Enɛ ɔ se ɔ, bɔfo kpaago ɔmɛ nɛ hɛɛ kplu kpaago ɔmɛ a ti nɔ kake ba de mi ke, “Ba nɛ ma tsɔɔ mo bɔ nɛ Mawu maa gbla ajuama kpanaku ɔ tue ha. Jamɛ a ma kpetekpleenyɛ ɔ nɛ a ma ngɔ fɔ pahi babauu a tue ɔ i ngɛ tsɔɔe ɔ nɛ.
Ma je juetli kpo ha mo kɛ je diblii mi, kɛ je hehi nɛ a ngɔ mɛ ngɔ laa ngɛ ɔ, konɛ o na nɛ o le kaa imi Yawɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ, i le mo, nɛ i kɛ o biɛ tsɛɔ mo.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, bɔ nɛ Yawɛ de Israel bi ɔmɛ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Ma ye nyɛ sane ɔ ha nyɛ, nɛ ma gbla nyɛ he nyɛli ɔmɛ a tue ha nyɛ. Ma ha nɛ Babilonia wo ɔ, kɛ pa amɛ ma gbli.
A kɛ zu wo a yi mi, nɛ a wo yana, nɛ a nya awe. A kpa ngmlaa, nɛ a de ke, “Tsaoo! Akuanyɛ ha ma kpetekpleenyɛ ɔ! Lɛtsɛmɛ tsuo nɛ yeɔ jua ngɛ wo hɛ mi ɔ gu ní babauu nɛ e na a nɔ ba plɛ niatsɛmɛ. Nɛ ngmlɛfia kake too mi ɔ, ní babauu nɛ e na a tsuo bɔ lɛ!”
Kikɛmɛ a lakpa tsɔɔli nɛ ɔmɛ maa tu nyɛ munyuhi nɛ a po de, konɛ a kɛ sisi nyɛ nɛ a ná nyɛ he se. Se Mawu bu mɛ fɔ momo be saii ji nɛ, nɛ a hɛ mi kpatami be ɔ hu su ta.
Yawɛ tsɛ ye biɛ, nɛ e bi ke, “Amos, mɛni o na?” I he nɔ ke, “Kusii kɛ e mi tso yiblii nɛ fu.” Kɛkɛ nɛ Yawɛ de mi ke, “Tso yiblii ɔ daa si ha ye ma Israel. Bɔ nɛ tso yiblii ɔ fu ɔ tsɔɔ kaa be ɔ su jehanɛ, nɛ ma gbla a tue; i be ye yi mi tomi ɔ tsakee hu.
He nyɛlɔ ɔ ngɛ wa nane hiɔe, lɔ ɔ he ɔ, wa nyɛ we nɛ waa nyɛɛ kɛ be ngɛ wa gbɛjegbɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ tete po. Wa nyagbe ɔ su jehanɛ; wa ligbi ɔmɛ a nya ta; wa hɛ mi kpata.
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!
Nɔ nɛ náá ní ngɛ blɔ nɛ dɛ nɔ ɔ, e ngɛ kaa bebee nɛ ya bu hlui nɔ nɛ e pɛ bi, nɛ pohu pi lɛ nɛ ngmɛ hlui ɔ. E nihe mi ɔ, e dɛ mi ma ba ta; nɛ e nyagbe be mi ɔ, e ma ba pee kuasia.
Yawɛ, yi wami helɔ, Israel Mawu Klɔuklɔu ɔ, bɔ nɛ e de ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Ma tsɔ nihi kɛ ya Babilon tɔɔ kɛ he o yi wami. Ma ku agbo ɔmɛ ngɔ pue si, nɛ lele nɛ a ngɛ hwɔe ɔ ma plɛ pee kɔmɔ yemi.