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La nɛ Asaf po.
2 Mawu kpɛɔ kɛ jeɔ Zion, ma nɛ ngɛ fɛu kɛ pi si ɔ mi.
3 Wa Mawu ɔ maa ba, nɛ e be nyɛe maa pee dii.
La nɛ sãã nɔ́ ngɛ e hɛ mi,
Nɛ kɔɔhiɔ nɛ nya wa fiaa kɛ bɔleɔ lɛ.
4 E tsɛ hiɔwe kɛ zugba a kɛ ba,
Konɛ e kojo e we bi ɔmɛ. E de ke:
5 “Nyɛ bua nihi nɛ a yeɔ mi anɔkuale ɔ a nya kɛ ba ye hɛ mi,
Nihi nɛ a kɛ mi soɔ kɛ guɔ afɔle sami nɔ ɔ.”
6 Hiɔwe jajeɔ e dami ɔ,
Ejakaa Mawu nitsɛ ji Kojolɔ. (Sela)
7 “Ye we bi, nyɛɛ bu tue nɛ ma tu munyu;
Israel, ma ye odase kɛ si mo.
Imi ji Mawu, o Mawu ɔ nɛ.
8 Pi o we afɔle sami ɔmɛ a he je nɛ i kãa o hɛ mi ngɛ,
Nɛ pi o sami afɔle ɔmɛ nɛ ngɛ ye hɛ mi daa a hu a he je.
9 E he hia we nɛ ma ngɔ na ku ngɛ o we ɔ mi,
Aloo apletsihi* ngɛ o to piɛ ɔmɛ a mi.
10 Ejakaa hue tso mi lohwe fɛɛ hue tso mi lohwe ɔ, ye nɔ́,
Lohwehi nɛ a ngɛ yoku ɔmɛ tsuo a nɔ ɔ, ye níhi ji mɛ.
11 I le yokuhi a nɔ lohwe pɛlitsɛmɛ tsuo;
Nga mi lohwehi nɛ a li a yibɔ ɔ tsuo, ye níhi.
12 Ke hwɔ ngɛ mi yee ɔ, i be mo dee,
Ejakaa zugba a kɛ nɔ́ fɛɛ nɔ́ nɛ ngɛ nɔ́ ɔ, ye nɔ́.
13 Anɛ ma ye na kuhi a lo,
Nɛ ma nu apletsihi a muɔ lo?
14 Ngɔɔ sina kɛ ha Mawu kaa afɔle nɛ o sã ha lɛ,
Nɛ o ye kitahi nɛ o kã Nɔ Nɛ E Nɔ Kuɔ Pe Kulaa a nɔ;
15 Mo tsɛ mi ngɛ haomi be mi.
Ma kpɔ̃ mo, nɛ o maa wo ye hɛ mi nyami.”
16 Se Mawu ma de yiwutsotsɛ ke:
“Mɛnɔ ha mo he blɔ kaa o jaje ye blɔ tsɔɔmi ɔmɛ
Aloo o tu ye somi ɔ he munyu?
18 Ke o na julɔ ɔ, o bua jɔɔ e he,*
Nɛ o kɛ gba puɛli bɔɔ.
19 O kɛ o nya gbɛɔ nɔ́ yayami kɛ fĩaa,
Nɛ lakpa ngɛ o lilɛ nɔ.
20 O hiɔ si nɛ o tuɔ munyu kɛ siɔ mo nitsɛ o nyɛmi;
O gbeɔ mo nitsɛ o nyɛbi he guɛ.”
21 Benɛ o pee ní nɛ ɔmɛ ɔ, i pee dii,
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, o susu kaa ma pee kaa mo.
Se amlɔ nɛ ɔ lɛɛ ma kã o hɛ mi,
Nɛ ma tsɔɔ mo sane nɛ i ngɛ kɛ si mo.
22 I kpa nyɛ pɛɛ nɛ nyɛ susu nɔ́ nɛ ɔ he, nyɛ nihi nɛ nyɛ hɛ je Mawu nɔ ɔ,
Ke pi jã a, ma tsɔtslɔɔ nyɛ mi, nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko be nyɛe ma kpɔ̃ nyɛ.
23 Nɔ nɛ ngɔɔ sina kɛ haa kaa afɔle nɛ e sã a, e woɔ ye hɛ mi nyami,
Nɛ nɔ nɛ e yaa nɔ nɛ e peeɔ nɔ́ nɛ da a,
Ma ha nɛ́ e na Mawu yi wami hemi ɔ.”