Ko kpla si ha mɛ, nɛ ko ja mɛ hulɔ; ejakaa imi Yawɛ, o Mawu ɔ, a kɛ mi plee we nɔ́ he. I gblaa ni nɛmɛ nɛ nyɛɛ mi ɔ, kɛ a bimɛ, kɛ a bibimɛ a tue hluu kɛ yaa si yi nɔ etɛne kɛ eywiɛne bimɛ a nɔ.
I yeɔ ye si womi nɔ kɛ haa nimli akpeakpe, nɛ i ngɔɔ a he yayami kɛ tɔmi ngɔ paa mɛ. Se kɛ̃ i gblaa bimɛ kɛ bibimɛ a tue hluu kɛ ya siɔ yi nɔ etɛne kɛ eywiɛne bimɛ ngɛ a tsɛmɛ kɛ a nɛmɛ a yayamihi a he.”
Yerusalem, tee si! O hɛ nɛ tsɛ, nɛ o te si nɛ o da si! Amanehlu nɛ ngɛ kaa kplu nɛ Yawɛ kɛ abofu ngɔ ha mo ke o nu, konɛ e kɛ gbla o tue ɔ, o nu kɛ e sisi ɔ tsuo; nɛ enɛ ɔ ha o ngɛ si tataae.
Somi nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ imi Yawɛ, nyɛ so ɔ, nyɛɛ ye nɔ, nɛ nyɛɛ ngɔ nyɛ he kɛ ha mi, nyɛ Yuda ma, kɛ Yerusalem bi. Ke nyɛ pee we ja a, ye mi mi ma fu nyɛ ngɛ nyɛ ní yayami ɔmɛ a he. Nɛ ke ye mi mi fu ɔ, nɔ ko be nyɛe maa jɔɔ he.”
Nyɛ he ose kɛ wo ma a he! Jehanɛ lɛɛ Babilon ha yi. Ma a sisi tomi ɔmɛ, kɛ e gbogbo ɔmɛ ku kɛ pueɔ si. I ngɛ Babilonia bi ɔmɛ a tue gblae. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛ hu nyɛɛ ye nyɛ nitsɛmɛ nyɛ he lue; bɔ nɛ a pee ni komɛ ɔ, nyɛ hu nyɛɛ pee mɛ kɛ to nane mi.
“Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, gbaa kɛ tsɔɔ Israel zugba a. De yo ɔmɛ, pa amɛ, kɛ kɔ̃ ɔmɛ ke imi Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ, i kɛ hɛdɔ, kɛ abofu wawɛɛ ngɛ munyu tue, ejakaa je ma amɛ gbe nyɛ he guɛ, nɛ a pue nyɛ hɛ mi si.
Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ ke, “Jehanɛ lɛɛ, ma na Yakob nina a mɔbɔ; ma na Israel ma a tsuo mɔbɔ, nɛ ma ha a maa bɔ ekohu. Ma pee enɛ ɔ, konɛ a na kaa nɔ klɔuklɔu ji mi.
“Ma gbla nyɛ tue wawɛɛ kɛ yaa si be nɛ ye mi mi la a se maa po, nɛ́ ye bua maa jɔ. Ke e ba mi ja a, kɛkɛ nyɛ maa le kaa imi Yawɛ, i kɛ nyɛ tu munyu kikɛ nɛ ɔ, ejakaa nyɛ yi mi anɔkuale, nɛ lɔ ɔ nɛ wo ye mi mi la a nɛ.
Nihi nɛ ngɛ se lokoo ɔ maa nu hiɔ, nɛ a ma gbo; nihi nɛ ngɛ kpo nya a maa nɔ ngɛ ta mi; nihi nɛ maa piɛ ɔ, hwɔ maa gbe mɛ. Bɔ nɛ ye mi mi la nɛ nya wa a ma tsu ní ji nɛ ɔ nɛ.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i kɛ abofu nɛ nya wa ma kple a nɔ. A be mɔbɔ nami ko kulaa nae ngɛ ye hɛngmɛ mi, nɛ i be a yi bae hulɔ. A maa fa kue boboobo kɛ tsɛ mi, se i be mɛ tue bue.”
Yawɛ, mawu kpa ko be nɛ kɛ mo sɔ. O ma a nɛ piɛ ɔ, o kɛ a he yayami paa mɛ. O mi mi fu we kɛ yɛ neneene, se mohu ɔ, o suɔ kaa o je o suɔmi nɛ se pui gblegbleegble ɔ ngɔ tsɔɔ wɔ.
“Nɔ́ nɛ Eleazar binyumu Finehas, osɔfo Aaron bibi ɔ pee nɛ ɔ ha nɛ ye mi mi nɛ fu Israel ma a nya ba si. E je hunga ha mi, nɛ enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, i be ye ma a hɛ mi kpatae hu.
Ye huɛmɛ, nyɛ ko ye nyɛ nitsɛmɛ nyɛ he lue, se mohu nyɛɛ ngmɛ Mawu blɔ nɛ e kɛ e mi mi la nɛ pee. Ejakaa ngmami ɔ deɔ ke, “Ye nɔ ji lue yemi; Imi ma pee kɛ to nane mi. Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ lɛ de.”
Mawu tsɔlɔ ji lɛ, nɛ e ní tsumi ji kaa e hyɛ nɛ e hi ha mo. Se ke o pee yayami ɔ, lɛɛ o ye nɔ yelɔ ɔ gbeye; ejakaa a ha we lɛ blɔ nya nɛ ɔ yaka. Mawu tsɔlɔ ji lɛ; nɛ nihi nɛ peeɔ yayami ɔ, e kɛ mi mi la gblaa a tue ngɛ Mawu nane mi.
Yoshua ya nɔ, nɛ e de ma a ke, “E ngɛ mi ja; se eko ɔ, nyɛ be Yawɛ nyɛe ma sɔmɔ. Mawu klɔuklɔu ji lɛ, nɛ e kɛ nyɛ tɔmi ɔmɛ, kɛ yayami ɔmɛ be nyɛ pae. A kɛ lɛ plee we nɔ́ he,
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ le bɔ nɛ e peeɔ nɛ e jeɔ nimli kpakpahi kɛ jeɔ ka mi. E le bɔ nɛ e peeɔ kɛ hii nimli yayamihi a tue gblae hluu kɛ yaa su kojomi ligbi ɔ tɔɔ.