Nyɛ ngɛ tue mi jɔmi si himi mi ngɛ seda tsohi nɛ a kɛ je Lebanon kɛ ba a a mi. Se kɛ̃, haomi kɛ he hiami maa ba nyɛ nɔ kaa yo nɛ nu kɔɔmi; nyɛ ní maa pee mɔbɔ wawɛɛ nitsɛ.
“Ye ma, nyɛ ko ye gbeye; Israel ma, nyɛ tsui nɛ ko po. Ma kpɔ nyɛ kɛ je zugba nɔ, he nɛ a nuu nyɛ kɛ ho ngɛ tsitsaa lokoo ɔ. Nyɛ maa kpale kɛ ba we, nɛ nyɛ ma ba hi si ngɛ tue mi jɔmi mi; nyɛ he mi maa jɔ nyɛ, nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko be nyɛ he gbeye woe.
I nu gbi ko nɛ ngɛ pɛe kaa yo nɛ nu kɔɔmi; i nu kɛmɛmi ko kaa yo nɛ ngɛ e kekleekle bi fɔe. Mamoo Yerusalem nɛ e kɛ gbafa ngɛ ngmlaa kpae ɔ nɛ. E juale e nine mi, nɛ e ngɛ dee ke, “Akuanyɛ! Ye yi ta pɛ! He nyɛli ɔmɛ miɔ nɛ a maa gbe mi!”
Nyɛɛ bu tue! Ngɛ zugba a tsuo nɔ ɔ, i nu nɛ ye ma a ngɛ ngmlaa kpae nɛ a ngɛ bie ke, “Anɛ Yawɛ be Zion hu lo? Zion matsɛ ɔ be ma a mi hu lo?” Yawɛ bi ke, “Mɛni he je lɛ nyɛ ya ja amagahi, nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ peemi wo ye mi mi la a? Mɛni he je lɛ nyɛ ya kpla si ha ma se wohi?”
Wa matsɛ ɔ nɛ Yawɛ nitsɛ hla lɛ, nɛ woɔ wɔ he wami, nɛ wa ngɔ wa hɛ kɛ fɔ e nɔ kaa e ma ba kpɔ wɔ kɛ je he nyɛli ɔmɛ a dɛ mi ɔ sɛ a kpa mi, nɛ a nu lɛ.
Kikɛ nɛ ɔ Israel bi hu maa hi si be babauu nɛ a be matsɛmɛ, loo hɛ mi nyɛɛli. Bɔ sami, kɛ tɛ titimahi a jami se maa po; nɛ amagahi, kɛ níhi nɛ a kɛ klaa a, ekoeko be si hie hu.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Yawɛ maa ngmɛɛ e ma a he kɛ yaa si be nɛ nɔ nɛ nu kɔɔmi ɔ ma fɔ e bi ɔ. Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, bi nɛ ɔ nyɛmimɛ nɛ piɛ ɔ, maa kpale kɛ ba a nyɛmimɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ a ngɔ ekohu.
Ke yo ngɛ kɔe nɛ e ma fɔ ɔ, e haoɔ, ejakaa e dengme gbomi be ɔ su; se ke e fɔ pɛ, dengme tsuo nɛ e gbo ɔ, e hɛ jeɔ nɔ; ejakaa e naa bua jɔmi kaa e fɔ bi kɛ wo je ɔ mi.