10 Lakpa gbami lɛ a ngɛ gbae kɛ ngɛ nyɛ tsɔɔe ɔ nɛ. Nɛ nɔ́ nɛ maa je mi kɛ ba ji a ma ba ngɔ nyɛ kɛ je nyɛ zugba a nɔ kɛ ya tsitsaa lokoo. Ma fie nyɛ kɛ je hiɛ ɔ, nɛ nyɛ hɛ mi ma kpata.
O gbali ɔmɛ be nɔ́ kpakpa ko nɛ a ma de mo; lakpa pɛ a yeɔ mo. A fiɛɔ kɛ sisiɔ mo. A je we o tɔmi kpo kɛ tsɔɔ mo. A ha nɛ o susu kaa e hia we nɛ o tsake o tsui.
Nyɛɛ bu tue! Ngɛ zugba a tsuo nɔ ɔ, i nu nɛ ye ma a ngɛ ngmlaa kpae nɛ a ngɛ bie ke, “Anɛ Yawɛ be Zion hu lo? Zion matsɛ ɔ be ma a mi hu lo?” Yawɛ bi ke, “Mɛni he je lɛ nyɛ ya ja amagahi, nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ peemi wo ye mi mi la a? Mɛni he je lɛ nyɛ ya kpla si ha ma se wohi?”
Se Yawɛ he nɔ ke, “Lakpa gbami gbali ɔmɛ ngɛ gbae ngɛ ye biɛ mi ɔ nɛ; i tsɔ we mɛ, i fa we mɛ, nɛ i kɛ mɛ tu we munyu ko hulɔ. Ninahi nɛ a ngɛ a he munyu tue ɔ, pi ye ngɔ nɛ a je; klaami nɛ a ngɛ klaae ɔ, yakayaka níhi nɛ mɛ nitsɛmɛ a susu ji lɔ ɔmɛ.
Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ de Yerusalem ma mi bi ɔmɛ ke, “Nyɛ ko bu munyuhi nɛ gbali ɔmɛ ngɛ tue ɔ tue; sisimi a ngɛ nyɛ sisie ɔ nɛ. Ninahi nɛ a jeɔ kɛ tsɔɔ nyɛ ɔ, mɛ nitsɛmɛ a yi mi e je; pi imi Yawɛ ye nya mi munyuhi ji lɔ ɔmɛ.
Yawɛ nitsɛ de ke pi lɛ nɛ tsɔ mɛ; pe a ngɔ e biɛ kɛ ngɛ nyɛ sisie kɛkɛ. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Yawɛ maa fie nyɛ kɛ je hiɛ ɔ, nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ gbali ɔmɛ tsuo nɛ ngɛ nyɛ lakpa munyu nɛ ɔmɛ tue ɔ, nyɛ hɛ mi ma kpata.”
Enɛ ɔ se ɔ, i de osɔfo ɔmɛ, kɛ ma a bɔ nɛ Yawɛ de ɔ ke, “Gbali ɔmɛ nɛ ngɛ nyɛ dee ke, e be kɛe kulaa nɛ a maa ngɔ Yawɛ we ɔ juetli ɔ kɛ je Babilonia kɛ ba a, nyɛ ko bu mɛ tue. Lakpa munyu lɛ a ngɛ tue ɔ nɛ.
Nɛ e de ngɛ ma a tsuo hɛ mi ke, “Yawɛ ke, kuɛpã tso ɔ nɛ Babilonia matsɛ, Nebukadnezar ngɔ wo je ma amɛ tsuo a kuɛ ɔ, bɔ nɛ lɛ Yawɛ ɔ maa ku jamɛ a kuɛpã tso ɔ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. E maa pee nɔ́ nɛ ɔ hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ jeha enyɔ mi.” Kɛkɛ nɛ i je lejɛ ɔ.
Amaga amɛ de we nɔ́ ko nɛ juɛmi ngɛ mi; klaali ɔmɛ lɛɛ lakpa munyuhi sɔuu a tuɔ. Ni komɛ hu tsɔɔ nlamihi a sisi, nɛ a kɛ sisiɔ nyɛ kɛ woɔ nyɛ bua kɛkɛ. Enɛ ɔ ha nɛ ma a tsuo ngɛ lalaalo woe kaa tohi, nɛ a ngɛ nɔ́ nae, ejakaa a be hyɛlɔ.