5 “Imi Yawɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ, i buu ni ɔmɛ nɛ a nuu kɛ ho Babilonia ya a nimli kpakpahi saminya kaa bɔ nɛ ngmɔkɔ kpakpa nɛ ɔmɛ ngɛ ɔ pɛpɛɛpɛ. Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, ma hyɛ a nɔ saminya.
Ma ngɔ mi dlami etɛ mi kake nɛ ɔ kɛ wo la mi, nɛ ma tsu a he kaa bɔ nɛ a tsuɔ sika hiɔ he ɔ. Ma tsu a he kaa bɔ nɛ a tsuɔ sika tsu he. Kɛkɛ ɔ, a maa fa kue ma tsɛ mi, nɛ ma he nɔ. Ma de mɛ ke, ‘Ye ma ji nyɛ,’ nɛ a ma de ke, ‘Yawɛ ji wa Mawu.’ ”
Se tsu sisi tomi tɛ nɛ Mawu ngɔ kɛ ma si ha hemi kɛ yemi ɔ he wa, nɛ e be mimiɛe. Munyu nɛ a kɛ sɔu tɛ ɔ nya ji, “Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ le lɛ nitsɛ e nihi.” Ekpa hu deɔ ke, “Nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ deɔ ke Mawu nɔ́ ji lɛ ɔ, é kpa yayami peemi.”
Se jehanɛ nɛ nyɛ ba le Mawu, aloo ke ma de ɔ, Mawu mohu le nyɛ ɔ, mɛni he je nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ mumihi nɛ be he wami ko, nɛ a ní ngɛ mɔbɔ kikɛ nɛ ɔ, ekohu ɔ? Kɛ pee kɛɛ nɛ nyɛ ma ha nɛ a kpale ye nyɛ nyɔguɛ ɔ?
Ngɛ nga a nɔ ɔ, e ha nyɛ mana, niye ní nɛ nyɛ nɛmɛ yi hyɛ, nɛ nyɛ ye. E ha nyɛ na hɛdo ní, nɛ e kɛ ka nyɛ hyɛ, konɛ lɔ ɔ se ɔ, e gbaa nyɛ kɛ ní kpakpahi.
“De mɛ ke bɔ nɛ imi Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ, i ngɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Ma bua a nya kɛ maa je je ma amɛ a mi hehi nɛ a gbɛ mɛ kɛ fĩa a tsuo kɛ maa ba; nɛ ma ngɔ Israel zugba a ngɔ ha mɛ ekohu.
Se kɛ̃ ɔ, be mi nɛ a ngɛ a he nyɛli ɔmɛ a zugba nɔ kɛ mwɔɔ ɔ po, i be mɛ kuae, nɛ i be a hɛ mi kpatae pɛsɛpɛsɛ, bɔ nɛ pee nɛ somi nɛ i kɛ mɛ so ɔ se ko po. Imi ji Yawɛ, a Mawu ɔ nɛ.
Yi mi nɛ i to ngɛ nyɛ he ɔ, imi nɔ kake too pɛ lɛ i le; i to nɛ ma ha nɛ nyɛ he mi nɛ jɔ nyɛ, se pi kaa ma hao nyɛ. Ní kpakpahi nɛ nyɛ ngɛ blɔ hyɛe ɔ, i to nɛ ma ha nyɛ.