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1 Sɛ anka woyɛɛ me nuabarima
a wonum me maame nufu ano,
ɛna mehunuu wo wɔ abɔntene so a,
anka mɛfe wʼano,
a obiara ntumi mmu me animtiaa.
2 Anka mɛdi wʼanim
na mede wo aba me maame efie,
ɔno a woakyerɛkyerɛ me.
Anka mɛma wo bobesa a wɔde pɛprɛ afra mu,
me ateaa mu nsuo dɔkɔ dɔkɔ no bi.
3 Ne nsa benkum da mʼatikɔ
na ne nsa nifa aka me afam ne bo.
4 Yerusalem mmammaa, mehyɛ mo sɛ,
morennyane na morenhwanyane ɔdɔ mu
kɔsi ɛberɛ a ɛsɛ mu.
Nnamfonom:
5 Hwan na ɔfiri ɛserɛ so reba a
ɔtwere ne dɔfoɔ kokom yi?
Ababaawa:
Mekanyanee wo wɔ aprɛ dua no ase;
ɛhɔ na wo maame nyinsɛnee woɔ,
ɛhɔ na deɛ ɔkoo awoɔ no woo woɔ.
6 Fa me to wʼakoma so sɛ nsɔanodeɛ,
sɛ nsɔanodeɛ wɔ wʼabasa so,
ɛfiri sɛ ɔdɔ ano yɛ den sɛ owuo,
ne ninkunutweɛ tim hɔ sɛ damena.
Ɛhyehye sɛ ogyadɛreɛ,
sɛ ogyaframa a ano yɛ den pa ara.
7 Nsuo dodoɔ rentumi nnum ɔdɔ;
nsubɔntene rentumi nhohoro nkɔ.
Sɛ obi de ne fie ahonya nyinaa bɛsesa ɔdɔ a
anka wɔremmu no adeɛ a ɛsom bo.
Nnamfonom:
8 Yɛwɔ nuabaa akumaa bi a,
ne nufu mmobɔeɛ.
Ɛdeɛn na yɛbɛyɛ ama yɛn nuabaa yi
wɔ da a wɔbɛbisa no ase?
9 Sɛ ɔyɛ ɔfasuo a,
yɛbɛsi dwetɛ abantenten abɔ ne ho ban.
Sɛ ɔyɛ ɛpono a,
yɛde ntweneduro bɛsi ne ɛpono no kwan.
Ababaawa:
10 Meyɛ ɔfasuo,
na me nufu te sɛ abantenten.
Enti nʼani so no mayɛ sɛ obi a
ɔde deɛ ɛsɔ ani reba.
11 Na Salomo wɔ bobeturo wɔ Baal-Hamon;
ɔde ne bobeturo no maa apaafoɔ.
Na ɛsɛ sɛ wɔn mu biara tua no
nnwetɛbena apem.
12 Nanso me bobeturo yi yɛ me dea.
Me deɛ, meremfa mma;
Salomo de ne deɛ gye nnwetɛbena apem,
na ɔtua nʼapaafoɔ nnwetɛbena ahaanu ma wɔhwɛ ne nnuaba no so.
Aberanteɛ:
13 Wo a wote turo no mu
ne nnamfonom a wɔka wo ho,
ma mente wo nne.
Ababaawa:
14 Bra ma yɛnkɔ, me dɔfoɔ,
na yɛ wo ho sɛ ɔdabɔ ba
anaasɛ ɔforoteɛ ba a
ɔwɔ mmepɔ a nnuhwam ahyɛ so ma so.