Mugwo̩ru wa kʼe̩ gugu ef ebutu, O o̩ma igbe̩le̩ Babilo̩n ki ma mʼe̩ne̩ke̩le̩ n le̩; gugu ane̩pe̩te̩, ede ki de̩ n, O o̩migbe̩le̩ abo Kaldia! Ma ñʼadʼuwe̩ kʼe̩ne̩ abaño̩la bo̩lo̩bo̩lo̩ kpai e̩nudachi yo̩o̩ ge̩ n.
Ame̩nojima-wñ akpʼabuko̩lo̩-ma nyʼakpʼomiofo wa; ma lewa alu obuga, ma li omiofo n, ma mudabi kpʼotube̩-ma ofo; anyo̩ fʼuma mu, ibe-ma mudajugu nyʼomune̩, ma la kʼe̩wñ bʼo̩la-ma oji ma.
kpʼamonu o̩wo̩ o̩pata ate̩ chaka, tʼabo̩-najiji, tʼabo ki me̩rʼanane̩, aro̩ne aro̩ne, kpai ojane̩ ojane̩ ile̩ du ku ma jo̩ oj ane̩ ile̩-i. Ubi ma tak onu Babilo̩n añmo̩.
Abu kʼu muna ochochi, u chane̩ ejumama; oñ abu ku ma kʼumi o̩la, u chane̩ edʼo̩wo̩ fiʼuta-mi; anyo̩ mu mi, ibe-mi mudajugu, todu ina o̩jo̩kolobia-mi ki nʼumi oji.
E̩no̩la le̩ fʼo̩wo̩-wñ nadala bʼe̩wñ uñeju-wñ ma chaka; todu Je̩rusale̩m li ka kʼabo uche̩ichi mugudu tʼef uña-wñ kiafo̩ me̩, owñ chʼabo kʼuwe̩ ka kʼama ki we egudu nyʼef ujeju-we̩ le̩.
Go, O Jihofa, kʼe̩ li! Ibe-we̩ tʼe̩ne̩ kʼe̩ chʼo abe̩i? Abobule̩ akʼe̩ro e-ma je̩? amo̩ma-ma ku ma du nʼo̩wo̩ achiya? Ma akʼatama kpʼakache̩ kpa ef uña kiafo̩ e-Ondu?
Tak abogu adago ubi-wñ, ma la adʼuña kiafo̩ ji, tʼaku-wñ le̩. Taku ma akʼiche̩bo̩ o̩jo̩ñwa o̩jo̩ñwa ku ma che le̩ kwʼo̩mo̩ ku ma dʼe̩wñ ihie̩ne̩ ki agwʼe̩wñ alache̩ dago.
Todu ma fʼe̩wñ uhio̩me̩ O̩mri de me̩, kpʼuko̩lo̩ abo unyi Ehab chaka; e̩ la lule̩ tʼikpa alu ku ma ka; todu kʼu dʼuwe̩ chʼe̩wñ ugoju, kpʼabo ku ma dodo ef uwñ ki mud e̩wñ ku ma agwʼo̩ iñmo je̩; todule̩ ame̩ la ane̩ ina ku ma bʼabo-mi.
Tak e̩nebi-mi aliʼi, oñ anyo̩ amu onobule̩ ki ka ñw mi kakini, Ugbo Jihofa, O̩jo̩-we̩ de̩? Eju-mi adʼo; fai taku ma afʼu kpetili mane̩ dabe̩ne̩ kʼe̩pio̩ ej o̩na.