Zion, nyá oo, nyá! Yerusalem, mo he ose! Hyɛ, o matsɛ ɔ ma! E ma kɛ agbo jemi kɛ kunimi yemi. E ba e he si, nɛ e hi teji okpɔngɔ nɔ; ee, e hi teji okpɔngɔ bi nɔ.
Mawu we ɔ, he nɛ wa jaa lɛ ngɛ ɔ, e ywia lɛ dukuduku ngɔ pue si. E gu nyami be ɔmɛ, kɛ Hejɔɔmi ligbi ɔ. Abofu nɛ nya wa nɛ ɔ sa matsɛmɛ, kɛ osɔfohi tsuo a he.
Benɛ Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ mi mi wo la a, e ha nɛ bɔku ha Zion nɔ. E kpɔ́ Israel he fɛu ɔ kɛ je hiɔwe kɛ ba pue zugba. Ligbi ɔ nɛ e mi mi fu ɔ, e kua lɛ nitsɛ e we pohu.
He nyɛli ɔmɛ ma ba gu Yuda zugba a nɔ kaa pa nɛ hyi ywia nga kɛ su nɔ konɔ tɔɔ, nɛ e ha nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ nɔ.” Mawu kɛ wɔ ngɛ! E bli e pɛlihi a mi kɛ ngɛ zugba a he bue.
Kɛkɛ ɔ, o ma bi o he ke, ‘Mɛnɔ lɛ fɔ bimɛ nɛ ɔmɛ ha mi? Nihi gbo ta ye he; i plɛ pee nɔ ko nɛ fɔ we, a nu mi kɛ ho ma se ya. Hyɛ, a si imi nɔ kake too, lɛɛ jije lɛ nimli nɛ ɔmɛ je mɔ? Mɛnɔ nɛ lɛ mɛ?’ ”
Nyɛ he nyɛli ɔmɛ a ta bulɔ kake too maa wo nyɛ ta buli akpe fo; nɛ a nihi enuɔ pɛ maa wo nyɛ tsuo fo. Nyɛ tabo ɔ tsuo ma wo fo, nɛ nɔ́ nɛ maa piɛ ngɛ se ji aflangaa tso nɛ maa si ngɛ yoku yi mi!
Asiria matsɛ tsɔ e we asafoatsɛngua a kɛ ba jɛ Mawu hɛ kalɔ ɔ. Wa heɔ yeɔ kaa Yawɛ, o Mawu ɔ nu kikɛmɛ a jɛmi ɔ, nɛ ni nɛmɛ nɛ bɔ musu nɛ ɔ, e maa gbla a tue. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, moo fa kue ha Yawɛ kɛ ha wa ti ni nɛmɛ nɛ piɛ ngɛ hiɛ ɔ.”