13 Mɛni he je o maa hi si nɛ ta, hwɔ, kɛ gbenɔ hiɔ nɛ gbe mo, kɛ o ma a tsuo kaa bɔ nɛ Yawɛ de to ɔ? Yawɛ de to ke je ma nɛ be Babilonia matsɛ ɔ sɔmɔe ɔ, nɔ́ nɛ maa ba a nɔ ji lɔ ɔ nɛ.
Yayamihi tsuo nɛ nyɛ pee kɛ si mi ɔ, nyɛ sake mɛ ngɔ pue he. Nyɛ tsake, nɛ́ nyɛ na juɛmi he, kɛ tsui he. Israel ma, mɛni he je nyɛ ngɛ hlae nɛ nyɛ hɛ mi nɛ kpata a?
“Se ke je ma ko, aloo nɔ yemi ko kua ke mɛɛ lɛɛ a be kikɛmɛ a Babilonia matsɛ, Nebukadnezar nɛ ɔ sɔmɔe ɔ, ma ngɔ ta, hwɔ, kɛ gbenɔ hiɔ kɛ gbla a tue hluu kɛ yaa si be nɛ ma ha nɛ Nebukadnezar ma kpata a hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ.
De mɛ ke imi Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ, i ngɛ ye he kita kae ke i na we yayami peelɔ gbenɔ he bua jɔmi, se mohu i suɔ kaa e kpa yayami peemi, konɛ e yi nɛ na wami. Israel, nyɛ kpa yayami nɛ nyɛ ngɛ pee ɔ. Mɛni he je nyɛ suɔ mohu kaa nyɛ ma gbo ɔ?
“Se ke nɔ nɛ peeɔ nɔ́ nɛ da jɔɔ kpakpa peemi, nɛ e bɔni ní hiemi níhi tsuo nɛ yayami peeli peeɔ peemi ɔ, anɛ e yi ma na wami lo? Dɛbi, kpakpa nɛ e pee sa a tsuo a be ekoeko kaie hu. E ma gbo ngɛ e tɔmi nɛ e tɔ, kɛ yayamihi nɛ e pee ɔ a he.
Bɔ nɛ Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ ngɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Ma ha tue gblami nɛ nya wa eywiɛ nɛ ɔmɛ maa ba Yerusalem nɔ: ta, hwɔ, lohwe awi yeli, kɛ gbenɔ hiɔ. Nimlihi, kɛ lohwehi tsuo a hɛ mi ma kpata ngɛ lejɛ ɔ.
I de lɛ ke, “Dɛbi, a be mo ngɔe kɛ wo a dɛ. I kpa mo pɛɛ nɛ o bu Yawɛ sɛ gbi nɛ i kɛ ha mo nɛ ɔ tue. Ke o pee ja a, e maa hi ha mo, nɛ o yi ma na wami.
Yawɛ de ke, “Nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ maa hi ma a mi ɔ, ta, loo hwɔ, loo gbenɔ hiɔ maa gbe lɛ. Se nɔ nɛ maa ngɔ e he ya ha Babilonia bi ɔmɛ ɔ, a be lɛ gbee; e yi ma na wami.”
Ma ngɔ haomi nɛ nya wa wawɛɛ nitsɛ kɛ ba a nɔ, nɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ ma ha nɛ je ma amɛ tsuo maa nu sawale. A maa ye a he fɛu, a maa bɔ mɛ ahlua, nɛ a maa wo mɛ la ngɛ he tsuaa he nɛ ma fie mɛ kɛ ya a.
Zugba a nɛ i ha nyɛ ɔ maa je nyɛ dɛ, nɛ ma ha nɛ nyɛ ma sɔmɔ nyɛ he nyɛli ngɛ zugba nɛ nyɛ li nɔ. Ejakaa ye mi mi nɛ fu ɔ ngɛ kaa la nɛ a slɛ nɛ maa hi tsoe daa.”
Jehanɛ, i de matsɛ ɔ ke, “A ma kpaka o yi ɔmɛ, kɛ o bimɛ ɔmɛ tsuo kɛ ya ha Babilonia bi ɔmɛ, nɛ mo nitsɛ hu o be a dɛ mi jee. Babilonia matsɛ ɔ maa nu mo, nɛ ma nɛ ɔ lɛɛ a maa sã.”