1 Yeinom ne nsɛm a Ɔsɛnkafoɔ, ɔhene Dawid babarima a ɔyɛ ɔhene wɔ Yerusalem seɛ:
2 “Ahuhudeɛ! Ahuhudeɛ!”
3 Ɛdeɛn na onipa nya firi nʼadwumayɛ nyinaa mu?
4 Awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ ba na ɛkɔ,
5 Owia pue na owia kɔtɔ,
6 Mframa bɔ kɔ anafoɔ fam
7 Nsubɔntene nyinaa tene kɔgu ɛpo mu,
8 Biribiara yɛ ɔbrɛ
9 Deɛ aba no bɛba bio,
10 Biribi wɔ hɔ a wɔbɛtumi aka wɔ ho sɛ:
11 Wɔnnkae tetefoɔ no,
12 Me, Ɔsɛnkafoɔ, na meyɛ Israelhene wɔ Yerusalem.
13 Metuu me ho sii hɔ sɛ mede nimdeɛ bɛsua ayɛ nhwehwɛmu wɔ biribiara a wɔyɛ no owia yi ase ho. Adesoa duruduru bɛn na Onyankopɔn de ato adasamma soɔ yi!
14 Mahunu biribiara a wɔyɛ no owia yi ase; ne nyinaa nka hwee, ɛte sɛ deɛ obi de mmirika taa mframa.
15 Deɛ akyea no, wɔntumi ntene;
16 Mekaa wɔ me ho sɛ, “Hwɛ, manyini na manya nimdeɛ bebree asene obiara a watena Yerusalem ahennwa so ansa na merebɛdi adeɛ. Manya nhunumu ne nimdeɛ mu osuahunu.”
17 Afei, meyɛɛ mʼadwene sɛ mɛhwehwɛ na mate nimdeɛ ase, ɛne abɔdamsɛm ne nkwaseasɛm. Nanso mehunuu sɛ yei nso te sɛ deɛ obi di mmirika taa mframa.
18 Nimdeɛ bebree de awerɛhoɔ na ɛba;