Yosua ne Kaleb
1 Num ba Yosua yɛ ɔkatakyie wɔ ɔko mu,
na ɔsii Mose ananmu wɔ nkɔmhyɛ dwumadie mu.
Ɔbɛyɛɛ, te sɛdeɛ ne din kyerɛ no,
agyenkwa kɛseɛ a Onyankopɔn ayi no,
sɛ ɔntɔ wɔn atamfoɔ a wɔsɔre tiaa wɔn no so werɛ,
ama ɔde Israel agyapadeɛ ama wɔn.
2 Hwɛ animuonyam a na ɔwɔ wɔ berɛ a ɔmaa ne nsa soɔ no
na ɔnyamm ne nkrantɛ wɔ nkuro soɔ!
3 Hwan na ɔtumi gyinaa pintinn wɔ n’anim saa?
Ɛfiri sɛ ɔkoo Awurade ko.
4 Ana ɛnnam ne so na owia gyinaeɛ
na da koro waree te sɛ nnanu?
5 Ɔfrɛɛ Ɔsorosoroni, Otumfoɔ Baako no,
ɛberɛ a atamfoɔ hyɛɛ no so wɔ n’afa nyinaa,
na Awurade kokroko no
de ɔsoro aboɔ wɔ tumi ahoɔden so buaa no.
6 Ɔmaa ɔko siane baa saa ɔman no so,
na asianee so na ɔsɛee wɔn a wɔne no dii asie no,
sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ na aman no bɛhunu n’akodeɛ,
sɛ ɔreko wɔ Awurade anim;
ɛfiri sɛ ɔtuu ne ho sii hɔ sɛ Otumfoɔ no okyidini.
7 Na Mose nna mu no, ɔdaa ne nokorɛdie adi,
ɔno ne Yefune ba Kaleb,
wɔsɔre tiaa asafo no,
na wɔasi nkurɔfoɔ no kwan ma wɔanyɛ bɔne,
na wɔama wɔn amumuyɛ anwiinwii no ayɛ dinn.
8 Na saa baanu yi nko ara na wɔgyaa wɔn
firii asraafoɔ a wɔnam anammɔn mu mpem ahansia,
sɛ wɔnni nnipa no anim mfa wɔn nkɔ wɔn agyapadeɛ mu,
asase a ɛsene nufosuo ne ɛwoɔ.
9 Awurade de ahoɔden maa Kaleb,
a ɛtenaa ne mu kɔduruu ne nkwakoraa berɛ mu,
enti ɔforo kɔɔ kokoɔ so man no mu,
na ne mma nsa kaeɛ sɛ agyapadeɛ,
10 sɛdeɛ ɛbɛyɛ na Israelfoɔ bɛhunu
yɛ a ɛyɛ sɛ wɔdi Awurade akyi.
Atemmufoɔ no
11 Atemmufoɔ no nso, wɔn din ahodoɔ,
wɔn akoma ankɔdi abosonsom akyi
na wɔannane wɔn ho amfiri Awurade ho
na ma wɔn nkaeɛ nyɛ nhyira!
12 Ma wɔn nnompe mfa nkwa foforɔ mfiri faako a wɔdeda hɔ no,
na wɔn a wɔahyɛ wɔn animuonyam no din
ntena hɔ bio wɔ wɔn mma mu!
13 Samuel a n’Awurade dɔ no no;
Awurade diyifoɔ no, ɔde ahennie no sii hɔ
na ɔsraa ahemfo ngo de wɔn dii wɔn nkurɔfoɔ so.
14 Ɔde Awurade mmara no buu ɛdɔm no atɛn,
na Awurade hwɛɛ Yakob so.
15 Ɛnam ne nokorɛdie so nti, wɔgyee no too mu sɛ ɔyɛ odiyifoɔ,
na ɛnam ne nsɛm so wɔhunuu no sɛ ɔyɛ ɔdehunufoɔ nokwafoɔ.
16 Ɔfrɛɛ Awurade, Otumfoɔ no,
ɛberɛ a n’atamfoɔ hyɛɛ no so wɔ n’afa nyinaa no,
na ɔde adwammaa a ɔnum bɔɔ afɔdeɛ.
17 Na Awurade de aprannaa bɔɔ mu firii ɔsoro,
na ɔnam ɛnne denden so maa wɔtee ne nne;
18 wɔkaa atamfoɔ no akannifoɔ no guiɛ
ne Filistifoɔ ahemfo no nyinaa.
19 Na ansa na ne nna a ɛnni awieeɛ reduru no,
Samuel dii adanseɛ wɔ Awurade ne deɛ wɔasra no anim:
Memfaa obiara agyapadeɛ,
mpaboa ɛfa ne fa mpo!
Na obiara ammɔ no soboɔ biara.
20 Na mpo ne wuo akyi no, ɔhyɛɛ nkɔm,
na ɔmaa ɔhene hunuu ne wuo no,
na ɔmaa ne nne so firii asase so
wɔ nkɔmhyɛ mu, sɛ ɔde repepa nnipa no amumuyɛ afiri hɔ.