Gedalia de mɛ ke, “I ngɛ nyɛ kita kae kaa nyɛ ko ye gbeye kaa nyɛ maa ngɔ nyɛ he ya ha Babilonia bi ɔmɛ. Nyɛɛ hi zugba a nɔ, nɛ nyɛ sɔmɔ Babilonia matsɛ ɔ, kɛkɛ e maa hi ha nyɛ.
Babilonia matsɛ, Nebukadnezar wo Ahikam binyumu Gedalia, Shafan bibi ɔ amlaalo ngɛ Yuda; nɛ e ngɔ lɛ ngɔ to nihi nɛ a si ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, nɛ a ngɔɛ mɛ kɛ yɛ Babilonia a a nya.
“Nyɛɛ ya nɛ nyɛ ya bi Yawɛ ga womi ha imi, kɛ nihi tsuo nɛ piɛ ngɛ Israel, kɛ Yuda a. Nyɛ ya bi lɛ womi nɛ a ya na nɛ ɔ mi munyu ɔmɛ a he sane. Yawɛ mi mi fu wɔ wawɛɛ nitsɛ, ejakaa wa nɛmɛ ɔmɛ yi Yawɛ mlaa a nɔ; níhi nɛ a ngma ngɛ womi nɛ ɔ mi ke a pee ɔ, a pee we fɛɛ.”