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 pee se ɔ, Israel bi ɔmɛ maa kpale kɛ ba a ma a mi ekohu; a ma ba hla Yawɛ, a Mawu ɔ, kɛ David nɛ ji matsɛ ɔ nina se blɔ ekohu. Jamɛ a be ɔ, a maa ye Yawɛ gbeye, nɛ a ma na nike ní kpakpahi kɛ je e dɛ mi.
Nyɛ he nyɛli tsɛɔ nyɛ ke nihi nɛ a fie mɛ; a deɔ ke, ‘Zion nɛ be huɛ.’ Se kɛ̃, ma ha nɛ nyɛ ma na he wami ekohu; ma tsa nyɛ pa amɛ. Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.”
“I nu nɛ Israel ma a ngɛ kɔmɔ yee ke, ‘Yawɛ, jinɛ wa ngɛ kaa lohwe nɛ hɛ mi jɔɛ; se o tsɔse wɔ nɛ wa he jɔ. Moo kpale wɔ kɛ ba o ngɔ ekohu, ejakaa mo ji Yawɛ, wa Mawu ɔ nɛ.
Ngɔɔ mi kɛ ho esɔ. Ye matsɛ, ngɔɔ mi kɛ ya o tsu ɔ mi. I ngɔ ye he kɛ ha mo. Wa bua maa jɔ wa he saminya. O suɔmi ɔ ngɔɔ dɔkɔdɔkɔ pe wai po. E be nyakpɛ kaa yi ɔmɛ tsuo suɔ mo!
Israel ma, mɛni peemi i kɛ amagahi ngɛ? Imi nɛ i buu nyɛ kue fami tue nɛ i hyɛɛ nyɛ nɔ. I ngɛ kaa sɛsɛo tso nɛ ba mumu tɛ̃ e nɔ gblegbleegble. Imi lɛ i haa ma a niye ní.”
E ke ma ya de Israel ke, “Israel, yaholɔ, moo kpale kɛ ba ye ngɔ ekohu; ejakaa mɔbɔ nalɔ ji mi, nɛ i be ye hɛ mi tue kɛ wo mo. Ye mi mi be fue kɛ wo mo kɛ ya neneene.
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?
“Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, imi Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ nitsɛ ma kojo Israel ma a tsuo; nɔ tsuaa nɔ ɔ, bɔ nɛ e ba e je mi ha a nɔ ma da kɛ kojo lɛ. Nyɛ kpa yayami ɔmɛ tsuo nɛ nyɛ ngɛ pee ɔ mɔ, konɛ nyɛ yayami ɔmɛ ko kpata nyɛ hɛ mi.