Ke nɔmlɔ kpakpa gbo ɔ, nɔ ko nɔ ko susuu we he, nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko nui sisi hulɔ kaa yayami nɛ maa ba a nya Mawu ngɛ dalɔ ɔ jee kɛ je, bɔ nɛ pee nɛ ayimayi ko kó ba ye lɛ hwɔɔ se.
Asiria matsɛ, Tiglat Pileser ba tua Israel; nɛ Menahem ha lɛ sika hiɔ kilo akpe nyingmi etɛ kɛ eywiɛ, bɔ nɛ pee nɛ Tiglat Pileser nɛ e piɛ e he, nɛ e matsɛ yemi ɔ nɛ da si.
Nyɛ nui hyɛ, nɛ nyɛ li lolo; kɛ je blema lokoo ɔ, nyɛ tue bli we lolo! Ejakaa i le kaa yi wu tso níhi nyɛ peeɔ; kɛ je nyɛ fɔmi be mi tɔɔ ɔ, atuã tsɔli a tsɛɔ nyɛ.
Ye ma a hɛ mi ma kpata, ejakaa a li nɔ. Ee, nyɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ, nyɛ kua nile, lɔ ɔ he ɔ, imi hu ma kua nyɛ. Akɛnɛ nyɛ hɛ je ye mlaa amɛ a nɔ he je ɔ, imi hu ye hɛ maa je nyɛ binyumu ɔmɛ a nɔ.