26 Ma ha nyɛ ma nimeli, kɛ ga woli kpakpahi kaa nihi nɛ hi si blema a. Ke enɛ ɔ ba mi ɔ, a ma tsɛ Yerusalem ke ma nɛ a yeɔ dami sane kɛ anɔkuale ngɛ mi.”
Nɔ́ ko nɛ he tsɔ we be ma a mi bae. Nɔ nɛ peeɔ níhi nɛ a hiee, loo e yeɔ lakpa hu be mi bae. Nihi nɛ a ngma a biɛ ngɛ To bi ɔ hɛ kali a womi ɔ mi ɔ, mɛ pɛ lɛ a maa ba ma a mi.
Israel bi nɛ maa piɛ ɔ, a be nɔ́ yayami pee; a be lakpa yee, nɛ a be nɔ sisie hulɔ. A ma plɔke, nɛ a he mi maa jɔ mɛ, nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko be nyɛe maa wo a he gbeye.”
Zugba nɛ ganɔ nɛ ngɛ ma a nɔ yee ɔ ma na ngɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ a kpɛti ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Ke nyɛ pee ja a, ganɔ ɔmɛ be ye ma a blɔ nya ní kpɔe ngɛ a dɛ, se mohu a maa dla zugba a mi kɛ ha wɛtso ɔmɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ.
bua jɔmi, kɛ lele hwɔmi gbi ekohu. Nyɛ maa nu ayɛflo kɛ e huno a gbi, kɛ la nɛ nihi nɛ ngɔ sina bɔhi kɛ ma Yawɛ we ɔ ngɛ lae ke, ‘Nyɛɛ na Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ si, ejakaa Yawɛ hi, nɛ e suɔmi ɔ ngɛ daa!’ Ma ha nɛ kplɔkɔtɔ, kɛ he jɔmi maa ba zugba nɛ ɔ nɔ kaa kekle ko ɔ. Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.”
Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ ke “Ke i kpale ma a kɛ ba mɛ nitsɛmɛ a zugba a nɔ ekohu ɔ, a ma de ngɛ Yuda zugba a nɔ, kɛ ma amɛ a mi ekohu ke, ‘Yawɛ nɛ gbaa Yerusalem yo klɔuklɔu ɔ, he nɛ lɛ Yawɛ nitsɛ hii ɔ.’
Nihi nɛ wa mo yi mi ɔ a bimɛ ɔmɛ maa ba, nɛ a ma ba kpla si ha mo. Nihi nɛ gbe o he guɛ be ko ɔ, mɛ hu a ma ba kpla si ngɛ o nane nya. Nɛ a ma tsɛ mo ke, ‘Yawɛ ma,’ ‘Zion, Israel Mawu klɔuklɔu ɔ ma.’
Ma nɛ sa a, e yeɔ anɔkuale ɔ, jehanɛ lɛɛ hyɛ, e ngɛ e ní pee kaa yaholɔ! Sa be ko ɔ, nimli nɛ peeɔ nɔ́ nɛ da nɛ a hyi ma a mi tɔ, se jehanɛ lɛɛ awi yeli sɔuu lɛ piɛ ngɛ ma a mi.
Nɛ mo Yerusalem, he nɛ Mawu hii nɛ e kɛ hyɛɛ e ma a nɔ kaa to hyɛlɔ ɔ, o he wami kɛ o blɔ nya nɛ o hɛɛ kaa matsɛ ma a, o maa kpale na ekohu. Mawu lɛ de.
nɛ a ma de ke, “Nyɛ ha wa ya kuɔ Yawɛ yo ɔ kɛ ya Israel Mawu ɔ sɔlemi we ɔ. E maa tsɔɔ wɔ nɔ́ nɛ e suɔ kaa waa pee; nɛ wa maa pee bɔ nɛ e maa tsɔɔ wɔ ɔ pɛpɛɛpɛ. Ejakaa Yawɛ ní tsɔɔmi ɔ, Yerusalem e jee; e kɛ e ma a tuɔ munyu kɛ jeɔ Zion yo ɔ nɔ.”