“Imi ji Mawu klɔuklɔu nɛ hii hiɔwe kɛ yaa neneene ɔ nɛ. I hii he klɔuklɔu ngɛ hiɔwe lokoo; se nɔ nɛ baa e he si ngɛ e mumi mi, nɛ e tsui mi tsɔ ɔ, i kɛ lɛ hiɔ si; i woɔ e mumi kã, konɛ e ngɔ e hɛ ngɔ fɔ ye nɔ, nɛ e na wami he.
Benɛ i ngɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ hyɛe kɛ mwɔɔ ɔ, a kɛ matsɛ sɛhi ba ma si, nɛ nɔ nɛ ngɛ daa a ba hi si ngɛ kake nɔ. E tade hiɛ futaa kaa snoo, nɛ e yi bwɔmi ngɛ kaa to he bwɔmi ngmingmiingmi. E matsɛ sɛ ɔ, kɛ tlɔɔke nane ɔ nɛ sɛ ɔ maa si ngɛ nɔ ɔ tsuo ngɛ tsoe gegeege.
Yawɛ ke, “Mo Betlehem Efrata, Yuda ma amɛ a kpɛti nyafii kake kɛkɛ ji mo; se ma ha nɔ ko maa je o mi ba ye matsɛ ngɛ Israel ma a tsuo nɔ. Matsɛ nɛ ɔ weku kpa ngɛ kɛ je blema be ɔ mi tɔɔ.” Yawɛ lɛ de.
Yawɛ, mo ji Mawu kɛ je blema lokoo. Ye Mawu ji mo, o ngɛ klɔuklɔu, nɛ o ngɛ daa kɛ daa. Yawɛ ye Mawu kɛ ye yi baalɔ; mo nitsɛ nɛ o hla Babilonia bi ɔmɛ, nɛ o ha a te si wo wɔ, konɛ a nyɛ nɛ a gbla wa tue.