Nyɛ nya, nɛ nyɛ bua nɛ jɔ kɛ ya neneene ngɛ níhi nɛ i ngɛ bɔe ɔ a he. Ejakaa i ngɛ Yerusalem he bɔe kaa he ko nɛ bua jɔmi sɔuu lɛ a naa ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, nɛ́ ma a mi bi ɔmɛ hu a bua jɔɔ saminya.
E de lɛ ke, “Yaa kpa si kɛ gu Yerusalem ma a mi tsuo. Nihi nɛ ngɛ haoe, nɛ a ngɛ kɔmɔ yee ngɛ ní hiemi níhi nɛ a ngɛ pee ɔ a he ɔ, pee okadi ngɛ a hɛ nya.”
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 e ba mi ja a, nɔ tsuaa nɔ ma de ke, “Wa Mawu ji nɛ ɔ nɛ! Wa ngɔ wa hɛ ngɔ fɔ e nɔ, nɛ e kpɔ wɔ. Lɛ ji Yawɛ. Akɛnɛ wa ngɔ wa hɛ ngɔ fɔ e nɔ nɛ́ e he wa yi wami he je ɔ, wa bua jɔ wa he, nɛ wa ngɛ nyae.”
Niinɛ mɔmɔ babauu maa puɛ ngɛ nɔ, nɛ e kɛ bua jɔmi ma he ose ngɛ mɔmɔ ɔmɛ a he; e maa pee fɛu kaa Lebanon yo ɔmɛ a nɔ; e maa ba ní kaa Karmel kɛ Sharon zugba a. Nɔ tsuaa nɔ maa na Yawɛ hɛ mi nyami, kɛ wa Mawu ɔ we agboje, kɛ e he wami ɔ.
“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.