A de ke, “Nyɛ ha nɛ waa po ma ngua ko ngɔ ha wa he, nɛ waa ma mɔ nɛ e yi mi nɛ ya su hiɔwe. Ke wa pee ja a, wa ma na biɛ, nɛ wa be gbɛe ngɔ fia zugba a nɔ tsuo.”
“I ha nɛ nɔ ko je beleku je kɛ ma nɛ e kɛ nyɛ ba kpe. E maa ba ngɛ ye biɛ mi. E ma ba tua nyɛ kɛ je omleyi je. E maa naa nɔ yeli a nɔ kaa a naa zu, loo kaa buɛ puɛlɔ pɔtɔɔ zu.
O he nɔ womi ɔ sisi mo. Nɔ ko nɔ ko pa yi mo gbeye hu kaa bɔ nɛ o susuu ɔ. O hi he ji tɛ sa amɛ a kpɛ, ngɛ yo ɔmɛ a yi mi. E ngɛ mi kaa o hi he ngɛ hiɔwe lokoo kaa kɔle hi he mohu, se kɛ̃ Yawɛ ma je mo kɛ je lejɛ ɔ, nɛ e maa ba mo si. Yawɛ lɛ de.”
Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ de ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Nyɛ ya tua Merataim, kɛ Pekod bi ɔmɛ. Nyɛɛ gbe mɛ, nɛ nyɛ kpata a hɛ mi. Nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ nɛ i fa nyɛ ke nyɛɛ pee ɔ, nyɛɛ pee. Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, yi mi nɛ i to kɛ wo Babilon ma a he, kɛ bɔ nɛ i to nɛ ma pee ma mi bi ɔmɛ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Nyɛɛ bu tue! A bimɛ tsɔwitsɔwi po a maa gbla mɛ ngɛ zugba kɛ je, nɛ nɔ tsuaa nɔ he mi maa po.
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!
Mo Babilonia nɛ o ngɛ kaa yoku, nɛ o ngɛ je ɔ tsuo hɛ mi kpatae, i kɛ mo na! Ma nu mo, nɛ ma kpɛne mo kɛ je tɛ sa amɛ a nɔ ba ko si, nɛ o maa pee kaa yo nɛ sã.
A maa hule Babilonia gbogbohi kɛ a hɛ mi gbajagbajaa a ngɔ pue si, nɛ a maa mɛ agbo gagaaga amɛ a he la. Je ma amɛ tsu yaka ní pɛ; a gbo dengme kɛ ha la nɛ e ba sã. Imi, Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ lɛ i de.”
e de ke, “Nyɛɛ hyɛ bɔ nɛ Babilon kle agbo ha! Imi nitsɛ lɛ i po Babilon, nɛ i kɛ lɛ pee ye matsɛ ma, konɛ ma kɛ tsɔɔ ye he wami kpetekpleenyɛ ye biɛ, ye hɛ mi nyami, kɛ ye agboje.”
Ke a he nyɛli ɔmɛ ba kpaka mɛ kaa nyɔguɛhi kɛ je ɔ, ma ha nɛ a kɛ klaate maa gbe mɛ. I muɔ ye yi mi kpɔ kaa ja i kpata a hɛ mi kokooko, se pi kaa ma pee mɛ kpakpa.”