Yesaia 3

¹Afei hwɛ, Awurade,

²Nnɔmmarima ne akofoɔ,

³aduonum so panin ne deɛ ɔwɔ diberɛ,

⁴“Mede mmerantewaa bɛyɛ wɔn nnwuma so mpanimfoɔ;

⁵Nnipa bɛhyɛ wɔn ho wɔn ho so,

⁶Ɔbarima bɛsɔ ne nuanom baako mu

⁷Nanso, ɛda no ɔbɛteam sɛ,

⁸Yerusalem retɔ ntintan,

⁹Sɛdeɛ wɔn anim teɛ no di adanseɛ tia wɔn;

¹⁰Ka kyerɛ teneneefoɔ sɛ ɛbɛsi wɔn yie,

¹¹Nnome nka amumuyɛfoɔ!

¹²Mmabunu hyɛ me nkurɔfoɔ so,

¹³Awurade tena ase wɔ nʼasɛnniiɛ.

¹⁴Awurade bu atɛn

¹⁵Aseɛ ne sɛn enti na modwɛre me nkurɔfoɔ

¹⁶Awurade kasa sɛ,

¹⁷Enti Awurade bɛma tikuro abɛgu Sion mmaa tiri ho.

¹⁸Ɛda no Awurade bɛyiyi wɔn afɛfɛdeɛ: nkawa, ntomaban ne kɔnmuadeɛ,

¹⁹nsomuadeɛ, nkapo ne nkatanimu,

²⁰Wɔn mmɔtire, ananse ntweaban, abɔwomu, nnuhwam ntoa ne nkaberɛ,

²¹ntimsoɔ mpɛtea ne hwenemu nkawa,

²²ntadetenten pa, ngugusoɔ tiawa a ɛnni nsa, ntadeɛ yuu ne sika nkotokuo;

²³nhwehwɛ, serekye ntadeɛ, tirinwi so nkawa ne abatiri so ngugusoɔ.

²⁴Nkabɔne bɛsi deɛ ɛyɛ hwam anan mu;

²⁵Wo mmarima bɛtotɔ akofena ano,

²⁶Sion apono bɛtwa adwo, adi awerɛhoɔ;