Mmebusɛm 1

¹Dawid babarima Salomo, Israelhene, mmebusɛm ni:

²Ne botae ne sɛ ɛbɛkyerɛ nnipa nyansa ne ahohyɛso;

³sɛ wobenya akwankyerɛ wɔ abrabɔ pa mu,

⁴sɛ ɛbɛma nea nʼadwene mu nnɔ anya nyansa

⁵anyansafo ntie na wɔmfa nka nea wonim ho,

⁶ɛbɛma wate mmɛ ne kasammebu,

⁷Awurade suro yɛ nimdeɛ mfiase,

⁸Me ba, tie wʼagya akwankyerɛ

⁹Ɛbɛyɛ wo ti anuonyam abotiri

¹⁰Me ba, sɛ nnebɔneyɛfo twetwe wo a,

¹¹Sɛ wɔka se, “Bra ma yɛnkɔ;

¹²ma yɛmmemene wɔn anikann sɛ ɔda,

¹³yebenya nneɛma a ɛsom bo ahorow

¹⁴fa wo ho bɛhyɛ mu,

¹⁵Me ba, wo ne wɔn nnantew,

¹⁶Wɔn anan de ntɛmpɛ kɔ bɔne mu,

¹⁷So nni mfaso sɛ obi besum nnomaafiri

¹⁸Saa nnipa yi tetɛw pɛ wɔn ankasa mogya;

¹⁹Saa na wɔn a wodi akorɔnne akyi no awiei te;

²⁰Nyansa teɛ mu wɔ mmɔnten so,

²¹ɔteɛ mu wɔ afasu no atifi,

²²“Mo adwenharefo, mobɛyɛ adwenhare akosi da bɛn?

²³Sɛ mutiee mʼanimka a,

²⁴Nanso sɛ muyii mo aso, bere a mefrɛɛ mo

²⁵sɛ mopoo mʼafotu,

²⁶me nso mɛserew mo wɔ mo amanehunu mu;

²⁷sɛ abɛbrɛsɛ bi bu fa mo so te sɛ ahum,

²⁸“Afei wɔbɛfrɛ me, nanso meremmua;

²⁹Esiane sɛ wokyii nimdeɛ

³⁰sɛ wɔpoo mʼafotu,

³¹wobedi wɔn akwan so aba;

³²Na ntetekwaafo asoɔden bekum wɔn,

³³Nanso obiara a obetie me no, ɔbɛtena ase asomdwoe mu