Jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, matsɛ he nɛ je Ishai powu ɔ mi ɔ maa da si kaa okadi ko ha je ma amɛ. A ma bua a he nya kɛ maa ba e matsɛ ma a mi, nɛ a ma ba wo e hɛ mi nyami.
Nyɛɛ wo Yerusalem ma a bua. Nyɛ de nɛ a nu kaa jehanɛ lɛɛ a nɔ́ nami babauu ɔ se po, nɛ a ngɔ a he yayami ɔmɛ ngɔ pa mɛ. I gbla a tue saminya ngɛ a tɔmi ɔmɛ tsuo a he.”
Zugba a nɛ i ha nyɛ ɔ maa je nyɛ dɛ, nɛ ma ha nɛ nyɛ ma sɔmɔ nyɛ he nyɛli ngɛ zugba nɛ nyɛ li nɔ. Ejakaa ye mi mi nɛ fu ɔ ngɛ kaa la nɛ a slɛ nɛ maa hi tsoe daa.”
“Ye ma, nyɛ ko ye gbeye; Israel ma, nyɛ tsui nɛ ko po. Ma kpɔ nyɛ kɛ je zugba nɔ, he nɛ a nuu nyɛ kɛ ho ngɛ tsitsaa lokoo ɔ. Nyɛ maa kpale kɛ ba we, nɛ nyɛ ma ba hi si ngɛ tue mi jɔmi mi; nyɛ he mi maa jɔ nyɛ, nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko be nyɛ he gbeye woe.
Se nɔ nɛ ma ba kpɔ mɛ ɔ, e he wa; e biɛ ji Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ. Lɛ nitsɛ e maa ye a sane ɔ ha mɛ; e kɛ he jɔmi maa ba zugba a nɔ, se Babilonia bi ɔmɛ lɛɛ e maa hao mɛ.”
Yawɛ ke, “Je ma amɛ nɛ bɔle Israel kɛ kpe nɛ a pue e hɛ mi si ɔ, ekoeko be e he pee kaa mio, loo mio tso kɛ plaa Israel hu. Kɛkɛ ɔ, a maa le kaa imi ji Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ.”
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛ ma sɔmɔ nyɛ he nyɛli ɔmɛ nɛ Yawɛ ma ha nɛ a te si kɛ wo nyɛ ɔ. Hwɔ kɛ kuma maa ye nyɛ; nyɛ maa hɛɛ nyɛ he gu, nɛ nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ maa hia nyɛ. Nyɛ he nyɛli maa wa nyɛ yi mi wawɛɛ kɛ yaa si a ma kpata nyɛ hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ.