Se Egipt matsɛ ɔ de ke, “Mo Mose, kɛ mo Aaron, mɛni he je nɛ nyɛ ngɛ ma a jee kɛ ngɛ a ní tsumi he jee ɔ? Nyɛɛ kpale nyɛ se kɛ ho nyɛ ní tsumi ɔmɛ a he ya esɔ!”
“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.
Yuda matsɛ, Zedekia kɛ e ma nimeli ɔmɛ hu, ma ngɔ mɛ kɛ wo a he nyɛli ɔmɛ, kɛ ni nɛmɛ nɛ ngɛ mɛ hlae nɛ a gbe ɔ a dɛ mi. Ma ngɔ mɛ kɛ wo Babilonia tabo ɔ nɛ jɔɔ nyɛ se nyɛɛmi ɔ a dɛ mi.
Yawɛ de mi ke ma de Yuda matsɛ, Yehoyakim ke, “O sã womi kpo ɔ, nɛ o bi Yeremia ke mɛni he je e ngma ke Babilonia matsɛ ɔ ma ba kpata zugba nɛ ɔ hɛ mi, nɛ e maa gbe e mi nimli, kɛ lohwehi tsuo lo.
Se ke o yɛ nɛ o ya nu a nane ɔ, lɛɛ a maa ngɔ ma nɛ ɔ kɛ wo Babilonia bi ɔmɛ a dɛ, nɛ a maa sã ma a. Ke e ba mi ja a, o be nyɛe maa tu fo kɛ je a dɛ.’ ”
Kɛkɛ nɛ ma nimeli ɔmɛ ho nɛ a ya de matsɛ ɔ ke, “Ha nɛ a gbe nyumu nɛ ɔ. Munyuhi nɛ e ngɛ tue ɔ ha nɛ ta buli nɛ piɛ ngɛ ma a mi, kɛ nihi tsuo nɛ ngɛ ma a mi ɔ a kɔni mi ngɛ jɔe. Nyumu nɛ ɔ, ma a si gbeemi e ngɛ hlae, se pi ma a nɔ yami.”
Anɛ pi anɔkuale yemi pɛ nɛ Yawɛ suɔ lo? Yawɛ fia nyɛ ní, se nyɛ bui fɛɛ. Yawɛ kpata nyɛ hɛ mi, se nyɛ kase we ní kɛ ji mi. Nyɛ kplii nyɛ tsui kaa tɛ sa, nɛ nyɛ kpale we kɛ ji nyɛ yayami ɔmɛ a se.
“E ngɔ ye he yayami ɔmɛ tsuo kɛ to, nɛ e fi kaa tlomi; kɛkɛ nɛ e ngɔ tloo mi. E jiɔ tsɔ ha mi; e ngɛ mi gbee! Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ ngɔ mi kɛ wo he nyɛli nɛ a he wa pe mi a dɛ mi, nɛ peepee ko kulaa be ye he.