Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, Yawɛ ngɔ Babilonia matsɛ ɔ kɛ ba tua mɛ. Babilonia matsɛ ɔ kɛ klaate gbe Yuda nihewi ɔmɛ ngɛ Yawɛ we ɔ mi po. E nɛ́ nɔ ko nɔ ko mɔbɔ, jokuɛyo jio, nɔkɔtɔma jio, yo jio, nyumu jio, hiɔtsɛ jio, nɔ nɛ ngɛ he wami jio. Mawu ngɔ mɛ tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ ngɔ wo e dɛ mi.
Ye ma a wo ye mi mi la; lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i bui mɛ kaa ye ma hu. I ngɔ mɛ ngɔ wo o sisi, nɛ o nɛ́ mɛ mɔbɔ ko kulaa; nihi nɛ bwɔ po, o wa mɛ yi mi wawɛɛ nitsɛ.
Nɔ́ nɛ Yuda matsɛ, Manase, Hezekia bi ɔ pee benɛ e ngɛ tsɛ yee ngɛ Yerusalem he je ɔ, ma gbla a tue wawɛɛ nitsɛ, nɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ ma ha nɛ je ma amɛ tsuo maa ye gbeye.”
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.
Yawɛ lee, hyɛ koo! Moo hyɛ nihi nɛ o ngɛ mɛ yi mi wae ɔ! Yihi ngɛ mɛ nitsɛmɛ a muklii mi bimɛ nɛ a suɔ ɔ yee! Mawu we ɔ nitsɛnitsɛ mi po a ngɛ osɔfohi, kɛ gbalihi gbee!
Mawu we ɔ, he nɛ wa jaa lɛ ngɛ ɔ, e ywia lɛ dukuduku ngɔ pue si. E gu nyami be ɔmɛ, kɛ Hejɔɔmi ligbi ɔ. Abofu nɛ nya wa nɛ ɔ sa matsɛmɛ, kɛ osɔfohi tsuo a he.
Bɔ nɛ e maa ba ji kaa fɔli ngɛ Yerusalem maa ye mɛ nitsɛmɛ a bimɛ, nɛ bimɛ ɔmɛ hu maa ye a fɔli. Ma gbla o tue wawɛɛ; nɛ nihi nɛ a yi ma na wami ɔ, ma gbɛ mɛ ngɔ fĩa je ɔ mi tsuo.
“Yawɛ ma ha nyɛ he nyɛli ɔmɛ maa ye nyɛ nɔ. Nyɛ maa gu he kake kɛ ya tua mɛ, se a maa gbɛ nyɛ ngɔ fĩa basaa, nɛ zugba a nɔ matsɛ yemi ɔmɛ tsuo maa ye gbeye ngɛ nɔ́ nɛ ba nyɛ nɔ ɔ he.