ejakaa ligbi ekpa Yawɛ ngɔ kɛ pee hiɔwe, zugba, kɛ wo kɛ a mi nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́, nɛ ligbi nɛ ji kpaago ɔ, e jɔɔ e he. Enɛ ɔ he je nɛ e gbaa Hejɔɔmi ligbi ɔ, nɛ e pee lɛ klɔuklɔu ɔ nɛ.
“Imi lɛ i kɛ ye he wami kpetekpleenyɛ, kɛ kɔni si wami bɔ je ɔ, nimli adesahi, kɛ lohwehi tsuo nɛ ngɛ je ɔ mi; nɛ i kɛ ní nɛ ɔmɛ haa nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ i suɔ.
nɛ e fa kue ha Yawɛ ke, “Yawɛ, Israel Mawu lee, mo nɛ o hii si ngɛ o matsɛ sɛ ɔ nɔ ngɛ kerub ɔmɛ a yi mi lokoo. Mo nɔ kake too ji Mawu, nɛ je nɛ ɔ mi matsɛ yemi ɔmɛ tsuo ngɛ o sisi. Mo lɛ o bɔ hiɔwe kɛ zugba.
“Wa Nyɔmtsɛ, kɛ wa Mawu! Mo ji nɔ nɛ sa kaa a ngɔ hɛ mi nyami, bu, kɛ he wami kɛ ha. Mo lɛ o bɔ níhi tsuo; o bɔ mɛ bɔ nɛ o suɔ kaa a hi. Nɛ a ngɛ ja pɛ!”
Nɛ a sɔle ke, “Yawɛ, mo nɔ kake pɛ ji Yawɛ, mo nɛ o pee hiɔwe ɔ, kɛ dodoe ɔmɛ ngɛ kɔɔhiɔ mi. Mo nɛ o pee zugba kɛ wo, kɛ nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ nɛ ngɛ a mi, nɛ o ha mɛ tsuo wami. Hiɔwe ta a kplaa si haa mo, nɛ a jaa mo.
Yawɛ Mawu ɔ, lɛ nɛ bɔ hiɔwe, nɛ e bli mi gbajaa. Lɛ nɛ bɔ zugba a, kɛ níhi tsuo nɛ ngɛ zugba a nɔ ɔ. Lɛ nɔ nɛ ha nimli adesahi tsuo wami kɛ mumi ɔ, bɔ nɛ e ngɛ e tsɔlɔ ɔ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ:
Kɛkɛ nɛ i de ke, “Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ! Mo nitsɛ o le kaa gbali ɔmɛ deɔ ma a ke ta, loo hwɔ be bae, ejakaa o wo si veveeve kaa tue mi jɔmi pɛ lɛ maa hi zugba a nɔ.”
“Tsaatsɛmɛ, mɛni nyɛ ngɛ pee nɛ ɔ? Wɔ hu nimli adesahi kɛkɛ ji wɔ kaa nyɛ nɔuu. Wa ngɛ sane kpakpa a fiɛe kɛ ngɛ nyɛ tsɔɔe, konɛ nyɛɛ kpale nyɛ se kɛ je kikɛmɛ a ní nɛ ɔmɛ nɛ a he be se nami ɔ a he kɛ ba Mawu hɛ kalɔ ɔ ngɔ. Lɛ nɛ e bɔ hiɔwe, kɛ zugba, kɛ wo, kɛ níhi tsuo nɛ ngɛ a mi ɔ.
Yawɛ, o yi wami helɔ, kɛ o bɔlɔ ɔ ngɛ dee ke, “Imi ji Yawɛ, nihi tsuo kulaa a bɔlɔ ɔ nɛ. Imi nɔ kake too lɛ i bli hiɔwe mi, nɛ i ha zugba a fɔɔ si gbajaa. Mɛnɔ ke e nine ngɛ mi?
Benɛ i ngɛ gbae kɛ mwɔɔ ɔ, Benaya binyumu Pelatia tsɔ nɔ si, nɛ e gbo. I kpla si, nɛ i ngɔ ye hɛ mi ngɔ bu si, nɛ i kpa ngmlaa ke, “Ao, Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ, e ko ba mi ja! Anɛ Israel bi bɔɔ pɛ nɛ piɛ ɔ, o ma kpata mɛ tsuo a hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ lo?”
Benɛ a ngɛ ni ɔmɛ gbee ɔ, e ba piɛ imi nɔ kake too nɛ a gbi mi. I ngɔ ye hɛ mi ngɔ bu si, nɛ i kpa ngmlaa ke, “Ao, Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ, bɔ nɛ o ngɔ o mi mi la kɛ kple Yerusalem nɔ nɛ ɔ, anɛ o miɔ nɛ o kpata Israel bi nɛ piɛ ɔ tsuo a hɛ mi lo?”
Kɛkɛ nɛ i de ke, “Ao, Nyɔmtsɛ Mawu, anɔkuale mi ɔ, o sisi Yerusalem bi ɔmɛ pɛ! Mo lɛ o wo si ke tue mi jɔmi maa ba ma a mi, se klaate mohu ji nɛ ɔ ngɛ ni ɔmɛ a kuɔ si.”
“Babilonia matsɛ, Nebukadnezar ba tua wɔ. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i kpa mo pɛɛ nɛ o bi Yawɛ ga womi ha wɔ kaa alini Yawɛ ma tsu nyakpɛ ni ha wɔ, nɛ e ma ha nɛ Nebukadnezar maa kpale e se lo.”
Benɛ e ya su lejɛ ɔ, e kɛ he hiami kpa ngmlaa tsɛ Daniel ke, “Daniel, mo Mawu hɛ kalɔ ɔ tsɔlɔ! Anɛ o Mawu ɔ nɛ o sɔmɔɔ lɛ daa a nyɛ́ je mo kɛ je jata amɛ a dɛ mi lo?”