Kɛkɛ nɛ i nu gbi kpa nɛ tu munyu kɛ je hiɔwe ke, “Ye ma! Nyɛɛ je kpo ngɛ e mi oo, nyɛɛ je ma a mi! Nyɛ ko ya piɛ ma mi bi ɔmɛ a he kɛ pee yayami, konɛ haomi nɛ ba a nɔ ɔ, ko ba nyɛ hu nyɛ nɔ!
Nyɛɛ tu fo kɛ je Babilonia nɛ nyɛ kɛ he nyɛ yi wami. Nyɛ ko ha nɛ a gbe nyɛ ngɛ Babilonia bi ɔmɛ a he yayami ɔ he. Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, i ngɛ ye he lue yee ngɛ a nɔ, nɛ i ngɛ a tue gblae bɔ nɛ sa mɛ.
“Israel bi, nyɛɛ tu fo kɛ je Babilonia! Nyɛɛ je Kaldea bi ɔmɛ a zugba a nɔ! Nyɛ he nɛ sɔ! Nyɛɛ pee kekleekle nihi nɛ maa je lejɛ ɔ, kaa bɔ nɛ to akpakpohi nyɛɛɔ to kuu a hɛ mi ɔ.
E de ma a ke, “Nyɛɛ hɛ nyɛ kɛ je nimli yiwutsotsɛmɛ nɛ ɔmɛ a bo tsu ɔmɛ a he. Ke pi ja a, a ma kpata nyɛɛ kɛ mɛ tsuo nyɛ hɛ mi ngɛ a he yayami ɔmɛ a he.”
Yawɛ ma a nɛ ngɛ Babilonia a, bɔ nɛ e ngɛ mɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Nyɛ nɛ nyɛ je klaate nya! Nyɛɛ ho esɔesɔ! Nyɛ ko to tsle! Nyɛɛ kɛ we he kɛ mohu lɛɛ, se kɛ̃ ɔ, nyɛ susu imi Yawɛ, ye he; nɛ nyɛ hɛ ko je Yerusalem nɔ.
Nibwɔhi nɛ ngɛ Babilonia a de ke, ‘Jinɛ wa ka kaa wa maa piɛ a he, se wa ya nyɛ we. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛ ha nɛ waa je e he; nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ pue e ma mi blɔ. Mawu gbla Babilonia tue wawɛɛ nitsɛ; Mawu kpata zugba a hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ.’ ”