Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ma ngɔ a ngmɔ ɔmɛ kɛ ha ni nɛmɛ nɛ ma ba ye a nɔ ɔ; a yi ɔmɛ hu i kɛ ma ha nyumu kpahi. Kɛ je nimli wawihi a nɔ kɛ ya si nimli nguahi a nɔ ɔ, nɔ tsuaa nɔ hɛ dɔ kɛ ngɛ nɔ sisie nɛ e kɛ na ní. Gbali kɛ osɔfohi po ngɛ nɔ sisie.
Yawɛ mi mi fu e ma a, nɛ e wo e nine nɔ, konɛ e gbla a tue. Yo ɔmɛ ma mimiɛ, nɛ ni gbogboehi ma pue si ngɛ blɔ ɔmɛ a nɔ kaa dwɔmi. Ke e ba ja po, Yawɛ mi mi fumi ɔ se be poe, se e nine nɛ e wo nɔ ɔ, ja e kɛ gbla a tue kokooko.
Yawɛ to e yi mi kaa a ku Zion gbogbo ɔmɛ ngɔ pue si. E susu a kami kɛ blimi kɛ to, bɔ nɛ pee nɛ a kpata nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ. Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, mɔ ɔmɛ, kɛ gbogbo ɔmɛ tsuo ku kɛ pueɔ si.
I na nɛ a ngɔ yi ɔmɛ tsuo nɛ piɛ ngɛ Yuda matsɛ we ɔ mi ɔ kɛ yaa Babilonia matsɛ ɔ ma nimeli ɔmɛ a ngɔ. Benɛ a yaa a, nɔ́ nɛ a ngɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: ‘Matsɛ ɔ huɛmɛ kpakpa amɛ sisi lɛ nɛ a ye e nɔ. Se amlɔ nɛ ɔ nɛ e nane pu mɔsɔ lɛɛ e huɛmɛ ɔmɛ je e he?’ ”
Nɔ́ nɛ maa ba nyɛ nɔ ji, nyɛ maa nɔ ngɛ ta mi, aloo a maa nuu nyɛ kɛ ho kaa pamitsɛmɛ. Enɛ ɔ tsuo se ɔ, Yawɛ mi mi fumi ɔ se be poe kɛ yaa si e ma kpata a hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ.
Manase bi, kɛ Efraim bi maa hwu ta, nɛ lɔ ɔ se ɔ, a ma bua kɛ wo Yuda he. Enɛ ɔ tsuo se ɔ, Yawɛ mi mi fumi ɔ se be poe kɛ yaa si e ma kpata a hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ na we nihewi ɔmɛ a he bua jɔmi. Yalɔyi ɔmɛ, kɛ awusa amɛ hu e mɛ nɛ mɔbɔ; ejakaa ni ɔmɛ tsuo li Mawu; a pee a he yiwutsotsɛmɛ, nɛ munyu yaya pɛ a tuɔ. Enɛ ɔ tsuo he ɔ, Yawɛ mi mi fumi ɔ se be poe kɛ yaa si e ma kpata a hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ.
Siria ngɛ beleku je, nɛ Filistia ngɛ bonyoku je. A pa a nya mi hatoo, konɛ a mii Israel. Enɛ ɔ tsuo se ɔ, Yawɛ mi mi fumi ɔ se be poe kɛ yaa si e ma kpata a hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ.
David na Yawɛ bɔfo ɔ nɛ daa si ngɛ hiɔwe kɛ zugba a kpɛti. E hɛɛ e klaate ɔ ngɛ e dɛ mi, nɛ e miɔ nɛ e ma kpata Yerusalem hɛ mi. Kɛkɛ nɛ David kɛ ma nimeli ɔmɛ tsuo kpla si, nɛ a ngɔ a hɛ mi ngɔ bu si. Mɛ tsuo a bu kpekpe.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, imi Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ, ma plɛ ye mi mi fumi nɛ nya wa kaa la nɛ ngɛ tsoe plamplam nɛ hí gbemi ɔ kɛ pue we nɛ ɔ nɔ. Ye mi mi ma fu nimli, lohwehi, tsohi, kɛ ngmɔ niba ní tsuo.
Nyɛ kua mi; nyɛ plɛ nyɛ se kɛ wo mi. Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, imi hu i wo ye nine nɔ ngɛ nyɛ nɔ, nɛ i kpata nyɛ hɛ mi. Ejakaa bɔ nɛ i ngɔɔ nyɛ he kɛ kee nyɛ daa nɛ ɔ, pɔ ba tɔ mi jehanɛ.
Jehanɛ, i de matsɛ ɔ ke, “A ma kpaka o yi ɔmɛ, kɛ o bimɛ ɔmɛ tsuo kɛ ya ha Babilonia bi ɔmɛ, nɛ mo nitsɛ hu o be a dɛ mi jee. Babilonia matsɛ ɔ maa nu mo, nɛ ma nɛ ɔ lɛɛ a maa sã.”
Jamɛ a be ɔ, nihi ma la hɛdo la nɛ ɔ kɛ li nyɛ. A ma nya awe nɛ a maa ye kɔmɔ ke, Wa yi ta pɛ! Yawɛ kpɔ wa zugba a ngɛ wa dɛ Nɛ e ngɔ kɛ ha nihi nɛ nuu wɔ nyɔguɛ ɔ.”
“Ma gbla nihi nɛ ngɛ Yerusalem ma a mi, kɛ Yuda zugba a nɔ tsuo a tue. Baal jali nɛ piɛ ɔ, ma kpata mɛ tsuo a hɛ mi, nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko be Baal wɔnɔ ɔmɛ kaie hu.
Ma ha je mahi nɛ a yi mi wa wawɛɛ ɔ maa ba, nɛ a ma ba ngɔ nyɛ we ɔmɛ. Kã peeli nɛ ngɛ nyɛ kpɛti ɔ maa je fɔ̃, nɛ he nyɛli ɔmɛ ma ba ble nyɛ he klɔuklɔu ɔmɛ.