Benɛ Babilonia matsɛ, Nebukadnezar kɛ e tabo ɔ, kɛ je mahi tsuo nɛ ngɛ e sisi ɔ ba tua Yerusalem kɛ mahi nɛ bɔle Yerusalem ɔ, i ná sɛ gbi kɛ je Yawɛ ngɔ.
Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ ngɔ Matsɛ Yehoyakim ngɔ wo e dɛ, nɛ Nebukadnezar muɔ june nɛ ngɛ Yawɛ we ɔ ekomɛ kɛ je kɛ ho. Babilon ya. June nɛ e muɔ ngɛ Mawu we ɔ e kɛ ya to e mawu ɔmɛ a nito he ɔ.
O se ɔ, matsɛ yemi kpa maa ba, se jamɛ a matsɛ yemi ɔ, kɛ o nɔ́ ɔ be sɔe. Matsɛ yemi etɛne maa ba ngɛ lɔ ɔ se. Lɛ ji amaga a mlɛ mi ɔ nɛ a kɛ akɔblee pee ɔ nɛ, nɛ e maa ye je ɔ tsuo nɔ.
“Nlami nɛ imi Nebukadnezar, i nla ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Belteshazar, moo tsɔɔ mi nlami ɔ sisi jehanɛ. Ye ga woli ɔmɛ a ti nɔ ko nɔ ko nyɛ we nɛ e tsɔɔ mi sisi. Se moo lɛɛ o ma nyɛ maa tsɔɔ mi sisi, ejakaa Mawu klɔuklɔu ɔ mumi ɔ ngɛ o mi.”
Kekleekle lohwe ɔ ngɛ kaa jata, se e pɛlihi lɛɛ a ngɛ kaa kɔle pɛlihi. Benɛ i ngɛ lɛ hyɛe kɛ mwɔɔ ɔ, a ba kplɔ e pɛli ɔmɛ ngɛ e he. Jehanɛ, a wo lohwe ɔ nɔ ngɛ zugba; a kɛ lɛ da si ngɛ e nanehi a nɔ kaa nɔmlɔ, nɛ a ha lɛ nɔmlɔ juɛmi.