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.
Ma ha nɛ Babilon maa pee ma doku; e maa pee nga mi gbehi a hi he, nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko be lejɛ ɔ hie hu. Nihi nɛ ma ba be ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, a nya maa kpɛ a he, nɛ a maa ye gbeye.
nɛ o de ke, ‘Bɔ nɛ Babilonia ma mu kɛ ya nyu sisi ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Babilonia ma mu, nɛ e be hiae hu, ejakaa Yawɛ ma kpata zugba a hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ.’ ” Yeremia sɛ gbi ɔ nya ta ngɛ hiɛ ɔ.
Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ ngɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Ma ha amanehlu maa ba je ɔ mi tsuo, nɛ ma gbla yiwutsotsɛmɛ tsuo a tue ngɛ a yayami ɔmɛ a he. Nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ woɔ e he nɔ ɔ, ma ba lɛ si; nɛ nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ peeɔ pupuupu, aloo e yi mi wa a, ma gbla e tue.
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!
O to o yi mi kaa o maa kuɔ kɛ ya hiɔwe lokoo nɛ o kɛ o matsɛ sɛ ɔ ya ma Mawu dodoe ɔmɛ nɛ ya hiɔwe pe kulaa a a se tɔɔ. O susu kaa o maa hi si kaa matsɛ ngɛ jamɛ a yo ɔ nɔ, ngɛ omleyi je he nɛ a kpee ngɛ ɔ.
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.
Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ kpata Israel ma amɛ tsuo a hɛ mi nɛ e nɛ mɔbɔ kulaa. E ngɔ e mi mi la a kɛ ywia Yuda ma a nya mɔ ngua amɛ tsuo ngɔ pue si. E ha zo gbe nɔ yemi ɔ, kɛ e mi matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ.
Okpɔngɔ nɔ hili ɔmɛ kɛ a dɛ mi klaate maa wo okpɔngɔ ɔmɛ fo kɛ gu ma a gbɛjegbɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ. Nɔ ko nɔ ko be e he yee ngɛ a blɔ mi. A maa gbe nimli ɔmɛ tsuo; nɛ o titima amɛ nɛ a he wa a maa nɔɔ si.
O he fɛu ɔ he ɔ, o wo o he nɔ gojoo, nɛ o je kuasia. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i tsɛ̃ mo ngɔ fia si ngɛ zugba bum. Bɔ nɛ o nyagbe ba ha nɛ ɔ maa pee kɔkɔ bɔmi nɔ́ ha matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ tsuo.