Yerusalem Asɛe
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Yerusalem abubu agu, afunu da hɔ a wɔnsie wɔn, wɔde ama nnomaa adi, na mfɛfo no ani gye ho. Mpaebɔ no srɛ yɛn Agya bɔnefakyɛ ne aweredi wɔ ahome baako mu, na ne nnyinasosɛm da adi: aman no rebisa sɛ, wɔn Nyankopɔn kɔɔ he?
79 1Yɛn Agya, amanaman no abɛtow ahyɛ wʼagyapade so; wɔagu wʼasɔredan kronkron no ho fi; wɔama Yerusalem abɛyɛ mmubu.
2Wɔde wʼasomfo afunu ama ewiem nnomaa sɛ aduan, na wɔde wʼanokwafo nam ama asase so mmoa. 3Wɔahwie wɔn mogya agu sɛ nsu wɔ Yerusalem ho nyinaa, na obiara anni hɔ a ɔbɛsie wɔn. 4Yɛabɛyɛ animguase ade ama yɛn mfɛfo, wɔn a wɔatwa yɛn ho ahyia no di yɛn ho fɛw, sere yɛn.
5Yɛn Agya, ebesi da bɛn? Wo bo befuw daa? Wo ninkunu bɛdɛw sɛ ogya? 6Hwie wʼabufuw gu amanaman a wonnim wo no so, ne ahenni a wɔmfrɛ wo din no so. 7Efisɛ wɔamene Yakob, na wɔasɛe nʼatenae. 8Mfa yɛn agyanom bɔne nto yɛn so; ma wo mmɔborɔhunu a ɛyɛ bɔkɔɔ no mmra ntɛm mmɛhyia yɛn, efisɛ yɛabrɛ ase koraa.
9Boa yɛn, yɛn Agya a wogye yɛn nkwa, wo din anuonyam nti; gye yɛn na kata yɛn bɔne so wo din nti. 10Adɛn nti na amanaman no bɛka se, “Wɔn Nyankopɔn wɔ he?” Wɔ yɛn ani so, ma ɛnna adi wɔ amanaman no mu sɛ wobu atɛntrenee ma wʼasomfo mogya a wɔhwie guu no. 11Ma odeduani apinisi mmɛduru wʼanim; fa wo basa kɛseyɛ no kora wɔn a wɔabu wɔn kumfɔ no.
12Tua yɛn mfɛfo so ka mpɛn ason gu wɔn srɛ so, ahohora a wɔde hyɛɛ wo no nti, Ao Agya Otumfo. 13Afei yɛn a yɛyɛ wo nkurɔfo, wʼadidibea nguan no, yɛbɛda wo ase daa; fi awo ntoatoaso so kosi awo ntoatoaso so, yɛbɛka wʼayeyi.
