Ye mi mi fu mo wawɛɛ. Kɛkɛ nɛ i je hɛ ngɛ o he be kuku, se jehanɛ lɛɛ ma je ye suɔmi kpo kɛ tsɔɔ mo kɛ maa ya neneene.” Imi Yawɛ yi wami helɔ ɔ, nɛ i de.
“Ma jɔɔ Yerusalem bua; nihi tsuo nɛ ngɛ Yerusalem we doku ɔmɛ a mi ɔ, ma jɔɔ a bua. E zugba a pee nga kplanaa lɛɛ, se ma ha e ma plɛ pee ngmɔ kaa ngmɔ ɔ nɛ i pee ngɛ Eden ɔ. Ma a mi bi ɔmɛ a bua maa jɔ saminya, a ma nya nɛ a ma la yi jemi, kɛ sina lahi.
Ke e ba mi ja a, nɔ tsuaa nɔ ma de ke, “Wa Mawu ji nɛ ɔ nɛ! Wa ngɔ wa hɛ ngɔ fɔ e nɔ, nɛ e kpɔ wɔ. Lɛ ji Yawɛ. Akɛnɛ wa ngɔ wa hɛ ngɔ fɔ e nɔ nɛ́ e he wa yi wami he je ɔ, wa bua jɔ wa he, nɛ wa ngɛ nyae.”
Ejakaa ke Mawu kua Yuda bi ɔmɛ, nɛ lɔ ɔ he a dla Mawu kɛ je ɔ a kpɛti ɔ, lɛɛ ke e kpale he mɛ ekohu ɔ, kɛ níhi maa hi kɛɛ? E maa pee kaa nɔ nɛ gbo, nɛ a kpale tle lɛ si kɛ ba wami mi ekohu.
Jamɛ a be ɔ, a maa ngma ngɛ okpɔngɔ kuɛ ngmlɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ ke, “Klɔuklɔu kɛ ha Yawɛ.” Buɛhi nɛ ngɛ Mawu we ɔ maa pee klɔuklɔu kaa kãhi nɛ ngɛ bɔ sami la tɛ ɔ hɛ mi ɔ nɔuu.
“Israel ma, kɛ maa pee kɛɛ nɛ ma ngmɛɛ nyɛ he? Kɛ maa pee kɛɛ nɛ ma kua nyɛ? Kɛ maa pee kɛɛ nɛ ma kpata nyɛ hɛ mi kaa bɔ nɛ i pee Adma a? Kɛ maa pee kɛɛ nɛ ma wa nyɛ yi mi kaa bɔ nɛ i pee Zeboyim ɔ? Ye tsui be mi blɔ ngmɛe kaa ma pee jã! Suɔmi nɛ i ngɛ kɛ ha nyɛ ɔ nya wa tsɔ!
Gbɛjegbɛ ko maa je Asiria kɛ ha Israel ma a mi bi nɛ a ngɛ je mi kɛ mwɔɔ ɔ, konɛ a nyɛɛ nɔ kaa bɔ nɛ a nɛmɛ ɔmɛ nyɛɛ zugba gbigbli nɔ, benɛ a je Egipt zugba a nɔ kɛ ma a.
Nɔ́ nɛ maa ba nyɛ nɔ ji, nyɛ maa nɔ ngɛ ta mi, aloo a maa nuu nyɛ kɛ ho kaa pamitsɛmɛ. Enɛ ɔ tsuo se ɔ, Yawɛ mi mi fumi ɔ se be poe kɛ yaa si e ma kpata a hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ.
Yerusalem ngɛ nyae ngɛ nɔ́ nɛ Yawɛ Mawu pee ha lɛ ɔ he. Yerusalem pee kaa ayɛflo nɛ wo june, loo ayɛflo huno nɛ ngɔ mɔmɔ kɛ dla e he kɛ yaa yo kpeemi. Niinɛ, Mawu he Yerusalem yi wami, nɛ e ye kunimi ha lɛ.
Nihi nɛ kɛ bua jɔmi peeɔ o suɔmi nya ní, nɛ blɔ nɛ o to ha mɛ ɔ, a ji nɔ ɔ, mo hu o naa a he bua jɔmi. Wa pee yayami, nɛ o mi mi fu wɔ. Kɛ je blema lokoo ɔ, yayami sɔuu wa ngɛ pee. Anɛ hɛ kɛ nɔ fɔmi ko pa ngɛ ha wɔ kaa a ma he wa yi wami lo?
Nyɛ nya, nɛ nyɛ bua nɛ jɔ kɛ ya neneene ngɛ níhi nɛ i ngɛ bɔe ɔ a he. Ejakaa i ngɛ Yerusalem he bɔe kaa he ko nɛ bua jɔmi sɔuu lɛ a naa ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, nɛ́ ma a mi bi ɔmɛ hu a bua jɔɔ saminya.
“Nyɔhiɔ eywiɛne, enuɔne, kpaagone, kɛ nyɔngmane ɔ nɛ nyɛ haa hwɔ ngɛ a mi ɔ, a ma ba pee bua jɔmi, ní yemi kɛ nyami be ha Yuda ma a. Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛɛ suɔ anɔkuale, kɛ tue mi jɔmi.”
Mohu nyɛɛ ya nyɛ we ɔmɛ a mi, nɛ nyɛ ya ye ní kpakpa, nɛ nyɛɛ nu wai ngɔngɔɛ. Nyɛ nyɛmimɛ ɔmɛ nɛ a be eko ɔ, nyɛ ha mɛ eko. Mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ ji ligbi klɔuklɔu ha Yawɛ nyɛ Mawu ɔ, lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛ ko pee mɔbɔmɔbɔ. Bua jɔmi nɛ Yawɛ ngɛ nyɛ hae ɔ ma ha nɛ nyɛ ma na he wami.”
Yawɛ ngɛ Yerusalem dee ke, “Nibwɔhi ma ba fia o ma a gbogbo ɔmɛ kɛ ma si ekohu, nɛ a matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ ma sɔmɔ mo. O wo ye mi mi la, nɛ lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i gbla o tue; se jehanɛ lɛɛ, ma je ye suɔmi kpo ha mo, nɛ ma na mo mɔbɔ.
Jamɛ a be ɔ, yihewi ɔmɛ maa do kɛ bua jɔmi, nɛ nihewi ɔmɛ kɛ nimowi ɔmɛ tsuo ma nya. Ma jɔɔ a bua; ma ha nɛ a kɔmɔ yemi ɔ maa plɛ pee bua jɔmi, nɛ a we aywilɛho ɔ ma plɛ pee nyami.