔdɛwee wɔ Yakob mu te sɛ ogya a ɛhyew biribiara a atwa ho ahyia.+
ד [Daleth]
4 Wakuntun n’agyan mu* sɛ ɔtamfo; wayɛ ne nsa nifa krado sɛ ɔsɛefo;+
Okunkum nea ɛyɛ aniwa fɛ nyinaa.+
Na wahwie n’abufuw te sɛ ogya+ agu Sion ntamadan mu.+
ה [He]
Wamemene n’aban atenten nyinaa;
Wasɛe ne nkurow a ɛyɛ den no nyinaa.
Wama awerɛhow ne benabɔ adɔɔso wɔ Yuda babea mu.
ו [Waw]
6 Wabubu n’apata te sɛ ɔsese+ a esi mfikyifuw mu.
Yehowa ama wɔn werɛ afi afahyɛ ne homeda wɔ Sion,
Na n’abufuw kɛse mu, wamfa ɔhene ne ɔsɔfo anyɛ hwee.+
ז [Zayin]
Ɔde n’abannennen no fasu ama atamfo.+
Wɔama wɔn nne so wɔ Yehowa fi+ sɛ afahyɛ da.
ח [Heth]
8 Yehowa abɔ ne tirim sɛ ɔbɛsɛe Sion babea fasu.+
Watwe susuhama mu.+
Onyii ne nsa mfii ɔsɛe ho.*
Wama n’akoban* ne ɔfasu redi awerɛhow.
Ne nyinaa agyigya.
ט [Teth]
9 N’apon amemem kɔ asaase mu.+
Wasɛe nea ɔde abrambram n’apon akyi no abubu mu.
Ne hene ne ne mpanyimfo wɔ amanaman no mu.+
Mmara* biara nni hɔ; n’adiyifo mpo nnya anisoadehu biara mfi Yehowa hɔ.+
י [Yod]
10 Sion babea mpanyimfo tete fam ayɛ komm.+
Wɔtow mfuturu gu wɔn tirim, na wofurafura awerɛhow ntama.*+
Yerusalem mmaabun asisi wɔn ti ase.
כ [Kaph]
11 Matew nisu ama m’ani ayɛ kɔɔ.+
Me nsono mu retwa me.
Me man babea ahwease nti, wɔahwie me mmerɛbo agu fam,*+
Mmofra ne nkokoaa a wɔayɛ kagyaa wɔ kurow no mmɔnten so nti.+
ל [Lamed]
12 Bere a wɔayɛ kagyaa te sɛ obi a wɔapira no ama ɔda kurow no mmɔnten so,
Na wɔda wɔn maamenom nsa so a wɔn nkwa* refi wɔn mu no,
Wobisa wɔn maamenom sɛ: “Ɛhe na aduan ne bobesa wɔ?”+
מ [Mem]
O Sion babea, ɔbaabun, dɛn na memfa wo ntoto ho nyɛ awerɛkyekye mma wo?
Efisɛ w’ahwease so sɛ ɛpo.+ Hena na obetumi asa wo yare?+
נ [Nun]
14 Anisoadehu a w’adiyifo nya maa wo no, ɛyɛ atoro ne nnaadaa,+
Wɔamma woanhu wo mfomso, anka wɔankyere wo ankɔ.+
Mmom anisoadehu a wɔka kyerɛɛ wo no nyinaa yɛ atoro ne nnaadaa.+
ס [Samekh]
15 Wɔn a wotwam wɔ ɔkwan so nyinaa bɔ wɔn nsam gu wo so.+
Wɔtɛɛ wɔn anom*+ wosow wɔn ti gu Yerusalem babea no so, na wɔka sɛ:
“Kurow a na wɔfrɛ no ‘Ahoɔfɛ a ewie pɛyɛ, asaase nyinaa anigye’ no, ɛno ni?”+
פ [Pe]
Wɔtɛɛ wɔn anom,* na wɔka wɔn se si so denneennen. Na wɔka sɛ: “Yɛamene no.+
Ɛda yi na na yɛrehwɛ kwan!+ Aba, na yɛahu!”+
ע [Ayin]
Wadwiriw agu, na wanhu mmɔbɔ.+
Wama ɔtamfo adi wo ho ahurusi; wama w’atamfo ahoɔden* ayɛ kɛse.
צ [Tsade]
18 O Sion babea fasu, ɔman no de wɔn koma nyinaa su frɛ Yehowa.
Ma nisu ntene awia ne anadwo te sɛ asubɔnten.
Nnye w’ahome. Mma w’ani* nnhome.
ק [Qoph]
19 Sɔre! Su anadwo, bere a awɛmfo dɔn afi ase.
Hwie wo koma gu Yehowa anim sɛ nsu.
Ma wo nsa so kyerɛ no, na ama wo mma anya nkwa,*
Wɔn a ɔkɔm nti wɔayɛ kagyaa wɔ mmɔnten ntwea* so baabiara no.+
ר [Resh]
20 O Yehowa, hwɛ; hwɛ nea wo ne no adi no yayaayaw saa no.
Ɛsɛ sɛ mmea kɔ so we wɔn mma,* wɔn mma a wɔte apɔw+ a wɔawo wɔn no anaa?
Anaa ɛsɛ sɛ wokum asɔfo ne adiyifo wɔ Yehowa kronkronbea hɔ?+
ש [Shin]
21 Mmarimaa ne nkwakoraa awuwu gugu fam wɔ mmɔnten so.+
Me mmaabun* ne me mmerante awuwu sekan ano.+
Wukunkum wɔn w’abufuw da no; wukunkum wɔn na woanhu wɔn mmɔbɔ.+
ת [Taw]