Solomon Dwom
Matetew me kurobow ne m’aduhuam.+
“Nnamfo pa, munnidi!
Monnom ɔdɔ na ɛmmow mo!”+
Mate sɛ me dɔfo rebɔ pon mu!”
‘Bue me, me nuabea, me komam hemmaa,
M’aburuburuw, wo ho twa!*
Obosu ama me tirim afɔw,
Anadwo bosu afɔw me ti nwi.’+
3 Mayi m’ataade.
Mensan nhyɛ bio anaa?
Mahohoro me nan ho.
Mensan nyɛ ho fĩ bio anaa?
4 Ɛnna me dɔfo twee ne nsa fii ɔpon tokuru no mu,
Ne nti, me yam nkosua nyinaa bobɔe.
5 Mesɔree sɛ merekobue me dɔfo;
Me nsa ho kurobow sosɔe,
Kurobow nsunsu a ɛwɔ me nsateaa ho sosɔe,
Ɛsosɔ guu korɔkorɔ no ho.
6 Ɛnna mibuee ɔpon no sɛ me dɔfo mmra mu,
Nanso na me dɔfo adan ne ho; ná ɔkɔ.
Bere a mihui sɛ ɔkɔ no,
ebubuu me.*
Mehwehwɛɛ no, nanso
manhu no.+
Mefrɛɛ no, nanso wannye me so.
7 Awɛmfo a wɔnenam kurow no mu huu me.
Wɔbobɔɔ me, wopirapiraa me.
Awɛmfo a wɔwɛn afasu no yii me nkataanim.
8 O Yerusalem mma mmea, meka ntam gu mo so sɛ:
Sɛ muhu me dɔfo a,
Monka nkyerɛ no sɛ, ɔdɔ abɔ me yare.”
9 “O mmea mu hoɔfɛfo,
Dɛn koraa na wo dɔfo de kyɛn ɔdɔfo foforo biara?
Dɛn koraa na wo dɔfo de kyɛn ɔdɔfo foforo biara
A enti woaka ntam a ɛnte sɛɛ agu yɛn so yi?”
11 Ne ti yɛ sika kɔkɔɔ, sika kɔkɔɔ amapa.
Ne ti nwi te sɛ berɛw a ɛredi ahim,*
Ɛyɛ tumm sɛ kwaakwaadabi.
12 N’ani te sɛ mmuruburuw a wɔwɔ nsu ho,
Mmuruburuw a wɔreguare nufusu mu,
Mmuruburuw a wosisi nsu ano.*
N’ano yɛ nhwiren;* ɛsosɔ kurobow.*+
14 Ne nsateaa yɛ sika kɔkɔɔ a wɔde sikaberebo
ahyehyɛ mu,
Ne yafunu yɛ asonse* a wɔatwiw ho a wɔde hoabo adura ho.
15 Ne nan yɛ abohemmaa adum a ne nnyinaso yɛ sika kɔkɔɔ amapa.
N’ahoɔfɛ te sɛ Lebanon; ɔda mu fua te sɛ Lebanon sida nnua.+
Yerusalem mma mmea, oyi ne me dɔfo; ɔdɔ-yɛ-wu.”