Yawɛ biɛ ngɛ pɛe ngɛ tsitsaa kɛ ma. E mi mi fu wawɛɛ nitsɛ kaa la su ku kpii nɛ ngɛ si tee. Munyuhi nɛ ngɛ e nya mi jee ɔ, abofu sɔuu kaa la nɛ puɛɔ ní.
“Nyɛ tsuo nyɛ ba bua nyɛ he nya nɛ nyɛɛ bu tue! Nyɛ mawu ɔmɛ a ti mɛnɔ gba enɛ ɔ kɛ to? Nɔ nɛ imi Yawɛ, i suɔ lɛ ɔ, ma ba pee nɔ́ nɛ sa imi Yawɛ ye hɛ mi, nɛ e ma kpata Babilon hɛ mi butuu.
Ke enɛ ɔ ba mi ɔ, nyɛ ma na bua jɔmi. Nyɛ ma na he wami he. Lɔ ɔ loko nyɛ maa le kaa imi Yawɛ ɔ, nihi nɛ buɔ mi tue ɔ, i piɛɔ a he, nɛ i kɛ abofu gblaa ye he nyɛli a tue.”
“Ke jamɛ a be ɔ su ɔ, Yawɛ ma kpa bɛ kɛ tsɛ Egipt kɛ Asiria bi ɔmɛ. Egipt bi ɔmɛ ma bu kɛ je pa amɛ a nya kɛ ba babauu kaa anunuhi, nɛ Asiria bi ɔmɛ hu maa je a zugba a nɔ ja nɔuu kaa hwo bihi.
“Je ma ko hia kɛ je omleyi je kɛ ma nɛ e ba tua Babilonia. A ma kpata zugba a hɛ mi, nɛ a maa pee lɛ butuu; nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko be lejɛ ɔ hie hu. Nimli kɛ lohwehi tsuo maa tu fo kɛ je.”
Ma ya sú je mahi babauu nɛ a he wa kɛ je omleyi je kɛ wo Babilonia he. A ma gba ta kɛ wo zugba a, nɛ a maa ngɔ lɛ. Ta buli kpanakpanaahi ji mɛ. A dɛ nya da, nɛ ke a tsɛ̃ kɛ̃ɛ̃ ɔ, e bi nɔ́ he kɔkɔɔkɔ.
Yawɛ ha nɛ Media matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ a mumi te si, konɛ a ya kpata Babilonia hɛ mi. Bɔ nɛ e to nɛ e maa ye e he lue, nɛ e maa gbla Babilonia tue ngɛ lɛ Yawɛ, e we ɔ nɛ a ble ɔ he ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Tatsɛmɛ ɔmɛ nɛ nyɛɛ ta a hɛ mi ɔ fa ke, “Nyɛɛ duɔ nyɛ kɛ̃ɛ̃ mi bi ɔmɛ a nya! Nyɛ wo nyɛ tsɛ̃i ɔmɛ a nɔ!
Nyɛɛ bu tue! Ngɛ zugba a tsuo nɔ ɔ, i nu nɛ ye ma a ngɛ ngmlaa kpae nɛ a ngɛ bie ke, “Anɛ Yawɛ be Zion hu lo? Zion matsɛ ɔ be ma a mi hu lo?” Yawɛ bi ke, “Mɛni he je lɛ nyɛ ya ja amagahi, nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ peemi wo ye mi mi la a? Mɛni he je lɛ nyɛ ya kpla si ha ma se wohi?”
Titimati nguaa a maa pɛ, nɛ Nɔmlɔ Bi ɔ maa tsɔ e bɔfo ɔmɛ kɛ ya je ɔ kɔ nya eywiɛ ɔmɛ. A ma ya bua nihi nɛ e hla a a nya kɛ maa je he kake kɛ maa ya he kake.