“Haomi nɛ maa ba jamɛ a be ɔ, ke e se po pɛ pu maa tsɔ diblii, nɛ nyɔhiɔ be kpɛe hu. Dodoehi ma tsɔ kɛ je hiɔwe ba fia si, nɛ a maa fie he wamihi nɛ bɔle je ɔ kɛ je a blɔ hehi.
Se Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ ligbi ɔ maa ba kaa bɔ nɛ julɔ baa a. Jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, hiɔwe maa be kɛ ho kɛ kemi nɛ nya wa. Níhi nɛ ngɛ hiɔwe ɔ tsuo maa sã, nɛ a hɛ mi ma kpata, nɛ je ɔ, kɛ e mi nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ maa laa.
Kɔmɔ nɛ ma a ngɛ yee kɛ ngmlaa boboobo kɛ ngɛ nihi nɛ bee ɔ tsɔɔe ji, “Nyɛ nihi tsuo nɛ nyɛ bee, anɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ pee we nyɛ mɔbɔ lo? Nyɛɛ hyɛ mi ha kaa nɔ ko ye aywilɛho hyɛ kaa ye nɔ́ nɛ ɔ lo? Benɛ Yawɛ mi mi fu wawɛɛ ɔ, nɛ e ngɔ kikɛmɛ a haomi nɛ ɔ kɛ ba ye nɔ.”
Nyɛ wo nyɛ yi nɔ nɛ nyɛɛ hyɛ hiɔwe, nɛ nyɛɛ kpale hyɛ zugba mi. Hiɔwe maa laa kaa la su ku nɛ se po; zugba ma puplee kaa tako piɛ, nɛ nimli nɛ ngɛ nɔ ɔ ma gbo kaa anunuhi. Se nyɛɛ lɛɛ ma he nyɛ yi wami daa; ma ye kunimi ha nyɛ kɛ maa ya neneene.
Pu, nyɔhiɔ, kɛ dodoe ma puplee maa pee kaa bunyuku. Hiɔwe ma koklo kaa womi kpo; nɛ dodoehi maa hɔle kɛ pue si kaa bɔ nɛ wai, loo ngmɔkɔ tso hɔleɔ ba kɛ pueɔ si ɔ.
Nihi ma ya laa a he ngɛ tɛ puɔhi a mi ngɛ yo ɔmɛ a nɔ, aloo a maa tsua muɔhi, konɛ a laa a he ngɛ mi kɛ je Yawɛ we abofu nɛ he wa a, kɛ e hɛ mi nyami ɔ nya, ke e ba nɛ e ba mimiɛ zugba a.
Akɛnɛ Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ mi mi fu he je ɔ, e tue gblami ɔ nya wa kaa la nɛ ngɛ nimli tsuo a hɛ mi kpatae ngɛ zugba a nɔ. Nɔ tsuaa nɔ ngɛ lɛ nitsɛ e wami he plee.
Nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ maa ma fo kɛ je gbeye ní ɔmɛ a he ɔ maa nɔ muɔ voo mi, nɛ nɔ nɛ be muɔ voo ɔ mi nɔe ɔ maa du klama. Hiɔmi maa nɛ piapiaapia, nɛ je ɔ sisi tomi ɔmɛ ma mimiɛ.
Sɛ gbi nɛ kɔɔ Babilonia he ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Kaa bɔ nɛ lasiogblee bee huu ngɛ leneyi je nga kplanaa a nɔ kɛ puɛɔ ní ɔ, jã kɛ̃ hɛ mi kpatami maa je zugba ko nɛ nɔ ngɛ gbeye nɔ kɛ ba.
Yawɛ ke, “Babilon, mo kple si kɛ je matsɛ sɛ ɔ nɔ! Ba hi si ngɛ zugba, ngɛ bunyuku mi! Be ko nɛ be ɔ, o ngɛ kaa yomiyo, se jehanɛ lɛɛ a be mo hɛɛ dɔdɔɔdɔ hu!