Se ye ma a lɛɛ, a hɛ je ye nɔ; a sãã tsopa kɛ e he via kɛ haa amagahi. A je blema blɔ kpakpa amɛ a nɔ, nɛ a ya ngɛ lakpa blɔhi a nɔ nyɛɛe. A nyɛɛ we gbɛjegbɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ hu; nane blɔhi a nɔ mohu lɛ a ngɛ nyɛɛe.
Imi Yawɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ, i wo si be ko ke o kɛ o weku li ma sɔmɔ mi kaa osɔfohi kɛ maa ya neneene. Se jehanɛ ɔ, i ngɛ dee ke i kpale ye nya se! Mohu ɔ, nihi nɛ woɔ ye hɛ mi nyami ɔ, ma wo a hɛ mi nyami; nɛ nihi nɛ hiee mi ɔ, imi hu ma hie mɛ.
Yawɛ, Israel ma a ngɔ a hɛ ngɔ fɔ o nɔ; nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ ma kua mo ɔ, zo maa gbe lɛ. A maa laa kaa biɛ nɛ a ngma ngɛ zu mi, ejakaa a kua mo Yawɛ, mo wami nyu vu ɔ.
E maa pee lɛ, kɛ e nina tsuo a nɔ́, nɛ a maa da nɔ kɛ ye osɔfo kɛ maa ya neneene. Ejakaa e kplɛɛ we nɛ nihi kɛ mi nɛ plee nɔ́ he, nɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ ha nɛ a kɛ Israel ma a he yayami pa mɛ.”
Osɔfo ɔmɛ bi we ke, ‘Jije Yawɛ ngɛ?’ Imi nitsɛ ye we osɔfohi po li mi. Nɔ yeli ɔmɛ te si kɛ wo mi; gbali ɔmɛ gba ngɛ Baal biɛ mi, nɛ a ya nyɛɛ níhi nɛ a he be se nami a se.
Ye ma a hɛ mi ma kpata, ejakaa a li nɔ. Ee, nyɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ, nyɛ kua nile, lɔ ɔ he ɔ, imi hu ma kua nyɛ. Akɛnɛ nyɛ hɛ je ye mlaa amɛ a nɔ he je ɔ, imi hu ye hɛ maa je nyɛ binyumu ɔmɛ a nɔ.
Gbali ɔmɛ ɔ, biɛ kɛkɛ lɛ tsɛɛ mɛ; lakpatsɛmɛ sɔuu ji mɛ. Osɔfo ɔmɛ plɛɔ mlaa amɛ a hɛ mi kɛ buɔ si bɔ nɛ maa da mɛ, nɛ a bleɔ níhi nɛ a ngɛ klɔuklɔu ɔ.
Osɔfo ɔmɛ plɛɔ ye mlaa a hɛ mi buɔ si, nɛ a bleɔ ye ní klɔuklɔu ɔmɛ. A li slɔɔto nɛ ngɛ nɔ́ klɔuklɔu, kɛ nɔ́ gu a kpɛti. A tsɔɔ we ni ɔmɛ slɔɔto nɛ ngɛ nɔ́ nɛ he tsɔ, kɛ nɔ́ nɛ he tsɔ we a kpɛti. A kuɔ a hɛ ngɔ fɔɔ Hejɔɔmi ligbi ɔ nɔ. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Israel bi ɔmɛ bui mi fɛɛ.
A ha nibwɔhi mɔmlɔtɔtsɛmɛ, nihi nɛ a he tsɔ we, nɛ a bui mi tue ba sɛ ye we ɔ mi, benɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ ngɔ zɔ kɛ muɔ kɛ ngɛ bɔhi sãe ha mi ɔ. Ye ma a yi ye somi ɔ nɔ, nɛ a ngɔ a ní hiemi ní nɛ ɔmɛ hu kɛ tɔ ye nɔ.
Akɛnɛ a nyɛɛ Israel ma a hɛ mi kɛ ya ja amagahi, nɛ a ha a pee yayami kɛ si mi he je ɔ, imi Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ, i ngɛ ye he kita kae ke ma gbla a tue kokooko.
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?’