“Benɛ Israel na kaa e hiɔ ɔ nya ba wa, nɛ Yuda hu na kaa e plaa wawɛɛ nitsɛ ɔ, Israel ho Asiria matsɛ ɔ ngɔ ya ya bi yemi kɛ buami. Se e nyɛ we nɛ e tsa hiɔ ɔ ha Israel, nɛ pa amɛ hu e nyɛ we nɛ e pee nɔ́ ko ngɛ a he.
Ní nɛmɛ nɛ gbɔjɔ ɔ, nyɛ hyɛ we a nɔ bɔ nɛ sa; hiɔtsɛmɛ ɔmɛ ɔ, nyɛ tsa we mɛ; ní nɛmɛ nɛ plaa a, nyɛ fi we pa amɛ a nɔ ha mɛ; ní nɛmɛ nɛ tla blɔ ɔ, nyɛ ya kpakaa we mɛ; nɛ ní nɛmɛ nɛ laa a, nyɛ ya hla we mɛ. Se yi mi mohu nyɛ waa mɛ.
Yerusalem, i suɔ mo! Yerusalem, mɛni ma de ha mo? Kɛ ma pee kɛ jɔɔ o bua kɛɛ? Nɔ ko nɔ ko nɛ́ amanehlu hyɛ kaa nɔ́ nɛ ba o nɔ nɛ ɔ. O haomi ɔ kle tsɔ, nɛ e nyagbe be. Mɛnɔ ma he o yi wami?
Yawɛ, anɛ o kua Yuda kulaa lo? Anɛ o ngɛ Zion bi ɔmɛ hiee lo? Mɛni he je mɔ lɛ o plaa wɔ kikɛ nɛ ɔ nɛ e hi tsami ɔ? Wa hyɛ blɔ kaa tue mi jɔmi maa ba, se nɔ́ kpakpa ko ji mi kɛ bɛ; wa hyɛ blɔ kaa be maa ba nɛ a ma tsa wɔ, se haomi kɛ gbeye sɔuu lɛ bɔle wɔ.
Nyɛ maa fia gbogbo he ngɛ blema tsu kokoe ɔmɛ a nane mi. A maa fia kɛ ma sisi tomi momo ɔmɛ a nɔ. Sisi tomi ɔmɛ nɛ a to blema a, nyɛ ma tle mɛ si kɛ ma si ekohu. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a ma tsɛ nyɛ ke nihi nɛ ba fia gbogbo ɔmɛ ekohu, nihi nɛ ba dla ma doku ɔmɛ.”