Kikɛmɛ a lakpa tsɔɔli nɛ ɔmɛ maa tu nyɛ munyuhi nɛ a po de, konɛ a kɛ sisi nyɛ nɛ a ná nyɛ he se. Se Mawu bu mɛ fɔ momo be saii ji nɛ, nɛ a hɛ mi kpatami be ɔ hu su ta.
Kikɛmɛ a nimli nɛ ɔmɛ ɔ, a ma kpata a hɛ mi kɛ maa ya neneene. Ejakaa mɛɛ lɛɛ a muklii ji a mawu nɛ a jaa. A nyaa zo níhi a he, nɛ je mi níhi pɛ a he a susuu.
Enɛ ɔ he je nɛ zugba a pee mɔbɔmɔbɔ ɔ nɛ. Níhi tsuo nɛ ngɛ zugba a nɔ, nga mi lohwehi kɛ lohwe pɛlitsɛmɛ tsuo pee gbedee; nɛ pa mi lohi tete ngɛ gboe.”
Akoko dɛ kɔkɔ fuu, kɛ abolo nya bɔbɔɛ bɔɔ ko he ɔ, nyɛ gbee nihi yaka gu, nɛ nyɛ heɔ nihi nɛ a sa gbenɔ ɔ mohu a yi wami. Nyɛ yeɔ lakpa kɛ haa ye ma a, nɛ mɛ hu a buɔ nyɛ tue; lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ye he guɛ gbo ngɛ ye ma a hɛ mi.”
Malɛɛ ngɛ biyiwi enyɔ; a foɔ ya nɛ a deɔ ke, “Ha mi enɛ, ha mi enɛ!” E peeɔ nɔ́ etɛ nɛ a tɔɛ gblegbleegble. Nɔ́ eywiɛ komɛ ngɛ nɛ mɛ hu a tɔɛ gblegbleegble:
A de lɛ ke, “Ma o nya, nɛ o pee dii! Ba nɛ waa ho, nɛ o ya pee wa tsɛ kɛ wa osɔfo. Anɛ o suɔ kaa o maa ye osɔfo ngɛ nɔmlɔ kake we mi, pe kaa o maa ye osɔfo ha wɛtso mluku ngɛ Israel lo?”
Babilonia matsɛ ɔ ma ba da si ngɛ blɔ gbla a nya, konɛ e kla kɛ hla blɔ nɛ e maa gu. E ma huanya e kɛ̃ɛ̃ mi bi ɔmɛ; e ma bi ní ngɛ amaga amɛ a ngɔ, nɛ e maa hyɛ lohwe nɛ a gbe ɔ fafali mi.