Nyɛ bi nɛ nyɛɛ hyɛ! Anɛ nyumu ko nu kɔɔmi nɛ e fɔ hyɛ lo? Mɛni he je mɔ lɛ i na nɛ nyumuhi tsuo nu a mlɛ mi kaa yo nɛ nu kɔɔmi ɔ? Mɛni he je nyɛ tsuo nyɛ hɛ mi pee kaa la zu la zu kikɛ nɛ ɔ?
Be mi nɛ nihi ma de ke, “Wa he mi jɔ wɔ, nɛ wa tue mi hu jɔ wɔ” ɔ, jamɛ a be ɔ mi nɔuu nɛ a hɛ mi ma kpata tlukaa kaa bɔ nɛ yo nɛ mi wa nuɔ kɔɔmi si kake too ɔ; nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko be e he yee.
I nu gbi ko nɛ ngɛ pɛe kaa yo nɛ nu kɔɔmi; i nu kɛmɛmi ko kaa yo nɛ ngɛ e kekleekle bi fɔe. Mamoo Yerusalem nɛ e kɛ gbafa ngɛ ngmlaa kpae ɔ nɛ. E juale e nine mi, nɛ e ngɛ dee ke, “Akuanyɛ! Ye yi ta pɛ! He nyɛli ɔmɛ miɔ nɛ a maa gbe mi!”
Ta ma ba na okpɔngɔ ɔmɛ, kɛ zugba lɛ ɔmɛ; ta ma ba na ma se ta buli tsuo nɛ ngɛ Babilonia a; a he wami maa ta, nɛ a maa pee kaa yihi pɛ! A maa ha a juetli tsuo!