Ngɛ Israel wɛtso ɔmɛ tsuo a mi ɔ, ni ɔmɛ kɛ a he bɔni pɛmi nɛ a ngɛ dee ke, “Matsɛ David je wɔ kɛ je wa he nyɛli ɔmɛ a dɛ mi, nɛ e kpɔ wɔ kɛ je Filisti bi ɔmɛ a dɛ mi. Se amlɔ nɛ ɔ, Absalom fie lɛ kɛ je ma a mi.
Kɛkɛ nɛ yo ɔ ho nɛ e ya wo ma mi bi ɔmɛ ga; nɛ a po Sheba yi nɛ a fɔ ngɔ mane Yoab. Yoab kpa titimati, nɛ e we bi ɔmɛ gbɛ kɛ je ma a he; nɛ nɔ tsuaa nɔ ho e ma mi ya. Yoab kpale kɛ ba matsɛ ɔ ngɔ ngɛ Yerusalem.
Jehanɛ lɛɛ, o ma tsɛ je mahi nɛ li mo kɛ ba; sa a, a li mo, se jehanɛ lɛɛ a ma wo fo kɛ ba o ngɔ! Imi Yawɛ, Israel Mawu klɔuklɔu ɔ ma ha ní nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo maa ba mi.”
Yawɛ ke, “I pee klaalo konɛ nihi nɛ li mi ɔ nɛ a hla ye se blɔ; i pee klaalo konɛ ni nɛmɛ nɛ li mi ɔ nɛ a le mi jehanɛ. Daa nɛ ɔ, i pee klaalo nɛ i ngɛ ma a dee ke, ‘I ngɛ hiɛ ɔ oo; nyɛ tsɛ mi nɛ ma piɛ nyɛ he.’
A ngɔ he wami, hɛ mi nyami, kɛ matsɛ yemi ngɔ wo e dɛ, konɛ je ma amɛ, kɛ nihi nɛ tuɔ gbi slɔɔtoslɔɔto ɔmɛ nɛ a sɔmɔ lɛ. E he wami ɔ maa hi si kɛ maa ya neneene, nɛ e matsɛ yemi ɔ se be poe gblegbleegble.
Ma to ye ma a sisi, nɛ a ma plɔke ngɛ zugba a nɔ. Nihi nɛ a tsɛɔ mɛ ke, “Asumemo” ɔ, ma je suɔmi kpo ha mɛ; nɛ ni nɛmɛ nɛ a tsɛɔ mɛ ke “Piyema” a, ma de mɛ ke, “Ye ma ji nyɛ.” Kɛkɛ ɔ, mɛ hu a ma he nɔ ke, “Mo ji wa Mawu.”
Bɔ nɛ Mawu de ngɛ Hosea womi ɔ mi ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Nihi nɛ a tsɛɔ mɛ ‘Piyemajinyɛ’ ɔ, ma de mɛ ke ‘Ye ma ji nyɛ.’ Nɛ nɔ́ nɛ a tsɛɔ lɛ ‘Asumemo’ ɔ ma je suɔmi kpo ha lɛ.”
Yawɛ maa pee nyɛ je ma amɛ tsuo a hɛ mi nyɛɛlɔ; ma amɛ maa nyɛɛ nyɛ se; pi nyɛ nɛ nyɛ maa hi se. Ke nyɛ maa bu Mawu mlaa amɛ tue, nɛ nyɛ maa ye a nɔ pɛpɛɛpɛ, nɛ nyɛ maa pee bɔ nɛ i ngɛ nyɛ fae mwɔnɛ ɔ, Mawu ma ha nyɛ maa ya nɔ ngɛ nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ mi, nɛ nyɛ be se yae kɔkɔɔkɔ.
Jehanɛ ɔ, bɔfo kpaagone ɔ kpa e titimati ɔ, nɛ i nu gbihi nɛ ngɛ pɛe wawɛɛ ngɛ hiɔwe ke, “Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, wa Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ kɛ e Kristo ɔ nɛ a ngɛ je ɔ nɔ yee. Nɛ a maa ye matsɛ kɛ maa ya neneene!”