1 Yawɛ, ke i ke i kɛ mo ma hla níhi a nya a, mo lɛ o nɔ́ da. Se kɛ̃ ɔ, i kɛ sane nɛ ɔ maa fɔ o hɛ mi. Mɛni he je lɛ nimli yayamihi yaa nɔ ɔ? Mɛni he je lɛ yiwutsotsɛmɛ a he mi jɔɔ mɛ ɔ?
Dɛbi, e ko ba mi kaa o maa pee nɔ́ nɛ ɔ, kaa o maa gbe dali kɛ nimli yayamihi kɛ bla. Ke o pee ja a, kɛkɛ o gbla dali kɛ nimli yayamihi tsuo a tue kɛ bla. Dɛbi, e ko ba mi ja; je ɔ tsuo kojolɔ ɔ, e sa kaa e yeɔ dami sane.”
Yawɛ, Israel Mawu, moo lɛɛ dalɔ ji mo, se kɛ̃, o ha wa yi na wami kɛ ba si mwɔnɛ ɔ. Wa ngɛ jajee ngɛ o hɛ mi kaa wa yeɔ fɔ, nɛ e sɛ́ kulaa kaa waa ba o hɛ mi.”
Nɔ́ yayami ko nɛ yaa nɔ ngɛ je ɔ mi ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Be komɛ ɔ, a ngɔɔ yayami peeli a tue gblami kɛ haa dali, nɛ a kɛ dali a ní kpakpahi a he hiɔwo mohu haa yayami peeli. I ngɛ dee ke nɔ́ nɛ ɔ hu dɛ blɔ.
Nyɛ nui hyɛ, nɛ nyɛ li lolo; kɛ je blema lokoo ɔ, nyɛ tue bli we lolo! Ejakaa i le kaa yi wu tso níhi nyɛ peeɔ; kɛ je nyɛ fɔmi be mi tɔɔ ɔ, atuã tsɔli a tsɛɔ nyɛ.
Kɛkɛ nɛ i sɔle ke, “Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ lee, kojolɔ nɛ yeɔ dami sane; mo nɛ o hyɛɛ nɔmlɔ adesa tsui mi kɛ e juɛmi mi fitsofitso. I to ye sane ɔ kɛ wo o dɛ; lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i ngɛ mo hyɛe konɛ o wo nimli nɛ ɔmɛ hiɔ bɔ nɛ sa mɛ.”
Mo nitsɛ o nyɛmimɛ, kɛ o weku li te si kɛ wo mo; a so o yi nɔ, nɛ a ngɛ o se blɔ hlae kɛ hɛdɔ. Ke a ha mo hɛ mi, nɛ a kɛ mo tu munyu ngɛ he jɔmi mi po, koo ngɔ hɛ kɛ fɔ a nɔ.”
Jinɛ i susu kaa nɛ Israel pee ní nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo se ɔ, e maa kpale kɛ ba ye ngɔ nɛ e ba pee ye nɔ́ ekohu; se e pee we ja. Nɛ e nyɛmiyo Yuda, nɛ lɛ hu e yi anɔkuale kaa lɛ nɔuu ɔ na nɔ́ nɛ ɔ.
I ná nɛ i ngɛ hi he ko ngɛ nga a nɔ kaa nibwɔhi a to he kikɛ nɛ ɔ; jinɛ i ko je ye ma mi bi ɔmɛ a he kulaa nɛ i ya hi lejɛ ɔ banee! Ejakaa a ngɛ kaa yaholi; nimli yayamihi ji mɛ tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ; a yi mi anɔkuale.
“Yawɛ nɔ́ da. Ejakaa imi lɛ i tsɔ atuã, nɛ i bui e munyu ɔ; se kɛ̃ ɔ, nyɛ nihi tsuo nyɛɛ bu mi tue, konɛ amanehlu nɛ ba ye nɔ nɛ ɔ, nyɛɛ na. A nuu ye nihewi ɔmɛ, kɛ yihewi ɔmɛ nyɔguɛ kɛ ho.
Nyɔmtsɛ, dalɔ ji mo. Wɔɔ lɛɛ zo kpɔtɔɔ gbe wɔ kaa bɔ nɛ o ngɛ wɔ hyɛe mwɔnɛ nɛ ɔ; ejakaa wɔ tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ, Yuda bi, Yerusalem bi, kɛ Israel ma a tsuo nɛ o gbɛ ngɔ fĩa je ma amɛ a nɔ ɔ, wa ti ni nɛmɛ nɛ ngɛ kpo nya, kɛ ni nɛmɛ nɛ ngɛ lokoo ɔ, wa pee yayami kɛ si mo.
Se Yawɛ ngɛ ma a mi; lɛɛ dalɔ ji lɛ; e pee we nɔ́ nɛ dɛ. Daa ligbi ɔ, e yeɔ dami sane. Se kɛ ɔ, yayami peeli ɔmɛ yaa nɔ nɛ a peeɔ yayami, nɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ pee we mɛ zo.
“Yawɛ ji nyɛ yi baalɔ nɛ se be; e hi kɛ pi si, nɛ e da ngɛ blɔ tsuaa blɔ nɔ. Nyɛ Mawu ɔ yeɔ e siwo nɔ; yayami ko be e he; nɔ́ nɛ da, kɛ nɔ́ nɛ sa pɛ e peeɔ.