1 Wɔnnue, wɔn a wɔhyɛ mmara a ɛmmfa ɛkwan mu,
2 de tena ahiafoɔ ahofadie so,
3 Ɛdeɛn na mobɛyɛ akontabuo da no,
4 Ɛnka mo hwee sɛ mobɛfra nneduafoɔ mu
5 “Nnome nka Asiriani no, mʼabufuo abaa,
6 Meresoma no akɔ ɔman a wɔnnim Onyankopɔn so.
7 Nanso ɛnyɛ yei ne deɛ ɔpɛ sɛ ɔyɛ
8 Na ɔbisa sɛ, ‘Ahemfo nyinaa nnyɛ mʼasahene anaa?
9 Kalno nyɛɛ sɛ Karkemis anaa?
10 Ampa ara, megyee ahoni ahennie ahodoɔ abrane soɔ,
11 Merentumi ne Yerusalem ne ne nsɛsodeɛ nni anaa,
12 Sɛ Awurade wie nʼadwuma a ɛtia Bepɔ Sion ne Yerusalem nyinaa a, ɔbɛka sɛ, “Mɛtwe Asiriahene aso wɔ nʼakoma pirim ne nʼani a ɛnsɔ adeɛ no ho.
13 Ɛfiri sɛ ɔka sɛ,
14 Sɛdeɛ obi tene ne nsa hyɛ pirebuo mu no,
15 Akuma ma ne ho so tra deɛ ɔtoɔ?
16 Afei Awurade, Asafo Awurade
17 Israel Hann no bɛdane ogya.
18 Asiria kwaeɛ ne nʼasase bereɛ animuonyam no,
19 Nnua a ɛbɛka wɔ ne kwaeɛ mu bɛyɛ kakra bi
20 Ɛda no, Israel nkaeɛfoɔ,
21 Nkaeɛfoɔ no bɛsane aba. Yakob nkaeɛfoɔ no
22 Ao Israel, ɛwom sɛ wo nkurɔfoɔ dɔɔso sɛ mpoano anwea deɛ,
23 Awurade, Asafo Awurade, ɔsɛeɛ
24 Enti, yei ne deɛ Awurade, Asafo Awurade seɛ,
25 Ɛrenkyɛre koraa mʼabufuo a ɛtia mo no ano bɛdwo
26 Asafo Awurade de mpire bɛhwe wɔn,
27 Ɛda no, wɔbɛyi wɔn adesoa no afiri wo mmatire so;
28 Wɔhyɛne Ayat;
29 Wɔtwam wɔ kwantempɔn no so, na wɔka sɛ,
30 Teaam Ɔbabaa Galim!
31 Madmena redwane;
32 Ɛnnɛ ara wɔbɛgyina wɔ Nob;
33 Hwɛ, Awurade, Asafo Awurade no,
34 Ɔde akuma bɛtwitwa kwaeɛm dɔtɔ agu fam.