2 Jamɛ a be ɔ, ma ha amaga amɛ a biɛ maa laa pɛsɛpɛsɛ, nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko be mɛ kaie hu ngɛ zugba a nɔ. Ma je gbali ɔmɛ, kɛ mumi yayami ɔmɛ kɛ je zugba a nɔ.
Yawɛ bi lɛ ke, ‘Kɛ o maa pee kɛ mlɔɔ lɛ kɛɛ?’ Mumi ɔ he nɔ ke, ‘Ma ya nɛ ma ya ha nɛ Ahab gbali ɔmɛ tsuo maa ye lakpa.’ Yawɛ de lɛ ke, ‘Yaa nɛ o ya mlɔɔ lɛ; o maa ye manye.’ ”
Jehanɛ hu, ke nga mi lohwehi nɛ tsɔtslɔɔ e mi ɔ, e ngɔ nɔ́ nɛ piɛ ɔ kɛ ba ye odase. Ke e ba ja a, kɛkɛ lɛɛ nane mi tomi ko be nɛ e maa to ha nɔtsɛ ɔ hu.
Nɔ́ nɛ maa ba a nɔ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ, ejakaa a pee ní yayamihi ngɛ Israel; a puɛ gba, nɛ a tu lakpa munyuhi ngɛ Yawɛ biɛ mi, pohu e fa we mɛ ke a tu jamɛ a munyu ko. Pi Yawɛ suɔmi nya ní ji nɛ ɔ; nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ nɛ a pee ɔ, e na, nɛ e ma nyɛ maa ye he odase. Yawɛ lɛ de.”
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, yakayaka nina ko be kpo jee ha nyɛ hu; nɛ nyɛ be klae hu. Ma kpɔ ye ma a kɛ je nyɛ he wami sisi, nɛ nyɛ be he wami hie ngɛ a nɔ; kɛkɛ ɔ, nyɛ maa le kaa imi ji Yawɛ.”
“Se ke a mlɔɔ gbalɔ ko nɛ e de nɔ́ ko ɔ, lɛɛ imi Yawɛ lɛ i mlɔɔ jamɛ a gbalɔ ɔ nɛ. Ma gbla e tue; ma kpata e hɛ mi; ma je lɛ kɛ je ye ma Israel ɔ a kpɛti.
Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ ke, “Ma kpata wɔ ɔmɛ, kɛ amaga amɛ nɛ ngɛ Memfis ɔ a hɛ mi. Ganɔ ko be Egipt zugba a nɔ yee hu; lejɛ ɔ maa pee gbeye. Ma ha nɛ sawale maa nu nɔ tsuaa nɔ.
Jehanɛ a be amaga jae hu, nɛ a be ní hiemi níhi, kɛ yayami pee kɛ ble a he hu. Se yayamihi gbegbeegbe nɛ a pee kɛ si mi ɔ, ma ngɔ kɛ pa mɛ. Ma tsu a he, nɛ a maa pee ye ma, nɛ imi hu ma pee a Mawu.
“Nɔmlɔ adesa, ye matsɛ sɛ maa si ngɛ hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ; ma hi Israel bi ɔmɛ a kpɛti ngɛ hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ kɛ maa ya neneene. Kɛkɛ ɔ, Israel ma a jio, a matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ jio, a be ye hɛ mi si puee hu; a be mawu kpahi jae, nɛ a be a matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ a gbogboe ɔmɛ pue ngɛ hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ hu.
Nyɛ ma amɛ nɛ nyɛ ngɛ a mi ɔ ma ba pee ma dokuhi. Nyɛ jami he ɔmɛ a hɛ mi ma kpata; kɛkɛ ɔ, nyɛ bɔ sami la tɛ ɔmɛ, kɛ amaga amɛ maa ku dukuduku ngɔ pue si. Níhi nɛ nyɛ sãã tsopa kɛ e he via ngɛ mi ɔ maa ywia, nɛ nyɛ nine nya ní tsumi ɔmɛ tsuo a hɛ mi ma kpata.
Israel ma, mɛni peemi i kɛ amagahi ngɛ? Imi nɛ i buu nyɛ kue fami tue nɛ i hyɛɛ nyɛ nɔ. I ngɛ kaa sɛsɛo tso nɛ ba mumu tɛ̃ e nɔ gblegbleegble. Imi lɛ i haa ma a niye ní.”
Israel, i kɛ mo maa hi si kaa ye yo; ma ye mo anɔkuale. Ye suɔmi kɛ mɔbɔ nami nɛ ngɛ daa a, ma je kpo kɛ tsɔɔ mo, nɛ ma ngɔ mo kɛ pee ye nɔ́ kɛ maa ya neneene.
Yawɛ hɛ maa dɔ kɛ wo mɛ. Yawɛ ma kpata wɔ ɔmɛ tsuo a hɛ mi ngɛ zugba a nɔ, nɛ je ma amɛ, wo kpo ɔ, kɛ zugbahi nɛ wo bɔle mɛ ɔ tsuo ma ja lɛ, nɔ tsuaa nɔ ngɛ lɛ nitsɛ e zugba nɔ.
Nyɛɛ ku a bɔ sami la tɛ ɔmɛ, nɛ nyɛɛ ywia a wɔ titima amɛ wɔtsɔwɔtsɔ. Nyɛɛ sã a yo wɔ Ashera a, nɛ nyɛɛ poo a mawu ɔmɛ a we amaga amɛ pue he. Nyɛ kpata a hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ, konɛ a ko ja mɛ ngɛ lejɛ ɔmɛ hu.
bɔ nɛ pee nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ je ma nɛ ɔmɛ nɛ piɛ ngɛ nyɛ kpɛti ɔ ko bɔ. Nyɛ ko wo a mawu ɔmɛ a ta, nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ a biɛhi kó ka kita; nyɛ ko ja mɛ, nɛ nyɛ ko kpla si ha mɛ.
E kpa ngmlaa wawɛɛ ke, “Babilon hɛ mi kpata! Babilon ma kpetekpleenyɛ ɔ hɛ mi kpata! Piɔ lɛɛ e plɛ mumi yayamihi tsuo a si himi he; e plɛ lohwe pɛlitsɛmɛ, kɛ lohwe awi yeli nɛ a hiee tsuo a si himi he.
A nu lohwe awi yelɔ ɔ, kɛ lakpa gbalɔ ɔ nɛ pee nyakpɛ níhi ngɛ e hɛ mi ɔ tsuo. E pee nyakpɛ ní ɔmɛ kɛ sisi nihi nɛ a kɛ lohwe ɔ kadi mɛ ɔ, kɛ ni nɛmɛ nɛ jaa lohwe ɔ we amaga a. A hɛ lohwe ɔ, kɛ lakpa gbalɔ ɔ tsuo ngɔ fɔ taku kɛ e mi la nɛ ngɛ tsoe gegeege ɔ mi hɛ ngmengmle.