[1] Me nuanom, monnyɛ akyerɛkyerɛfo bebree, na munim sɛ yebenya afobu kɛse mmom.
[2] Efisɛ yɛn nyinaa fom nneɛma pii mu. Sɛ obi mfom asɛm mu a, ɔno ara na ɔyɛ onipa a owie pɛyɛ a obetumi ato nipadua nyinaa nnareka adi so.
[3] Yɛde nnareka to apɔnkɔ anom sɛ wontie yɛn, na yɛdannan wɔn aboa mu nyinaa.
[4] Hwɛ, ɛhyɛn nso a ɛsosoe sɛɛ, na mframa a emu yɛ den pia no, wɔde kudɔɔ ketewaa na ɛdannan no kɔ baabiara a hyɛn kwankyerɛfo no pɛ.
[5] Saa ara na tɛkrɛma nso yɛ ɔhonam akwaa mu ketewa, nanso ɛhoahoa ne ho ade kɛse ho. Ogya ketewa nso, monhwɛ kwae kɛse a ebetumi ahyew!
[6] Na tɛkrɛma nso yɛ ogya. Tɛkrɛma wɔ yɛn akwaa mu a ɛyɛ nea ɛnteɛ. Ɛde nkekae keka nipadua nyinaa, na ɛsɔ nkwa nkyimii a etwa ne ho fi awo mu no, na efi amanehunu kurow no mu na wɔasɔ ano.
[7] Na ntɔteboa ne ntakraboa ne mmoa a wɔwea ne mmoa a ɛwɔ po mu su nyinaa, nnipa de wɔn su dwudwo wɔn, na wɔadwudwo wɔn.
[8] Na tɛkrɛma de, onipa biara ntumi nnwudwo no, ɛyɛ ade bɔne a ɛyɛ keka, awuduru ayɛ no ma.
[9] Ɛno na yɛde hyira Awurade ne agya no, ɛno ara nso na yɛde dome nnipa a wɔayɛ wɔn Onyankopɔn suban so.
[10] Ano koro no ara mu na nhyira ne nnome fi. Me nuanom, ɛnsɛ sɛ eyinom ba saa!
[11] So asuti bi fi nsu dɛdɛ ne nwenenwene wɔ ani koro mu?
[12] Me nuanom, so borɔdɔma betumi asow ngodua aba? Anaasɛ obobe betumi asow borɔdɔma? Saa ara nso na asuti nkyenenkyene rentumi mma nsu pa.
[13] Mo mu hena na ɔyɛ onyansafo ne nimdefo? Ɔmfa ɔbra pa nkyerɛ ne nnwuma wɔ odwo a nyansa wɔ mu mu.
[14] Na sɛ mowɔ nitammɔne ne atutuw mo koma mu a, ɛnne monnhoahoa mo ho, na munnni atoro nntia nokware.
[15] Saa nyansa yi mfi soro, na mmom ɛyɛ fam ne ɔkra ne ahonhommɔne de.
[16] Na nea nitan ne atutuw wɔ no, ɛhɔ na sakasaka ne nneyɛe bɔne nyinaa wɔ.
[17] Na nyansa a efi soro no de, nea edi kan ne sɛ ɛho tew, ɛwɔ asomdwoe, ɛwɔ odwo, ɛwɔ asoɔmmerɛw; mmɔborohunu ne aba pa ayɛ no ma, ennye akyinnye, ɛnyɛ nyaatwom.
[18] Na wogu trenee aba asomdwoe mu ma wɔn a wɔyɛ asomdwoe ade.