Yawɛ de ke, “Ma kpata Yuda hɛ mi kaa bɔ nɛ i pee Israel ɔ; nɛ ma kua Yerusalem, ma nɛ i hla a, kɛ we ɔ nɛ i de ke lejɛ ɔ ji he nɛ i to nɛ a ja mi ngɛ ɔ.”
“Yerusalem! Yerusalem! Mo nɛ o gbee gbali ɔmɛ, nɛ nihi nɛ Mawu tsɔ mɛ o ngɔ ɔ, o fiaa mɛ tɛ! Hyɛ kaa jinɛ i hla si abɔ kaa ma bua o bimɛ ɔmɛ tsuo a nya kaa bɔ nɛ kungwɔ buaa e bimɛ a nya kɛ woɔ e pɛli sisi ɔ. Se o kplɛɛ we!
Lakpa gbami lɛ a ngɛ gbae kɛ ngɛ nyɛ tsɔɔe ɔ nɛ. Nɛ nɔ́ nɛ maa je mi kɛ ba ji a ma ba ngɔ nyɛ kɛ je nyɛ zugba a nɔ kɛ ya tsitsaa lokoo. Ma fie nyɛ kɛ je hiɛ ɔ, nɛ nyɛ hɛ mi ma kpata.
Yerusalem pee yayami wawɛɛ kɛ pue e hɛ mi si. E pee kaa nɔ ko nɛ hɛɛ e he gu; nihi tsuo nɛ peeɔ e he akɔtaa a bui lɛ hu. Ee, e ngɛ kɛmɛe, nɛ e ngɛ e hɛ mi laae.
Jehanɛ, bɔ sami la tɛ ɔ nɛ ngɛ Betel ɔ, kɛ jami he ɔ nɛ Nebat binyumu Yeroboam nɛ ha Israel pee yayami ɔ ma a, Yosia ku jamɛ a bɔ sami la tɛ ɔ; e mɛ jami he ɔ he la, nɛ e ywia tɛ ɔmɛ dukuduku. Amaga a nɛ a puɛ kɛ ha Ashera a hu e mɛ he la.
Mo ji nɔ nɛ fa wa he be ko nɛ be ɔ. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, wa kpa mo pɛɛ nɛ o mi mi ko fu Yerusalem hu. Mo nitsɛ o ma ji lɛ; o yo klɔuklɔu. Wa he yayami ɔmɛ, kɛ wa nɛmɛ ɔmɛ a ní yayami ɔmɛ nɛ a pee ɔ a he je ɔ, je ma amɛ tsuo nɛ bɔle wɔ ɔ yeɔ Yerusalem kɛ o ma a a he fɛu.