17 “Israel, jamɛ a be ɔ mi nɛ o ma na maa le kaa imi ji Yawɛ, o Mawu ɔ nɛ. I hii Zion yo klɔuklɔu ɔ nɔ. Yerusalem maa pee ma klɔuklɔu; nibwɔhi be nyɛe ma ba tua ma a gblegbleegble hu.
“I nu Israel bi ɔmɛ a nya si hɔɔmi ɔ. De mɛ ke gbɔkuɛ nya si nɛ ɔ, nyɛ ma na lo maa ye, nɛ mɔtu ɔ, nyɛ ma na abolo maa ye nɛ nyɛ maa tɔ, kɛkɛ nyɛ maa le kaa imi ji Yawɛ, nyɛ Mawu ɔ nɛ.”
Nɔ ko nɔ ko be e nyɛmi awi yee ngɛ ye yo klɔuklɔu ɔ nɔ, nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko be e nyɛmi hɛ mi kpatae. Ejakaa zugba a tsuo maa le Yawɛ kaa bɔ nɛ wo hyi tɔ kɛ nyu ɔ.
A maa je gbɛjegbɛ ko ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, nɛ a ma tsɛ lɛ ke “Blɔ klɔuklɔu.” Yayami peelɔ ko yayami peelɔ ko be nyɛe ngɛ jamɛ a blɔ ɔ nɔ gblegbleegble; nɛ blɔ hialɔ kuasia ko be tlae kɛ ba blɔ nɛ ɔ nɔ.
“Ma ngɔ nyɛ kɛ ba Zion, ye yo klɔuklɔu ɔ nɔ; ma ha nyɛ bua maa jɔ ngɛ ye sɔlemi we ɔ, nɛ bɔ ɔmɛ tsuo nɛ nyɛ maa sã ngɛ ye bɔ sami la tɛ ɔ nɔ ɔ, ma he. Ejakaa a ma tsɛ ye we ɔ je mahi tsuo a sɔlemi we.”
Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ ke “Ke i kpale ma a kɛ ba mɛ nitsɛmɛ a zugba a nɔ ekohu ɔ, a ma de ngɛ Yuda zugba a nɔ, kɛ ma amɛ a mi ekohu ke, ‘Yawɛ nɛ gbaa Yerusalem yo klɔuklɔu ɔ, he nɛ lɛ Yawɛ nitsɛ hii ɔ.’
Nɛ kɔ̃ ɔ tsuo maa pee klɔuklɔu kɛ ha mi: gɔ ɔ, kuku ɔ, kɛ ngmɔ ɔmɛ nɛ ngɛ Kidron pa a yi mi ɔ, hluu kɛ yaa si okpɔngɔ agbo ɔ beleku je. Nɔ ko nɔ ko be ma a ngɔe hu, nɛ a be e hɛ mi kpatae hu gblegbleegble.”
Ye yo klɔuklɔu nɛ ji Israel yo gagaa a nɔ nyɛ Israel bi tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ nɛ ngɛ zugba a nɔ ma ba ja mi ngɛ. Lejɛ ɔ nɛ ma ná nyɛ he tsui ngɛ, nɛ lejɛ ɔ nyɛ maa ngɔ nike ní slɔɔtoslɔɔto ɔmɛ tsuo kɛ ba, sami bɔ ɔmɛ, nike ní kpakpa pe kulaa amɛ, kɛ bɔ klɔuklɔu ɔmɛ.
Ma ngɔ pani kɛ pue nyɛ nɔ; ma ha lo ma ba ha nyɛ he, nɛ he womi ma ba ha nyɛ he. Ma ngɔ ye mumi kɛ wo nyɛ mi, nɛ nyɛ maa ba wami mi ekohu. Kɛkɛ ɔ, nyɛ ma na maa le kaa imi ji Yawɛ.”
“Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, imi Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ, i ngɛ dee ke nubwɔ mɔmlɔtɔtsɛ nɛ he tsɔ we, nɛ bui mi tue kó sɛ ye we ɔ mi kɔkɔɔkɔ; nibwɔhi nɛ ngɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ a kpɛti tete po a ko ya lejɛ ɔ.”
Gbogbo nɛ maa bɔle ma a kɛ kpe ɔ tsuo, ke a susu ɔ, é pee gugue akpe eywiɛ kɛ e nya lafa enuɔ. Kɛ je jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, biɛ nɛ a kɛ ma tsɛ ma a ji, “Yawɛ ngɛ hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ!”
E maa ma matsɛ bo tsu agboagbohi ngɛ wo ɔ, kɛ yo ɔ nɛ Yawɛ we ɔ maa si ngɛ nɔ ɔ a kpɛti. Se e ma gbo ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, nɛ nɔ ko be bae nɛ e ba je ngmlaa ha lɛ.”
Mo ji nɔ nɛ fa wa he be ko nɛ be ɔ. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, wa kpa mo pɛɛ nɛ o mi mi ko fu Yerusalem hu. Mo nitsɛ o ma ji lɛ; o yo klɔuklɔu. Wa he yayami ɔmɛ, kɛ wa nɛmɛ ɔmɛ a ní yayami ɔmɛ nɛ a pee ɔ a he je ɔ, je ma amɛ tsuo nɛ bɔle wɔ ɔ yeɔ Yerusalem kɛ o ma a a he fɛu.
Israel ma, jamɛ a be ɔ mi loko nyɛ maa le kaa i kɛ nyɛ ngɛ. Imi ji Yawɛ, nyɛ Mawu ɔ nɛ; ye se ɔ, mawu kpa ko be hu. A be ye ma a ahlua bɔe ligbi ko ligbi ko hu.
Akpaketsɛmɛ ɔmɛ, kɛ ni nɛmɛ nɛ ngɛ ma se lokoo ɔ, ma kpale mɛ kɛ ba we ekohu; nɛ ma pee mɛ ma agbo. Ma hi Zion Yo ɔ nɔ kɛ ye matsɛ ngɛ a nɔ, kɛ maa je jamɛ a be ɔ mi, kɛ maa ya neneene.” Yawɛ lɛ de.
Hyɛ, tsɔlɔ ko ma ngɛ yo ɔmɛ a nɔ kɛ manye munyu. E ngɛ fiɛe ngɛ dee ke wa ye kunimi. Yuda ma, nyɛɛ ye nyami ligbi ɔmɛ. Si nɛ nyɛ wo Mawu veveeve ɔ, nyɛɛ ye nɔ. Yiwutsotsɛmɛ nɛ ɔmɛ be bae nɛ a ba tua nyɛ zugba a hu. Ejakaa a kpata a hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ.
Nɔ́ ko nɛ he tsɔ we be ma a mi bae. Nɔ nɛ peeɔ níhi nɛ a hiee, loo e yeɔ lakpa hu be mi bae. Nihi nɛ a ngma a biɛ ngɛ To bi ɔ hɛ kali a womi ɔ mi ɔ, mɛ pɛ lɛ a maa ba ma a mi.