Mo nitsɛ o ní yayami ɔmɛ maa gbla o tue; o se yami ɔ ma ka o hɛ mi. O ma ba na paa kaa kuami nɛ o kua imi, Yawɛ o Mawu ɔ, kɛ ye hɛ mi atuã nɛ o tsɔ ɔ ji nɔ́ ko nɛ hí kulaa; e ngɛ kaa nɔ́ ko nɛ dooɔ kaa agba. Imi, Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ lɛ i de.”
Se benɛ a ba su zugba a nɔ nɛ a ngɔ kɛ pee a weto ní ɔ, a bui mo tue; o mlaa amɛ hu a yi nɔ fɛɛ. Níhi nɛ o fa mɛ ke a pee ɔ, a pee we ekoeko fɛɛ. Enɛ ɔ he je nɛ o kɛ haomi nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo ba a nɔ ɔ nɛ.
Yerusalem, ma nɛ sa be ko ɔ, nihi babauu ngɛ mi ɔ, hyɛ bɔ nɛ e mi je gu kɛ fɔɔ si ha! Be ko nɛ be ɔ, je ma amɛ buu lɛ ma nguaa, se jehanɛ lɛɛ e ngɛ kaa yalɔyo. Ma nɛ ngɛ kaa matsɛ biyo ngɛ je ma amɛ tsuo a kpɛti ɔ ba plɛ pee je ma amɛ a nyɔguɛ.
“Yawɛ nɔ́ da. Ejakaa imi lɛ i tsɔ atuã, nɛ i bui e munyu ɔ; se kɛ̃ ɔ, nyɛ nihi tsuo nyɛɛ bu mi tue, konɛ amanehlu nɛ ba ye nɔ nɛ ɔ, nyɛɛ na. A nuu ye nihewi ɔmɛ, kɛ yihewi ɔmɛ nyɔguɛ kɛ ho.
“Yawɛ lee, hyɛ bɔ nɛ i ngɛ haoe ha; i ngɛ he hiami mi wawɛɛ, nɛ ye tsui ngɛ mi yee. I tsɔ o hɛ mi atuã. A ngɛ nihi gbee ngɛ gbɛjegbɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ; jã kɛ̃ nihi ngɛ gboe ngɛ we ɔmɛ a mi hulɔ.
Yerusalem pee yayami wawɛɛ kɛ pue e hɛ mi si. E pee kaa nɔ ko nɛ hɛɛ e he gu; nihi tsuo nɛ peeɔ e he akɔtaa a bui lɛ hu. Ee, e ngɛ kɛmɛe, nɛ e ngɛ e hɛ mi laae.
Benɛ Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ mi mi wo la a, e ha nɛ bɔku ha Zion nɔ. E kpɔ́ Israel he fɛu ɔ kɛ je hiɔwe kɛ ba pue zugba. Ligbi ɔ nɛ e mi mi fu ɔ, e kua lɛ nitsɛ e we pohu.
Bɔ nɛ imi Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ, i ngɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Pɛne o yi fimi nɔ́ ɔ, je matsɛ pɛɛ ɔ ngɛ o yi! Níhi ma tsake; bɔ nɛ a ngɛ ɔ, a be ja hie hu; nɔ́ nɛ ba si ɔ a ma wo nɔ; nɔ́ nɛ a wo nɔ ɔ, a maa ba lɛ si! Wó ni guhi nɔ yeli. Ha nɛ nɔ yeli nɛ ba pee ni guhi!
Koo ye amanehlu nɛ ma o nɔ ɔ gbeye! Hyɛ! Abosiami miɔ nɛ e maa wo nyɛ ti ni komɛ tsu, konɛ a kɛ ka nyɛ; nɛ nyɛ maa na nɔ́ ligbi nyɔngma. Ye mi anɔkuale kɛ yaa si gbenɔ mi tete po, nɛ ma ha mo wami kaa kunimi nɛ o ye ɔ he jlasi.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ma a tsuo ba bua a he nya ngɛ Mizpa. A yɛ nyu kɛ pue si ngɛ Yawɛ hɛ mi, nɛ a ha hwɔ jamɛ a ligbi ɔ tsuo, nɛ a de ke, “Wa pee yayami kɛ si Yawɛ.” Mizpa ji he nɛ Samuel hyɛɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ a kpɛti sanehi a mi haa mɛ ngɛ.