30 e de ke, “Nyɛɛ hyɛ bɔ nɛ Babilon kle agbo ha! Imi nitsɛ lɛ i po Babilon, nɛ i kɛ lɛ pee ye matsɛ ma, konɛ ma kɛ tsɔɔ ye he wami kpetekpleenyɛ ye biɛ, ye hɛ mi nyami, kɛ ye agboje.”
Babilonia nɔ yemi ɔ ji nɔ yemi ko nɛ hɛ mi ngɛ nyami pe kulaa; nɛ lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e mi bi ɔmɛ fĩaa. Se imi Yawɛ, ma kpata Babilon hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ kaa bɔ nɛ i pee Sodom kɛ Gomora a!
Ja nɔuu, nyɛ nihewi ɔmɛ hu, nyɛɛ ba nyɛ he si ha nikɔtɔma amɛ. Nyɛ tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ nyɛ sɔmɔ nyɛ sibi kɛ he si bami. Ejakaa ngmami ɔ ke, “Nihi nɛ woɔ a he nɔ ɔ, Mawu kɛ mɛ toɔ ní; se nihi nɛ baa a he si ɔ, Mawu dlooɔ mɛ.”
Bɔfo enyɔne ba ngɛ kekleekle nɔ́ ɔ se, nɛ e ngɛ dee ke, “Babilon hɛ mi kpata! Babilon ma kpetekpleenyɛ ɔ hɛ mi kpata! Babilon yakayaka ní peemi ɔmɛ ha nɛ je ɔ tsuo puɛ; e ngɛ kaa dã nɛ nya wa nɛ e ha mɛ nɛ a nu.”
Ma nguaa a mi gba etɛ, nɛ je ma amɛ a hɛ mi kpata. Mawu kai Babilon ma kpetekpleenyɛ ɔ, nɛ e ha nɛ e nu wai kɛ je e kplu ɔ mi. Wai nɛ ɔ daa si ha Mawu mi mi fumi nɛ nya wa a.
A maa da si ngɛ se lokoo, ejakaa a maa ye gbeye kaa a maa gbla a kɛ Babilon tsuo a tue. A ma de ke, “Tsaoo! Akuanyɛ! Babilon, ma nguaa! Ma kpetekpleenyɛ! Ngmlɛfia kake too mi ɔ, hyɛ bɔ nɛ gbla o tue ha!”
Jehanɛ ɔ, bɔfo kpetekpleenyɛ ko wo tɛ nɛ ngɛ kaa wɛ nguaa ko, nɛ e hɛ ngɔ fɔ wo mi, nɛ e de ke, “Kikɛ nɛ ɔ a maa hɛ Babilon ma kpetekpleenyɛ ɔ ngɔ fɔ he, nɛ a be lɛ nae hu gblegbleegble.