Mpaebɔ a efi onipa a ne ho nni fɔ
Dawid mpaebɔ.
Dawid srɛ sɛ wɔntie no sɛ onipa a ne ho nni asɛm; wɔasɔ ne koma ahwɛ anadwo, na ne nan nnwiriw. Bere a gyata a abutuw retiw no no, ɔsrɛ sɛ wɔnkora no sɛ ani mu kwaadu, na ɔhwɛ boro n'atamfo so kɔ n'Agya anim a obehu no.
17 1Tie asɛm a ɛtene, mʼAgya; tie me sufrɛ; yɛ aso tie me mpaebɔ a efi ano a nnaadaa nni mu. 2Ma me bem mfi wʼanim mmra; ma wʼani nhu nea ɛtene.
3Woapɛɛpɛɛ me koma mu, woahwehwɛ me mu anadwo, woasɔ me ahwɛ na wunhuu hwee; mabɔ me tirim sɛ mʼano renyɛ bɔne. 4Nnipa nneyɛe de, wʼano asɛm nti mayi me ho afi atirimuɔdenfo akwan so. 5Mʼanammɔn akura wʼakwan mu pintinn; me nan nnwiriwii.
6Mefrɛ wo, efisɛ wobɛbua me, mʼAgya; yɛ aso tie me; tie me nsɛm. 7Da wʼapam adɔe nwonwa adi, wo a wode wo nsa nifa gye wɔn a wɔde wɔn ho hintaw wo mu no fi wɔn atamfo nsam. 8Bɔ me ho ban sɛ wʼaniwa a ɛsom bo ma wo; fa me sie wo ntaban nwini ase, 9fi amumɔyɛfo a wɔtow hyɛ me so no nsam, mʼatamfo a wɔpɛ me nkwa a wɔatwa me ho ahyia no.
10Wɔato wɔn koma a apirim no mu; wɔn ano ka nsɛm a ahantan wom. 11Wɔadi yɛn akyi ahu yɛn, na seesei wɔatwa yɛn ho ahyia; wɔde wɔn ani asi so sɛ wɔbɛtow yɛn ahwe fam. 12Ɔte sɛ gyata a ɔkɔm de no, a ɔpɛ sɛ ɔtetew nea ɔakyere, te sɛ gyata ba a ɔbutuw atɛw hɔ retwɛn.
13Sɔre, mʼAgya! Ko tia no, bu no hwe fam! De wʼafoa gye me nkwa fi amumɔyɛfo nsam, 14fa wo nsa, mʼAgya, fi saa nnipa no ho—fi wiase yi nnipa ho, wɔn a wɔn akatua wɔ nkwa yi mu no. Wode nea woakora so no hyɛ wɔn yafunu ma; wɔn mma nya bebree, na wɔgyaw wɔn ahonyade ma wɔn mma nketewa.
15Me de, mɛhu wʼanim wɔ trenee mu; sɛ minyan a, mʼani bɛsɔ sɛ mehu wo sɛso.
