Nyɛ hiɔwe tsuo, nyɛ la nɛ nyɛ nya; nyɛ zugba a sisi hehi nɛ kuɔ, nyɛ he ose! Nyɛ yo ɔmɛ, kɛ hue ɔmɛ kɛ a mi tso ɔmɛ tsuo, nyɛɛ kɛ bua jɔmi nɛ he ose. A je Yawɛ he wami kpetekpleenyɛ ɔ yi; ejakaa e he e ma Israel yi wami.
Ke i tsɔ ye tsɔlɔ ke e ya je ye yi mi tomi kpo kɛ tsɔɔ ɔ, munyu nɛ e tuɔ ɔ, i maa nɔ mi, nɛ gbami ɔmɛ tsuo baa mi pɛpɛɛpɛ. I ngɛ Yerusalem dee ke, nihi ma ba hi ma a mi ekohu; a maa ma Yuda ma amɛ ekohu, nɛ nimli ma ba hi a mi. A maa to jamɛ a ma amɛ si ekohu ngɛ ma doku ɔmɛ a nane mi.
“Ma jɔɔ Yerusalem bua; nihi tsuo nɛ ngɛ Yerusalem we doku ɔmɛ a mi ɔ, ma jɔɔ a bua. E zugba a pee nga kplanaa lɛɛ, se ma ha e ma plɛ pee ngmɔ kaa ngmɔ ɔ nɛ i pee ngɛ Eden ɔ. Ma a mi bi ɔmɛ a bua maa jɔ saminya, a ma nya nɛ a ma la yi jemi, kɛ sina lahi.
kɛ je a haomi tsuo kulaa mi. Pi bɔfo ko nɛ e tsɔ, se lɛ nitsɛ lɛ e he a yi wami. E suɔmi, kɛ e mɔbɔ nami he je ɔ, e kpɔ mɛ, nɛ e hɛɛ mɛ saminya ngɛ blema be ɔmɛ tsuo a mi.
Nyɛ Yerusalem ma mi bi, nyɛɛ kɛ nyɛ he nɛ wuwlua si, nɛ nyɛ kɛmɛ kaa yo nɛ ngɛ kɔe. Ejakaa jehanɛ lɛɛ nyɛ maa je ma a mi kɛ ya hi nga nɔ. A maa ngɔ nyɛ kɛ ya Babilon tɔɔ. Se Yawɛ ma kpɔ nyɛ kɛ je nyɛ he nyɛli ɔmɛ a dɛ mi ngɛ lejɛ ɔ.
Ejakaa ngmami ɔ de ke, “Mo yosa nɛ o fɔ we, mo nya! Mo nɛ o nui kɔɔmi hyɛ, hwɔ lele, nɛ o nya! Ejakaa yo nɛ e huno kua lɛ ɔ mohu e bimɛ hiɛ pe yogbayo nɛ ngɛ gba we daa a bimɛ.”