Ma ha nɛ Yuda bi a he maa wa. Mɛ tsuo a maa pee kaa ta buli katsɛmɛ ngɛ ta nya; a maa naa a he nyɛli a nɔ, nɛ a maa pee mɛ kaa zugba zu. I kɛ ye ma a ngɛ saminya, lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ma ha a kɛ a he nyɛli ɔmɛ maa to ní, nɛ ta okpɔngɔ nɔ hili ɔmɛ po a hɛ mi ma pue si.
Jamɛ a be ɔ, ma ha gbeye maa nu okpɔngɔ ɔmɛ tsuo, nɛ okpɔngɔ nɔ hili ɔmɛ maa nu godo. Ma bu Yuda ma a he, se a he nyɛli ɔmɛ a we okpɔngɔ ɔmɛ lɛɛ ma ha a hɛ ma yu.
nɛ ma ngɔ nɔ yemi ɔmɛ kɛ a he wami ɔmɛ ngɔ fia si. Ma ha ta zugba lɛ ɔmɛ maa nɔɔ si kɛ a kudɔli ɔmɛ; okpɔngɔ ɔmɛ ma gbo, nɛ a nɔ hili ɔmɛ maa gbe a sibi.
Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ ke, “I kɛ mo ná! Ma sã o ta zugba lɛ ɔmɛ. Ma kpata o ta buli ɔmɛ a hɛ mi ngɛ ta mi. Níhi tsuo nɛ o kpɔ ngɛ nihi a dɛ ɔ, ma ngɔ. A be o he wami he nue hu ngɛ je ɔ mi.”
Nyɛɛ ba nɛ nyɛ ba ye matsɛmɛ, asafoatsɛmɛ, ta buli, kɛ okpɔngɔhi kɛ a nɔ hili a lo. Nyɛɛ ba nɛ nyɛ ba ye nimli tsuo a lo, nyɔguɛ, kɛ odehe, nimli wawi, kɛ nimli nguahi!”
Ma ngɔ okpɔngɔhi, ta zugba lɛhi, katsɛmɛ, kɛ ta buli slɔɔtoslɔɔto babauu kɛ ngmɛ mɛ okplɔɔ; a maa ye ní nɛ a maa tɔ saminya. Imi, Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ lɛ i de.”
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!
Ta nguaa nɛ ngɛ he wami, nɛ je kpo kɛ e ta zugba lɛhi kɛ okpɔngɔhi babauu ɔ, e ha mɛ tsuo a nɔ si nɛ a nyɛ we nɛ a te si hu; a la a gbo kaa kane mi tako, loo kaa kane nɛ nu ta mi.