12 Se Yawɛ ke, “Ke i gbe nɔ́ nɛ i ngɛ tsue ngɛ Zion yo ɔ nɔ, kɛ Yerusalem ɔ nya a, ma gbla Asiria matsɛ ɔ tue ngɛ e he nɔ womi, kɛ e fiami babauu ɔ he.”
ngɛ mɛ nitsɛmɛ, kɛ a nɛmɛ ɔmɛ a he yayami ɔmɛ tsuo a he. Ejakaa a ya sãã tsopa kɛ e he via ngɛ yo ɔmɛ a nɔ. A tuɔ munyu hu kɛ siɔ mi ngɛ yoku ɔmɛ a nɔ. Enɛ ɔmɛ tsuo a he ɔ, ma gbla a tue sisiisi bɔ nɛ sa.”
Be ɔ nɛ a maa je kojomi sisi ɔ su ta, nɛ Mawu maa kojo lɛ nitsɛ e ni ɔmɛ kekle. Ke a kɛ wɔ je sisi ɔ, nihi nɛ he we sane kpakpa a nɛ je Mawu ngɔ ɔ yi ɔ, mɛɛ lɛ a nyagbe maa pee gbeye!
“Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ imi Nebukadnezar, i ngɛ matsɛ nɛ ngɛ hiɔwe ɔ yi jee; i ngɛ e hɛ mi nyami woe, nɛ i ngɛ jajee kaa e kle agbo. E peeɔ nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ saminyayoo, nɛ e blɔ ɔmɛ hu da. Nihi nɛ woɔ a he nɔ ɔ, e nyɛɔ baa mɛ si.”
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, kɛ je mwɔnɛ ɔ kɛ yaa a, tso nɛ naa nyu saminya a ekoeko be kae kɛ ya hiɔwe ja hu, loo kaa e ma ha e yi mi ma ya su bɔku mi ploplooplo kikɛ nɛ ɔ. Mɛ tsuo a ma gbo kaa bɔ nɛ nɔmlɔ adesa gboɔ ɔ. Mɛ tsuo a ma ya piɛ nihi nɛ ho gbeje ya a a he.”
“Jehanɛ lɛɛ, jamɛ a tso ɔ nɛ bɔ kusuu, nɛ e nɔ kuɔ gojoo kɛ su bɔku mi tɔɔ ɔ, imi Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ nitsɛ ma tsɔɔ mo nɔ́ nɛ maa ba e nɔ. Akɛnɛ e nɔ kuɔ gojoo he je ɔ, e wo e he nɔ nɛ e fĩa;
Nyɛ nihi tsuo nɛ nyɛ peeɔ kpe kɛ soɔ nihi a yi nɔ, konɛ nyɛ kpata a hɛ mi, nyɛ yi mi tomi yaya amɛ ma kpata nyɛ nitsɛmɛ nyɛ hɛ mi. Yawɛ nitsɛ ma ha nɔ́ nɛ ɔ maa ba mi; nyɛ nyagbe maa pee mɔbɔ.
Se bɔ nɛ Israel maa pee kɛ je a he yayami ɔmɛ konɛ a kɛ pa mɛ ji, a maa wɛɛ je ma amɛ a bɔ sami la tɛ ɔmɛ bukɔbukɔ kaa ayilɔ, nɛ yo mawu Ashera a tsopa kɛ e he via bɔ sami la tɛ ɔmɛ, loo e we amaga amɛ ekoeko be si hie hu.
Israel bi tsuo nɛ ngɛ Samaria ma a mi ɔ, a ti nɔ tsuaa nɔ ma na maa le kaa lɛ nɛ e tsu nɔ́ nɛ ɔ nɛ. Amlɔ nɛ ɔ lɛɛ, a ngɛ a he nɔ woe; a ngɛ pupuupu pee. A ngɛ dee ke,
Musu tloo he nyɛli ɔmɛ! A fia ojo nɛ a sisi nihi; se mɛɛ lɛɛ nɔ ko fiɛ mɛ ojo, nɛ nɔ ko sisi we mɛ hulɔ. A we ojo fiami, kɛ nɔ sisimi ɔ se maa po kɛ̃, nɛ mɛ nitsɛmɛ hu a maa fia mɛ ojo, nɛ a maa sisi mɛ.
Akɛnɛ o kɛ mi tuɔ munyu basabasa, nɛ i nu o he nɔ womi hu he he je ɔ, ma ngɔ gbowe kɛ wo o gugwɔ mi; ma wo o nya mi dade, nɛ ma kpale mo kɛ gu blɔ nɛ o gu kɛ ba a nɔ.”
Ma bɔni hɛ mi kpatami ní tsumi ɔ kɛ je imi nitsɛ ye ma a mi. Pe a susu kaa a maa ye a he lo? Dɛbi! A be a he yee; ja a gbla a tue kokooko. Ejakaa ma ha nɛ ta maa ba je ma amɛ tsuo a nɔ. Imi, Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ lɛ i de.
Nyɛ, ma he nɔ woli nɛ ɔmɛ ɔ, nyɛ ma tɛ nɔ́ nɛ nyɛ maa nɔɔ si, nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko be nyɛ nɔ woe. Ma mɛ nyɛ ma amɛ a he la, nɛ nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ nɛ bɔle mɛ kɛ kpe ɔ hɛ mi ma kpata.”
E maa ma matsɛ bo tsu agboagbohi ngɛ wo ɔ, kɛ yo ɔ nɛ Yawɛ we ɔ maa si ngɛ nɔ ɔ a kpɛti. Se e ma gbo ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, nɛ nɔ ko be bae nɛ e ba je ngmlaa ha lɛ.”