Yuda matsɛ, Asa yi nɔ jeha nɛ ji etɛ ɔ, Ahiya binyumu Baasha ba bɔni tsɛ yemi ngɛ Israel ma a tsuo nɔ. E hi Tirza kɛ ye matsɛ jeha nyingmi enyɔ kɛ eywiɛ.
Nyɛ Yerusalem yihewi! I yuɔ, nɛ ye he ngɛ fɛu saminyayoo. I ngɛ kaa bo tsu nɛ ngɛ Kedar a. Ye he fɛu ɔ, Matsɛ Salomo mɔ ɔ mi tsu mi pomi bo ɔmɛ a he fɛu ɔ pɛ a kɛ maa to he.
I hwɔ mahe, se i hwɔ we mahe kɛ ye tue. Tlukaa a, ye suɔlɔ ɔ ba si sinya a. Agoo, ye tsui kpa, bli sinya a ha mi. Ye nyɛmiyo, ye lahuɛ! Bɔ́ nɛɛ mi, nɛ ye yi, kɛ ye yi bwɔmi tsuo pɔ.
Nihi tsuo nɛ ba guu ma a nya kɛ bee ɔ, hwɔɔ o yi; a huanyaa a yi, nɛ a yeɔ o he fɛu. A deɔ ke, “Jamɛ a ma kɛ e he fɛu ɔ ji nɛ ɔ? Je ɔ tsuo fiami nɔ́ ɔ ji nɛ ɔ lo?”
Jamɛ a be ɔ, ma ha Yerusalem maa pee tɛ nɛ jiɔ ha je ma amɛ tsuo. Ma tsuaa ma nɛ ma wo tɛ nɛ ɔ nɔ ɔ, e maa ye e he awi. Je ma amɛ tsuo ma bla, nɛ a maa te si kɛ wo Yerusalem.
E pee enɛ ɔ, konɛ e ngɔ asafo ɔ ngɔ pee lɛ nitsɛ e nɔ́. Asafo ɔ ngɛ kaa nɔ ko nɛ he ngɛ fɛu saminya; sé ko be e he ɔ, e hɛ mi kuã we, nɛ nɔ́ yaya kpa ko hu be e he. Ee, asafo ɔ maa hi klɔuklɔu nɛ piami ko piami ko be e he hie.
Kɛkɛ nɛ i na ma klɔuklɔu ɔ, Yerusalem ma he ɔ nɛ je Mawu ngɔ ngɛ hiɔwe kɛ ma zugba. A dla e he ha lɛ kaa ayɛflo nɛ a wo lɛ ní ta nɛ a kɛ lɛ yaa ha e huno.