Mo kai mo nitsɛ o ma nɛ o he kɛ je blema lokoo ɔ. Mo kai nihi nɛ o je kɛ je nyɔguɛ si himi mi, nɛ o pee mɛ mo nitsɛ o ma a. Mo kai Zion yo ɔ, he nɛ o hi sa a.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ke nyɛ maa bu ye gbi tue, nɛ nyɛ maa ye ye somi ɔ nɔ ɔ, lɛɛ nyɛ maa pee imi nitsɛ ye ma titli pe ma amɛ kulaa; ejakaa je ɔ tsuo ye nɔ́ ji mɛ.
E de ke, “Yawɛ, ke niinɛ nɛ o ngɛ ye he bua jɔmi ɔ, lɛɛ i kpa mo pɛɛ nɛ o kɛ wɔ nɛ ya. E ngɛ mi kaa ma nɛ ɔ kuɛ wa mohu, se moo ngɔ wa tɔmi ɔmɛ, kɛ wa he yayami ɔmɛ kɛ pa wɔ, nɛ o ngɔ wɔ kɛ pee mo nitsɛ o ma.”
Ye ma a wo ye mi mi la; lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i bui mɛ kaa ye ma hu. I ngɔ mɛ ngɔ wo o sisi, nɛ o nɛ́ mɛ mɔbɔ ko kulaa; nihi nɛ bwɔ po, o wa mɛ yi mi wawɛɛ nitsɛ.
O jeɔ o suɔmi nɛ se pui gblegbleegble ɔ ngɔ tsɔɔ ni akpeakpe. Se kɛ̃ ɔ, o kɛ tsɛmɛ a tɔmi gblaa bimɛ a tue. Mawu nɛ kle, nɛ ngɛ he wami ji mo; o biɛ ji Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ.
Imi Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ, imi ji Mawu hɛ kalɔ ɔ nɛ. Kaa bɔ nɛ Tabor yo ɔ daa si gagaa ngɛ yo ɔmɛ a kpɛti, aloo kaa bɔ nɛ Karmel yo ɔ daa si ngɛ wo tue ɔ, jã ji bɔ nɛ nɔ nɛ ma mo tuami ɔ e he wami ngɛ.
Se nɔ nɛ ma ba kpɔ mɛ ɔ, e he wa; e biɛ ji Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ. Lɛ nitsɛ e maa ye a sane ɔ ha mɛ; e kɛ he jɔmi maa ba zugba a nɔ, se Babilonia bi ɔmɛ lɛɛ e maa hao mɛ.”
Mawu lɛ puɛ yo ɔmɛ. Lɛ nɛ e pee kɔɔhiɔ, nɛ e haa nɛ nɔmlɔ adesa leɔ e yi mi tomi; Mawu haa nɛ piani peeɔ nyɔ mi. Lɛ nɛ e yeɔ je ɔ tsuo nɔ. E biɛ ji Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ!