Mmebusɛm 31

¹Ɔhene Lemuel nsɛm a ɛyɛ nkuranhyɛ a ne na kyerɛɛ no:

²Tie, me babarima! Tie, me yafunu ba,

³Nsɛe wʼahoɔden wɔ mmea31.3 Saa mmea yi yɛ mmea nguamanfo a wɔwɔ ahemfi a wobetumi atwe ɔhene adwene afi nʼadwuma so. ho,

⁴Enye mma ahemfo, Lemuel,

⁵sɛ wɔnom nsa a wɔn werɛ befi nea mmara no ka,

⁶Fa bobesa ma wɔn a wɔresɛe,

⁷Momma wɔnnom, na wɔn werɛ mfi wɔn hia,

⁸Kasa ma wɔn a wontumi nkasa mma wɔn ho,

⁹Kasa na bu atɛntrenee;

¹⁰Ɔyere pa, hena na obenya?

¹¹Ne kunu wɔ ne mu ahotoso pa ara,

¹²Ɔde nea eye brɛ no, na ɛnyɛ ɔhaw,

¹³Ɔhwehwɛ oguannwi ne asaawa

¹⁴Ɔte sɛ aguadifo ahyɛn,

¹⁵Ade nnya nkyee no na wasɔre;

¹⁶Osusuw afuw ho na ɔtɔ;

¹⁷Ɔde nsi yɛ nʼadwuma;

¹⁸Ɔhwɛ sɛ nʼaguadi so wɔ mfaso,

¹⁹Daa, na ne nsa kura tadua mu

²⁰Ogow ne nsam ma ahiafo

²¹Sɛ sukyerɛmma tɔ a ne yam nhyehye no wɔ ne fifo ho;

²²Ɔyɛ ne mpasotam;

²³Ne kunu wɔ anuonyam wɔ kuropɔn pon ano,

²⁴Ɔpempam nwera ntade tontɔn,

²⁵Ɔwɔ ahoɔden ne anuonyam;

²⁶Ɔkasa nyansa mu,

²⁷Ɔhwɛ ne fi mu nnwuma so

²⁸Ne mma sɔre a wɔfrɛ no nhyira;

²⁹“Mmea pii yɛ nneɛma a ɛwɔ din

³⁰Ɔbea kɔnnɔfo yɛ nnaadaa, na ahoɔfɛ twa mu ntɛm so;

³¹Fa abasobɔde a wanya no ma no,