“Tsaatsɛmɛ, mɛni nyɛ ngɛ pee nɛ ɔ? Wɔ hu nimli adesahi kɛkɛ ji wɔ kaa nyɛ nɔuu. Wa ngɛ sane kpakpa a fiɛe kɛ ngɛ nyɛ tsɔɔe, konɛ nyɛɛ kpale nyɛ se kɛ je kikɛmɛ a ní nɛ ɔmɛ nɛ a he be se nami ɔ a he kɛ ba Mawu hɛ kalɔ ɔ ngɔ. Lɛ nɛ e bɔ hiɔwe, kɛ zugba, kɛ wo, kɛ níhi tsuo nɛ ngɛ a mi ɔ.
Yawɛ hɛ maa dɔ kɛ wo mɛ. Yawɛ ma kpata wɔ ɔmɛ tsuo a hɛ mi ngɛ zugba a nɔ, nɛ je ma amɛ, wo kpo ɔ, kɛ zugbahi nɛ wo bɔle mɛ ɔ tsuo ma ja lɛ, nɔ tsuaa nɔ ngɛ lɛ nitsɛ e zugba nɔ.
“Nyɛɛ fiɛ munyu nɛ ɔ kɛ ha je ma amɛ! Nyɛɛ si aflaangaa, nɛ nyɛɛ fiɛ! Nyɛ ko laa nɔ́ ko nɔ; nyɛ de ke, ‘A ngɔ Babilon oo, a ngɔ Babilon! Babilon mawu ɔ nɛ a tsɛɛ Marduk ɔ, a kpata e hɛ mi. A pue Babilon wɔ ɔmɛ a hɛ mi si, nɛ a ywia amaga amɛ dukuduku.’
“Moab bi, nyɛ ngɔ nyɛ hɛ ngɔ fɔ nyɛ he wami, kɛ nyɛ juetli nɔ, lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛ hu a ma ba ngɔ nyɛ kɛ ho. Nyɛ mawu ɔ nɛ a tsɛɛ lɛ Kemosh ɔ, a maa ngɔ lɛ kɛ ho ma se ya kɛ e ganɔ ɔmɛ, kɛ e we osɔfo ɔmɛ.
Se ye ma a lɛɛ, a hɛ je ye nɔ; a sãã tsopa kɛ e he via kɛ haa amagahi. A je blema blɔ kpakpa amɛ a nɔ, nɛ a ya ngɛ lakpa blɔhi a nɔ nyɛɛe. A nyɛɛ we gbɛjegbɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ hu; nane blɔhi a nɔ mohu lɛ a ngɛ nyɛɛe.
“Babilon mawu ɔmɛ a nyagbe ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Be ko ɔ, a ja Bel kɛ Nebo. A hɛɛɔ mɛ kɛ hii si poe. Se jehanɛ lɛɛ a plɛ pee tlomi ngɛ tejihi nɛ pɔ tɔ mɛ a se mi.
Sɛ gbi nɛ kɔɔ Egipt he ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Yawɛ hi bɔku nɔ kɛ fo kɛ ma Egipt. Egipt amaga amɛ a he ngɛ doe blibliibli kaa Yawɛ ma, nɛ Egipt bi ɔmɛ hu sawale nu mɛ.
“Jamɛ a nyɔ ɔ mi ɔ, ma gu Egipt zugba a nɔ kɛ be, nɛ ma gbe bitɛtehi tsuo nɛ ngɛ Egipt zugba a nɔ ɔ, kɛ a lohwe ɔmɛ hu a kekleekle bi kuhi. Egipt mawu ɔmɛ lɛɛ ma kpata mɛ tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ a hɛ mi. Imi ji Yawɛ.
Nyɛ ma amɛ nɛ nyɛ ngɛ a mi ɔ ma ba pee ma dokuhi. Nyɛ jami he ɔmɛ a hɛ mi ma kpata; kɛkɛ ɔ, nyɛ bɔ sami la tɛ ɔmɛ, kɛ amaga amɛ maa ku dukuduku ngɔ pue si. Níhi nɛ nyɛ sãã tsopa kɛ e he via ngɛ mi ɔ maa ywia, nɛ nyɛ nine nya ní tsumi ɔmɛ tsuo a hɛ mi ma kpata.