1 Dawid babarima Salomo, Israelhene, mmebusɛm ni:
2 Ne botae ne sɛ ɛbɛkyerɛ nnipa nyansa ne ahohyɛso;
3 sɛ wobenya akwankyerɛ wɔ abrabɔ pa mu,
4 sɛ ɛbɛma nea nʼadwene mu nnɔ anya nyansa
5 anyansafo ntie na wɔmfa nka nea wonim ho,
6 ɛbɛma wate mmɛ ne kasammebu,
7 Awurade suro yɛ nimdeɛ mfiase,
8 Me ba, tie wʼagya akwankyerɛ
9 Ɛbɛyɛ wo ti anuonyam abotiri
10 Me ba, sɛ nnebɔneyɛfo twetwe wo a,
11 Sɛ wɔka se, “Bra ma yɛnkɔ;
12 ma yɛmmemene wɔn anikann sɛ ɔda,
13 yebenya nneɛma a ɛsom bo ahorow
14 fa wo ho bɛhyɛ mu,
15 Me ba, wo ne wɔn nnantew,
16 Wɔn anan de ntɛmpɛ kɔ bɔne mu,
17 So nni mfaso sɛ obi besum nnomaafiri
18 Saa nnipa yi tetɛw pɛ wɔn ankasa mogya;
19 Saa na wɔn a wodi akorɔnne akyi no awiei te;
20 Nyansa teɛ mu wɔ mmɔnten so,
21 ɔteɛ mu wɔ afasu no atifi,
22 “Mo adwenharefo, mobɛyɛ adwenhare akosi da bɛn?
23 Sɛ mutiee mʼanimka a,
24 Nanso sɛ muyii mo aso, bere a mefrɛɛ mo
25 sɛ mopoo mʼafotu,
26 me nso mɛserew mo wɔ mo amanehunu mu;
27 sɛ abɛbrɛsɛ bi bu fa mo so te sɛ ahum,
28 “Afei wɔbɛfrɛ me, nanso meremmua;
29 Esiane sɛ wokyii nimdeɛ
30 sɛ wɔpoo mʼafotu,
31 wobedi wɔn akwan so aba;
32 Na ntetekwaafo asoɔden bekum wɔn,
33 Nanso obiara a obetie me no, ɔbɛtena ase asomdwoe mu