Nyɛ Benyamin bi, nyɛɛ tu fo nɛ nyɛ he nyɛ yi wami! Nyɛɛ tu fo kɛ je Yerusalem esɔ! Nyɛ kpa titimati ngɛ Tekoa, nɛ nyɛ slɛ la ngɛ Bet Hekerem kɛ tsɔɔ okadi! Ejakaa haomi agbo je omleyi je kɛ ma nɛ ma ba kpata ma hɛ mi.
Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, Yawɛ ngɔ Babilonia matsɛ ɔ kɛ ba tua mɛ. Babilonia matsɛ ɔ kɛ klaate gbe Yuda nihewi ɔmɛ ngɛ Yawɛ we ɔ mi po. E nɛ́ nɔ ko nɔ ko mɔbɔ, jokuɛyo jio, nɔkɔtɔma jio, yo jio, nyumu jio, hiɔtsɛ jio, nɔ nɛ ngɛ he wami jio. Mawu ngɔ mɛ tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ ngɔ wo e dɛ mi.
Benɛ jeha su ɔ, Matsɛ Nebukadnezar tsɔ nɛ a ba ngɔ lɛ kɛ ho Babilonia ya; a muɔ Yawɛ we ɔ mi june ɔmɛ hu kɛ je. Nebukadnezar wo Yehoyakin nyɛminyumu Zedekia matsɛ ngɛ Yuda, kɛ Yerusalem a nɔ.
Egipt matsɛ, Neko kpa lɛ matsɛ yemi ngɛ Yerusalem, nɛ e tsu tó sika hiɔ nɛ jiimi ji kilo akpe etɛ kɛ e nya lafa eywiɛ, kɛ sika tsu nɛ jiimi ji kilo nyingmi etɛ kɛ eywiɛ ngɛ Yuda ma a dɛ.
Gbalɔ Yeremia hu po kɔmɔ yemi la ko ngɛ Matsɛ Yosia he. Nɛ kɛ je jamɛ a be ɔ kɛ ba si mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ, lali ɔmɛ tsuo, nyumuhi kɛ yihi laa la nɛ ɔ nɛ a kɛ kaiɔ e gbenɔ ɔ. Nɔ́ nɛ ɔ ba plɛ pee kusumi ngɛ Israel. La nɛ ɔ piɛ kɔmɔ yemi asilɛhi nɛ a bua nya a a he.