1 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!
A hɛɛ kɛ̃ɛ̃ kɛ akplɔ; a yi mi wa, nɛ mɔbɔ nami ko kulaa be a mi. A he ose, nɛ a hi okpɔngɔhi a nɔ kɛ ma; nɛ lejɛ ɔ tsuo pee hoo kaa wo nɛ ngɛ fiae gudugudu. A mia kɛ ma nɛ a kɛ Babilonia ba hwu ta.
Nyɛ Moab bi, nyɛ je nyɛ hɛ mi nyami ɔ ngɔ fɔ si; nyɛ ba hi si ngɛ zia mi ngɛ zugba. Moab he nyɛli ɔmɛ ma ba tua nyɛ hulɔ, nɛ a ma kpata nyɛ mɔ ɔmɛ a hɛ mi.
Bɔ nɛ e pee ní nguahi, nɛ e fiɛ e yi nɔ ɔ, pii lɛ, nɛ e ye aywilɛho ja nɔuu. Ejakaa e pɔɔ e he demi ke, ‘Manyɛ ji mi, nɛ i hii si ngɛ ye sɛ ɔ nɔ! Pi yalɔyo ji mi; i be aywilɛho yee gblegbleegble!’
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.
Ganɔ ɔmɛ tsuo nɛ ngɛ wo nya ma amɛ a mi ɔ ma kple si kɛ je a sɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ. A ma kpa a he bo ngɔ fɔ si; nɛ a ma je a tade ɔmɛ nɛ a lo ní ngɔ wo a mi ɔ ngɛ a he. A maa hi si ngɛ zugba, nɛ a he maa do blibliibli. Gbeye ma ha a he maa hi doe blibliibli be ɔ tsuo ngɛ nɔ́ nɛ ba o nɔ ɔ he.
Nihi nɛ ye ní kpakpahi be ko nɛ be ɔ, amlɔ nɛ ɔ, a hɛ mi kpata ngɛ gbɛjegbɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ. Nihi nɛ a lɛ mɛ ngɛ he kpakpahi be ko nɛ be ɔ, amlɔ nɛ ɔ, a ngɛ si kukuɔe ngɛ kuku nɔ.
Jokuɛwi kɛ nikɔtɔmahi tsuo gbo kɛ pueɔ si ngɛ gbɛjegbɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ. He nyɛli ɔmɛ kɛ klaate gbe nihewi, kɛ yihewi. Ligbi ɔ nɛ o mi mi wo la a, o gbe mɛ tsuo basabasa nɛ o nɛ́ mɔbɔ kulaa.
Yerusalem nimeli ɔmɛ hii si dii ngɛ zugba. A ngɔ bunyuku ngɔ pue a yi mi, nɛ a ha kpekpe ya bo kɛ tsɔɔ kaa a pia a he. Yihewi ɔmɛ ngɔ a hɛ mi kɛ bu si.
Kɛkɛ nɛ a ba hi si ngɛ e kasa nya ngɛ zugba nyɔ kɛ pia ligbi kpaago sɔuu. Nɔ ko nɔ ko kɛ lɛ tu we munyu jamɛ a be ɔ tsuo, ejakaa a na kaa e ngɛ nɔ́ nae wawɛɛ nitsɛ.
nɛ ma ngɔ nɔ yemi ɔmɛ kɛ a he wami ɔmɛ ngɔ fia si. Ma ha ta zugba lɛ ɔmɛ maa nɔɔ si kɛ a kudɔli ɔmɛ; okpɔngɔ ɔmɛ ma gbo, nɛ a nɔ hili ɔmɛ maa gbe a sibi.
Yawɛ maa na e ma Israel mɔbɔ ekohu, nɛ e ma ná a he tsui kaa lɛ nitsɛ e ma. E maa to mɛ si ngɛ mɛ nitsɛmɛ a zugba nɔ. Nibwɔhi ma ba to mɛ, nɛ a kɛ mɛ maa hi si.
Sɛ gbi nɛ kɔɔ Babilonia he ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Kaa bɔ nɛ lasiogblee bee huu ngɛ leneyi je nga kplanaa a nɔ kɛ puɛɔ ní ɔ, jã kɛ̃ hɛ mi kpatami maa je zugba ko nɛ nɔ ngɛ gbeye nɔ kɛ ba.