Yawɛ ke, “Nyɛ Yerusalem bi, nyɛɛ ya nɛ nyɛ ya gbla nyɛ he nyɛli ɔmɛ a tue! Ma ha nyɛ dade tso nyɛ, kɛ dade tso mi bihi nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ maa gbee je mahi babauu. Nyɛ ma kpata a hɛ mi, nɛ níhi nɛ a kpɔ pani nya ngɛ nihi a dɛ ɔ, nyɛ maa ngɔ kɛ ba ha imi, je ɔ tsuo Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ.” Mawu lɛ de.
Mo yo gagaa, mɛni kulaa ji mo ngɛ Zerubabel hɛ mi? E maa ba mo si, nɛ o maa pee kaa nga kplanaa. Be nɛ o kɛ nyagbe tɛ ɔ maa ma e blɔ he ngɛ tsu ɔ yi mi ɔ, ma a tsuo ma he ose ke, ‘Afɛu nɔ oo, afɛu nɔ!’ ”
Ye ma Israel, mo nɛ́ be ko ɔ, a hao mo, nɛ a wa mo yi mi wawɛɛ nitsɛ kaa ngma nɛ a gbee, nɛ a sa mi ɔ, jehanɛ lɛɛ bu manye munyu tue. Manye munyu nɛ i ngɛ mo dee nɛ ɔ, i nu kɛ je Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ ngɔ.
Je ma amɛ hia kɛ ma kaa wo oslɔke; se Mawu ku a nya la, nɛ a kpale a se kɛ yaa kaa bunyuku nɛ ngɛ tee puu ngɛ yoku he, loo kaa dwɔmi nɛ ahumi ngɔ kɛ yaa.
Yerusalem, o he nyɛli ɔmɛ nɛ je ma se kɛ ba tua mo ɔ, a maa bɛɛ mɛ tsuo kɛ ho kaa bunyuku, nɛ a ta buli babauu kɛ a he gbeyegbeye ɔ maa pee kaa jakati ngɛ kɔɔhiɔ nya. Tlukaa, ngɛ hɛngmɛfia mi ɔ,
I de ke, “Ma ye kɔmɔ ha yoku ɔmɛ, nɛ ma fo ya ha lohwehi a lɛmi he ɔmɛ ngɛ nga a nɔ. Ejakaa lejɛ ɔmɛ gbli, nɛ a fɔɔ si gu; nɔ ko nɔ ko gui lejɛ ɔmɛ hu. A pa nui kaa na ngɛ pɛe muu muu ngɛ lejɛ ɔmɛ hu; lohwe pɛlitsɛmɛ, kɛ pu mi lohwehi tsuo tu fo kɛ je.”
Ma ha zugba a nɔ tsuo maa pee pasaa kulaa, kɛkɛ ɔ, zugba a mi he wami nɛ a ngɔ a hɛ kɛ fɔ nɔ ɔ se maa po. Yo ɔmɛ a nɔ maa je gu; lejɛ ɔmɛ maa pee gbeye, nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko be lejɛ ɔmɛ gue hu.
Amlɔ ɔ, dade ɔ, zu ɔ, akɔblee ɔ, sika hiɔ ɔ, kɛ sika tsu ɔ tsuo ywia wɔtsɔwɔtsɔ, nɛ a pee kaa bunyuku nɛ pueɔ si ngɛ ngma mi sami he ngɛ latsa be mi. Kɛkɛ nɛ kɔɔhiɔ ba muɔ mɛ kɛ je, nɛ a nɛ mɛ ngɛ he ko he ko hu. Se tɛ ɔ nɛ ba fia amaga a lɛɛ e ba pee yo agbo nɛ ha je ɔ mi tsuo.
Israel bi nɛ maa piɛ ngɛ je ma amɛ a kpɛti ɔ, a he ma ba wa kaa jata ngɛ pu mi lohwehi, loo we mi lohwehi a kpɛti. Ke e sɛ a kpɛti kikɛ nɛ ɔ, e maa naa a nɔ, nɛ e ma tsɔtslɔɔ a mi nɛ nɔ ko be nyɛe ma kpɔ mɛ.
Yo nɔ zugba a maa pee nyɛ nɔ́. Akɛnɛ hue ngɛ lejɛ ɔ he je ɔ, nyɛɛ gba hue ɔ, nɛ nyɛɛ ngɔ, kɛ zugba nɛ tsa nɔ kɛ yaa a tsuo. E ngɛ mi kaa Kanaan bi ɔmɛ ngɛ dade ta zugba lɛhi nɛ a he wa mohu, se nyɛ maa fie mɛ kɛ̃.”