Kekle bɔfo ɔ de e nyɛmi ɔ ke, “Tú fo nɛ o ya de niheyo ɔ nɛ hɛɛ nɔ́ susumi kpa a ke nimlihi kɛ nahi babauu maa ba Yerusalem, nɛ e he be hiae kaa a fia gbogbo kɛ wo ma a he.
Ma ye ni ɔmɛ nɛ a gbe yaka a a he lue; i be blɔ ngmɛe nɛ nɔ tɔli nɛ ɔmɛ nɛ a ye a he. Jehanɛ, nimli maa hi Yuda kɛ Yerusalem daa kɛ daa; nɛ Imi, Yawɛ nitsɛ ma hi Zion yo ɔ nɔ.”
“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 kɛ mɛ maa so he jɔmi somi. E maa pee somi nɛ maa hi si daa. Ma baa a yi saminya. Ma gbaa ma a, nɛ a he maa hiɛ babauu. Ma ma ye we klɔuklɔu ɔ ngɛ zugba a nɔ he nɛ a ngɛ ɔ, nɛ we ɔ maa hi lejɛ ɔ daa.
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.”
A be yi mi wami he nue ngɛ zugba a nɔ hu; a be ní puɛmi, kɛ hɛ mi kpatami he nue ngɛ o huza amɛ a nɔ hu. Ma bu o he, nɛ ma fa o he. Ma pee kaa gbogbo ngɛ o se. Nɛ o ma je ye yi, ejakaa i he o yi wami.
Nyɛ Yuda bi, kɛ Israel bi, sa a, nyɛ ngɛ kaa gbiɛmi kɛ ha je ma amɛ, se jehanɛ lɛɛ ma he nyɛ yi wami, nɛ nyɛ maa pee gbaami. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛ wlua nyɛ; nɛ nyɛ ko ye gbeye!”
“Jamɛ a be ɔ, ma ha Yuda we puɔ nya amɛ maa pee kaa buɛ kɛ e he la gegeege nɛ a to lɛ́ ngɔ wo sisi, loo kaa blɛfo nɛ a kpɔ, nɛ a bua nya pue jatɛ kɛ e nya la nɔ. Je ma amɛ nɛ bɔle mɛ ɔ tsuo a hɛ mi ma kpata, se Yerusalem lɛɛ e maa ma e ma he ɔ nɔuu.