Yawɛ mi mi fu we mla, se kɛ̃ ɔ, e we abofu nya wa wawɛɛ nitsɛ; e ngmɛ́ blɔ nɛ nɔ tɔli yeɔ a he kɔkɔɔkɔ. Yawɛ jeɔ e he wami kpo ngɛ lasiogblee kɛ ahumi mi; nɛ bɔku ngɛ kaa e nane se bunyuku!
Se ke tso ɔmɛ ma tsɛ̃, nɛ a ma gba mɔmɔ jamɛ a ligbi ɔ mɔtu ɔ kɛ̃ nɛ o du mɛ ɔ po, o be yiblii ko kulaa náe. Haomi kɛ he hiami nɛ be tsa ba mohu o ma ná.
Israel matsɛ, Peka yi nɔ ɔ, Asiria matsɛ, Tiglat Pileser ba ngɔ Iyon, Abel Bet Maaka, Yanoa, Kedesh, Hazor, Gilead, kɛ Galilea-Naftali zugba a tsuo; nɛ e ngɔ nimli nɛ ɔmɛ nyɔguɛ kɛ ho Asiria ya.
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 zugba a nɔ niba ní nɛ nyɛ gbo he dengme ɔ hu, je ma ko nɛ nyɛ li ma ba ye lɛ tsuo; nyɛ be nɔ́ kpakpa ko nae, se a maa wa nyɛ yi mi, nɛ a maa pee nyɛ posoo kaa zugba zu.
Ke nɔ ko ya tsu ní ngɛ he lo mi ɔ, e ma kpa nɔ́ nɛ puɛɔ nɛ ma kpata e hɛ mi. Jã kɛ̃ ke nɔ ko tsu ní ngɛ Mawu mumi ɔ nya, Mawu mumi ɔ ma ha e na neneene wami.
Mɛni he je nyɛ puɛɔ sika kɛ heɔ nɔ nɛ be nyɛ tɔe? Mɛni he je nyɛ ngɔɔ nyɛ ní tsumi mi hiɔwo kɛ heɔ nɔ́ nɛ tɔɛ nɔ? Nyɛɛ bu mi tue saminya nɛ nyɛɛ pee nɔ nɛ i ngɛ dee ɔ; kɛkɛ nyɛ maa ye ní kpakpahi nɛ nyɛ bua maa jɔ nyɛ he.
Israel ma a, musu tloo mɛ pɛ; a ngɛ kaa tso nɛ e sipoku gbli, nɛ e wui yiblii. A be fɔe; nɛ ke a fɔ tete po, bimɛ ɔmɛ nɛ a suɔ saminya a, ma kpata a hɛ mi.”
Nyɛ du ní gidiglɛmɛɛ, se nyɛ kpa bɔbɔyoo pɛ. Nyɛ yeɔ ni, se nyɛ tɔɛ gblee. Nyɛ nuɔ dã, se e sui nyɛ nya. Nyɛ ngɛ heha ní, se e ha we nɛ nyɛ he mi nɛ pee kulɔɔ. Nyɛ yeɔ apaa, nɛ a woɔ nyɛ hiɔ, se nyɛ kɛ woɔ kotoku nɛ sisi gu mi. Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ ke, ‘Nyɛ na bɔ nɛ níhi ngɛ yae ha.’