Mmebusɛm
1 Israel hene+ Solomon, Dawid ba no mmebusɛm ni:+
2 Ɛwɔ hɔ sɛ nnipa mfa nsua* nyansa+ ne nteɛso,
Na wɔmfa nte anyansasɛm ase;
3 Na wɔmfa nnya nteɛso+ a ɛma nhumu,
Na wɔmfa nyɛ adetrenee,+ mmu atɛn pa,*+ na wɔnyɛ nea ɛteɛ;*
5 Onyansafo tie, na osua nneɛma pii;+
Onipa a ɔwɔ ntease* benya akwankyerɛ pa,+
6 Na ama wate ɛbɛ ne kasakoa ase,
7 Yehowa suro, ɛno ne nimdeɛ mfiase.+
Nkwaseafo nko ara na wɔmfa nyansa ne nteɛso nyɛ hwee.+
10 Me ba, sɛ abɔnefo pɛ sɛ wɔdaadaa wo a, mpene.+
11 Wɔbɛka sɛ: “Bra ma yɛnkɔ.
Ma yenkohintaw na yenhwie mogya ngu.
Yɛbɛtetɛw wɔn a wɔnyɛɛ hwee no, na yɛadi wɔn bɔne kwa.
15 Me ba, nni wɔn akyi.
Hwɛ yiye na wo nan ankɔfa wɔn kwan so,+
16 Efisɛ wɔn nan tu mmirika kodi bɔne;
Wɔde ahoɔhare kɔka mogya gu.+
17 Sɛ wode atena sum anomaa afiri ma ohu a, ɛyɛ kwa.
20 Nyansa*+ teɛm wɔ mmorɔn so.+
Ɛma ne nne so daa wɔ mmɔnten so.+
21 Ɛteɛm wɔ abɔnten kɛse so.
Ɛka ne nsɛm wɔ kurow apon ano sɛ:+
22 “Agyimifo, mobɛpɛ agyimisɛm akosi da bɛn?
Na mo, fɛwdifo, mo ani begye fɛwdi ho akosi da bɛn?
Na mo, nkwaseafo, mubekyi nimdeɛ akosi da bɛn?+
23 Sɛ mekasa kyerɛ mo a, muntie na monsesa mo akwan.+
Moyɛ saa a, mehwie me honhom ama mo,
Na mama moahu me nsɛm.+
25 Moamfa m’afotu biara anyɛ hwee,
Na bere a mekasa kyerɛɛ mo no, moantie.
26 Ɛno nti me nso, sɛ muhu amane a mɛserew mo,
Na nea musuro ba mo so a, medi mo ho fɛw,+
27 Sɛ nea musuro ba mo so sɛ ahum,
Na mo amanehunu ba sɛ mframa a ano yɛ den,
Na ɔhaw ne abɛbrɛsɛ ba mo so a, medi mo ho fɛw.
28 Saa bere no wɔbɛkɔ so afrɛ me, nanso merennye so;
Wɔbɛhwehwɛ me denneennen, nanso wɔrenhu me,+
Na wɔampɛ sɛ wosuro Yehowa.+
30 Wɔantie m’afotu,
Na me kasakyerɛ nso, wɔamfa emu biara anyɛ hwee.
32 Na agyimifo atuatew bekum wɔn,
Na nkwaseafo akokoduru bɔne bɛsɛe wɔn.