Yawɛ, anɛ o kua Yuda kulaa lo? Anɛ o ngɛ Zion bi ɔmɛ hiee lo? Mɛni he je mɔ lɛ o plaa wɔ kikɛ nɛ ɔ nɛ e hi tsami ɔ? Wa hyɛ blɔ kaa tue mi jɔmi maa ba, se nɔ́ kpakpa ko ji mi kɛ bɛ; wa hyɛ blɔ kaa be maa ba nɛ a ma tsa wɔ, se haomi kɛ gbeye sɔuu lɛ bɔle wɔ.
Be mi nɛ nihi ma de ke, “Wa he mi jɔ wɔ, nɛ wa tue mi hu jɔ wɔ” ɔ, jamɛ a be ɔ mi nɔuu nɛ a hɛ mi ma kpata tlukaa kaa bɔ nɛ yo nɛ mi wa nuɔ kɔɔmi si kake too ɔ; nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko be e he yee.
Pá nɛ ngɛ ye ma mi bi ɔmɛ a he ɔ, a tsɔɔ lɛ fa kɛ fa kɛkɛ, nɛ e peeɔ mɛ kaa pá a gbo. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a deɔ ke, ‘Wa ngɛ tue mi jɔmi, wa ngɛ tue mi jɔmi’, be mi nɛ tue mi jɔmi ko be.
Kɛkɛ nɛ i de ke, “Ao, Nyɔmtsɛ Mawu, anɔkuale mi ɔ, o sisi Yerusalem bi ɔmɛ pɛ! Mo lɛ o wo si ke tue mi jɔmi maa ba ma a mi, se klaate mohu ji nɛ ɔ ngɛ ni ɔmɛ a kuɔ si.”