6-7 Yawɛ de e ma a ke, “I gbɛ nyɛ fĩa je kɔ nya eywiɛ ɔmɛ tsuo. Se jehanɛ lɛɛ nyɛ nihi nɛ a nuu kɛ ho ma se ya, esɔ nɛ nyɛɛ tu fo kɛ je Babilonia kɛ ba Yerusalem.
Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, bɔfo ɔmɛ a ti nɔ kake de ke, “Nyɛɛ tu fo esɔesɔ nɛ nyɛ kɛ he nyɛ yi wami! Nyɛ ko plɛ nyɛ se, nɛ nyɛ ko da si ngɛ kɔ̃ ɔ mi he ko he ko. Nyɛɛ tu fo kɛ ho yoku ɔmɛ a nɔ ya, bɔ nɛ pee nɛ nyɛ hɛ mi ko kpata.”
Wa na le kaa o ngɔ o he wami kpetekpleenyɛ ɔ kɛ fie je ma amɛ kɛ ya se, nɛ o to o ma a sisi ngɛ zugba a nɔ. O gbla je ma amɛ a tue, se o ma a lɛɛ o ha nɛ a ye a he.
Yawɛ ke, “Kuuwi, nyɛ nihi tsuo nɛ kuma ngɛ nyɛ yee, nyu babaaba ngɛ hiɛ ɔ ha nyɛ! Nyɛ nihi nɛ nyɛ be sika hu, nyɛɛ ba; nyɛ ba he niye ní nɛ nyɛɛ ye! Nyɛɛ ba nyɛ ba he dã, kɛ na nyɔ nyu e hia we sika; a jua we!
Nɔ́ nɛ Yuda matsɛ, Manase, Hezekia bi ɔ pee benɛ e ngɛ tsɛ yee ngɛ Yerusalem he je ɔ, ma gbla a tue wawɛɛ nitsɛ, nɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ ma ha nɛ je ma amɛ tsuo maa ye gbeye.”
Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, Israel bi, kɛ Yuda bi maa ye a he kɛ je nyɔguɛ si himi mi ngɛ omleyi je zugba a nɔ, nɛ a ma tsa bo nya kɛ kpale kɛ ba zugba a nɛ i ngɔ kɛ ha nyɛ nɛmɛ ɔmɛ kaa a weto ni ɔ nɔ ekohu.”
Yawɛ ke, “Nyɛ je mahi, nyɛɛ bu mi tue nɛ nyɛɛ fiɛ ye munyu ɔmɛ ngɛ wo kpɔ ɔmɛ a nɔ tsitsaa lokoo ke, ‘Nɔ nɛ gbɛ Israel ma a ngɔ fĩa a, lɛ nɔuu e ma bua a nya ekohu, nɛ e maa hyɛ a nɔ kaa bɔ nɛ to hyɛlɔ hyɛɛ e tohi ɔ.’
Ma ya ngɔ mɛ kɛ je omleyi je zugba a nɔ, ma ya bua a nya kɛ je zugba a nyagbe he tɔɔ. Hɛ yuyuili, akpaketsɛmɛ, yihɔyihi, kɛ ni nɛmɛ nɛ miɔ nɛ a ma fɔ po maa piɛ a he kɛ ba. Nihi babauu nitsɛ maa kpale kɛ ba hiɛ ɔ ekohu.
“Israel bi, nyɛɛ tu fo kɛ je Babilonia! Nyɛɛ je Kaldea bi ɔmɛ a zugba a nɔ! Nyɛ he nɛ sɔ! Nyɛɛ pee kekleekle nihi nɛ maa je lejɛ ɔ, kaa bɔ nɛ to akpakpohi nyɛɛɔ to kuu a hɛ mi ɔ.
Yawɛ ma a nɛ ngɛ Babilonia a, bɔ nɛ e ngɛ mɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Nyɛ nɛ nyɛ je klaate nya! Nyɛɛ ho esɔesɔ! Nyɛ ko to tsle! Nyɛɛ kɛ we he kɛ mohu lɛɛ, se kɛ̃ ɔ, nyɛ susu imi Yawɛ, ye he; nɛ nyɛ hɛ ko je Yerusalem nɔ.
Nyɛɛ tu fo kɛ je Babilonia nɛ nyɛ kɛ he nyɛ yi wami. Nyɛ ko ha nɛ a gbe nyɛ ngɛ Babilonia bi ɔmɛ a he yayami ɔ he. Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, i ngɛ ye he lue yee ngɛ a nɔ, nɛ i ngɛ a tue gblae bɔ nɛ sa mɛ.
“Jehanɛ, de o nyɛmimɛ ɔmɛ ke, nɔ́ nɛ imi Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ, i ngɛ dee ji, imi nitsɛ nɛ i ha a ho je ma amɛ a zugba amɛ a nɔ ya a nɛ; i gbɛ mɛ ngɔ fĩa je ɔ mi tsuo lɛɛ, se ma bu a he be bɔɔ ko ngɛ hehi nɛ a ho ɔ tsuo.
E tabo ɔ mi katsɛmɛ ɔmɛ tsuo maa nɔ ngɛ ta mi, nɛ nihi nɛ maa piɛ ɔ hu a maa gbɛ mɛ kɛ fĩa je ɔ mi he tsuaa he. Kɛkɛ ɔ, nyɛ maa le kaa imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.”
Bɔ nɛ e maa ba ji kaa fɔli ngɛ Yerusalem maa ye mɛ nitsɛmɛ a bimɛ, nɛ bimɛ ɔmɛ hu maa ye a fɔli. Ma gbla o tue wawɛɛ; nɛ nihi nɛ a yi ma na wami ɔ, ma gbɛ mɛ ngɔ fĩa je ɔ mi tsuo.
Gbenɔ hiɔ, kɛ hwɔ maa gbe ma mi bi ɔmɛ a mi dlami etɛ mi kake; mi dlami etɛ mi kake maa nɔ ngɛ klaate nya kɛ maa bɔle ma a kɛ kpe, nɛ mi dlami etɛ mi kake ɔ hu, ma gbɛ mɛ ngɔ fĩa je ɔ mi tsuo; nɛ ma hia ta kɛ nyɛɛ a se.
Se ke be nɛ e he wami ɔ ba he si ɔ, e matsɛ yemi ɔ maa gbɛ. A maa dla matsɛ yemi ɔ mi eywiɛ, nɛ ni kpahi nɛ pi e weku li ma ba ye tsɛ ngɛ e nane mi. Se a he wami ɔ, kɛ e nɔ́ ɔ be sɔe.
“Ma fa he nyɛli ɔmɛ, nɛ ma ha nɛ a ma hoso Israel bi ɔmɛ, nɛ a maa sa a mi ngɛ je ma amɛ a kpɛti kaa bɔ nɛ a kɛ sɔnguɛ saa blɛfo mi nɛ kake po nɔɛ si ngɛ zugba a.
Titimati nguaa a maa pɛ, nɛ Nɔmlɔ Bi ɔ maa tsɔ e bɔfo ɔmɛ kɛ ya je ɔ kɔ nya eywiɛ ɔmɛ. A ma ya bua nihi nɛ e hla a a nya kɛ maa je he kake kɛ maa ya he kake.
“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.
Kɛkɛ nɛ i nu gbi kpa nɛ tu munyu kɛ je hiɔwe ke, “Ye ma! Nyɛɛ je kpo ngɛ e mi oo, nyɛɛ je ma a mi! Nyɛ ko ya piɛ ma mi bi ɔmɛ a he kɛ pee yayami, konɛ haomi nɛ ba a nɔ ɔ, ko ba nyɛ hu nyɛ nɔ!
Boaz ho ya hi si ngɛ kpe he ɔ ngɛ ma a agbo ɔ nya. Kɛkɛ nɛ e na Elimelek weku no ɔ nɛ e tu e he munyu ɔ nɛ bee. Boaz tsɛ lɛ nɛ e de lɛ ke, “Ye huɛ, ba nɛ o ba hi si ngɛ hiɛ ɔ.” E ba nɛ e ba hi si.