Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ Mawu ɔ ka e he kita ke, “Israel bi ɔmɛ a he nɔ womi ɔ, i hiee; a mɔ nguangua amɛ hu, i sume. Ma ngɔ a matsɛ ma a, kɛ e mi níhi tsuo kɛ ha a he nyɛli.”
A gbeɔ lohwehi kɛ sãã bɔ kɛ haa mi, nɛ lo ɔ nɛ a kɛ ba sã bɔ ɔ lɛɛ mɛ nitsɛmɛ a yeɔ. Se imi Yawɛ, ye bua jɔɛ a he. Ma kai a he yayami ɔmɛ, nɛ ma gbla a tue kokooko ngɛ he; ma kpale mɛ kɛ ho Egipt ya!
Nɔ ko pa be e nyɛmi, loo e he nɔ ko tsɔɔe hu ke e le Yawɛ, ejakaa nɔ tsuaa nɔ maa le mi, kɛ je jokuɛyo pe kulaa nɔ kɛ yaa si nɔkɔtɔma pe kulaa nɔ. Ma ngɔ a he yayami ɔmɛ kɛ pa mɛ, nɛ a ní yayami ɔmɛ hu i be kaie hu. Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.”
Yawɛ ke, “Nyɛ Yuda bi, nyɛ he yayami ɔ, dade ningma tso a kɛ ngma; a kɛ sika tɛ nya piɔpiɔ ngma ngɛ nyɛ tsui mi, nɛ a kpɛ́ ngɛ nyɛ bɔ sami la tɛ koli ɔmɛ a nɔ.
“Tsopa kɛ e he via nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ nyɛ nɛmɛ ɔmɛ, nyɛ matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ, nyɛ ma nimeli ɔmɛ, kɛ ma mi bi ɔmɛ sã ngɛ Yuda ma amɛ a mi, kɛ Yerusalem gbɛjegbɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ ɔ, anɛ nyɛ susu kaa Yawɛ li lo? Nyɛ bu kaa e hɛ je nɔ?