Nyɛ he ose kɛ wo ma a he! Jehanɛ lɛɛ Babilon ha yi. Ma a sisi tomi ɔmɛ, kɛ e gbogbo ɔmɛ ku kɛ pueɔ si. I ngɛ Babilonia bi ɔmɛ a tue gblae. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛ hu nyɛɛ ye nyɛ nitsɛmɛ nyɛ he lue; bɔ nɛ a pee ni komɛ ɔ, nyɛ hu nyɛɛ pee mɛ kɛ to nane mi.
A kpa ngmlaa wawɛɛ ke, “Nyɔmtsɛ Ope, mo nɛ o ngɛ klɔuklɔu, nɛ o yeɔ anɔkuale! Mɛni be o maa mlɛ kɛ yaa si? Ni ɔmɛ nɛ ngɛ je ɔ mi nɛ a gbe wɔ ɔ, kojo mɛ nɔuu nɛ o gbla a tue!”
Babilonia kpata nihi babauu a hɛ mi ngɛ je ɔ mi tsuo. Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, ja a kpata Babilonia hu hɛ mi kokooko, ejakaa e gbe Israel bi babauu. Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.”
Nyɛ ha nɛ Zion bi ɔmɛ nɛ a de ke, “Yi mi nɛ Babilonia bi ɔmɛ wa wɔ ɔ, a gbla a tue kɛ to nya!” Nyɛ ha nɛ Yerusalem bi ɔmɛ nɛ a de ke, “Haomi nɛ ba wa nɔ ɔ, a gbla Babilonia bi ɔmɛ a tue kɛ to nya!”
Yawɛ ha nɛ Media matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ a mumi te si, konɛ a ya kpata Babilonia hɛ mi. Bɔ nɛ e to nɛ e maa ye e he lue, nɛ e maa gbla Babilonia tue ngɛ lɛ Yawɛ, e we ɔ nɛ a ble ɔ he ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Tatsɛmɛ ɔmɛ nɛ nyɛɛ ta a hɛ mi ɔ fa ke, “Nyɛɛ duɔ nyɛ kɛ̃ɛ̃ mi bi ɔmɛ a nya! Nyɛ wo nyɛ tsɛ̃i ɔmɛ a nɔ!
“Nyɛ tsuo nyɛ ba bua nyɛ he nya nɛ nyɛɛ bu tue! Nyɛ mawu ɔmɛ a ti mɛnɔ gba enɛ ɔ kɛ to? Nɔ nɛ imi Yawɛ, i suɔ lɛ ɔ, ma ba pee nɔ́ nɛ sa imi Yawɛ ye hɛ mi, nɛ e ma kpata Babilon hɛ mi butuu.
I ngɔ mo kɛ kpata to hyɛli kɛ a to ɔmɛ a hɛ mi. I ngɔ mo kɛ kpata ngmɔ huli kɛ a na kpakplaahi a hɛ mi. Amlaalohi kɛ ma ní tsuli hu, mo nɔuu i kɛ kpata a hɛ mi.”