Zion yihi, nyɛɛ ba nɛ nyɛ ba hyɛ Matsɛ Salomo. Jlasi nɛ e nyɛ bu lɛ matsɛ ɔ yo kpeemi ligbi ɔ ngɛ e yi. Yo kpeemi ligbi ɔ, a nya, nɛ a bua jɔ wawɛɛ nitsɛ.
Se bɔ nɛ Israel maa pee kɛ je a he yayami ɔmɛ konɛ a kɛ pa mɛ ji, a maa wɛɛ je ma amɛ a bɔ sami la tɛ ɔmɛ bukɔbukɔ kaa ayilɔ, nɛ yo mawu Ashera a tsopa kɛ e he via bɔ sami la tɛ ɔmɛ, loo e we amaga amɛ ekoeko be si hie hu.
Akɛnɛ Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ mi mi fu he je ɔ, e tue gblami ɔ nya wa kaa la nɛ ngɛ nimli tsuo a hɛ mi kpatae ngɛ zugba a nɔ. Nɔ tsuaa nɔ ngɛ lɛ nitsɛ e wami he plee.
Yerusalem he yayami ɔ ngɛ fu jee gbɛɛ; se lɛ nitsɛ lɛɛ nɔ́ nɛ ma e nɔ ɔ pee we lɛ kɔmɔ ko kulaa. E si nɔmi ɔ nya wa; nɔ ko nɔ ko be nɛ maa wo lɛ bua. E jé ngmlaa ke, “Ao! Yawɛ, moo hyɛ nɛ o na mi mɔbɔ, ejakaa ye he nyɛli ɔmɛ ye kunimi!”
Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ ya nɔ nɛ e de ke, “Ke jamɛ a be ɔ su ɔ, a ma bli nyu vu ko nya, nɛ a maa ngɔ e mi nyu ɔ kɛ tsu David nina, kɛ Yerusalem bi ɔmɛ a he kɛ jé a he yayami ɔ, kɛ a he mu ɔ.
Ma ngɔ mi dlami etɛ mi kake nɛ ɔ kɛ wo la mi, nɛ ma tsu a he kaa bɔ nɛ a tsuɔ sika hiɔ he ɔ. Ma tsu a he kaa bɔ nɛ a tsuɔ sika tsu he. Kɛkɛ ɔ, a maa fa kue ma tsɛ mi, nɛ ma he nɔ. Ma de mɛ ke, ‘Ye ma ji nyɛ,’ nɛ a ma de ke, ‘Yawɛ ji wa Mawu.’ ”
Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ ke, “Be ma nɛ he woli, kɛ yayami peeli tsuo maa sã kaa bɔ nɛ nga sãã ngɛ flɔɔnɔɔ mi ɔ. Jamɛ a be ɔ, a maa sã pɛsɛpɛsɛ, nɛ a he nɔ́ ko nɔ́ ko be piɛe.
“Yerusalem! Yerusalem! Mo nɛ o gbee gbali ɔmɛ, nɛ nihi nɛ Mawu tsɔ mɛ o ngɔ ɔ, o fiaa mɛ tɛ! Hyɛ kaa jinɛ i hla si abɔ kaa ma bua o bimɛ ɔmɛ tsuo a nya kaa bɔ nɛ kungwɔ buaa e bimɛ a nya kɛ woɔ e pɛli sisi ɔ. Se o kplɛɛ we!