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5 “Afei wode ade retwitwa wo ho,

O ɔbabea a atamfo atow ahyɛ no so;

Wɔatwa yɛn ho ahyia.+

 2 Na wo, Betlehem Efrata,+

Wo a wusua koraa sɛ wɔbɛkan wo aka Yuda mpempem* ho,

Wo mu na obi befi abɛyɛ Israel hene ama me.+

Ɔno na n’ase fi teteete, tete mmere no.

 3 Enti obeyi wɔn ama

Akosi sɛ ɔbea a awo aka no no bɛwo.

 4 Ɔbɛsɔre agyina na ɔde Yehowa ahoɔden ayɛn wɔn+

Wɔ Yehowa, ne Nyankopɔn din kɛse no mu.

Na wɔbɛtena hɔ dwoodwoo,+

Na afei n’ahenni* bedu asaase ano.+

Na sɛ Asiria tow hyɛ yɛn asaase so na otiatia yɛn abannennen so a,+

Yɛbɛpaw nguanhwɛfo baason, nnipa mu abirɛmpɔn* baawɔtwe, na wɔne no adi asi.

 6 Wɔde sekan bɛyɛn Asiria asaase+

Ne Nimrod asaase+ wɔ n’apon ano.

Na sɛ Asiria tow hyɛ yɛn asaase so, na ne nan tia yɛn hye so a,

Obegye yɛn afi ne nsam.+

 7 Yakob nkaefo no bɛtena aman bebree mu

Te sɛ obosu a efi Yehowa nkyɛn,

Te sɛ osu a egugu afifide so

A ɛmfa n’ani nto onipa so

Na ɛntwɛn nnipa mma.

 8 Yakob nkaefo no bɛtena aman bebree mu,

Wɔ amanaman bebree mfinimfini,

Te sɛ gyata a ɔwɔ kwae mu mmoa mu,

Te sɛ gyata* a ne ho yɛ den a ɔwɔ nguankuw mu.

Ɔfa wɔn mu, na ɔtow hyɛ wɔn so tetew wɔn mu;

 9 Wobɛma wo nsa so wɔ w’atamfo so,

Na wɔbɛsɛe w’atamfo nyinaa.”

10 Yehowa aka sɛ, “Saa da no,

Mekunkum w’apɔnkɔ afi wo mu, na masɛe wo nteaseɛnam.

11 Mɛsɛe w’asaase so nkurow,

Na madwiriw wo nkurow a wɔabɔ ho ban nyinaa agu.

12 Mɛma asumansɛm a wudi no aba awiei,*

Na obiara a oyi nkonyaa rentena wo mu.+

13 Mɛsɛe w’ahoni ne w’abosom adum afi wo mu,

Na worenkotow wo nsa ano adwuma bio.+

14 Metutu w’abosonnua* agu,+

Na masɛe wo nkurow.

15 Mede abufuw ne abufuhyew bɛtwe

Aman a wɔanyɛ osetie no aso.”