1 Sɛ Efraim kasa a, na nnipa ho popo;
2 Afei wɔkɔ so yɛ bɔne ara;
3 Ɛno nti, wɔbɛyɛ sɛ anɔpa omununkum
4 “Nanso mene Awurade wo Nyankopɔn,
5 Mehwɛɛ wo wɔ nweatam so,
6 Memaa wɔn aduan no, wodi mee;
7 Enti mɛtow ahyɛ wɔn so sɛ gyata,
8 Mɛtow ahyɛ wɔn so na matetew wɔn mu
9 “Wɔasɛe wo, Israel,
10 Wo hene wɔ he na wabegye wo?
11 Enti mʼabufuw mu, memaa wo ɔhene,
12 Efraim afɔdi no wɔaboaboa ano
13 Ɔbɛte ɔyaw te sɛ ɔbea a ɔreko awo,
14 “Mɛpata agye wɔn afi ɔda tumi mu.
15 mpo sɛ ɔyɛ yiye wɔ ne nuanom mu a.
16 Ɛsɛ sɛ nnipa a wɔwɔ Samaria gye wɔn afɔdi to mu,