Mawu ha mɛ he wami nɛ a ma nyɛ nga hiɔwe nya nɛ hiɔmi be nɛe be mi nɛ a ngɛ gbae ɔ. A ngɛ he wami ngɛ nyu nɔ kaa a ma ha nɛ nyu nɛ plɛ pee muɔ; a ngɛ he wami hulɔ kaa a kɛ gbenɔ hiɔ slɔɔtohi baa zugba a nɔ si abɔ nɛ a suɔ.
Yawɛ ke, “Benɛ e piɛ nyɔhiɔ etɛ nɛ a ma kpa nyɛ ngmɔ niba ní ɔ, i tsi hiɔmi nya. I ha nɛ hiɔmi nɛ ngɛ ma ko mi, se ma kpa ko mi lɛɛ e nɛ́. Hiɔmi nɛ ngɔ pue ngmɔ ko nɔ, se ngmɔ ko lɛɛ e nɔ gbli.
“Nyɛ Zion bi, nyɛ nya nɛ nyɛ bua nɛ jɔ ngɛ nɔ́ nɛ Yawɛ, nyɛ Mawu ɔ pee ha nyɛ ɔ he. E ha gbo nyu nɛ ha nyɛ babauu; gbiɛ nyu hu nɛ ha nyɛ bɔ nɛ sa, kaa kekle ko ɔ.
Je ma amɛ a we amaga amɛ ekoeko be nɛ ma ha nɛ hiɔmi maa nɛ ha wɔ; hiɔwe tete po be nyɛe ma ha nɛ hiɔmi maa nɛ. Yawɛ, wa Mawu, o nɔ wa ngɔ wa hɛ kɛ fɔ, ejakaa mo lɛ o peeɔ ní nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo.
Nyɛɛ hyɛ nɛ nyɛɛ gbe a bimɛ ɔmɛ; nyɛ bɔni a hɛ mi kpatami koo! Matsɛ ɔ binyumu ɔmɛ ma gbo ngɛ a nɛmɛ ɔmɛ a he yayami ɔmɛ a he. Ke pi ja a, a ma ba te si ekohu; a maa ye je ɔ nɔ, nɛ a maa po mahi ha a he.”