Mmɛbusɛm 31

¹Ɔhene Lemuel nsɛm a ɛyɛ nkɔmhyɛ a ne maame kyerɛɛ no:

²Ao me babarima, me yafunu ba,

³nsɛe wʼahoɔden wɔ mmaa31.3 Saa mmaa yi yɛ mmaa adwamanfoɔ a wɔwɔ ahemfie a wɔbɛtumi atwe ɔhene adwene afiri nʼadwuma so. ho,

⁴Lemuel, nsã nyɛ mma ahemfo;

⁵sɛ wɔnom nsã a, wɔn werɛ bɛfiri deɛ mmara no ka,

⁶Fa nsaden ma wɔn a wɔresɛe,

⁷Momma wɔnnom, na wɔn werɛ mfiri wɔn hia

⁸Kasa ma wɔn a wɔntumi nkasa mma wɔn ho,

⁹Kasa na bu atɛntenenee;

¹⁰Ɔyere pa, hwan na ɔbɛnya?

¹¹Ne kunu wɔ ne mu ahotosoɔ pa ara

¹²Ɔde deɛ ɛyɛ brɛ no, na ɛnyɛ ɔhaw,

¹³Ɔhwehwɛ odwannwi ne asaawa

¹⁴Ɔte sɛ adwadifoɔ ahyɛn,

¹⁵Adeɛ nnya nkyeeɛ no na wasɔre;

¹⁶Ɔdwene afuo ho, na ɔtɔ;

¹⁷Ɔde nsi yɛ nʼadwuma;

¹⁸Ɔhwɛ sɛ nʼadwadie ho wɔ mfasoɔ,

¹⁹Daa, na ne nsa kura tadua mu

²⁰Ɔgo ne nsam ma ahiafoɔ

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

²²Ɔyɛ ne mpasotam;

²³Ne kunu wɔ animuonyam wɔ kuropɔn ɛpono ano,

²⁴Ɔpempam nwera ntadeɛ tontɔn,

²⁵Ɔwɔ ahoɔden ne animuonyam;

²⁶Ɔkasa nyansa mu,

²⁷Ɔhwɛ ne fidua mu nnwuma so

²⁸Ne mma sɔre a wɔfrɛ no nhyira;

²⁹“Mmaa pii yɛ nneɛma a ɛwɔ edin,

³⁰Ɔbaa kɔnɔfoɔ yɛ nnaadaa, na ahoɔfɛ twam ntɛm so;

³¹Fa abasobɔdeɛ a wanya no ma no,