Jehanɛ, de mɛ ke imi Yawɛ, ma ha nihi tsuo nɛ ngɛ zugba nɛ ɔ nɔ, matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ nɛ ji David nina a, osɔfo ɔmɛ, gbali ɔmɛ, kɛ Yerusalem bi ɔmɛ tsuo dã nɛ a nu kɛ yaa si a maa de kpɔtɔɔ.
“Nyɛ osɔfohi, nyɛɛ bu tue! Israel ma nyɛ tã tue! Matsɛ we mi bimɛ, nyɛɛ bu tue! Nyɛ sa tue gblami! Ejakaa nyɛ pee kaa klama nɛ a tsɔ ngɛ Mizpa, kɛ yá nɛ a wo ngɛ Tabor yo ɔ nɔ,
Nɔ nɛ to ku ngɛ e to tsu mi, nɛ e wo si ke e kɛ lɔ ɔ maa sã bɔ ha mi, se mohu e ngɔ nɔ́ nɛ kpa ngɛ he kɛ ba a, musu tloo kikɛmɛ a sisilɔ nɛ ɔ! Ejakaa matsɛ nguaa ji mi, nɛ je ma amɛ tsuo yeɔ mi gbeye.” Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ lɛ de.
Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ ngɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Bi buu e tsɛ, nɛ tsɔlɔ hu buu e nyɔmtsɛ. Ke tsɛ ji mi ɔ, mɛni he je nyɛ bui mi mɔ? Nɛ ke nyɔmtsɛ ji mi ɔ, mɛni he je nyɛ yi mi gbeye? Nyɛ gbeɔ ye he guɛ, se kɛ̃ ɔ, nyɛ biɔ ke, ‘Kɛ wa plɛ kɛ gbe o he guɛ kɛɛ?’
nyɛɛ pee nɔ́ nɛ da nɛ nyɛ kɛ wo ye hɛ mi nyami. Ke nyɛ bui nɔ́ nɛ i ngɛ nyɛ dee ɔ tue ɔ, ma gbiɛ nyɛ; nɛ gbaami nɛ i ko gbaa nyɛ ɔ ma plɛ pee tue gblami mohu. Niinɛ, i gbiɛ nyɛ momo, ejakaa nyɛ yi ye mlaa amɛ a nɔ bɔ nɛ sa.