13 Yawɛ kɛ bɔfo ɔ tu munyu, nɛ e wo lɛ bua.
“I na níhi nɛ a ngɛ pee ɔ, se ma tsa mɛ. Ma tsɔɔ mɛ blɔ, nɛ ma piɛ a he; nɛ ma wo kɔmɔ yeli ɔmɛ bua!
“Yawɛ ke, ‘Babilonia jeha nyingmi kpaago ɔ se ɔ, ma kai nyɛ. Nɛ, si nɛ i wo ke ma ngɔ nyɛ kɛ ba we ekohu ɔ, ma ye jamɛ a siwo ɔ nɔ.
Kɛkɛ nɛ nɔ kake bi bɔfo ɔ nɛ wo kploba tade kɛ daa si ngɛ pa a yiti je ɔ ke, “Mɛni be kikɛmɛ a nyakpɛ ní nɛ ɔmɛ maa hi si kɛ yaa si loko a se maa po?”
I bi Yawɛ bɔfo ɔ ke, “Ye nyɔmtsɛ, okpɔngɔ nɛ ɔmɛ ɔ, mɛni a tsɔɔ?” E he nɔ ke, “Ma tsɔɔ mo.
Bɔfo ɔ nɛ kɛ mi tu munyu ɔ ba ekohu, nɛ e ba hɛli mi si kaa bɔ nɛ a tsɛ̃ɛ̃ɔ nɔ ngɛ mahe mi.
“Nyɔhiɔ eywiɛne, enuɔne, kpaagone, kɛ nyɔngmane ɔ nɛ nyɛ haa hwɔ ngɛ a mi ɔ, a ma ba pee bua jɔmi, ní yemi kɛ nyami be ha Yuda ma a. Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛɛ suɔ anɔkuale, kɛ tue mi jɔmi.”