1 Nnome nka nhyɛsofoɔ kuropɔn

atuateɛ kuropɔn a ɛho agu fi!

2 Ɔnnyɛ ɔsetie mma obiara

ɔnnye nteɛsoɔ biara nto mu.

Ɔmfa ne ho nto Awurade so.

Ɔntwi mmɛn ne Onyankopɔn.

3 Nʼakandifoɔ yɛ agyata a wɔbobɔ mu,

ne sodifoɔ yɛ mpataku a wɔnam anadwo,

a wɔnnya biribiara mma adekyeɛ.

4 Ne nkɔmhyɛfoɔ yɛ ahantan;

wɔyɛ afatwafoɔ.

Nʼasɔfoɔ gu kronkronbea ho fi.

Wɔnam mmara no so di nsɛmmɔne.

5 Awurade a ɔte ne mu no yɛ ɔteneneeni;

ɔnnyɛ mfomsoɔ biara.

Adekyeeɛ biara ɔda ne tenenee adi,

na ɔnni hwammɔ da,

nanso amumuyɛfoɔ deɛ wonnim aniwuo.

6 "Masɛe amanaman;

madwiri wɔn abandenden agu.

Wɔn mmorɔno so adeda mpan,

a obiara ntwa mu hɔ.

Wɔaseɛ wɔn nkuropɔn;

a obi biara renka.

7 Meka kyerɛɛ kuropɔn no sɛ,

‘ampa ara wobɛsuro me

na woagye nteɛsoɔ ato mu!’

Na afei ne tenaberɛ rensɛe,

na mʼasotwe biara nso remma ne so.

Nanso, wɔn ho peree wɔn

sɛ wɔbɛkɔso ayɛ bɔne wɔn nneyɛeɛ nyinaa mu.

8 Enti, twɛn me," sɛdeɛ Awurade seɛ nie,

"na ɛda no mɛsɔre adi adanseɛ.

Mayɛ mʼadwene sɛ mɛboaboa amanaman

ne ahennie ano

na mahwie mʼabufuo agu wɔn so

mʼabufuhyeɛ nyinaa.

Me ninkuntwe abufuo ogya mu no,

asase nyinaa bɛhye.

9 "Afei mɛdwira nnipa no ano,

na wɔn nyinaa abɔ Awurade din

na wɔaka abɔ mu asom no.

10 Mʼasomfoɔ, me nkurɔfoɔ a wɔabɔ ahwete no

bɛfiri nsubɔntene a ɛwɔ Kus nohoa

de wɔn afɔrebɔdeɛ abrɛ me.

11 Saa ɛda no, wo Yerusalem, wɔrengu wʼanim ase

wɔ nneyɛeɛ bɔne a woayɛ atia me ho,

ɛfiri sɛ mɛyi afiri saa kuropɔn yi mu,

wɔn a wodi ahantan mu ahurisie

na worenyɛ ahantan bio

wɔ me bepɔ kronkron no so.

12 Nanso mɛgya wɔ wo mu

wɔn a wɔdwo na wɔbrɛ wɔn ho ase,

na wɔde wɔn ho to Awurade so.

13 Israel nkaeɛfoɔ renyɛ bɔne

Wɔrenka nkontonpo nsɛm,

na wɔn ano renka nnaadaa nsɛm

wɔbɛdidi na wɔada

na obiara renyi wɔn hu."

14 To dwom Ao, Ɔbabaa Sion;

team denden Ao, Israel!

Ma wʼani nnye, na di ahurisie wɔ wʼakoma nyinaa mu,

Ao, Ɔbabaa Yerusalem!

15 Ɛfiri sɛ, Awurade ayi wʼasotweɛ afiri wo so,

wama wo ɔtamfoɔ asane nʼakyi.

Awurade Israelhene ka wo ho;

worensuro ɔhaw biara bio.

16 Saa ɛda no, wɔbɛka akyerɛ Yerusalem sɛ,

"Mma nsuro, Ao Sion!

Mma wo nsa mu nhodwo.

17 Awurade wo Onyankopɔn ne wo wɔ hɔ,

Ɔyɛ ɔgyefoɔ ɔhoɔdenfoɔ.

Nʼani bɛgye wo ho

ɔfiri ne dɔ mu bɛdwodwo wo,

ɔde nnwontoɔ bɛma nʼani agye wo ho.

18 "Mo awerɛhoɔ to bɛtwa

ɛfiri sɛ mobɛnya ɛkwan adi mo afahyɛ no;

mo anim rengu ase bio.

19 Saa ɛberɛ no me ne wɔn

a wɔhyɛɛ wo so nyinaa bɛdi;

Mɛgye mmerɛyɛfoɔ

na mɛboaboa wɔn a wɔabɔ wɔn ahwete no ano.

Mɛkamfo wɔn ahyɛ wɔn animuonyam

asase biara a wɔguu wɔn anim ase wɔ so no so.

20 Saa ɛda no, mɛboaboa wo ano,

na mede wo aba fie.

Mɛhyɛ wo animuonyam na makamfo wo

wɔ asase so nnipa nyinaa mu

na mede wʼahonyadeɛ bɛsane ama wo

na wode wʼani bɛhunu,"

sɛdeɛ Awurade ka nie.