Daa nɛ ɔ, a duɔ a lilɛ nya ngɔ to kaa kɛ̃ɛ̃ nɛ a dɔ mi nɛ a ma tsɛ̃. Lakpa, kɛ sisimi sɔuu ji zugba a nɔ; anɔkuale be. Yawɛ ke, “Ye ma mi bi ɔmɛ peeɔ yayami nɔtonɔto; se imi lɛɛ a li mi kaa a Mawu.”
Ke yiwutsotsɛ ngɛ nɔ́ yayami susue ɔ, e hii nɔ́ ɔ plɛe ngɛ e yi mi kpamisa kaa bɔ nɛ bimwɔyo hii plɛe ngɛ yohɔyo mi mi ɔ. Nyagbe ɔ, nɔ́ nɛ jeɔ kpo ji lakpa.
Hiob, munyuhi nɛ o ngɛ tue putɛputɛɛ ɔ, o susu kaa jamɛ munyu ɔmɛ ma ha nɛ wa ma wa nya lo? Ke o ngɛ nihi a he fɛu yee ɔ, nɔ ko nɛ ko pue o hɛ mi si lo?
De mɛ ke ma nɛ ɔ bui imi Yawɛ, a Mawu ɔ; a tue nɛ i gbla a hu a kase we ní kɛ ji mi. Anɔkuale laa pɛsɛpɛsɛ; munyu ‘anɔkuale’ ɔ po nɔ ko pa wui nɔ ta hu.
Mo nitsɛ o nyɛmimɛ, kɛ o weku li te si kɛ wo mo; a so o yi nɔ, nɛ a ngɛ o se blɔ hlae kɛ hɛdɔ. Ke a ha mo hɛ mi, nɛ a kɛ mo tu munyu ngɛ he jɔmi mi po, koo ngɔ hɛ kɛ fɔ a nɔ.”
Anɛ nɔmlɔ yumu ma nyɛ ma tsake e he womi su ɔ lo? Anɛ ngatsɛ ma nyɛ ma tsake e he huatahuata a lo? Ke e maa hi peemi ja a, lɛɛ nyɛ nɛ yayami peemi pee nyɛ he nɔ́ nɛ ɔ, nyɛ hu nyɛ ma nyɛ maa pee kpakpa.
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.”
nɛ o de ke, ‘Bɔ nɛ Babilonia ma mu kɛ ya nyu sisi ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Babilonia ma mu, nɛ e be hiae hu, ejakaa Yawɛ ma kpata zugba a hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ.’ ” Yeremia sɛ gbi ɔ nya ta ngɛ hiɛ ɔ.
Anɛ pi tsɛ kake too nɛ wɔ tsuo wa ngɛ lo? Anɛ pi Mawu kake too ɔ nɛ bɔ wɔ tsuo lo? Mɛni he je mɔ nɛ wa yi wa nyɛmimɛ anɔkuale ɔ? Somi ɔ nɛ Mawu kɛ wa nɛmɛ ɔmɛ so ɔ, mɛni he je wa yi nɔ ɔ?