Yaka gu nyɛ teɔ si makɛ mla, nɛ gbɔkuɛ hu nyɛ ya hwɔ we si mla. Nyɛ gboɔ dengme loko nyɛ naa nɔ́ ko bɔɔ pɛ nyɛ yeɔ, se nɔ nɛ Mawu suɔ e sane ɔ, e haa e hwɔɔ mahe bɔ nɛ sa.
Yerusalem, tee si! O hɛ nɛ tsɛ, nɛ o te si nɛ o da si! Amanehlu nɛ ngɛ kaa kplu nɛ Yawɛ kɛ abofu ngɔ ha mo ke o nu, konɛ e kɛ gbla o tue ɔ, o nu kɛ e sisi ɔ tsuo; nɛ enɛ ɔ ha o ngɛ si tataae.
Yawɛ ke, “Nimli nɛ i suɔ saminya a, yayami sɔuu lɛ a ngɛ pee. Anɛ a ngɛ he blɔ kaa a hii ye we ɔ mi lo? Anɛ a susu kaa ke a wo mi si babauu, nɛ a ngɔ lohwehi kɛ sã bɔ ha mi ɔ, haomi ko nɛ maa ba a nɔ ɔ, a kɛ ní nɛ ɔmɛ a peemi maa tsi jamɛ a haomi ɔ nya lo? Ke e ba mi ja a, anɛ a ma na bua jɔmi lo?
Benɛ e ngɛ munyu ɔ tue kɛ mwɔɔ ɔ, bɔku hleii ko ba ha a nɔ, nɛ gbi je bɔku ɔ mi de ke, “Ye Bi nɛ i suɔ lɛ, nɛ i naa e he tsui ji nɛ ɔ nɛ! Nyɛɛ bu lɛ tue.”