1“Beae a wotu dwetɛ wɔ hɔ
2Wotu dade fi fam,
3Onipa ma sum ba awiei;
4Wɔde fagudetu afiri hyɛ beae a ɛmmɛn ɔdesani atenae,
5Asase a ɛbɔ aduan no,
6hoabo fi nʼabotan mu
7Ɔkɔre biara nnim saa kwan a ahintaw no,
8Mmoa ahantanfo nsi hɔ
9Onipa nsa paapae abotan dennen
10Otwa aka fa abotan mu,
11Ɔhwehwɛ baabi a nsubɔnten ti wɔ
12“Nanso ɛhe na yebehu nea nyansa hyɛ?
13Onipa renhu ne bo a ɛsom;
14Na ebun ka se, ‘Enni me mu’;
15Wɔrentumi mfa sikakɔkɔɔ ankasa ntɔ,
16Wɔrentumi mfa Ofir sikakɔkɔɔ ntɔ
17Wɔrentumi mfa ahwehwɛ anaa sikakɔkɔɔ ntoto ho,
18Ɛnsɛ sɛ yɛbɔ ahene panyin ne ahwehwɛbo din;
19Etiopia akraatebo ne no nsɛ;
20“Ɛno de, na ɛhe na nyansa fi?
21Wɔde asie abɔde biara ani,
22Ɔsɛe ne Owu ka se,
23Onyankopɔn te ɔkwan a ɛkɔ hɔ ase,
24efisɛ ɔhwɛ kodu nsase ano
25Bere a ɔhyɛɛ mframa ano den too hɔ
26bere a ɔkaa no ɔhyɛ so kyerɛɛ osutɔ
27afei ɔhwɛɛ nyansa na ɔkarii no hwɛe;
28Na ɔka kyerɛɛ onipa se,