1Afei, Awurade* ka kyerɛɛ me sɛ, “Sɛ mpo, Mose ne Samuel+ 15.1 Mose ne Samuel. Wɔgyee din ɛfiri sɛ wɔdii ntam maa Israel nnebɔneyɛfoɔ no wɔ Awurade anim. (2 Mose 32.11-14,30-34; 4 Mose 14.13-23; 5 Mose 9.18-20,25-29; 1 Sam 7.5-9; 12.19-25; Nnw 99.6-8).* bɛgyinaa mʼanim a, mʼakoma rentɔ nkɔ saa nnipa yi so. Ma wɔmfiri mʼani so! Ma wɔnkɔ!
2Na sɛ wɔbisa wo sɛ, ‘Ɛhe na yɛnkorɔ’ a, ka kyerɛ wɔn sɛ, ‘Sei na Awurade* seɛ:
3“Mede adesɛefoɔ ahodoɔ ɛnan bɛba wɔn so,” Awurade* na ɔseɛ: “akofena a ɛbɛkum wɔn, nkraman a ɛbɛtwe wɔn ase akɔ, ewiem nnomaa ne asase so mmoa a wɔbɛtete wɔn nam asɛe wɔn.
4Mɛma wɔn ayɛ akyiwadeɛ ama asase so ahennie nyinaa ɛsiane deɛ Yudahene Hesekia babarima Manase yɛɛ wɔ Yerusalem enti.
5“Hwan na ɔbɛhunu wo mmɔbɔ, Ao Yerusalem?
6Woapo me,” Awurade* na ɔseɛ.
7Mede huhusoɔ apaawa bɛhuhu wɔn so
8Mɛma wɔn akunafoɔ adɔɔso
9Ɔbaatan a wawo nson bɛtɔ baha,
10Ao, me maame a wowoo me,
11Awurade* kaa sɛ,
12“Onipa bɛtumi abu dadeɛ mu
13“Mede mo ahodeɛ ne mo akoradeɛ
14Mede mo bɛyɛ nkoa ama mo atamfoɔ
15Wote aseɛ, Ao Awurade*;
16Wo nsɛm baeɛ no, mediiɛ;
17Mantena wɔn a wɔgye wɔn ani fekuo mu.
18Adɛn enti na me yea to ntwa da
19Enti sei na Awurade* seɛ,
20Mede wo bɛyɛ ɔfasuo ama saa nnipa yi,