1 Sɛ Efraim kasa a, na nnipa ho popo;
2 Afei, wɔkɔ so yɛ bɔne ara;
3 Ɛno enti, wɔbɛyɛ sɛ anɔpa omununkum
4 “Nanso mene Awurade wo Onyankopɔn,
5 Mehwɛɛ wo wɔ anweatam so,
6 Memaa wɔn aduane no, wɔdi meeɛ;
7 Enti, mɛto ahyɛ wɔn so sɛ gyata,
8 Mɛto ahyɛ wɔn so na matete wɔn mu
9 “Wɔasɛe wo, Ao Israel,
10 Wo ɔhene a ɔbɛgye wo no wɔ he?
11 Enti mʼabufuo mu, memaa wo ɔhene,
12 Efraim afɔdie no wɔaboaboa ano
13 Ɔbɛte ɔyea te sɛ ɔbaa a ɔreko awoɔ,
14 “Mɛpata agye wɔn afiri damena tumi mu.
15 mpo sɛ ɔyɛ yie wɔ ne nuanom mu a.
16 Ɛsɛ sɛ nnipa a wɔwɔ Samaria gye wɔn afɔdie to mu,