12 “Babilonia matsɛ, mo nɛ́ o ngɛ kaa nɔkɔ nɛ kpɛɔ hleii makɛ ɔ, o je hiɔwe ba nɔ si bum! Be ko nɛ be ɔ, o ye mahi a nɔ kunimi, se jehanɛ lɛɛ a tsɛ̃ mo ko si.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, wa na kaa munyuhi nɛ gbali ɔmɛ tu ɔ ba mi niinɛ. Nyɛ hu ke nyɛ bɔ mɔde nɛ nyɛ bu tue ɔ, e maa hi ha nyɛ; ejakaa e ngɛ kaa la nɛ ngɛ tsoe ngɛ diblii mi kɛ yaa si je maa na, nɛ nɔkɔ la a ma kpɛ ngɛ nyɛ tsui mi.
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.
Bɔfohi nɛ pee yayami ɔ, Mawu ngɔɛ a he ngɔ ki mɛ, se mohu e tsitsɛɛ mɛ ngɔ wo gbeje muɔ mi. A fi mɛ ngɔ wo diblii mi, nɛ a maa hi mlɛe ngɛ lejɛ ɔ hluu kɛ yaa si kojomi ligbi ɔ.
Babilonia, hamle ngua a nɛ ngɛ je ɔ tsuo ywiae dukuduku ɔ, hyɛ bɔ nɛ lɛ hu a ku lɛ ngɔ pue si mwɔnɛ nɛ ɔ! Kɛ ba lɛ kɛɛ loko Babilonia ba plɛ pee ma doku ngɛ je ma amɛ a kpɛti ɔ?
Benɛ Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ mi mi wo la a, e ha nɛ bɔku ha Zion nɔ. E kpɔ́ Israel he fɛu ɔ kɛ je hiɔwe kɛ ba pue zugba. Ligbi ɔ nɛ e mi mi fu ɔ, e kua lɛ nitsɛ e we pohu.
A ma la mɔbɔ la kɛ nyɛ ya ha mo kikɛ nɛ ɔ: Mo ma nɛ o he biɛ kaa wo nya ma nɛ he wa, a kpata o hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ kɛ je wo ɔ nɔ! Jinɛ o kɛ o mi bi nyɛ he ngɛ gbeye ngɛ wo ɔmɛ a nɔ; nyɛ haa sawale nuu wo nya ma amɛ tsuo!