Babilonia matsɛ, Nebukadnezar nɛ ha Zedekia kɛ Mawu biɛ ka lɛ kita ke e maa bu lɛ ɔ, lɛ hu Zedekia tsɔ atuã kɛ wo lɛ. Zedekia wa tue; e tsakee we e tsui, nɛ e kpale we kɛ ba nyɛɛ Yawɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ se.
I ngɛ nyɛ dee ke, nyumu nɛ ɔ kpale e se kɛ ho we mi ya kaa nɔ nɛ pee nɔ́ nɛ sa Mawu hɛ mi pe Farisi no ɔ. Ejakaa nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ woɔ e he nɔ ɔ, a maa ba lɛ si; se nɔ nɛ baa e he si ɔ, a ma wo e nɔ.”
“Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ de ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: ‘Kaa bɔ nɛ i de to ɔ, i kɛ haomi nɛ nya wa maa ba ma nɛ ɔ, kɛ mahi tsuo nɛ bɔle lɛ ɔ a nɔ. Ma pee nɔ́ nɛ ɔ, ejakaa nyɛ tue wa, nɛ nyɛ nui ye munyu ɔmɛ.’ ”
“Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ imi Nebukadnezar, i ngɛ matsɛ nɛ ngɛ hiɔwe ɔ yi jee; i ngɛ e hɛ mi nyami woe, nɛ i ngɛ jajee kaa e kle agbo. E peeɔ nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ saminyayoo, nɛ e blɔ ɔmɛ hu da. Nihi nɛ woɔ a he nɔ ɔ, e nyɛɔ baa mɛ si.”
Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ ke, “Mahi nɛ piɛɔ Egipt he kɛ je Migdol ngɛ omleyi je kɛ ya su Aswan ngɛ leneyi je ɔ, a mi bi tsuo a hɛ mi ma kpata ngɛ ta a mi. Tabo ɔ nɛ Egipt kɛ fĩaa a hɛ mi ma kpata kulaa. Imi, Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ lɛ i de.
Nyɛ Moab bi, nyɛ je nyɛ hɛ mi nyami ɔ ngɔ fɔ si; nyɛ ba hi si ngɛ zia mi ngɛ zugba. Moab he nyɛli ɔmɛ ma ba tua nyɛ hulɔ, nɛ a ma kpata nyɛ mɔ ɔmɛ a hɛ mi.
Yawɛ ke, “Babilon, mo kple si kɛ je matsɛ sɛ ɔ nɔ! Ba hi si ngɛ zugba, ngɛ bunyuku mi! Be ko nɛ be ɔ, o ngɛ kaa yomiyo, se jehanɛ lɛɛ a be mo hɛɛ dɔdɔɔdɔ hu!
Mɛni he je nyɛ maa kplii nyɛ tsui kaa bɔ nɛ Egipt bi ɔmɛ, kɛ Farao ɔ kplii a tsui ɔ? Nyɛ kai kaa Mawu kɛ Egipt bi ɔmɛ to ní wawɛɛ nitsɛ kɛ ya si be nɛ a ngmɛɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ a he nɛ a ho.
“Jehanɛ lɛɛ, jamɛ a tso ɔ nɛ bɔ kusuu, nɛ e nɔ kuɔ gojoo kɛ su bɔku mi tɔɔ ɔ, imi Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ nitsɛ ma tsɔɔ mo nɔ́ nɛ maa ba e nɔ. Akɛnɛ e nɔ kuɔ gojoo he je ɔ, e wo e he nɔ nɛ e fĩa;
Enɛ ɔ se ɔ, to akpakpo ɔ ba wo e he nɔ wawɛɛ nitsɛ, nɛ e bui nɔ́ ko nɔ́ ko. Se benɛ e he wami ɔ ba he si ɔ, e koli ɔ ku. Kɛkɛ nɛ koli agboagbo eywiɛ ba puɛ ngɛ lɔ ɔ nane mi; koli ɔmɛ plɛ a nyahi ngɔ kpee he munomunohi.
“Siria matsɛ ɔ maa pee e suɔmi nya ní. E ma wo e he nɔ, nɛ e maa pee lɛ kaa e kle pe mawu ɔmɛ tsuo. Mawu Ope ɔ nitsɛ po, e maa tu musu munyuhi kɛ si lɛ hluu kɛ yaa si be nɛ Mawu maa gbla e tue. Ejakaa nɔ́ nɛ Mawu to kaa e maa pee ɔ, ja e pee.
Se kpakpa nɛ ɔ nɛ a pee Hezekia a, e nɛ Yawɛ si, nɛ e je we Yawɛ yi kɛ to nane mi; mohu ɔ, e wo e he nɔ. Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, Yawɛ mi mi fu lɛ, kɛ Yuda, kɛ Yerusalem.