Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ de lɛ ke, ‘Tsɔlɔ angmaletsɛ! Mo nitsɛ o nya mi munyu ma kɛ bu mo fɔ! Tse o le kaa ye yi mi wa! Nɔ́ nɛ pi ye nɔ́ kɛkɛ i ya ngɔ; nɔ́ nɛ i du we kɛkɛ i ya kpa.
A he nɔ ke, “E ma kpata jamɛ a nimli yayami ɔmɛ a hɛ mi butuu, nɛ e maa ngɔ wai ngmɔ ɔ ngɔ ha apaa yeli kpahi, nihi nɛ maa ngɔ wai yiblii ba ha lɛ ngɛ be nɛ sa mi.”
Tse Israel plɛ pee muɔ nɔ́ ha mo? Israel ɔ, anɛ juli a kpɛti a naa lɛ ngɛ lo? Be tsuaa be nɛ o maa tu Israel he munyu ko ɔ, o maa tuu, ma mimiɛ o yi! Pi ja lo?
I plɛ pee ahlua nɔ́ ko kɛ ha ye he nyɛli; i pee muɔ nɔ́ kɛ ha ye nyɛmimɛ, nɛ ye huɛmɛ lɛɛ i plɛ pee gbeye lohwe ha mɛ. Ke nihi na mi ngɛ gbɛjegbɛ nɔ kɛkɛ pui a tu fo!
A maa da si ngɛ se lokoo, ejakaa a maa ye gbeye kaa a maa gbla a kɛ Babilon tsuo a tue. A ma de ke, “Tsaoo! Akuanyɛ! Babilon, ma nguaa! Ma kpetekpleenyɛ! Ngmlɛfia kake too mi ɔ, hyɛ bɔ nɛ gbla o tue ha!”
Kɛkɛ nɛ i nu gbi kpa nɛ tu munyu kɛ je hiɔwe ke, “Ye ma! Nyɛɛ je kpo ngɛ e mi oo, nyɛɛ je ma a mi! Nyɛ ko ya piɛ ma mi bi ɔmɛ a he kɛ pee yayami, konɛ haomi nɛ ba a nɔ ɔ, ko ba nyɛ hu nyɛ nɔ!
Munyuhi nɛ jeɔ a nya a, yayami sɔuu, nɛ a hlaa kaa a wo a he nɔ. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ba mɛ si! Akɛnɛ a gbiɛɛ nɔ, nɛ a yeɔ lakpa he je ɔ, ha nɛ a he nɔ womi ɔ nɛ pee klama nɛ du mɛ.