Ɔsɛnkafoɔ

8 Hwan na ɔte sɛ onyansafoɔ no? Na hwan na ɔnim sɛdeɛ wɔsɔ ɔhaw ano?* Onipa nyansa ma n’anim te, na sɛ waka n’anim asi so mpo a, ɛma ɔsere.

2 Mese: “Ntam a woaka Onyankopɔn nti,+ di ɔhene ahyɛdeɛ so.+ 3 Mpere wo ho mfiri ɔhene anim nkɔ.+ Mfa wo ho mfɔrefɔre bɔne biara,*+ na ɔbɛtumi ayɛ deɛ ɔpɛ biara, 4 ɛfiri sɛ ɔhene kasa a, na wakasa;+ na hwan na ɔbɛtumi aka akyerɛ no sɛ: ‘Deɛn na woreyɛ yi?’”

5 Deɛ ɔdi ahyɛdeɛ so no, ɔhaw* biara remma ne so,+ na onyansafoɔ akoma bɛhunu berɛ a ɛfata, ɛne sɛdeɛ wɔdi adeɛ biara ho dwuma.*+ 6 Adeɛ biara wɔ ne berɛ ne sɛdeɛ wɔdi ho dwuma,*+ ɛfiri sɛ nnipa haw dɔɔso. 7 Obiara nni hɔ a ɔnim deɛ ɛbɛba, enti hwan na ɔbɛtumi akyerɛ ɛkwan a ɛbɛfa so aba?

8 Onipa biara nni honhom* no so tumi, na ɔrentumi nsi honhom no kwan. Saa ara nso na obiara nni owuda so tumi.+ Sɛdeɛ wɔmma obiara mfa ne ho nni wɔ ɛko berɛ mu no, saa ara nso na bɔne remma wɔn a wɔdi bɔne no mfa wɔn ho nnie.*

9 Wei nyinaa mahunu, na mede m’akoma adi adwuma biara a wɔyɛ wɔ wiase no akyi. Saa berɛ no, mehuu sɛ onipa di onipa so ma ɛwie no bɔne.*+ 10 Na mehuu sɛ wɔresie abɔnefoɔ, wɔn a na wɔdi kronkronbea hɔ akɔneaba no. Nanso ankyɛ na nnipa werɛ fii wɔn wɔ kuro a na wɔdi bɔne wom no mu.+ Wei nso yɛ ahuhudeɛ.

11 Ɛsiane sɛ wɔmmu nneɛma bɔne ho atɛn ntɛm nti,+ nnipa asi wɔn bo sɛ wɔbɛdi bɔne.+ 12 Sɛ ɔbɔnefoɔ yɛ bɔne mprɛ ɔha, na ɔtena ase kyɛ mpo a, menim sɛ ɛbɛsi wɔn a wɔsuro nokorɛ Nyankopɔn no yie, suro a wɔsuro no nti.+ 13 Na ɔbɔnefoɔ deɛ, ɛrensi no yie,+ na ne nna a ɛte sɛ sunsum no,+ ɔrentumi mma no nyɛ tenten, ɛfiri sɛ ɔnsuro Onyankopɔn.

14 Ahuhudeɛ bi kɔ so wɔ asaase so. Ɛne sɛ: Ateneneefoɔ bi wɔ hɔ a, wɔyɛ wɔn te sɛ deɛ wɔayɛ bɔne.+ Na abɔnefoɔ bi nso wɔ hɔ a, wɔyɛ wɔn te sɛ deɛ wɔayɛ adetenenee.+ Mekaa sɛ wei nso yɛ ahuhudeɛ.

15 Enti mekaa sɛ anigyeɛ yɛ,+ ɛfiri sɛ adepa biara nni hɔ mma onipa wɔ wiase sene sɛ ɔbɛdidi na wanom na wagye n’ani. Berɛ a onipa yɛ adwumaden wɔ ne nkwa nna mu,+ nna a nokorɛ Nyankopɔn no de ama no wɔ wiase no, ɛsɛ sɛ ɔgye n’ani nso.

16 Mede m’akoma hwehwɛɛ nyansa, na mehwɛɛ sɛ mɛhunu nnwuma a ɛrekɔ so wɔ asaase so no nyinaa.+ Ɛno nti, awia ne anadwo nyinaa, na menna.* 17 Afei mesusuu nokorɛ Nyankopɔn no nnwuma nyinaa ho, na mehuu sɛ deɛ ɛkɔ so wɔ wiase no, nnipa ntumi nte aseɛ.+ Sɛ nnipa bɔ wɔn ho mmɔden sɛ deɛn koraa a, wɔrentumi nte aseɛ. Sɛ wɔka sɛ wɔnim nyansa mpo a, ɛnyɛ adeɛ a wɔbɛtumi ate aseɛ.+