Ma ha nɛ he nyɛli maa ha a níhi tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ ngɛ ma a mi: níhi nɛ a gbo dengme kɛ na, weto ní kpakpahi, kɛ Yuda matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ a juetli; nɛ a maa muɔ kɛ ya Babilonia.
Jehanɛ, ngɛ Babilonia hu, jamɛ a amimi ɔ nɔuu a ye nyɛ; a pee nyɛ nyɔguɛhi nɛ a wui hiɔ ko ngɛ nyɛ he. Nihi nɛ ye nyɛ nɔ ɔ fĩa, nɛ a jɛ nyɛ saminya kɛ gbe ye he guɛ.
I ha nɛ yalɔyihi a he hiɛ babauu ngɛ nyɛ zugba a nɔ pe wo nya zia. I gbe nyɛ nihewi ɔmɛ ngɛ a nihe mi, nɛ i ha nɛ a nyɛmɛ ɔmɛ na nɔ́. I ha nɛ haomi nɛ nya wa, kɛ ní gbeyegbeyehi ba a nɔ tlukaa.
Sheba bi, Dedan bi, kɛ jua yeli nɛ je Spania ma ba bi ke, ‘O ma nɛ o ba fia wɔ ojo lo? Anɛ o bua o tabo ɔ nya kɛ ba nɛ o ba ha ní pani nya, nɛ o muɔ wa lohwehi, wa sika tsu, wa sika hiɔ, kɛ wa weto ní tsuo kɛ ho lo?’ ”