1Afei hwɛ, Awurade*,
2Nnɔmmarima ne akofoɔ,
3aduonum so panin ne deɛ ɔwɔ diberɛ,
4“Mede mmerantewaa bɛyɛ wɔn nnwuma so mpanimfoɔ;
5Nnipa bɛhyɛ wɔn ho wɔn ho so,
6Ɔbarima bɛsɔ ne nuanom baako mu
7Nanso, ɛda no ɔbɛteam sɛ,
8Yerusalem retɔ ntintan,
9Sɛdeɛ wɔn anim teɛ no di adanseɛ tia wɔn;
10Ka kyerɛ teneneefoɔ sɛ ɛbɛsi wɔn yie,
11Nnome nka amumuyɛfoɔ!
12Mmabunu hyɛ me nkurɔfoɔ so,
13Awurade* tena ase wɔ nʼasɛnniiɛ.
14Awurade* bu atɛn
15Aseɛ ne sɛn enti na modwɛre me nkurɔfoɔ
16Awurade* kasa sɛ,
17Enti Awurade bɛma tikuro abɛgu Sion mmaa tiri ho.
18Ɛda no Awurade* bɛyiyi wɔn afɛfɛdeɛ: nkawa, ntomaban ne kɔnmuadeɛ,
19nsomuadeɛ, nkapo ne nkatanimu,
20Wɔn mmɔtire, ananse ntweaban, abɔwomu, nnuhwam ntoa ne nkaberɛ,
21ntimsoɔ mpɛtea ne hwenemu nkawa,
22ntadetenten pa, ngugusoɔ tiawa a ɛnni nsa, ntadeɛ yuu ne sika nkotokuo;
23nhwehwɛ, serekye ntadeɛ, tirinwi so nkawa ne abatiri so ngugusoɔ.
24Nkabɔne bɛsi deɛ ɛyɛ hwam anan mu;
25Wo mmarima bɛtotɔ akofena ano,