Yuda bi nɛ piɛ, nɛ a ho Egipt ya nɛ a ya hi lejɛ ɔ, a ti nɔ ko he be mi jee, nɛ nɔ ko yi be wami nae. Yuda zugba a nɛ a ko suɔ nɛ a ba hi mi ekohu ɔ, a ti nihi bɔɔ kɛkɛ lɛ a maa kpale kɛ ba lejɛ ɔ; pi mɛ tsuo.”
Yosia binyumu Yoahaz nɛ ba ye e tsɛ se kaa Yuda matsɛ ɔ, bɔ nɛ Yawɛ de ngɛ e he ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Nɛ a kɛ lɛ yaa nɛ ɔ, e be kpalee kɛ ba hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ hu gblegbleegble.
I bi ke, “Anɛ Matsɛ Yehoyakin ba pee kaa buɛ nɛ ywia nɛ a sake ngɔ fɔ he nɛ nɔ ko sume hu lo? Anɛ lɔ ɔ he nɛ a nuu lɛ kɛ e bimɛ ɔmɛ kɛ ho zugba nɛ a ti nɔ ko nɔ ko li ɔ nɔ ya lo?”
Yuda matsɛ, Yehoyakin, Yehoyakim bi ɔ, kɛ Yuda ma a tsuo nɛ a nuu mɛ kɛ ho Babilonia ya a, mɛ hu ma kpale mɛ kɛ ba hiɛ ɔ ekohu. Niinɛ, Babilonia matsɛ ɔ he wami ɔ, ma he ngɛ e dɛ. Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.’ ”
“Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ ke, ‘Bɔ nɛ i ngɔ ye mi mi la nɛ nya wa a kɛ kple Yerusalem ma mi bi ɔmɛ a nɔ ɔ, ja pɛ ma pee nyɛ ke nyɛ je kɛ ho Egipt ya. Nyɛ ma plɛ pee kita kami nɔ́, gbeye nɔ́, gbiɛmi nɔ́, kɛ ahlua nɔ́. Nyɛ be hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ nae hu.’ ”
Yuda ma, nyɛ ko fo ya ha Matsɛ Yosia; nyɛ ko ye e gbenɔ ɔ he kɔmɔ. Nyɛɛ wo yana kɛ ha e binyumu Yoahaz mohu; ejakaa nɛ a ngɔ lɛ kɛ yaa nɛ ɔ, e be kpalee kɛ ba hu gblegbleegble; zugba nɛ a fɔ lɛ ngɛ nɔ ɔ, e be nae hu.