1“Sɛ wo, Israel, wobɛsan wʼakyi a,
2na sɛ wufi nokware, pɛpɛyɛ ne trenee mu
3Eyi ne asɛm a, Awurade ka kyerɛ Yuda mmarima ne Yerusalem:
4Muntwitwa mo ho twetia mma Awurade
5“Bɔ nkae wɔ Yuda na pae mu ka wɔ Yerusalem se
6Momma frankaa so na monkɔ Sion
7Gyata bi afi ne tu mu;
8Enti fura atweaatam,
9“Saa da no,” Awurade na ose,
10Afei, mekae se, “Aa, Otumfo Awurade, woadaadaa nnipa yi ne Yerusalem, wokae se, ‘Mubenya asomdwoe,’ wɔ bere a afoa da yɛn mene mu.”
11Saa bere no wɔbɛka akyerɛ nnipa yi ne Yerusalem se, “Mframa a emu yɛ hyew bɛbɔ afi nkoko wosee a ɛwɔ nweatam so aba me nkurɔfo so, ɛnyɛ nea ɛpo ho anaa ehuhuw so;
12mframa a ano yɛ den boro saa no fi me nkyɛn. Afei mepae mu ka mʼatemmu a etia wɔn.”
13Hwɛ! ɔreba sɛ omununkum,
14Yerusalem, yi bɔne fi wo koma mu na woanya nkwa.
15Nne bi rebɔ amanneɛ fi Dan,
16“Monka eyi nkyerɛ aman no,
17Wotwa ne ho hyia sɛ mmarima a wɔrewɛn afuw,
18“Wo ankasa abrabɔ ne nneyɛe,
19Ao, mʼahoyeraw, mʼahoyeraw!
20Amanehunu di amanehunu akyi;
21Ɛsɛ sɛ mehwɛ ɔko frankaa no
22“Me nkurɔfo yɛ nkwaseafo;
23Mehwɛɛ asase no,
24Mehwɛɛ mmepɔw no,
25Mehwɛe, na nnipa nni hɔ;
26Mehwɛe, na nsasebere no adan nweatam
27Sɛnea Awurade se:
28Enti asase bedi awerɛhow
29Apɔnkɔsotefo ne agyantowfo nnyigyei
30Dɛn na woreyɛ, wo a wɔasɛe wo?
31Mete osu bi te sɛ ɔbea a ɔwɔ awoko mu,