1. Israɛl Gyefo, yɛn anigye ne wo nkutoo,
Wo nkyɛn na yɛsrɛ nhyira fi,
Yɛ’adekyee mununkum Ne yɛn anadwo hann,
Yɛn Hene yɛn Gyefo y’ade nyinaa!
2. Yɛnim sɛ ɔreba abɛboa ne nnwan ano
Ne wɔn akɔ Sion ɔdɔ mu,
Ɛdeɛn nti na wosu wɔ ’wu bɔn no mu
Na wo kyinnkyin wɔ ɛs’rɛ no so?
3. Yɛ’akyinkyin akyɛ sɛ ahɔho bɔnɛ mu,
Asu afrɛ wo wɔ ’serɛ so! Yɛ’atam fo di dɛ
B’rɛ a wɔhuu yɛ’ awerɛho,
Ɛnkyɛ Israel bɛnya ahotɔ.
4. Nsɛmpa yɛ yɛn a yɛyɛ Sion mma dɛa.
’Sɛn kyerɛne no ada ’di dada,
Nsuro yɛdeɛ ɛyɛ Ahemman yɛ yɛn dea.
Na nkwagye da berɛ no abɛn.
5. Me Gyefo pa,
Ma minhunu w’anim hann no bio;
Fa ’dɔ kyekyere me kra werɛ;
Ma sɛdeɛ mepe
Wo nkyɛn maba no
Mfa anidaso mm’rɛ me koma.
6. Ɔhwɛ! Na abɔfoɔ
Mpempem di ahurusi,
Na adasamma twɛn n’asɛm;
Ɔkasa! Na ne nne,
Hyɛ mmerɛsanten ma,
Na eyi Awurade ayɛ.
Ɛmu nsɛm: William W. Phelps, 1792–1872; yi firii Joseph Swain,1761–1796 nnwom mu. Na ɛwɔ LDS nnwom nhoma a edi kan no mu, 1835.
Nnwom: Freeman Lewis, 1780–1859