Benɛ Israel tsuo nu kaa Yeroboam je Egipt kɛ ba a, a tsɔ ya kpee lɛ kɛ ba ma a hɛ mi, nɛ a wo lɛ Israel matsɛ. Yuda wɛtso ɔ pɛ ji ni nɛmɛ nɛ ngɔ a hɛ ngɔ fɔ David we ɔ nɔ kaa loloolo ɔ, mɛ ji matsɛmɛ.
Jeha ko mi ɔ, Hoshea tsu we tó kɛ ha Asiria matsɛ ɔ kaa bɔ nɛ e peeɔ daa jeha a; mohu ɔ, e tsɔ ya bi yemi kɛ buami ngɛ Egipt matsɛ, So ngɔ. Asiria matsɛ ɔ ngɔ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ kaa atuã tsɔmi, nɛ e nu Hoshea ngɔ wo tsu.
Jamɛ a lɛ ɔmɛ a mi tso ɔmɛ a he be se nami; a be hie kɛ abalaa womi. Wa ma kpɔ he nyɛli ɔmɛ a ní kpakpa amɛ tsuo ngɛ a dɛ. Ta yibu ní babauu nɛ a ma na a, a maa dla, nɛ nɔ tsuaa nɔ ma na eko; glɔtsɛmɛ po ma na a blɔ fa mi nɔ́. Yawɛ nitsɛ maa pee wa matsɛ. E maa ye wa nɔ, nɛ e maa bu wa he.
“Mawu ɔmɛ nɛ nyɛ pee ngɔ ha nyɛ he ɔ, jije a ngɛ? Ke haomi ba nyɛ nɔ ɔ, nyɛ ha nɛ a he nyɛ yi wami ke a ma nyɛ ɔ! Yuda, bɔ nɛ o ma amɛ hiɛ babauu ɔ, ja nɔuu lɛ o mawu ɔmɛ hu hiɛ.
Nyɛɛ bu tue! Ngɛ zugba a tsuo nɔ ɔ, i nu nɛ ye ma a ngɛ ngmlaa kpae nɛ a ngɛ bie ke, “Anɛ Yawɛ be Zion hu lo? Zion matsɛ ɔ be ma a mi hu lo?” Yawɛ bi ke, “Mɛni he je lɛ nyɛ ya ja amagahi, nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ peemi wo ye mi mi la a? Mɛni he je lɛ nyɛ ya kpla si ha ma se wohi?”
Wa matsɛ ɔ nɛ Yawɛ nitsɛ hla lɛ, nɛ woɔ wɔ he wami, nɛ wa ngɔ wa hɛ kɛ fɔ e nɔ kaa e ma ba kpɔ wɔ kɛ je he nyɛli ɔmɛ a dɛ mi ɔ sɛ a kpa mi, nɛ a nu lɛ.
Kikɛ nɛ ɔ Israel bi hu maa hi si be babauu nɛ a be matsɛmɛ, loo hɛ mi nyɛɛli. Bɔ sami, kɛ tɛ titimahi a jami se maa po; nɛ amagahi, kɛ níhi nɛ a kɛ klaa a, ekoeko be si hie hu.
“Ye ma a wo matsɛmɛ nɛ i li he nɔ́ ko. A hla ma nimeli hu nɛ a bi we mi gbi. A ngɔ sika hiɔ, kɛ sika tsu kɛ puɛ amagahi nɛ ma kpata mɛ nitsɛmɛ a hɛ mi.