Nyɛɛ wo Yerusalem ma a bua. Nyɛ de nɛ a nu kaa jehanɛ lɛɛ a nɔ́ nami babauu ɔ se po, nɛ a ngɔ a he yayami ɔmɛ ngɔ pa mɛ. I gbla a tue saminya ngɛ a tɔmi ɔmɛ tsuo a he.”
E maa ye dami sane be tsuaa be; dami sane yemi maa pee kaa tsɛ̃i nɛ ha e he. Yi wami hemi hu maa pee e hiami nɔ́; e maa pee kaa dade pɛɛ nɛ e bu. E kɛ abofu, kɛ hɛdɔ maa gbla he nyɛli ɔmɛ a tue kɛ fa ni nɛmɛ nɛ a ngɛ mɛ amimi yee ɔ a he.
Yawɛ, moo hyɛ wɔ kɛ je hiɔwe ngɛ o hi he klɔuklɔu he nɛ hɛ mi nyami bɔle mo ngɛ ɔ. O hɛdɔ, kɛ o he wami kpetekpleenyɛ ɔ, jije e ngɛ? O tsui mi sami, kɛ suɔmi babauu ɔ hu a se po.
E nɔ yemi ɔ ma he si, nɛ e maa bɔ; ma a ma na tue mi jɔmi daa, ejakaa e maa ye tsɛ kaa Matsɛ David nitsɛ se yelɔ. E maa pee kpakpa, nɛ e maa ye dami sane, kɛ maa je be nɛ ɔ mi kɛ yaa su je mi nyagbe. Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ kɛ hɛdɔ ma tsu ní nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo.
“Imi Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ, i kɛ hɛdɔ, kɛ abofu tu munyu kɛ si je ma amɛ, kɛ Edom zugba a tsuo. Mɛɛ lɛɛ a nya, nɛ a gbe ye ma a he guɛ; ejakaa a ngɔ ye zugba a, kɛ lohwe lɛmi he ɔmɛ ngɔ pee a weto ní.
“Israel ma, kɛ maa pee kɛɛ nɛ ma ngmɛɛ nyɛ he? Kɛ maa pee kɛɛ nɛ ma kua nyɛ? Kɛ maa pee kɛɛ nɛ ma kpata nyɛ hɛ mi kaa bɔ nɛ i pee Adma a? Kɛ maa pee kɛɛ nɛ ma wa nyɛ yi mi kaa bɔ nɛ i pee Zeboyim ɔ? Ye tsui be mi blɔ ngmɛe kaa ma pee jã! Suɔmi nɛ i ngɛ kɛ ha nyɛ ɔ nya wa tsɔ!
Bɔfo ɔ de mi hulɔ ke ma fiɛ ke, “Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ ke e ma amɛ ma ná ní kpɔtɔɔ ekohu. Yawɛ maa kpale ba ngɔ Yerusalem ekohu kaa lɛ nitsɛ e ma; nɛ e maa wo Zion bua.”