Nyɛ Yerusalem ma mi bi, nyɛɛ kɛ nyɛ he nɛ wuwlua si, nɛ nyɛ kɛmɛ kaa yo nɛ ngɛ kɔe. Ejakaa jehanɛ lɛɛ nyɛ maa je ma a mi kɛ ya hi nga nɔ. A maa ngɔ nyɛ kɛ ya Babilon tɔɔ. Se Yawɛ ma kpɔ nyɛ kɛ je nyɛ he nyɛli ɔmɛ a dɛ mi ngɛ lejɛ ɔ.
Nyɛ deɔ nyɛ ma mi bi ɔmɛ ke, “Nyɛɛ ya nɛ nyɛ ya hyɛ Kalne ma a, Hamat ma nguaa a, kɛ Filisti bi a ma nɛ a tsɛɛ Gat ɔ. Sa a, ma nɛ ɔmɛ kle agboagbo, nɛ a ngɛ he wami hu pe Yuda kɛ Israel nɔ yemi he ɔmɛ. Se amlɔ nɛ ɔ lɛɛ nyɛɛ hyɛ mɛ ha!”
Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ de ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Nyɛ ya tua Merataim, kɛ Pekod bi ɔmɛ. Nyɛɛ gbe mɛ, nɛ nyɛ kpata a hɛ mi. Nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ nɛ i fa nyɛ ke nyɛɛ pee ɔ, nyɛɛ pee. Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.
Jamɛ a be ɔ, Babilonia matsɛ, Merodak Baladan, Baladan bi nyumu ɔ, nu kaa Matsɛ Hezekia ba na we he wami. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e ngma womi, nɛ e tsɔ nɛ a kɛ nike ní piɛ he ya ha lɛ.
Jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ ma tsu ní kɛ he wami; e maa kpale e ma mi bi ɔmɛ nɛ piɛ ngɛ zugba nɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ ɔ kɛ maa ba we ekohu. A maa je Asiria, Egipt, Patros, Sudan, Elam, Babilonia, Hamat, kɛ mahi nɛ ngɛ wo nya a kɛ ba.
Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ ngɔ Matsɛ Yehoyakim ngɔ wo e dɛ, nɛ Nebukadnezar muɔ june nɛ ngɛ Yawɛ we ɔ ekomɛ kɛ je kɛ ho. Babilon ya. June nɛ e muɔ ngɛ Mawu we ɔ e kɛ ya to e mawu ɔmɛ a nito he ɔ.
“Babilonia matsɛ, Nebukadnezar ba tua wɔ. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i kpa mo pɛɛ nɛ o bi Yawɛ ga womi ha wɔ kaa alini Yawɛ ma tsu nyakpɛ ni ha wɔ, nɛ e ma ha nɛ Nebukadnezar maa kpale e se lo.”