1 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.
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.”
Yawɛ ma kple a nɔ; e ma tsɛ̃ e kɛ̃ɛ̃ mi bi ɔmɛ kaa oslabai nɛ ngɛ gbae. Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ ma ha titimati maa pɛ, nɛ e maa nyɛɛ ngɛ lasiogblee mi kɛ maa je leneyi je kɛ ba.
“Ke be nɛ Siria matsɛ ɔ nyagbe be ɔ su ta a, Egipt matsɛ ɔ ma ba tua lɛ. Se Siria matsɛ ɔ maa ngɔ ta zugba lɛhi, okpɔngɔhi, kɛ lɛhi babauu kɛ ba, nɛ e kɛ Egipt matsɛ ɔ ma ba hwu ta wawɛɛ nitsɛ. Kaa bɔ nɛ pa bee ɔ, ja nɛ e maa ngɔ zugba amɛ kakaaka.
Nibwɔhi nɛ ji je ma amɛ a kpɛti yiwutsotsɛmɛ pe kulaa maa hɛ lɛ ngɔ fɔ si, nɛ a maa je e he ngɛ lejɛ ɔ. E kɔni wawi ɔmɛ ma ya pue yo ɔmɛ a nɔ, kɛ kɔ̃ ɔmɛ a mi; nɛ e kɔni agbo ɔmɛ maa ku kɛ pue nyu dɔ ɔmɛ a mi ngɛ zugba a nɔ tsuo. Je ma amɛ nɛ ngɛ e hɔ̃ ɔ mi ɔ maa je.
A kɛ̃ɛ̃ mi bi ɔmɛ a nya ba, nɛ a dɔ a kɛ̃ɛ̃ ɔmɛ a mi, konɛ a tsɛ̃. A we okpɔngɔ ɔmɛ a nane kokloto ɔmɛ a he wa kaa tslɛbo, nɛ a ta zugba lɛ ɔmɛ a nane kla amɛ ngɛ a he poe kɛ fo kaa lasiogblee.
Ma wo ye yi nɔ ɔ, o nɛ ahumi nguaa ko nɛ hia kɛ je omleyi je kɛ ma. Oslabai ngɛ gbae nɔtonɔto kɛ ngɛ bɔku agbo ko mi jee. Hiɔwe ɔ nɛ bɔle bɔku ɔ tsuo ngɛ la pãe nylamnylam; nɔ́ ko ngɛ kpɛe kaa akɔblee ngɛ la a mi.
Yawɛ maa na e ma Israel mɔbɔ ekohu, nɛ e ma ná a he tsui kaa lɛ nitsɛ e ma. E maa to mɛ si ngɛ mɛ nitsɛmɛ a zugba nɔ. Nibwɔhi ma ba to mɛ, nɛ a kɛ mɛ maa hi si.
Yawɛ ke, “Babilon, mo kple si kɛ je matsɛ sɛ ɔ nɔ! Ba hi si ngɛ zugba, ngɛ bunyuku mi! Be ko nɛ be ɔ, o ngɛ kaa yomiyo, se jehanɛ lɛɛ a be mo hɛɛ dɔdɔɔdɔ hu!