lɛɛ ma je ye ma, Israel kɛ je zugba a nɛ i ha mɛ ɔ nɔ. We nɛ ɔ hu nɛ i pee klɔuklɔu nɛ a ja mi ngɛ mi ɔ, ma je ye nine ngɛ he. Je ma amɛ tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ maa wo Israel la, nɛ a maa ye e he fɛu.
A de mi ke nihi nɛ piɛ ngɛ zugba a nɔ, nɛ mɛɛ lɛɛ a nuu we mɛ nyɔguɛ ɔ, a ngɛ nɔ́ nami, kɛ ahlua bɔmi nguaa mi. A de hu ke Yerusalem gbogbo ɔmɛ nɛ a hule pue si ɔ, kɛ agbo ɔmɛ nɛ a sã a tsuo ngɛ ja.
Se benɛ Sanbalat nɛ je Bet Horon, Tobia, ma ní tsulɔ ɔ nɛ je Amon zugba a nɔ, kɛ Arabia no ɔ nɛ a tsɛɛ lɛ Geshem ɔ nu he ɔ, a muɔ wɔ, nɛ a ye wa he fɛu, nɛ a de ke, “Mɛni sane nyɛ ngɛ yee nɛ ɔ? Nyɛ ma tsɔ matsɛ ɔ hɛ mi atuã lo?”
Ma ngɔ haomi nɛ nya wa wawɛɛ nitsɛ kɛ ba a nɔ, nɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ ma ha nɛ je ma amɛ tsuo maa nu sawale. A maa ye a he fɛu, a maa bɔ mɛ ahlua, nɛ a maa wo mɛ la ngɛ he tsuaa he nɛ ma fie mɛ kɛ ya a.
Yerusalem bi, nihi nɛ ngɛ Yuda ma amɛ tsuo a mi, matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ, kɛ ma nimeli ɔmɛ tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ nu. Nɛ kɛ je jamɛ a ligbi ɔ kɛ ba si mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ, a hɛ mi kpata pɛsɛpɛsɛ; a plɛ pee he fɛu yemi nɔ́, kɛ gbiɛmi.
“Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ ke, ‘Bɔ nɛ i ngɔ ye mi mi la nɛ nya wa a kɛ kple Yerusalem ma mi bi ɔmɛ a nɔ ɔ, ja pɛ ma pee nyɛ ke nyɛ je kɛ ho Egipt ya. Nyɛ ma plɛ pee kita kami nɔ́, gbeye nɔ́, gbiɛmi nɔ́, kɛ ahlua nɔ́. Nyɛ be hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ nae hu.’ ”
E we bi ɔmɛ ngɛ kɛmɛe kɛ ngɛ nɔ́ ko hlae nɛ a ye. A ngɔ a juetli ɔmɛ kɛ tsake niye ní, konɛ a yi nɛ na wami. Ma a ngɛ kue fae ke, “Yawɛ, moo hyɛ nɛ o na mi mɔbɔ, ejakaa ye he guɛ gbo!”
O ma na maa le jehanɛ kaa imi Yawɛ, i nu o musu bɔmi munyu ɔmɛ nɛ o tu kɛ si Israel yo ɔmɛ ke, ‘Yo ɔmɛ a nɔ pee pasaa; a ngɔ kɛ ha wɔ nɛ waa pee mɛ bɔ nɛ wa suɔ’ ɔ.
“Jehanɛ, gbaa nɛ o de mɛ nɔ́ nɛ imi Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ, i ngɛ dee ɔ. Benɛ je ma amɛ nɛ bɔle Israel ɔ ba tua lɛ, nɛ a ha e níhi ngɛ yo ɔmɛ a nɔ ɔ, je ma amɛ tsuo pue e hɛ mi si.
Mo ji nɔ nɛ fa wa he be ko nɛ be ɔ. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, wa kpa mo pɛɛ nɛ o mi mi ko fu Yerusalem hu. Mo nitsɛ o ma ji lɛ; o yo klɔuklɔu. Wa he yayami ɔmɛ, kɛ wa nɛmɛ ɔmɛ a ní yayami ɔmɛ nɛ a pee ɔ a he je ɔ, je ma amɛ tsuo nɛ bɔle wɔ ɔ yeɔ Yerusalem kɛ o ma a a he fɛu.
Nyɛ Yuda bi, kɛ Israel bi, sa a, nyɛ ngɛ kaa gbiɛmi kɛ ha je ma amɛ, se jehanɛ lɛɛ ma he nyɛ yi wami, nɛ nyɛ maa pee gbaami. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛ wlua nyɛ; nɛ nyɛ ko ye gbeye!”