Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ ke, “Klaate, tee si ngɔ wo ye huɛ to hyɛlɔ nɛ ngɛ ní tsue ha mi ɔ! Moo fia lɛ nɔ konɛ to ɔmɛ nɛ a gbɛ fĩa. I kɛ tsɔwitsɔwi nɛ ɔmɛ maa to ní.
Yawɛ ke, “Hyɛ, ye mi mi fu to hyɛli ɔmɛ saminya; ma gbla ma nimeli ɔmɛ a tue kokooko. Yuda a, ye ma ji mɛ, nɛ imi Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ nitsɛ ma hyɛ a nɔ. Ma ha a he maa wa saminya kaa ta okpɔngɔ.
Bɔ nɛ to hyɛlɔ hlaa e tohi nɛ gbɛ fĩa, nɛ e buaa a nya ekohu ɔ, jã ma hla ye to ɔmɛ a se blɔ. Ma kpaka mɛ kɛ je he tsuaa he nɛ a gbɛ fĩa ligbi ɔ nɛ jamɛ amanehlu kɔɔhiɔ yaya ba fia mɛ ɔ.
Osɔfo ɔmɛ bi we ke, ‘Jije Yawɛ ngɛ?’ Imi nitsɛ ye we osɔfohi po li mi. Nɔ yeli ɔmɛ te si kɛ wo mi; gbali ɔmɛ gba ngɛ Baal biɛ mi, nɛ a ya nyɛɛ níhi nɛ a he be se nami a se.
Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ de ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Israel bi ngɛ kaa tohi nɛ jatahi fie mɛ, nɛ a gbɛ mɛ ngɔ fĩa. Kekleekle ɔ, Asiria matsɛ ba tua mɛ, nɛ e ye mɛ; lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Babilonia matsɛ, Nebukadnezar ba kpe a wuhi.
“Nyɛɛ ha a we afukpɔngɔ ɔmɛ, kɛ a na amɛ tsuo! Nihi nɛ sɛɛ a yi kasa fa a, ma gbɛ mɛ ngɔ fĩa je ɔ tsuo, nɛ ma ha haomi maa je hehi munomuno kɛ ba na mɛ.
“A gbiɛ nyumu nɛ ɔ gbidigbidi, e be bimɛ nae kɔkɔɔkɔ; e be nɔ yae gblegbleegble e wami be ɔ tsuo. E be nina nae nɛ ma ba ye tsɛ ngɛ David se, ngɛ Yuda zugba a nɔ. Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.”