5 Me̩ ki dʼu ka Juda, me̩ ki dʼu kpogo Je̩rusale̩m, kakini, Me̩ fʼo̩kakachi fa ane̩-i; me̩ ki kwa taa kakini. Me̩ kʼo̩la-me̩ jeju, kʼa nyʼef ewo ewo ki nʼaku!
Ama i lewatʼe̩gba ku Ne̩biu-kadre̩za, onu Babilo̩n wa oj ane̩-i, tak a kakini, Lewa, kʼa nyi Je̩rusale̩m tod ailo abogu abo Kaldia kpʼailo abogu abo Siria kʼi aba wa; oñ a gugu Je̩rusale̩m-i.
Ra tod oji-me̩, O, abo Be̩njamin, kwʼalumeji Je̩rusale̩m! Me̩ fʼo̩kakachi fa Te̩koa, ku me̩ la dʼujiwe dago Be̩t-ha-ke̩re̩m; todu e̩bie̩ne̩ dʼo̩wo̩ ate̩ anyope go, kpʼe̩wñ ekpabie̩ lile.
E̩wñ chi kʼa guguane̩ ofo? Kʼo̩la-me̩ jeju, kʼa mugudu tef ewo ewo ki nʼaku kʼa chechi jʼo̩mo̩; todu Jihofa, O̩jo̩-wa, je̩ ñw a chechi, i la mʼomi ololo du ñw a ñmo̩, todabu kʼa du Jihofa re me̩.
E̩ne̩ chʼanibe kʼi amʼoji e̩wñ-i? e̩ne̩ oñ alu Jihofa ko̩la ñw u, kʼe̩ne̩ le̩ ki ka dufu? E̩wñ chi kʼane̩-i kpabie̩, kʼi jo rinyo̩ dab aje̩tachi, kʼe̩ne̩ du ma ñʼalale gu ef uwñ du ge̩ n?
Me̩ ki fʼo̩kakachi fa Zayo̩n, me̩ ki la kpʼelelelele oj uwo-mi kiafo̩! O̩la abo du ku ma dodo ane̩-i ki naga gogodo, todu o̩jo̩ e-Jihofa awa, todu i me̩rʼanane̩ me̩,
E̩ ki fʼo̩kakachi ajifa meji che ñw o̩la-we̩; egwu me̩ agwu; uwe̩ ki la ne̩ e-le̩ do̩ abo̩gbadu jeju, kʼe̩ laño̩ ne̩ kʼe̩ je̩ ñw ule̩ abo uru uru-i kʼi akwane̩.