Mɛni ji afɛu! Nyɛɛ hyɛ manye munyu fiɛlɔ ko nyɛɛ yo ɔmɛ a nɔ kɛ ma; e hɛɛ manye munyu sɔuu; manye munyu ɔ kɔɔ tue mi jɔmi he! E ngɛ fiɛe ke a ye kunimi, nɛ e ngɛ Zion dee ke, “O Mawu ɔ ngɛ matsɛ yee!”
Zion, nyá oo, nyá! Yerusalem, mo he ose! Hyɛ, o matsɛ ɔ ma! E ma kɛ agbo jemi kɛ kunimi yemi. E ba e he si, nɛ e hi teji okpɔngɔ nɔ; ee, e hi teji okpɔngɔ bi nɔ.
“Nyɛ Zion bi, nyɛ nya nɛ nyɛ bua nɛ jɔ ngɛ nɔ́ nɛ Yawɛ, nyɛ Mawu ɔ pee ha nyɛ ɔ he. E ha gbo nyu nɛ ha nyɛ babauu; gbiɛ nyu hu nɛ ha nyɛ bɔ nɛ sa, kaa kekle ko ɔ.
Jehanɛ ɔ, i nu nɛ nɔ́ ko ngɛ pɛe ngɛ hiɔwe kaa nihi babauu a gbi, loo pa nɛ hia kɛ bee, loo hiɔwe nɛ ngɛ sie wawɛɛ. I nu nɛ a ngɛ dee ke, “A je Mawu yi! Ejakaa Nyɔmtsɛ, wa Mawu Ope ɔ ngɛ matsɛ yee!
Wɔ mohu ji nihi nɛ a po mɛ anɔkuale mi. Ejakaa wɔɔ lɛɛ wa jaa Mawu kɛ guu e mumi ɔ nɔ, nɛ wa fĩaa kɛ fɔɔ Kristo Yesu nɔ. Wa ngɔɛ wa hɛ kɛ fɔɛ he lo nya ní peemi níhi a nɔ.
Se mɛɛ lɛɛ a kpa ngmlaa ke, “O kɛ lɛ nɛ ya! O kɛ lɛ nɛ ya! Sɛu lɛ!” Pilato bi mɛ ke, “Nyɛ matsɛ ɔ, ma sɛu lɛ lo?” Osɔfo nikɔtɔma amɛ he nɔ ke, “Wa be matsɛ ko kaa ja Kaisare ɔ pɛ.”
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.
Yawɛ, mo ji Mawu kɛ je blema lokoo. Ye Mawu ji mo, o ngɛ klɔuklɔu, nɛ o ngɛ daa kɛ daa. Yawɛ ye Mawu kɛ ye yi baalɔ; mo nitsɛ nɛ o hla Babilonia bi ɔmɛ, nɛ o ha a te si wo wɔ, konɛ a nyɛ nɛ a gbla wa tue.