Yawɛ de Matsɛ Yehoyakin, Yuda matsɛ, Yehoyakim bi ɔ ke, “Ligbi abɔ nɛ ye hɛ ngɛ nɛ ɔ, ke mo ji womi nya sɔumi nɔ́ ngɛ ye hiɔ nine nguɛ he po, ma je mo kɛ je lejɛ ɔ,
Yehoyakin ye jeha nyɔngma kɛ kpaanyɔ benɛ e bɔni tsɛ yemi ngɛ Yuda ma a nɔ. E hi Yerusalem kɛ ye matsɛ nyɔhiɔ etɛ. E nyɛ biɛ ji Nehushta. Elnatan nɛ je Yerusalem ɔ biyo ji lɛ.
I bi ke, “Anɛ Matsɛ Yehoyakin ba pee kaa buɛ nɛ ywia nɛ a sake ngɔ fɔ he nɛ nɔ ko sume hu lo? Anɛ lɔ ɔ he nɛ a nuu lɛ kɛ e bimɛ ɔmɛ kɛ ho zugba nɛ a ti nɔ ko nɔ ko li ɔ nɔ ya lo?”
Yehoyakin ye jeha nyɔngma kɛ kpaanyɔ benɛ e bɔni tsɛ yemi ngɛ Yuda ma a nɔ. E hi Yerusalem kɛ ye matsɛ nyɔhiɔ etɛ kɛ ligbi nyɔngma. Lɛ hu e pee yayami kɛ si Yawɛ.
Jeha mi nɛ Evilmerodak ba bɔni tsɛ yemi ngɛ Babilonia ma a nɔ ɔ, e na Yuda matsɛ, Yehoyakin mɔbɔ, nɛ e je lɛ ngɛ tsu mi. Nɛ́ a nu Yehoyakin kɛ ya wo tsu ngɛ ma se ɔ, jeha nyingmi etɛ kɛ kpaagone ɔ we nyɔhiɔ nyɔngma kɛ enyɔ ɔ we ligbi nyingmi enyɔ kɛ kpaago ɔ nɔ nɛ a je lɛ.
Se kɛ̃ ɔ, Yawɛ, a nɛmɛ a Mawu ɔ ngmɛɛ we e ma a he. Daa nɛ ɔ, e tsɔɔ e gbali ɔmɛ nɛ a ya bɔɔ mɛ kɔkɔ, ejakaa e sume kaa e ma a, loo Yerusalem hɛ mi nɛ kpata.