Yawɛ ke, “Nyɛ je mahi, nyɛɛ bu mi tue nɛ nyɛɛ fiɛ ye munyu ɔmɛ ngɛ wo kpɔ ɔmɛ a nɔ tsitsaa lokoo ke, ‘Nɔ nɛ gbɛ Israel ma a ngɔ fĩa a, lɛ nɔuu e ma bua a nya ekohu, nɛ e maa hyɛ a nɔ kaa bɔ nɛ to hyɛlɔ hyɛɛ e tohi ɔ.’
Nyɛ lakpa gbali nɛ nyɛ ngɛ ye ma a sisie! Nyɛ nɛ nyɛ gbaa he jɔmi kɛ haa nihi nɛ haa nyɛ ní nɛ nyɛ yeɔ; nɛ nyɛ woɔ ni nɛmɛ nɛ ha we nyɛ nɔ́ ko ɔ a susuma he gbeye! Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ ngɛ nyɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ,
“Nyɛɛ fiɛ munyu nɛ ɔ kɛ ha je ma amɛ! Nyɛɛ si aflaangaa, nɛ nyɛɛ fiɛ! Nyɛ ko laa nɔ́ ko nɔ; nyɛ de ke, ‘A ngɔ Babilon oo, a ngɔ Babilon! Babilon mawu ɔ nɛ a tsɛɛ Marduk ɔ, a kpata e hɛ mi. A pue Babilon wɔ ɔmɛ a hɛ mi si, nɛ a ywia amaga amɛ dukuduku.’
A ma de ke, “Nyɛɛ mia, nɛ nyɛ gba ta kɛ wo Yerusalem he! Nyɛ dla nyɛ he! Wa ma ya tua ma a piani!” Se jamɛ a be ɔ nɔuu ɔ, a ma de ke, “Akuanyɛ! Wa yi ta pɛ! Mamoo je jɔ wɔ. Nyɛɛ hyɛ bɔ nɛ pu ɔ ha nɛ nini ɔmɛ ka gagaa ha!
Yawɛ ha nɛ Media matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ a mumi te si, konɛ a ya kpata Babilonia hɛ mi. Bɔ nɛ e to nɛ e maa ye e he lue, nɛ e maa gbla Babilonia tue ngɛ lɛ Yawɛ, e we ɔ nɛ a ble ɔ he ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Tatsɛmɛ ɔmɛ nɛ nyɛɛ ta a hɛ mi ɔ fa ke, “Nyɛɛ duɔ nyɛ kɛ̃ɛ̃ mi bi ɔmɛ a nya! Nyɛ wo nyɛ tsɛ̃i ɔmɛ a nɔ!
“Nyɛɛ si aflaangaa. Nyɛ kpa titimati nɛ je ma amɛ nɛ a nu! Nyɛ ha nɛ je ma amɛ nɛ a mia, nɛ a kɛ Babilonia ya hwu ta! Nyɛ de Ararat, Mini, kɛ Ashkenaz matsɛ yemi ɔmɛ ke a ya tua Babilonia. Nyɛ hla tatsɛ nɛ e nyɛɛ a hɛ mi. Nyɛɛ ngɔ okpɔngɔhi babauu kaa baalɛhi kɛ ba.
Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ ke blema lokoo nɛ i ha ye tsɔli, Israel gbali ɔmɛ gba jehahi babauu ke be ma nɛ ma ha nɔ ko ma ba ye ye ma Israel nɔ ɔ, anɛ mo o he i de ngɛ lo?”
Yawɛ ma bua je ma amɛ tsuo a nya kɛ ba tua Yerusalem. A maa ngɔ ma a; a maa ha ní ngɛ we ɔmɛ a mi, nɛ a maa pee yi ɔmɛ basabasa. A maa nuu ma a mi dlami enyɔ mi kake kɛ ho ma se ya; se ni nɛmɛ nɛ maa piɛ ngɛ Yerusalem ɔ, a be a hɛ mi kpatae.