1Ao Awurade, kae deɛ aba yɛn so;
2Wɔadane yɛn agyapadeɛ ama ahɔhoɔ,
3Yɛayɛ nwisiaa na yɛnni agyanom,
4Ɛsɛ sɛ yɛtɔ nsuo a yɛnom;
5Wɔn a wɔtaa yɛn no abɛn yɛn pɛɛ;
6Yɛde yɛn ho maa Misraim ne Asiria
7Yɛn agyanom yɛɛ bɔne, na wɔnni hɔ bio,
8Nkoa di yɛn so,
9Yɛde yɛn nkwa bɔ afɔdeɛ de pɛ yɛn anoduane,
10Yɛn honam adɔ sɛ fononoo.
11Wɔato mmaa monnaa wɔ Sion,
12Wɔkyekyere mmapɔmma nsa na wɔasɛn wɔn;
13Mmeranteɛ yɛ adwuma den wɔ ayuoyammoɔ so;
14Mpanimfoɔ ntena kuropɔn apono ano bio;
15Ahosɛpɛ afiri yɛn akoma mu;
16Ahenkyɛ afiri yɛn tiri so.
17Yei enti yɛn akoma atɔ piti,
18wɔ Sion bepɔ a ada mpan
19Wo, Ao Awurade, di ɔhene afebɔɔ;
20Adɛn enti na wo werɛ firi yɛn daa yi?
21Ka yɛn bata wo ho bio, Ao, Awurade, na yɛatumi aba wo nkyɛn;
22agye sɛ wapo yɛn koraa