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21 Matsɛ tsui ngɛ kaa nyu dɔhi ngɛ Yehowa dɛ mi.
E kudɔɔ lɛ kɛ yaa he fɛɛ he nɛ e suɔ.
2 Adesa blɔhi tsuo da ngɛ e hɛ mi,
Se Yehowa hyɛɛ tsuihi* a mi.
3 Nɔ́ nɛ da peemi kɛ dami sane yemi
Saa Yehowa hɛ mi wawɛɛ pe afɔle.
4 He nɔ womi hɛngmɛ kɛ he nɔ womi tsui
Ji kane nɛ kudɔɔ yiwutsotsɛmɛ; lɛ tsuo ji yayami.
5 Nɔ nɛ bɔɔ mɔde ɔ, e blɔ nya tomihi maa ye manye* kokooko,
Nɛ nihi tsuo nɛ a yeɔ oya kɛ peeɔ níhi ɔ maa ye ohia kokooko.
6 Juetlihi nɛ a kɛ lakpa lilɛ náa a
Ngɛ kaa afua nɛ ngɛ jee, kɛ klama nɛ gbeɔ nɔ.*
7 Yiwutsotsɛmɛ a basabasa peemi ɔ maa bɛɛ mɛ kɛ ho,
Ejakaa a kua dami sane yemi.
8 Adesa nɛ e ye fɔ ɔ blɔ dɛ,
Se adesa nɛ e tsui mi tsɔ ɔ, e ní peepee da.
9 E hi kaa o ma ya hi tsu yi mi ngɛ kɔ nya he ko
Pe nɛ o kɛ yogbayo nɛ suɔ pɛ* maa hi we mi.
10 Nɔ́ yayami peemi jloɔ yiwutsotsɛ;*
E nɛ́ e nyɛmi nɔmlɔ mɔbɔ.
11 Ke a gbla he fɛu yelɔ tue ɔ, nɔ nɛ e be níhi a si kpami ɔ náa juɛmi babauu,
Nɛ ke juɛmitsɛ kase níhi fuu ɔ, e náa nile.*
12 Dalɔ ɔ* hɛngmɛ ngɛ yiwutsotsɛ we he;
E tsɛ̃ɔ yiwutsotsɛmɛ kɛ fiaa si nɛ a hɛ mi kpataa.
13 Nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ tsiɔ e tue konɛ e ko nu ngmlaa nɛ nɔ nɛ e ní ngɛ mɔbɔ ɔ ngɛ kpae ɔ,
Lɛ hu e ma tsɛ nɛ a be lɛ nɔ hee.
14 Ní nɛ a keɔ ngɛ laami mi ɔ jɔɔ abofu he,
Nɛ nyɔ mi ní nɛ a ha ngɛ laami mi* jɔɔ abofu nɛ nya wa he.
15 Dalɔ bua jɔɔ kaa e maa ye dami sane,
Se dami sane yemi ji ní hiemi ní* kɛ ha nihi nɛ a peeɔ ní yayami.
16 Adesa nɛ tlaa blɔ kɛ jeɔ nɔ́ se kɔmi blɔ nɔ ɔ
Ma ya jɔɔ e he ngɛ nihi nɛ a gbo nɛ a be he wami ko ɔ a kpɛti.
17 Nɔ nɛ e suɔ ngɔɔmi yemi* ɔ maa ye ohia;
Nɔ nɛ suɔ wai kɛ nu be ní náe.
18 Yiwutsotsɛ ji kpɔmi nɔ́ kɛ ha dalɔ,
Nɛ a maa nu nɔ sisilɔ ngɛ dali a nane mi.
19 E hi kaa o ma ya hi nga nɔ
Pe nɛ o kɛ yogbayo nɛ suɔ pɛ* nɛ e woɔ nɔ mi mi la maa hi si.
20 A naa juetli nɛ he jua wa kɛ nu ngɛ juɛmitsɛ we mi,
Se kuasia ma kpata níhi nɛ e ngɛ ɔ hɛ mi.*
21 Nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ diɔ dami kɛ suɔmi nɛ se pui se ɔ
Maa pee dalɔ, nɛ e ma ná wami, kɛ hɛ mi nyami.
22 Juɛmitsɛ ma nyɛ maa kuɔ he wali a ma,*
Nɛ́ e ku he wami nɛ a kɛ a hɛ fɔ nɔ ɔ nya la.
23 Nɔ nɛ e kudɔɔ e nya kɛ e lilɛ ɔ
Yuɔ e he ngɛ haomi he.
24 A ma tsɛ fĩalɔ nɛ peeɔ pupuupu nɛ woɔ e he nɔ ɔ ke
He nɔ wolɔ nɛ peeɔ e ní kɛkɛ.
25 Nɔ́ nɛ hejɔtsɛ suɔ kaa e ma ná a maa gbe lɛ,
Ejakaa e kua ke e kɛ e ninehi be ní tsue.
26 Ngɛ ligbi ɔ mi tsuo ɔ, e kɛ hɛ tsumi hlaa kaa e ma ná ní babauu,
Se dalɔ haa nɔ nɔ́, nɛ e pee we kpɛle.*
27 Yiwutsotsɛmɛ a we afɔle ji ní hiemi ní.*
Hluu nɛ nɔ ɔ kɛ juɛmi yaya* lɛ maa sã!
28 Lakpa odase yelɔ hɛ mi ma kpata,
Se nɔ nɛ buɔ sane tue ɔ, odase nɛ e maa ye ɔ maa ye manye.*
29 Yiwutsotsɛ bua peeɔ e ní kaa e ngɛ kã,
Se dalɔ ji nɔ nɛ e blɔ yeɔ manye.*
30 Juɛmi ko, loo nɔ́ se kɔmi ko, loo ga womi ko be nɛ maa te si kɛ wo Yehowa.
31 A dlaa okpɔngɔ kɛ haa ta ligbi,
Se yi wami hemi ɔ, Yehowa ngɔ e jeɔ.