“Ye ma a ngɛ kaa tohi nɛ a hyɛli ɔmɛ ha nɛ a nane kpata ngɛ yo ɔmɛ a nɔ. A ngɛ kaa tohi nɛ a ngmɛɛ a he, nɛ a wo lalaalo ngɛ yo ɔmɛ a nɔ hluu kɛ ya si a hi he po laa mɛ.
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.
Apaa yelɔ ɔ, pi to hyɛlɔ ji lɛ, ejakaa to ɔmɛ pi e níhi. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ke e na ogbetee nɛ ma a, e siɔ to ɔmɛ, nɛ e tuu fo kɛ jeɔ. Kɛkɛ ɔ, ogbetee ɔ ba nuɔ to ɔmɛ, nɛ a gbɛɛ fĩaa.
Ma nɔ yeli ɔmɛ nɛ sa kaa a hyɛ ma a nɔ saminya a, bɔ nɛ Yawɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ ngɛ dee ngɛ a he ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Nyɛ hyɛ we ye ma a nɔ fɛɛ! Nyɛ gbɛ mɛ ngɔ fĩa, nɛ nyɛ fie mɛ kɛ ho. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ma gbla nyɛ tue ngɛ nyɛ ní peemi ní yayami ɔmɛ a he.
Nyɛ ko hao nyɛ he ngɛ a he kulaa! Hɛ yuyuili nɛ ngɛ hɛ yuyuili blɔ tsɔɔe ji mɛ. Ke hɛ yuyuilɔ ngɛ hɛ yuyuilɔ blɔ tsɔɔe ɔ, mɛ ni enyɔ ɔmɛ tsuo a maa nɔ muɔ mi.”
Yawɛ ke, “Kaa bɔ nɛ ke a nu julɔ nɛ a pueɔ e hɛ mi si ɔ, ja nɔuu lɛ a ma pue nyɛ Israel ma a tsuo, nyɛ matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ, ganɔ ɔmɛ, nyɛ we osɔfo ɔmɛ, kɛ gbali ɔmɛ nyɛ hɛ mi si.
Se ke nyɛ bui tue kɛ mwɔɔ ɔ, lɛɛ ma fo ya ngɛ laami mi ngɛ nyɛ he nɔ womi ɔ he. Ma fo ya hluu kɛ yaa si ye hɛngmɛ maa tɔ nyu, ejakaa a nuu Yawɛ ma mi bi ɔmɛ nyɔguɛ kɛ je.
Ma ha nɛ a ma amɛ ma hyi tɔ kɛ nimli kaa tohi nɛ a kɛ ba bɔ sami, loo nimli kpekpemi nɛ ba Yerusalem nɛ a ba ye nyami be. Kɛkɛ ɔ, a maa le kaa imi ji Yawɛ.”
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.