nɛ a pia a he, nɛ a fa kue ha mi, nɛ a kpa yayami ɔ nɛ a ngɛ pee ɔ, ma nu a kue fami ɔ ngɛ hiɔwe. Kɛkɛ ɔ, ma ngɔ a yayami ɔmɛ ngɔ pa mɛ, nɛ ma ha kplɔkɔtɔ maa ba a zugba a nɔ ekohu.
Nyɔhiɔ ma kpɛ kaa pu, nɛ pu la a nya maa wa wawɛɛ kaa bɔ nɛ e nya waa daa a totoe si kpaago; e maa pee kaa ligbi kpaago pu tsotsoe tsuo nɛ a bua nya ngɔ ha ligbi kake. Plaami nɛ Yawɛ plaa e ma a, e maa fi pa amɛ a nɔ ha mɛ, nɛ pa amɛ ma gbo. Ní nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo maa ba mi jamɛ a be ɔ mi.
“Tohi nɛ laa a, ma ya hla mɛ; ní nɛmɛ nɛ tla blɔ ɔ, ma ya tsɔ́ mɛ kɛ ba; ní nɛmɛ nɛ plaa a, ma fi a pa amɛ a nɔ ha mɛ; hiɔtsɛmɛ ɔmɛ hu ma tsa mɛ. Se ní nɛmɛ nɛ wo zɔ, kɛ ní nɛmɛ nɛ ngɛ he wami saminya a, ma kpata a hɛ mi; ejakaa i yeɔ dami sane.
Ngɛ tsuhi a yi mi, kɛ blɔhi a nɔ ngɛ Moab zugba a nɔ ɔ, nɔ́ nɛ o maa nu kɛkɛ ji kɔmɔ yemi, ejakaa i ha nɛ Moab pee kaa buɛ nɛ ywia wɔtsɔwɔtsɔ nɛ nɔ ko sume hu.
Yawɛ mi mi fu e ma a, nɛ e wo e nine nɔ, konɛ e gbla a tue. Yo ɔmɛ ma mimiɛ, nɛ ni gbogboehi ma pue si ngɛ blɔ ɔmɛ a nɔ kaa dwɔmi. Ke e ba ja po, Yawɛ mi mi fumi ɔ se be poe, se e nine nɛ e wo nɔ ɔ, ja e kɛ gbla a tue kokooko.
A ní yayami ɔmɛ a he je ɔ, ma ha nɛ zugba ma mimiɛ, nɛ nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ ngɛ zugba a nɔ ɔ maa hao. Zugba a tsuo ma mimiɛ; e maa ya hiɔwe, nɛ e maa ba si kaa bɔ nɛ Nilo pa a nɛ ngɛ Egipt ɔ, hyiɔ nɛ e faa daa jeha a.
Nyɛ he nyɛli tsɛɔ nyɛ ke nihi nɛ a fie mɛ; a deɔ ke, ‘Zion nɛ be huɛ.’ Se kɛ̃, ma ha nɛ nyɛ ma na he wami ekohu; ma tsa nyɛ pa amɛ. Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.”
Yawɛ fa mi ke ma de ma a ke, “Ye hɛngmɛ nɛ tɔ nyu nyɔ kɛ pia daa nɛ ɔ nɛ ma ko kpa ya fomi gblegbleegble. Ejakaa a fia ye ma mi bi ɔmɛ ní kɛ pue si nɛ a plaa wawɛɛ nitsɛ.
Mɛni he je? Ejakaa Siria he wɛ pi Damasko nɛ ji e matsɛ ma a, nɛ Damasko he wɛ pi Rezin. Israel lɛɛ hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ jeha nyingmi ekpa kɛ enuɔ ɔ, a ma kpata e hɛ mi butuu, bɔ nɛ e be nyɛe maa da si kaa ma hu.
Yerusalem, i suɔ mo! Yerusalem, mɛni ma de ha mo? Kɛ ma pee kɛ jɔɔ o bua kɛɛ? Nɔ ko nɔ ko nɛ́ amanehlu hyɛ kaa nɔ́ nɛ ba o nɔ nɛ ɔ. O haomi ɔ kle tsɔ, nɛ e nyagbe be. Mɛnɔ ma he o yi wami?