1Sɛ Efraim kasa a, na nnipa ho popo;
2Afei wɔkɔ so yɛ bɔne ara;
3Ɛno nti, wɔbɛyɛ sɛ anɔpa omununkum
4“Nanso mene Awurade wo Nyankopɔn,
5Mehwɛɛ wo wɔ nweatam so,
6Memaa wɔn aduan no, wodi mee;
7Enti mɛtow ahyɛ wɔn so sɛ gyata,
8Mɛtow ahyɛ wɔn so na matetew wɔn mu
9“Wɔasɛe wo, Israel,
10Wo hene wɔ he na wabegye wo?
11Enti mʼabufuw mu, memaa wo ɔhene,
12Efraim afɔdi no wɔaboaboa ano
13Ɔbɛte ɔyaw te sɛ ɔbea a ɔreko awo,
14“Mɛpata agye wɔn afi ɔda tumi mu.
15mpo sɛ ɔyɛ yiye wɔ ne nuanom mu a.
16Ɛsɛ sɛ nnipa a wɔwɔ Samaria gye wɔn afɔdi to mu,