Tlukaa a, ta zugba lɛ kɛ e mi nimli, kɛ okpɔngɔ ta buli nɛ to enyɔɔnyɔ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ ba hia kpo. Kɛkɛ nɛ bulɔ ɔ kpa ngmlaa ekohu ke, “Babilon hɛ mi kpata oo, e hɛ mi kpata! Amaga amɛ nɛ a ngɛ jae ɔ tsuo ku pueɔ si!”
“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.’
Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ de ngɛ Babilon he ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Kɛ e ba lɛ kɛɛ nɛ a ngɔ Babilon, ma nɛ je ɔ tsuo jeɔ e yi ɔ! Kɛ e ba lɛ kɛɛ loko Babilon ba pee nɔ́ nɛ a hiee ngɛ je ma amɛ tsuo a kpɛti kikɛ nɛ ɔ!
Tsa ba ko be ha o plaami ɔmɛ, nɛ o pa a kle. Nihi tsuo nɛ maa nu o hɛ mi kpatami ɔ he ɔ, a bua maa jɔ, nɛ a maa fia a dɛ. Yi wu tso níhi babauu nɛ o pee ɔ, anɛ nɔ ko ngɛ nɛ e he je mi lo?
Bɔfo enyɔne ba ngɛ kekleekle nɔ́ ɔ se, nɛ e ngɛ dee ke, “Babilon hɛ mi kpata! Babilon ma kpetekpleenyɛ ɔ hɛ mi kpata! Babilon yakayaka ní peemi ɔmɛ ha nɛ je ɔ tsuo puɛ; e ngɛ kaa dã nɛ nya wa nɛ e ha mɛ nɛ a nu.”
E kpa ngmlaa wawɛɛ ke, “Babilon hɛ mi kpata! Babilon ma kpetekpleenyɛ ɔ hɛ mi kpata! Piɔ lɛɛ e plɛ mumi yayamihi tsuo a si himi he; e plɛ lohwe pɛlitsɛmɛ, kɛ lohwe awi yeli nɛ a hiee tsuo a si himi he.