Mmɛbusɛm 1

¹Dawid babarima Salomo, Israelhene, mmɛbusɛm nie:

²Ne botaeɛ ne sɛ ɛbɛkyerɛ nnipa nyansa ne ahohyɛsoɔ;

³sɛ wɔbɛnya ahohyɛsoɔ na wɔabɔ ɔbra pa,

⁴sɛ ɛbɛma deɛ nʼadwene mu nnɔ anya nyansa

⁵Anyansafoɔ ntie na wɔmfa nka deɛ wɔnim ho,

⁶ɛbɛma woate mmɛ ne akasabɛbuo,

⁷Awurade suro yɛ nimdeɛ ahyɛaseɛ,

⁸Me ba, tie wʼagya akwankyerɛ

⁹Ɛbɛyɛ wo tiri animuonyam abotire

¹⁰Me ba, sɛ nnebɔneyɛfoɔ daadaa wo a,

¹¹Sɛ wɔka sɛ, “Bra ma yɛnkɔ;

¹²ma yɛmmemmene wɔn anikann sɛ ɛda,

¹³yɛbɛnya nneɛma a ɛsom bo ahodoɔ

¹⁴enti, fa wo ho bɛhyɛ mu,

¹⁵Me ba, wo ne wɔn nnante,

¹⁶Wɔn nan de ntɛmpɛ kɔ bɔne mu,

¹⁷Ɛho nni mfasoɔ sɛ obi bɛsum nnomaafidie

¹⁸Saa nnipa yi tetɛ pɛ wɔn ankasa mogya;

¹⁹Saa na wɔn a wɔdi korɔnodeɛ akyi no awieeɛ teɛ;

²⁰Nyansa team wɔ mmɔntene so,

²¹ɔteaam wɔ afasuo no atifi,

²²“Mo adwenemherɛfoɔ, mobɛyɛ adwenemherɛ akɔsi da bɛn?

²³Sɛ motiee mʼaninka a,

²⁴Nanso, sɛ moyii mo aso ɛberɛ a mefrɛɛ mo

²⁵sɛ mopoo mʼafotuo,

²⁶me nso mɛsere mo wɔ mo amanehunu mu;

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

²⁸“Afei mobɛfrɛ me, nanso meremmua mo;

²⁹Esiane sɛ wɔkyirii nimdeɛ

³⁰Esiane sɛ w ɔpoo mʼafotuo,

³¹wɔbɛdi wɔn akwan so aba

³²Na ntetekwaafoɔ asoɔden bɛkum wɔn,

³³Nanso, obiara a ɔbɛtie me no, ɔbɛtena ase asomdwoeɛ mu