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.
Imi Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ, i ngɛ nyɛ dee ke, gbali, kɛ klaali nɛ ngɛ nyɛ kpɛti ɔ, nyɛ ko ha nɛ a sisi nyɛ. Nyɛ ko ha nɛ a de nyɛ níhi nɛ nyɛ nitsɛmɛ nyɛ suɔ nɛ ba mi.
Se ni komɛ de nyɛ ke nyɛ ya bi ní ngɛ klaali, kɛ ní peeli nɛ kpaa nyagba, nɛ a tuɔ gugwɔ mi gbi ɔ a ngɔ. A ma de ke, “E pee we nɔ́ ko; e sa kaa a ya bi ní ngɛ mumihi a ngɔ, nɛ a nu nɔ́ ko nɛ kɔɔ hɛ ngmengmletsɛmɛ a he kɛ je kpadehi a ngɔ.”
Se ni nɛ ɔmɛ lɛɛ a be mɛ blɔ hae nɛ a sɛ ma a mi: gbe ɔmɛ, nyuali ɔmɛ, nihi nɛ fiɛɔ yo kɛ nyumu yakayaka fiɛmi ɔ, nɔmlɔ gbeli ɔmɛ, amaga jali ɔmɛ, kɛ nihi nɛ suɔ lakpa yemi ɔ.
Se fɔ̃li, nihi nɛ he we yi, nihi nɛ peeɔ níhi nɛ a hiee, nɔmlɔ gbeli, yaholi, nyuali, wɔ jali, kɛ lakpatsɛmɛ tsuo lɛɛ he nɛ fɔɔ si ha mɛ ji taku kɛ e mi la nɛ ngɛ tsoe gegeege ɔ. Lɔ ɔ ji gbenɔ enyɔne ɔ nɛ.”
Kane be tsoe ngɛ ma a mi hu; nɛ a be ayɛflo huno, kɛ ayɛflo nya nue hu. O jua yeli ɔmɛ ji nimli nguahi ngɛ je ɔ mi tsuo, nɛ o ngɔ kunya yemi kɛ sisi nihi tsuo ngɛ je ɔ mi!”
Nyɛɛ bu nɔ́ nɛ imi Yawɛ, i ngɛ dee ɔ tue! Gbali nɛ sɛɛɔ lakpa nlami ɔ, i kɛ mɛ ná. A sɛɛɔ kikɛmɛ a nlami nɛ ɔmɛ, nɛ a kɛ lakpa yemi, kɛ fiami kpataa ye ma a nane. I tsɔ we mɛ, nɛ i fa we mɛ ke a ya tsu nɔ́ ko kaa kikɛ nɛ ɔ; a he be se nami ko kulaa kɛ ha ma a. Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.”
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.
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.
Ninahi nɛ nyɛ na a tsuo, lakpa sɔuu; gbamihi nɛ nyɛ ngɛ gbae ɔ hu jã kɛ̃. Nyɛ yiwutsotsɛmɛ nɛ yayami pɛ nyɛ peeɔ, nyɛ be ɔ su ta; be nɛ a maa gbla nyɛ tue ɔ ma oo! A kɛ klaate ma kpata nyɛ hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ.’