Gbenɔ hiɔ, kɛ hwɔ maa gbe ma mi bi ɔmɛ a mi dlami etɛ mi kake; mi dlami etɛ mi kake maa nɔ ngɛ klaate nya kɛ maa bɔle ma a kɛ kpe, nɛ mi dlami etɛ mi kake ɔ hu, ma gbɛ mɛ ngɔ fĩa je ɔ mi tsuo; nɛ ma hia ta kɛ nyɛɛ a se.
Ke a sa ma a yi se ɔ, ngɔɔ la kɛ sã bwɔmi ɔ mi dlami etɛ mi kake ngɛ ma a kpɛti. Mi dlami etɛ ɔ mi kake hu ngɔɔ klaate ɔ kɛ poo mi kɛ bɔle ma a kɛ kpe. Mi dlami etɛ ɔ mi kake nɛ maa piɛ ɔ, ngɔɔ kɛ fĩa kɔɔhiɔ mi; kɛkɛ ɔ, ma hia klaate ɔ kɛ nyɛɛ a se.
“Yawɛ maa gbɛ nyɛ ngɔ fĩa je ma amɛ tsuo a mi, kɛ maa je je ɔ nyagbe he kake kɛ maa ya nyagbe he kake, nɛ lejɛ ɔ nyɛ ma sɔmɔ mawuhi nɛ a kɛ tso kɛ tɛ pee, mawuhi nɛ nyɛ, loo nyɛ nɛmɛ ja we hyɛ.
Ma hyɛ, nɛ nɔ́ ko nɔ́ ko be hie ha nyɛ. Nyɛ Israel bi tsuo nɛ nyɛ ngɛ Egipt zugba a nɔ ɔ, nyɛ tsuo nyɛ hɛ mi ma kpata, nɛ nɔ kake ngmelu po he be mi jee. Nyɛ ti ni komɛ ma gbo ngɛ ta mi, nɛ hwɔ maa gbe ni komɛ.
I gbɛ mɛ ngɔ fĩa je mahi nɛ a li nɔ kaa nɔ́ nɛ lasiogblee lɛ muɔ mɛ; nɛ a si zugba a ngɔ fɔ si, nɛ nɔ ko bi ngɛ lejɛ ɔ. Nɛ zugba kpakpa nɛ ɔ ba pee ma doku.”
“De mɛ ke bɔ nɛ imi Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ, i ngɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Ma bua a nya kɛ maa je je ma amɛ a mi hehi nɛ a gbɛ mɛ kɛ fĩa a tsuo kɛ maa ba; nɛ ma ngɔ Israel zugba a ngɔ ha mɛ ekohu.
Jehanɛ, Yawɛ de mi ke, “De ma a ke imi Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ, i ngɛ mɛ fae ke nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ nu nɔ́ nɛ ngɛ kplu ɔ mi ɔ kɛ yaa si e maa tɔ dã, nɛ e maa vie, kɛ yaa si e maa nɔ si nɛ e be nyɛe maa te si hu; ejakaa i tsɔ ta nɛ nya wa wawɛɛ nitsɛ kɛ ma a ngɔ.
Ma ha nɛ ta, hwɔ, kɛ gbenɔ hiɔ ma ba sɛ a kpɛti kɛ yaa si a ma kpata a hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ, nɛ a ti nɔ kake ngmelu po be piɛe ngɛ zugba nɛ i ngɔ ha a kɛ a nɛmɛ ɔ nɔ.”
“Yawɛ ma ha nyɛ he nyɛli ɔmɛ maa ye nyɛ nɔ. Nyɛ maa gu he kake kɛ ya tua mɛ, se a maa gbɛ nyɛ ngɔ fĩa basaa, nɛ zugba a nɔ matsɛ yemi ɔmɛ tsuo maa ye gbeye ngɛ nɔ́ nɛ ba nyɛ nɔ ɔ he.
Nyɛɛ bu tue! Ngɛ zugba a tsuo nɔ ɔ, i nu nɛ ye ma a ngɛ ngmlaa kpae nɛ a ngɛ bie ke, “Anɛ Yawɛ be Zion hu lo? Zion matsɛ ɔ be ma a mi hu lo?” Yawɛ bi ke, “Mɛni he je lɛ nyɛ ya ja amagahi, nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ peemi wo ye mi mi la a? Mɛni he je lɛ nyɛ ya kpla si ha ma se wohi?”
Nɔ́ kuɔmi maa wo o he gbeye, nɛ nyɛɛmi maa pee mo ahuto. O yi bwɔmi ma hiɛ futafuta. O maa nyɛɛ blɛuu blɛuu kaa angmɛɛtɛ nɛ ngɛ si sãe, nɛ o he mi akɔnɔ tsuo se maa po. Wa yaa wa nyagbe he jɔɔmi he ɔ, nɛ a maa wo yana ngɛ blɔ ɔmɛ a mi.
“Nyɛ sã nyɛ yi nɔ nɛ nyɛ sake bwɔmi ɔ pue he; nyɛɛ wo yana nɛ nyɛɛ ye kɔmɔ ngɛ yoku kpataa amɛ a nɔ, ejakaa imi Yawɛ ɔ, ye mi mi fu ye ma a, nɛ i kua mɛ.
Nyɛ yayami ɔmɛ a he je ɔ, bɔ nɛ Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ Mawu ɔ ngɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “A maa wo yana ngɛ kpe he ɔmɛ, kɛ gbɛjegbɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ, nɛ nihi maa hi dee ke, ‘Ao! Ao!’ A ma tsɛ ngmɔ huli po kɛ ba, nɛ a ma ba ye kɔmɔ ha nyɛ; a ma tsɛ nihi nɛ laa kɔmɔ yemi la kɛ ba, nɛ a ba nya awe.
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.”