17 Berɛ a Dawid hunuu ɔbɔfoɔ a ɔrekunkum nnipa no, ɔne Yehowa kasaeɛ, na ɔkaa sɛ: “Me na mafom, na me na mayɛ amumuyɔdeɛ. Nnwan+ yi deɛ, ɛdeɛn na wɔayɛ? Mesrɛ wo, me mmom na tene wo nsa wɔ me soɔ,+ me ne me papa fie.”

17 Ɛnna Dawid ka kyerɛɛ nokorɛ Nyankopɔn sɛ: “Ɛnyɛ me mmom na mekaa sɛ wɔnkan ɔman no, na ɛnyɛ me na mafom na mayɛ amumuyɔdeɛ?+ Nnwan+ yi deɛ, ɛdeɛn na wɔayɛ? O Yehowa me Nyankopɔn, mesrɛ wo, me mmom na tene wo nsa wɔ me soɔ, me ne me papa fie, na ɛnyɛ wo man+ na ɛsɛ sɛ wode ɔhaw ba wɔn soɔ.”