Yawɛ ke, “Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛɛ mlɛ keii kɛ yaa si ligbi ɔ nɛ ma te si nɛ ma po je ma amɛ a nya. I to ye yi mi kaa ma bua je ma amɛ, kɛ nɔ yemi he ɔmɛ a nya, nɛ ma je ye mi mi la nɛ nya wa a kpo kɛ tsɔɔ mɛ. Ejakaa ye mi mi la nɛ ɔ ma kpata je ɔ tsuo hɛ mi.
Yawɛ be nɔ nɛ tue wa nɛ ɔ he yayami ngɔe kɛ pa lɛ. Niinɛ, Yawɛ mi mi ma fu wawɛɛ kɛ wo lɛ, nɛ gbiɛmihi tsuo nɛ a ngma ngɛ womi nɛ ɔ mi ɔ maa ba e nɔ kɛ yaa si Yawɛ ma kpata e hɛ mi kulaa kɛ pi si.
“Imi Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ, i kɛ hɛdɔ, kɛ abofu tu munyu kɛ si je ma amɛ, kɛ Edom zugba a tsuo. Mɛɛ lɛɛ a nya, nɛ a gbe ye ma a he guɛ; ejakaa a ngɔ ye zugba a, kɛ lohwe lɛmi he ɔmɛ ngɔ pee a weto ní.
A kpa ngmlaa wawɛɛ ke, “Nyɔmtsɛ Ope, mo nɛ o ngɛ klɔuklɔu, nɛ o yeɔ anɔkuale! Mɛni be o maa mlɛ kɛ yaa si? Ni ɔmɛ nɛ ngɛ je ɔ mi nɛ a gbe wɔ ɔ, kojo mɛ nɔuu nɛ o gbla a tue!”
Ligbi ɔ nɛ Yawɛ ma je e mi mi fumi ɔ kpo ɔ, nɔ́ ko nɔ́ ko be nyɛe ma he ma a yi wami: sika hiɔ jio, sika tsu jio. E kɛ e mi mi fumi ɔ ma kpata je ɔ tsuo hɛ mi kaa bɔ nɛ la sãã nɔ́ ɔ. E maa gbe níhi tsuo ngɛ je ɔ mi si kake too.
Yawɛ, mawu kpa ko be nɛ kɛ mo sɔ. O ma a nɛ piɛ ɔ, o kɛ a he yayami paa mɛ. O mi mi fu we kɛ yɛ neneene, se mohu ɔ, o suɔ kaa o je o suɔmi nɛ se pui gblegbleegble ɔ ngɔ tsɔɔ wɔ.
Kɛkɛ nɛ Yawɛ bɔfo ɔ de ke, “Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ, jeha nyingmi kpaago sɔuu ji nɛ ɔ nɛ Yerusalem kɛ Yuda ma amɛ ha nɛ o mi mi wo la. Mɛni be nɛ o bua maa jɔ, nɛ o maa na mɛ mɔbɔ?”