Benɛ i ngɛ la nɛ ɔ poe kɛ ha matsɛ ɔ, munyu kpakpa sɔuu lɛ ba ye yi mi. La a ba ye nya amlɔ nɔuu kaa bɔ nɛ ní ngmalɔ kpakpa ngɔɔ e ningma tso kɛ ngmaa ni esɔesɔ ɔ.
Nyɛ la ha Mawu; nyɛ la kɛ je e biɛ ɔ yi. Nɔ nɛ hii si ngɛ bɔku ɔmɛ a nɔ kɛ ngɛ nyɛɛe ɔ, nyɛ la kɛ je e yi. Yawɛ ji e biɛ; nyɛ la kɛ bua jɔmi ngɛ e hɛ mi.
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.
“Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ imi Nebukadnezar, i ngɛ matsɛ nɛ ngɛ hiɔwe ɔ yi jee; i ngɛ e hɛ mi nyami woe, nɛ i ngɛ jajee kaa e kle agbo. E peeɔ nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ saminyayoo, nɛ e blɔ ɔmɛ hu da. Nihi nɛ woɔ a he nɔ ɔ, e nyɛɔ baa mɛ si.”
Nɔ nɛ to ku ngɛ e to tsu mi, nɛ e wo si ke e kɛ lɔ ɔ maa sã bɔ ha mi, se mohu e ngɔ nɔ́ nɛ kpa ngɛ he kɛ ba a, musu tloo kikɛmɛ a sisilɔ nɛ ɔ! Ejakaa matsɛ nguaa ji mi, nɛ je ma amɛ tsuo yeɔ mi gbeye.” Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ lɛ de.
Kɛkɛ ɔ, matsɛ ɔ ma de nihi nɛ ngɛ e hiɔ nɔ ɔ ke, ‘Nyɛ nihi nɛ Tsaatsɛ gbaa nyɛ, nyɛɛ ba! Matsɛ yemi ɔ nɛ a dla ngɔ to nyɛ kɛ je be nɛ a to je ɔ sisi ɔ, nyɛ ba ngɔ.