23 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.”
Nineve ma plɛ pee tohi kɛ pu mi lohwe slɔɔtoslɔɔtohi a hi he. Ablɛgogoe maa pee muɔ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ. Okpoku kɛ klomi maa hi hwɔe kɛ je saflɛ mi ngɛ mɔ kokoe ɔmɛ a nɔ, nɛ kuakualabite maa hi pɛe kuaakuaa ngɛ sinya tso ɔmɛ a yi mi. Seda ma kpɔ ngɛ tso ɔmɛ a he.
Bɔfo enyɔne ba ngɛ kekleekle nɔ́ ɔ se, nɛ e ngɛ dee ke, “Babilon hɛ mi kpata! Babilon ma kpetekpleenyɛ ɔ hɛ mi kpata! Babilon yakayaka ní peemi ɔmɛ ha nɛ je ɔ tsuo puɛ; e ngɛ kaa dã nɛ nya wa nɛ e ha mɛ nɛ a nu.”
Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, i kɛ haomi maa ba o we ɔ nɔ, nɛ ma gbe nyumu tsuaa nyumu ngɛ we ɔ mi, nyɔguɛ jio, odehe jio. Ma kpata o we ɔ hɛ mi; a maa bɛɛ mɛ kɛ ho kaa a bɛɛɔ na fi.
E kpa ngmlaa wawɛɛ ke, “Babilon hɛ mi kpata! Babilon ma kpetekpleenyɛ ɔ hɛ mi kpata! Piɔ lɛɛ e plɛ mumi yayamihi tsuo a si himi he; e plɛ lohwe pɛlitsɛmɛ, kɛ lohwe awi yeli nɛ a hiee tsuo a si himi he.
Bɔ nɛ i gbla Samaria, kɛ Israel matsɛ, Ahab kɛ e we ɔ a tue ɔ, ja nɔuu ma pee Yerusalem. Ma ha nɛ a maa muɔ nimli ɔmɛ tsuo kɛ je Yerusalem, nɛ Yerusalem ma a maa pee falifali kaa kã nɛ a fɔ mi nɛ a plɛ ngɔ bu si.
Nɔ ko nɔ ko be lejɛ ɔ hie hu. Arabia no nɛ ngɛ lalaalo woe po be e bo tsu mae ngɛ lejɛ ɔ gblegbleegble; nɛ to hyɛlɔ ko hu be e to ɔmɛ tsɔ̃e kɛ ya ye ní ngɛ lejɛ ɔ.
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.
“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.”
Nyɛ ya tua Babilonia kɛ je he tsuaa he, nɛ nyɛɛ ywia ngma tomi he ɔmɛ. Nyɛɛ to ta yibu ní ɔmɛ kaa ngma nɛ a to lɛ glekugleku! Nyɛ kpata zugba a hɛ mi! Nyɛ ko si nɔ ko nɔ ko ngɛ nɔ!
Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, moo sɔle nɛ o de ke, ‘Yawɛ, o de ke o ma kpata hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ, nɛ nɔmlɔ, loo lohwe be hiɛ ɔ hie hu. O de ke hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ maa pee ma doku kɛ ya neneene.’