5 A maa tuu ngɛ yo ɔmɛ a nɔ, nɛ a nane si maa hi pɛe kaa ta zugba lɛhi; nɛ ke a ngɛ ní kpee ɔ, e maa pɛ kaa nga nɛ ngɛ sãe. A maa to slɛnɛɛ kaa tabo ngua ko nɛ gba ta kɛ ma.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Israel hɛ mi ma ba kpata pɛsɛpɛsɛ kaa bɔ nɛ la sãã hu kɛ nga gbigbli ɔ. Nɔ́ nɛ ɔ maa ba a nɔ, ejakaa a kua Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ mlaa amɛ. A yi Israel Mawu klɔuklɔu ɔ mlaa amɛ a nɔ.
Nɔ tsuaa nɔ maa na e he wami kpetekpleenyɛ ɔ nɛ ngɛ ní tsue, kɛ bɔ nɛ e mi mi fu wawɛɛ ɔ; la nɛ puɛɔ ní maa tso plamplam, nɛ ahumi maa fia; hiɔmi maa nɛ, nɛ gbiɛ ngo ngu ma pue si.
E hɛɛ e ngma mi sami tsimi ngɛ e dɛ, nɛ e kɛ maa sa e ngma a tsuo mi. E ma bua e ngma a nya kɛ wo gba mi, se tsakati ɔ lɛɛ e maa sã ngɛ la nɛ gbo we gblegbleegble mi.”
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.