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.
Yawɛ, nyɛ Mawu ɔ ngɛ nyɛ kpɛti; e he wami ɔ ma ha nɛ nyɛ maa ye kunimi. Yawɛ ma na nyɛ he bua jɔmi; e maa suɔ nyɛ sane, nɛ e ma ha nyɛ wami he. E ma la, nɛ e ma na nyɛ he bua jɔmi
I nu nɛ gbi ko pɛ wawɛɛ kɛ je matsɛ sɛ ɔ he kɛ de ke, “Jehanɛ ɔ lɛɛ Mawu hi he ji nimli a kpɛti! E kɛ mɛ maa hi si, nɛ a maa pee e ma. Mawu nitsɛ kɛ mɛ maa hi si, nɛ e maa pee a Mawu.
bua jɔmi, kɛ lele hwɔmi gbi ekohu. Nyɛ maa nu ayɛflo kɛ e huno a gbi, kɛ la nɛ nihi nɛ ngɔ sina bɔhi kɛ ma Yawɛ we ɔ ngɛ lae ke, ‘Nyɛɛ na Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ si, ejakaa Yawɛ hi, nɛ e suɔmi ɔ ngɛ daa!’ Ma ha nɛ kplɔkɔtɔ, kɛ he jɔmi maa ba zugba nɛ ɔ nɔ kaa kekle ko ɔ. Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.”
Ke enɛ ɔ ba mi ɔ, nyɛ ma na bua jɔmi. Nyɛ ma na he wami he. Lɔ ɔ loko nyɛ maa le kaa imi Yawɛ ɔ, nihi nɛ buɔ mi tue ɔ, i piɛɔ a he, nɛ i kɛ abofu gblaa ye he nyɛli a tue.”
Nɛ e de ke, “Bɔfo ɔ nɛ ngɛ Efeso asafo ɔ nya a, ngmaa womi nɛ ɔ ya ha lɛ ke, “Nɔ nɛ hɛɛ dodoe kpaago ɔmɛ ngɛ e hiɔ nine mi, nɛ e ngɛ nyɛɛe ngɛ sika tsu kane tso kpaago ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ, sɛ gbi nɛ je e ngɔ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ.
Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ ke, “Ma tsɔ ye tsɔlɔ ɔ, nɛ e ma ya dla blɔ ngɔ to mi. Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ nɛ nyɛ ngɛ blɔ hyɛe ɔ maa ba e we ɔ tlukaa. Tsɔlɔ ɔ nɛ nyɛ hla kaa nyɛ maa na a maa ba, nɛ e ma ba fiɛ ye somi ɔ.”
Nyɛ maa tu fo kɛ maa gu kɔ̃ ɔ nɛ gba yo ɔ mi enyɔ ɔ mi, ejakaa kɔ̃ ɔ nɛ gba Yawɛ yo ɔ mi enyɔ ɔ ma ya su Azal tɔɔ. Nyɛ maa tu fo kaa bɔ nɛ nyɛ pee blema ngɛ Yuda matsɛ, Uzia yi nɔ, benɛ zugba mimiɛ ɔ. Yawɛ, ye Mawu ɔ maa ba kɛ ni klɔuklɔu ɔmɛ tsuo.
A ma ba la ngɛ Zion yo ɔ nɔ kɛ bua jɔmi, nɛ a bua maa jɔ ye nike ní ɔmɛ, blɛfo, wai, oliv nu, to, kɛ na a he. A maa pee kaa ngmɔ nɛ a pue e mi ní ɔmɛ a nɔ nyu; nɔ́ ko nɔ́ ko be mɛ hiae hu.
Yerusalem ngɛ nyae ngɛ nɔ́ nɛ Yawɛ Mawu pee ha lɛ ɔ he. Yerusalem pee kaa ayɛflo nɛ wo june, loo ayɛflo huno nɛ ngɔ mɔmɔ kɛ dla e he kɛ yaa yo kpeemi. Niinɛ, Mawu he Yerusalem yi wami, nɛ e ye kunimi ha lɛ.
Nyɛ la la he ha Yawɛ; nyɛ je ɔ tsuo, nyɛ la kɛ je e yi! Nyɛ nihi nɛ nyɛ nyɛɛ wo hɛ mi, nyɛ je e yi! Nibɔ níhi tsuo nɛ ngɛ wo ɔ mi, nyɛ je e yi! Zugbahi ngɛ tsitsaa lokoo, kɛ nihi tsuo nɛ ngɛ a nɔ, nyɛ je e yi!
O kuɔ yo gagaa a, nɛ o kpaka nihi nɛ a nuu mɛ ta nyɔguɛ kɛ nyɛɛ o se yuu. O he nike ní kɛ je nimli adesahi tsuo a dɛ; o he ngɛ atuã tsɔli tete po a dɛ, konɛ mo Yawɛ ɔ o hi a kpɛti ngɛ lejɛ ɔ.
Gbogbo nɛ maa bɔle ma a kɛ kpe ɔ tsuo, ke a susu ɔ, é pee gugue akpe eywiɛ kɛ e nya lafa enuɔ. Kɛ je jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, biɛ nɛ a kɛ ma tsɛ ma a ji, “Yawɛ ngɛ hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ!”
“Yawɛ maa gbɛ nyɛ ngɔ fĩa je ma amɛ tsuo a mi, kɛ maa je je ɔ nyagbe he kake kɛ maa ya nyagbe he kake, nɛ lejɛ ɔ nyɛ ma sɔmɔ mawuhi nɛ a kɛ tso kɛ tɛ pee, mawuhi nɛ nyɛ, loo nyɛ nɛmɛ ja we hyɛ.
Nyɛ tsuo nyɛ ba be kɛ ho; nyɛɛ je Babilonia! Nyɛ nihi nɛ nyɛ hɛɛ Mawu we ɔ ní klɔuklɔu ɔmɛ, nyɛɛ pee nyɛ he klɔuklɔu; nyɛ ko ta nɔ́ ko nɛ he tsɔ we he.