Ligbi ɔ nɛ Yawɛ maa gbla ma a tue ɔ su ta. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛɛ pee dii ngɛ e hɛ mi. Yawɛ miɔ nɛ e maa gu Yuda he nyɛli ɔmɛ a nɔ nɛ e kɛ kpata Yuda ma a hɛ mi, kaa bɔ nɛ a gbeɔ lohwehi kɛ sãã bɔ ɔ.
Nyɛ nihi tsuo nɛ nyɛ ngɛ Yawɛ tue gblami ligbi ɔ blɔ hyɛe, nɛ e peeɔ nyɛ kaa be ɔ su ta, musu tloo nyɛ! Jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, haomi ji nɔ́ nɛ maa ba nyɛ nɔ kaa bɔ nɛ ahumi haa nɛ diblii woɔ piani katakata a, se pi manye.
Yawɛ ligbi ɔ nɛ ngɛ gbeye ɔ ma; a maa na e mi mi fumi nɛ nya wa a, kɛ e hɛdɔ ɔ. Je ɔ tsuo hɛ mi ma kpata; a ma kpata yayami peelɔ tsuaa yayami peelɔ hɛ mi.
A maa da si ngɛ se lokoo, ejakaa a maa ye gbeye kaa a maa gbla a kɛ Babilon tsuo a tue. A ma de ke, “Tsaoo! Akuanyɛ! Babilon, ma nguaa! Ma kpetekpleenyɛ! Ngmlɛfia kake too mi ɔ, hyɛ bɔ nɛ gbla o tue ha!”
Yawɛ maa wo gbi kɛ fa e tabo ɔ he. E ta buli ɔmɛ a he hiɛ babauu; nihi nɛ buɔ Yawɛ tue ɔ, a li a yibɔ. Yawɛ ligbi ɔ maa pee gbeye. Mɛnɔ ma nyɛ nya maa da?
Jamɛ a ligbi nguaa a nɛ Yawɛ maa gbla e ma a tue ɔ ma kɛ fo; e su si ta! E maa pee aywilɛho ligbi, ejakaa ta buli katsɛmɛ po a hɛ maa dɔ, nɛ a ma fo ya boboobo.
Nyɛ osɔfohi nɛ nyɛ sɔmɔɔ ngɛ bɔ sami la tɛ ɔ he, nyɛɛ ha kpekpe ya bo, nɛ nyɛɛ wo yana! Nyɛɛ ya Mawu we ɔ mi, nɛ nyɛ ya ye kɔmɔ nyɔnyɔɔnyɔ tsuo. Ejakaa niye ní be ɔ, wai hu be nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ maa sã bɔ ha nyɛ Mawu ɔ.
Nyɛ Filisti ma amɛ tsuo, nyɛ kpa ngmlaa! Nyɛ tsuo nyɛ tsui nɛ po! Ejakaa la su ku ko je omleyi je kɛ ma. Tabo ko nɛ fɔ̃lɔ ko fɔ̃lɔ ko be mi nɛ ma a nɛ.
Nɔmlɔ adesa, moo wo ya, nɛ o ye kɔmɔ, ejakaa a ma kpata ye ma a hɛ mi; a ma kpata Israel ganɔ ɔmɛ tsuo a hɛ mi! A kɛ klaate maa gbe mɛ, kɛ ma a mi bi ɔmɛ tsuo; lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ngɔɔ o nine kɛ kpla o yi, nɛ o ye kɔmɔ!
Nyɛ Heshbon bi, nyɛɛ wo yana, ejakaa a kpata Ai hɛ mi. Raba yihi, nyɛ nya awe! Nyɛ bu kpekpe ya bo, nɛ nyɛɛ ye kɔmɔ. Nyɛɛ hi fo tue kɛ hi bee basaa kɛkɛ. Nyɛ mawu ɔ nɛ a tsɛɛ lɛ Milkom ɔ, a ma ba ngɔ lɛ kɛ ho ma se ya, kɛ e we osɔfo ɔmɛ, kɛ ganɔ ɔmɛ.
Jehanɛ, ngɛ Babilonia hu, jamɛ a amimi ɔ nɔuu a ye nyɛ; a pee nyɛ nyɔguɛhi nɛ a wui hiɔ ko ngɛ nyɛ he. Nihi nɛ ye nyɛ nɔ ɔ fĩa, nɛ a jɛ nyɛ saminya kɛ gbe ye he guɛ.
Sɛ gbi nɛ kɔɔ Tiro he ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Nyɛ akua hluili ngɛ wo nɔ, nyɛ nya awe nɛ nyɛɛ ye kɔmɔ. Ejakaa nyɛ lɛsimuɔ he ngɛ Tiro ɔ, a kpata e hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ; we ɔmɛ, kɛ lɛ dami he ɔ tsuo hɛ mi kpata. Benɛ nyɛ lɛ ɔmɛ kpale kɛ je Kipro kɛ ma a nɛ nyɛ nu sane nɛ ɔ.
Nyɛ ma nɔ yeli nɛ nyɛ hyɛɛ ye ma a nɔ, nyɛɛ wo yana nɛ nyɛ kpa bubuubui! Nyɛɛ ye kɔmɔ, nɛ nyɛɛ ngɔ nyɛ he kɛ wuwlua si ngɛ la zu mi; ejakaa ligbi ɔ nɛ a maa gbe nyɛ ɔ su. A ma tsɔtslɔɔ nyɛ mi kaa bɔ nɛ a tsɔtslɔɔ agbosu mi.
Ke Mawu bɔni nyɛ tue gblami ɔ, kɛ nyɛ maa pee kɛɛ? Ke e ngɔ haomi kɛ je ma se kɛ ba na nyɛ ɔ, kɛ nyɛ maa pee kɛɛ? Mɛnɔ ngɔ nyɛ ma sa fo kɛ ya ya hla yemi kɛ buami? Jije nyɛ maa ngɔ nyɛ juetli kɛ to?
Ma ha Babilon ma plɛ pee zugba nɛ tɔ nyu, kɛ ablɛgogoehi a hi he. Ma kpata Babilon hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ. Babilon maa pee kaa ma nɛ a bɛɛ mi, nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko be mi hie hu. Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.”
Israel ma a gbogbo ɔ hehi nɛ ku kɛ pueɔ si ɔ, a ya bui ngɛ lejɛ ɔmɛ, nɛ a dla we nɛ a fia gbogbo ɔ kɛ wo ma a he. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ma a be ta a nya nyɛe maa da ngɛ Yawɛ ligbi ɔ nɔ.
Nyɛ kpa titimati ngɛ Zion, ngɛ Mawu yo klɔuklɔu ɔ nɔ. Nyɛ Yuda zugba a nɔ bi tsuo, nyɛɛ ye gbeye, nɛ nyɛ he nɛ do blibliibli! Ejakaa Yawɛ ligbi ɔ su ta.