Yawɛ mi mi fu Israel; nɛ e ngmɛɛ a he ngɔ ha ní hali, nɛ a ha a níhi. E je a he gbi ngɔ ha a he nyɛli nɛ bɔle mɛ ɔ; nɛ a nyɛ we a he nyɛli ɔmɛ a hɛ mi nɛ a da hu.
Mawu we ɔ, he nɛ wa jaa lɛ ngɛ ɔ, e ywia lɛ dukuduku ngɔ pue si. E gu nyami be ɔmɛ, kɛ Hejɔɔmi ligbi ɔ. Abofu nɛ nya wa nɛ ɔ sa matsɛmɛ, kɛ osɔfohi tsuo a he.
Yawɛ ke, “Nimli nɛ i suɔ saminya a, yayami sɔuu lɛ a ngɛ pee. Anɛ a ngɛ he blɔ kaa a hii ye we ɔ mi lo? Anɛ a susu kaa ke a wo mi si babauu, nɛ a ngɔ lohwehi kɛ sã bɔ ha mi ɔ, haomi ko nɛ maa ba a nɔ ɔ, a kɛ ní nɛ ɔmɛ a peemi maa tsi jamɛ a haomi ɔ nya lo? Ke e ba mi ja a, anɛ a ma na bua jɔmi lo?
Ma puɛ nyɛ jami he ɔmɛ ngɛ yo ɔmɛ a nɔ, nɛ ma ywia nyɛ tsopa kɛ e he via bɔ sami la tɛ ɔmɛ; ma ngɔ nyɛ gbogboe ɔmɛ ngɔ pue nyɛ we amaga amɛ nɛ i ywia a a nɔ. Nyɛ maa pee nɔ́ nɛ a hiee ha mi.
Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ Mawu ɔ ka e he kita ke, “Israel bi ɔmɛ a he nɔ womi ɔ, i hiee; a mɔ nguangua amɛ hu, i sume. Ma ngɔ a matsɛ ma a, kɛ e mi níhi tsuo kɛ ha a he nyɛli.”