Jehanɛ ɔ, bɔfo kpaagone ɔ kpa e titimati ɔ, nɛ i nu gbihi nɛ ngɛ pɛe wawɛɛ ngɛ hiɔwe ke, “Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, wa Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ kɛ e Kristo ɔ nɛ a ngɛ je ɔ nɔ yee. Nɛ a maa ye matsɛ kɛ maa ya neneene!”
A maa ngɔ matsɛ yemihi tsuo nɛ ngɛ je ɔ mi ɔ a he wami, kɛ agboje ngɔ ha Hiɔwe No ɔ we ni klɔuklɔu ɔmɛ a ma a. A matsɛ yemi ɔ se be poe gblegbleegble, nɛ je nɛ ɔ mi matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ tsuo ma sɔmɔ mɛ, nɛ a maa bu mɛ tue.”
Nɛ nyɛ Israel bi, nyɛ maa ngɔ Edom zugba nɛ piɛ ɔ, kɛ je mahi tsuo nɛ nyɛ ye a nɔ sa be ko kɛ ha mi ɔ.” Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ de ji nɛ ɔ nɛ, nɛ nɔ́ nɛ e to nɛ e maa pee ɔ hu ji nɛ ɔ nɛ.
A ma kpata Yawɛ he nyɛli ɔmɛ a hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ; hiɔwe ma si wo mɛ. Yawɛ maa kojo je ɔ tsuo; e kɛ he wami ma ha e matsɛ ɔ, nɛ e ma ha matsɛ nɛ a pɔ lɛ nu ɔ maa ye kunimi.”
Ke matsɛ nɛ ɔ ba a, e maa ye e ma a nɔ kɛ he wami, kɛ kã nɛ je Yawɛ Mawu ɔ nitsɛ ngɔ. E ma mi bi ɔmɛ maa hi si ngɛ he jɔmi mi, ejakaa a maa bu lɛ ngɛ je ɔ mi he tsuaa he.
Nyɛɛ kɛ nyɛ sane ɔ nɛ ba nɛ waa hyɛ mi. Nihi nɛ ma je a sane ɔ nya a, nyɛ ha nɛ a ya kpe yi! Nyɛ mawu ɔmɛ a kpɛti mɛnɔ nyɛ́ de nɔ́ ko kɛ to blema lokoo? Nɔ ko nɔ ko be. Anɛ pi imi Yawɛ lo? Anɛ pi imi Mawu nɛ da, nɛ heɔ e ma a yi wami ɔ lo? Ye se ɔ, Mawu kpa ko be hu.
Zion, nyá oo, nyá! Yerusalem, mo he ose! Hyɛ, o matsɛ ɔ ma! E ma kɛ agbo jemi kɛ kunimi yemi. E ba e he si, nɛ e hi teji okpɔngɔ nɔ; ee, e hi teji okpɔngɔ bi nɔ.
Nɔ nɛ to ku ngɛ e to tsu mi, nɛ e wo si ke e kɛ lɔ ɔ maa sã bɔ ha mi, se mohu e ngɔ nɔ́ nɛ kpa ngɛ he kɛ ba a, musu tloo kikɛmɛ a sisilɔ nɛ ɔ! Ejakaa matsɛ nguaa ji mi, nɛ je ma amɛ tsuo yeɔ mi gbeye.” Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ lɛ de.