Afɔrebɔ ho mmara
1 Onipa a ɔdi mmara so no, ɔma afɔrebɔdeɛ bebree;
2 deɛ ɔyɛ setie ma mmara no bɔ afɔdeɛ ma yiedie.
3 Deɛ ɔyɛ adɔeɛ hyɛ adɔeɛ ananmu no, ɔma esiam papa,
4 na deɛ ɔkyɛ adeɛ no de aseda bɔ afɔdeɛ.
5 Awurade ani sɔ wɔn a wɔtwe wɔn ho firi bɔne ho,
na ɛyɛ mpatadeɛ sɛ wɔbɛpo deɛ ɛntene.
6 Mfa nsapan mmɛpue Awurade anim,
7 ɛfiri sɛ deɛ wode bɔ afɔdeɛ no nyinaa yɛ deɛ wode hyɛ mmara no ma.
8 Ɔteneneeni afɔdeɛ ma afɔrebukyia so yɛ hwam,
na ne hwa no yɛ deɛ ɛforo kɔ Ɔsorosoroni no anim na ɛsɔ ani.
9 Ɔteneneeni afɔdeɛ yɛ deɛ ɛsɔ ani,
na werɛ remfiri no da biara da.
10 Yɛ ayamyɛ berɛ a wosɔre Awurade no,
na mmɛnyɛ kyenkyen wɔ wo nsa ano aduanekan ho.
11 Fa animteɛ ma akyɛdeɛ biara,
na fa anigyeɛ yi wo ntotosoɔ du du.
12 Sɛdeɛ Ɔsorosoroni no de ama woɔ no, saa ara na wo nso fa ma no,
na fa ayamyɛ so yɛ sɛdeɛ wobɛtumi.
13 Na Awurade ne deɛ ɔtua ka,
na ɔbɛtua wo ka mprɛnson.
Honhom mu atɛntenenee
14 Mfa kɛtɛasehyɛdeɛ biara mma no, ɛfiri sɛ ɔrennye;
15 na mfa wo ho nto atorɔ afɔrebɔ so;
ɛfiri sɛ Awurade ne ɔtemmuafoɔ,
na ne mu na nyiyimu biara nnie.
16 Ɔrenyɛ nhwehwɛanim nkyerɛ ohiani;
na mmom ɔbɛtie deɛ wafom no no mpaebɔ.
17 Ɔremmu n’ani nngu agyanka nkotosrɛ so,
anaasɛ okunani wɔ ɛberɛ a ɔde n’asɛm ato n’anim.
18 Okunani nisuo nsɔne n’afono ho
19 ɛberɛ a ɔresu gu deɛ wama wɔn ahweaseɛ no so?
20 Deɛ ne som sɔ Awurade ani no, wɔbɛgye no ato mu,
na ne mpaebɔ bɛduru mununkum mu.
21 Ɔhobrɛaseni mpaebɔ hwirehwire mununkum mu,
na ɛrenhome kɔsi sɛ ɛbɛduru ne botaeɛ ho;
ɛrennyae kɔsi sɛ Ɔsorosoroni no bɛgye soɔ
22 na wabu atɛntenenee ama ɔteneneeni, na wabu atɛn.
Nokorɛ, Awurade rentwentwɛn,
na sɛdeɛ ɔkofoɔ rentwɛn
kɔsi sɛ ɔbɛpɛkyɛ otirimuɔdenfoɔ asene
23 na watɔ were wɔ amanaman so;
kɔsi sɛ ɔbɛsɛe ɛdɔm a wɔyɛ dwɛɛ no,
na wabubu deɛ ɔntene no ahempoma,
24 kɔsi sɛ ɔbɛtua nnipa ka sɛdeɛ wɔn nnwuma teɛ,
ne wɔn nyinaa nnwuma sɛdeɛ wɔn adwene teɛ;
25 kɔsi sɛ ɔdi ne nkurɔfoɔ asɛm
na wama wɔn ani agye wɔ ne mmɔborɔhunu ho.
26 N’ahummɔborɔ yɛ adeɛ a ɔgye to mu wɔ amanehunu berɛ mu
te sɛ nsuo mununkum wɔ ɔpɛ berɛ mu.