Ma nɛ sa a, e yeɔ anɔkuale ɔ, jehanɛ lɛɛ hyɛ, e ngɛ e ní pee kaa yaholɔ! Sa be ko ɔ, nimli nɛ peeɔ nɔ́ nɛ da nɛ a hyi ma a mi tɔ, se jehanɛ lɛɛ awi yeli sɔuu lɛ piɛ ngɛ ma a mi.
Mawu he nɔ ke, “Israel kɛ Yuda bi ɔmɛ pee yayami agbo; fɔ nɛ a ye ɔ kle tsɔ. Zugba a nɔ tsuo hyi tɔ kɛ muɔ si puemi; nɛ Yerusalem ma a mi hu a yi dami sane. A ngɛ dee ke imi Yawɛ, i kua zugba a, nɛ i nɛ mɛ.
E de mɛ ke “I pee yayami kaa i tsɔɔ nɔ nɛ pee we yayami ɔ se blɔ nɛ a gbe lɛ.” Se mɛɛ lɛɛ a he nɔ ke, “Mɛni enɛ ɔ kɔɔ ngɛ wa he? Mo nitsɛ o sane ji lɔ ɔ!”
Se moo lɛɛ o susumi pɛ ji bɔ nɛ o maa pee kɛ sisi nihi nɛ o kpɔ a níhi yaka. O pueɔ nihi nɛ pee we nɔ́ ko a muɔ si; o yeɔ o ma a amimi, nɛ o waa mɛ yi mi. Yawɛ lɛ de.
Kɛkɛ nɛ i de ke, “Akuanyɛ! Ye yi ta pɛ! Ejakaa i na matsɛ ɔ nɛ ji Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ! Ye nya mi munyu he tsɔ we; nɛ nimli nɛ i ngɛ a kpɛti ɔ, mɛ hu a nya mi munyu he tsɔ we ja nɔuu!”
Nyɛ ngɛ fĩae ke nyɛɛ kɛ gbenɔ so, nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ gbeje pee kake. Nyɛ hɛ ngɛ nɔ kaa ke haomi ba a, e be nyɛ he sae kulaa; ejakaa nyɛ ngɔ nyɛ hɛ ngɔ fɔ lakpa, kɛ sisimi nɔ kaa nyɛ maa ye nyɛ he.
E ní pee mɔbɔ kaa nɔ nɛ ngɛ la zu yee; a mlɔɔ lɛ, nɛ e laa blɔ; lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e be nyɛe ma he lɛ nitsɛ e yi wami, loo nɛ e ma de ke, “Anɛ pi yaka nɔ́ nɔ nɛ i ngɔ ye hɛ ngɔ fɔ nɛ ɔ?”
I ná nɛ i ngɛ hi he ko ngɛ nga a nɔ kaa nibwɔhi a to he kikɛ nɛ ɔ; jinɛ i ko je ye ma mi bi ɔmɛ a he kulaa nɛ i ya hi lejɛ ɔ banee! Ejakaa a ngɛ kaa yaholi; nimli yayamihi ji mɛ tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ; a yi mi anɔkuale.
Enɛ ɔmɛ a he je ɔ, Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ ke, “Ma gbla a tue, nɛ ma ha nɛ a tsake a je mi babɛ kaa bɔ nɛ sika galɔ tsuɔ sika he ɔ. Ye ma mi bi ɔmɛ pee yayami. Anɛ nɔ́ kpa ko pa ngɛ nɛ ma pee mɛ lo?