5 A maa ngɔ Zedekia kɛ ya Babilonia, nɛ e ma ya hi lejɛ ɔ kɛ yaa si i kɛ lɛ maa to ní. Ke e kɛ Babilonia bi ɔmɛ hwu ta po e be mɛ nyɛe. Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.”
Mawu nitsɛ ji wa hɛ mi nyɛɛlɔ. E we osɔfo ɔmɛ ngɛ hiɛ ɔ kɛ a titimati ɔmɛ. Ke a kpa titimati ɔmɛ pɛ kɛkɛ pe wa he ose kɛ gba ta kɛ wo nyɛ ɔ nɛ. Nyɛ Israel ma, nyɛ ko gba ta kɛ wo Yawɛ, nyɛ nɛmɛ a Mawu ɔ! Nyɛ be kunimi yee!”
Kɛkɛ nɛ Mawu mumi ɔ ba osɔfo Yehoyada binyumu Zakaria nɔ. E ho ya da si ngɛ he nɛ ma a maa na lɛ ngɛ, nɛ e de mɛ ke, “Yawɛ Mawu ɔ ngɛ nyɛ bie ke, mɛni he je nyɛ kua e mlaa amɛ a nɔ yemi, nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ haomi ba nyɛ nɔ nɛ ɔ! Nyɛ kua Yawɛ, lɔ ɔ he ɔ, lɛ hu e kua nyɛ!”
O kɛ o nine ma kpla o yi, nɛ o maa kpale kɛ je Egipt kɛ ba kɛ zo. Nihi nɛ o ngɔ o hɛ ngɔ fɔ a nɔ ɔ, imi Yawɛ i kua mɛ; o be nɔ́ ko nɔ́ ko nae kɛ je a dɛ.”
A maa ngɔ ní nɛ ɔmɛ kɛ maa ya Babilonia, ya to ngɛ lejɛ ɔ kɛ yaa si ma kai mɛ. Kɛkɛ ɔ, ma kpale mɛ kɛ ba to a blɔ he ngɛ hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ ekohu. Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.”
“Babilonia bi ɔmɛ fia kpoku kɛ wo ma a he konɛ a ngɔ ma a; amlɔ nɛ ɔ, a tua ma a. Ta, hwɔ, kɛ gbenɔ hiɔ ma ha nɛ a maa ngɔ ma a. O maa na kaa níhi nɛ o de ɔ tsuo ba mi.
Ke e ba mi kaa nyɛ ye Babilonia tabo ɔ tsuo nɔ, nɛ e piɛ nihi nɛ plaa kɛ pueɔ si ngɛ a bo tsuhi a mi po, jamɛatsɛmɛ ɔmɛ maa te si nɛ a maa sã ma nɛ ɔ kɛ̃.”
Benɛ Yuda matsɛ, Zedekia kɛ e ta buli ɔmɛ tsuo na mɛ ɔ, a tu fo kɛ je ma a mi nyɔ ɔ mi. A gu matsɛ abɔɔ ɔ mi, kɛ ya be ngɛ agbo ɔ nɛ ngɛ gbogbo enyɔ ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ, nɛ a tu fo kɛ yaa Yordan kɔ̃ ɔ mi je.
Se Babilonia tabo ɔ nyɛɛ a se, nɛ a ya nu Zedekia ngɛ Yeriko nga a nɔ. A ngɔ lɛ kɛ ba ha Matsɛ Nebukadnezar ngɛ Ribla, ngɛ Hamat zugba a nɔ. Nɛ lejɛ ɔ Nebukadnezar kojo lɛ nɛ e bu lɛ fɔ ngɛ.
“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.
Ke du bu ɔ, Yerusalem ganɔ ɔ maa fi tlomi kɛ fɔ e konɔ, nɛ e maa ywia gbogbo ɔ he ko, nɛ e maa gu puɔ ɔ mi kɛ je kpo. E maa ngɔ nɔ́ kɛ ha e hɛ mi, nɛ he nɛ e yaa a, e hɛngmɛ be hyɛe.
Se Yuda matsɛ ɔ tsɔ atuã; e tsɔ nihi kɛ ho Egipt ya, konɛ a ha lɛ okpɔngɔhi, kɛ ta buli nɛ he hiɛ. Anɛ e ma nyɛ maa ye kunimi lo? Anɛ matsɛ nɛ ɔ yi ma na wami lo? Ke e yi somi ɔ nɔ ɔ, anɛ e yi ma na wami lo?”