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.
A kɛ klaate maa gbe ni komɛ. A maa nuu ni komɛ hu nyɔguɛ kɛ ya je ma amɛ tsuo a mi, nɛ ma je li ɔmɛ maa ngɔ Yerusalem, nɛ a maa ye ma a nɔ hluu kɛ yaa si mɛ hu a be maa su.
Mawu ma bli blɔ ha mɛ, nɛ e ma je mɛ kɛ je a nyɔguɛ si himi ɔ mi. A maa gu ma agbo ɔmɛ a mi kɛ je kpo, nɛ a maa ye a he. A matsɛ ɔ nɛ ji Yawɛ nitsɛ maa nyɛɛ a hɛ mi.
a hule gbogbo ɔ nɛ a fia kɛ wo ma a he ɔ. Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, Babilonia bi ɔmɛ bɔle ma a kɛ kpe mohu, se matsɛ ɔ, kɛ ta buli ɔmɛ tsuo tu fo nyɔ ɔ mi. A gu matsɛ abɔɔ ɔ mi kɛ ya be ngɛ agbo ɔ nɛ ngɛ gbogbo enyɔ ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ mi, nɛ a ngɔ a yi ngɔ ka Yordan kɔ̃ ɔ mi blɔ.
Benɛ Yuda matsɛ, Zedekia kɛ e ta buli ɔmɛ tsuo na mɛ ɔ, a tu fo kɛ je ma a mi nyɔ ɔ mi. A gu matsɛ abɔɔ ɔ mi, kɛ ya be ngɛ agbo ɔ nɛ ngɛ gbogbo enyɔ ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ, nɛ a tu fo kɛ yaa Yordan kɔ̃ ɔ mi je.
Se kayo, kɛ kɔtɔkɔ maa ngɔ lejɛ ɔ ngɔ pee a nɔ́; nɛ klomi kɛ kuakualabite maa hi lejɛ ɔ. Yawɛ ma ha zugba a nɔ maa je gu kulaa kaa bɔ nɛ e ngɛ be nɛ a bɔ je ɔ.
Mɔ ɔ po, nɔ ko nɔ ko be mi hie hu; nɛ ma nɛ hyi tɔ kɛ nimli babauu ɔ maa pee ma doku. Wehi, kɛ mɔhi nɛ bɔle mɛ kɛ kpe ɔ, a hɛ mi ma kpata kɛ maa ya neneene. Nga mi tejihi ma na bua jɔmi ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, nɛ tohi hu, lejɛ ɔ a maa ye ní ngɛ.
Ma nɛ a fia gbogbo ngɔ wo he ɔ ku kɛ pueɔ si. E plɛ pee ma doku kaa nga kplanaa nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko be nɔ. Lejɛ ɔ plɛ pee lohwe lɛmi he, he nɛ nahi maa ye ní, nɛ a maa jɔɔ a he ngɛ.
O ha mahi plɛ pee ma dokuhi, gbogbohi nɛ a fia wo a he ɔ, lɛ tsuo ku kɛ pueɔ si. Matsɛmɛ a mɔhi nɛ ma je li ɔmɛ ma a, a kpata a hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ, a be ekoeko nae hu gblegbleegble.
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.
a ywia gbogbo ɔ nɛ a fia kɛ wo ma a he ɔ. Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, Babilonia bi ɔmɛ bɔle ma a kɛ kpe mohu, se matsɛ ɔ, kɛ ta buli ɔmɛ tsuo tu fo nyɔ ɔ mi. A gu matsɛ abɔɔ ɔ mi kɛ ya be ngɛ agbo ɔ nɛ ngɛ gbogbo enyɔ ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ nya; nɛ a ngɔ a yi ngɔ ka Yordan kɔ̃ ɔ mi blɔ.