ma mudabi tef udu efe̩ e-amata-ma, ku ma ko̩ egbʼo̩la-mi le̩; ma le nyʼatʼamo̩jo̩ omune̩ ubi ku ma re̩ ma. Abunyi Israe̩l kpʼabunyi Juda fʼalo-mi kʼu kpe̩ kpʼamata-ma bie̩.
Omi muda dab o̩mala ki de̩ yo̩o̩ ku ma ane̩ nyʼugbo ku ma akpa. Omi ma ka kʼomi oñ ma ñwa nyu n, kakini, A ki fʼoli le̩ kpʼe̩ro-wñ kpa rinyo̩, A ki fʼu ko̩da bʼane̩ abo ku ma deju te̩, kʼama ki ño̩ rewa odu-wñ ge̩ n.
Amone̩ e̩bie̩ne̩-i, ku ma ko̩ egbʼo̩la-mi, ku ma chʼagbo̩go̩ ku ma tʼe̩do̩-ma onugo ubi, ku ma le teketʼamo̩jo̩ omune̩ ubi, ku ma re̩ ma ku ma ño̩ dojikane̩ ñwu ma, ama adab ukpo ulago kʼi ma nyo̩ e̩wñ du n-i.
Taku ma kakini, Lewa kʼa ñwa Je̩re̩maya e̩ñwa, todu uko̩-o̩la la atakpa rʼamatama efu n, ohi o̩la la atakpa rʼamanibe efu n, o̩la la atakpa rʼamakache̩ efu n. Lewa, kʼa nʼukpalu-wa kpʼo̩, kʼa la we enyʼo̩la-wñ du eti.
Todu u gbo̩ abu kʼamone̩ wewe achakpabie̩ mi ye̩ye̩. E̩wñ ubailo dʼugbo tʼugbo du. Ka waa, awa la aka, ame̩nure̩do̩-mi du kʼama jʼaneju uwane̩-mi ka le̩. Ikani a neke gbʼo̩ ibe tak a afʼu du, kʼa fʼache̩ o̩la-wa na ugbo-wñ.
Ab u nale kʼu natʼuwe̩ no̩? O Ifraim! Ab u nale kʼu mʼe̩ du ñw ma? O Israe̩l! Ab u nale kʼu nachʼuwe̩ kʼe̩ dab Adma! Ab u nale kʼu chʼuwe̩ kʼe̩ dabu Ze̩boim! E̩do̩-mi murida ef umi, ejumomi-mi che̩tajo nyʼomune̩.
Abo-mi mukpabie̩ tod e̩wñ ema ku ma ma ne̩ n; todabu kʼuwe̩ ko̩ e̩wñ ema, omi ñʼakʼuwe̩, kʼuwe̩ ki ño̩ chʼatama ñw mi ge̩ n. Abu kʼuwe̩ gbenyo̩ uko̩-o̩la O̩jo̩-we̩, omi ñʼagbenyo̩ amo̩ma-we̩ ge̩.
Tak omi adʼukpe̩ru e̩ke̩ta le̩ nyʼef una, oñ nafʼuma gwe̩ alu ku ma gwe̩ ajifa, u la ajʼuma ma alu ku ma jʼo̩jamalia ma. Ma akwadʼodu-mi, tak u nagbʼomu-ma. Omi akakini, Abo-mi de̩; oñ ma akakini, Jihofa chʼO̩jo̩-mi.