1“Me ne mʼani yɛɛ apam sɛ
2Ɛdeɛn ne onipa kyɛfa a ɛfiri ɔsoro Onyankopɔn nkyɛn?
3Ɛnyɛ ɔsɛeɛ mma amumuyɛfoɔ?
4Ɔnhunu mʼakwan
5“Sɛ manante wɔ nkontompo mu
6ma Onyankopɔn nkari me wɔ nsania papa so
7Sɛ mʼanammɔntuo afom ɛkwan,
8ɛnneɛ ma afoforɔ nni deɛ madua,
9“Sɛ ɔbaa bi atɔ mʼakoma so,
10ɛnneɛ, me yere nyam ɔbarima foforɔ aduane,
11Ɛfiri sɛ, anka ɛno na ɛbɛyɛ aniwusɛm
12Ɛyɛ ogya a ɛhye kɔduru ɔsɛeɛ mu
13“Sɛ mabu mʼasomfoɔ mmarima ne mmaa ntɛnkyea
14na sɛ Onyankopɔn de si mʼanim a, ɛdeɛn na mɛyɛ?
15Ɛnyɛ deɛ ɔbɔɔ me wɔ yafunu mu no na ɔbɔɔ wɔn?
16“Ohiani bi wɔ hɔ a ɔhia mmoa a mammoa no?
17Mabɔ mʼaduane ho atirimuɔden a
18Dabi, ɛfiri me mmeranteberɛ mu, matete wɔn sɛdeɛ agya bɛyɛ,
19Sɛ mahunu obi a ɔnni aduradeɛ na ɔrebrɛ,
20na sɛ wamfiri akoma mu anhyira me
21sɛ mama me nsa so atia awisiaa bi,
22ɛnneɛ ma mʼabasa mpan mfiri mʼabatiri,
23Mesuroo ɔsɛeɛ a ɛfiri Onyankopɔn nkyɛn,
24“Sɛ mede me werɛ ahyɛ sikakɔkɔɔ mu
25sɛ masɛpɛ me ho wɔ mʼahodeɛ bebrebe enti,
26sɛ mahwɛ owia a ɛhyerɛn
27ama aka mʼakoma a obiara nnim
28ɛnneɛ na yeinom nso bɛyɛ bɔne a wɔbu ho atɛn,
29“Mʼani nnyee wɔ me ɔtamfoɔ amanehunu ho
30Memmaa mʼano nyɛɛ bɔne
31Mʼasomfoɔ a wɔwɔ me fidua mu nkaa da sɛ,
32Ɔhɔhoɔ biara anna abɔntene so da,
33Makata me bɔne so sɛdeɛ nnipa yɛ
34Suro a mesuro nnipadɔm
35(“Ao, sɛ anka mewɔ obi a ɔbɛtie me.
36Ampa ara, anka mede bɛhyɛ mʼabatiri,
37Anka mɛbu mʼanammɔntuo biara ho akonta akyerɛ no;
38“Sɛ mʼasase team tia me
39sɛ madi so aba a mentuaa ka
40ma nkasɛɛ mfifiri nsi ayuo anan mu