“Nyɔhiɔ eywiɛne, enuɔne, kpaagone, kɛ nyɔngmane ɔ nɛ nyɛ haa hwɔ ngɛ a mi ɔ, a ma ba pee bua jɔmi, ní yemi kɛ nyami be ha Yuda ma a. Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛɛ suɔ anɔkuale, kɛ tue mi jɔmi.”
E nɔ yemi ɔ ma he si, nɛ e maa bɔ; ma a ma na tue mi jɔmi daa, ejakaa e maa ye tsɛ kaa Matsɛ David nitsɛ se yelɔ. E maa pee kpakpa, nɛ e maa ye dami sane, kɛ maa je be nɛ ɔ mi kɛ yaa su je mi nyagbe. Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ kɛ hɛdɔ ma tsu ní nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo.
Se fɔ̃li, nihi nɛ he we yi, nihi nɛ peeɔ níhi nɛ a hiee, nɔmlɔ gbeli, yaholi, nyuali, wɔ jali, kɛ lakpatsɛmɛ tsuo lɛɛ he nɛ fɔɔ si ha mɛ ji taku kɛ e mi la nɛ ngɛ tsoe gegeege ɔ. Lɔ ɔ ji gbenɔ enyɔne ɔ nɛ.”
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nɔ ko kó ya pee e nyɛmi yayami kaa e ma ya ngɔ e nyɛmi e yo. Wa de nyɛ enɛ ɔ momo, nɛ wa bɔ nyɛ kɔkɔ wawɛɛ kaa nihi nɛ peeɔ jã a, Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ maa gbla a tue.
Se mohu ɔ, nyɛɛ ye dami sane daa nɛ nyɛ ko kpa kaa bɔ nɛ pa nguaa ko hii bee nɛ e se pui gblee ɔ; nyɛɛ pee nɔ́ nɛ da be tsuaa be, nɛ nyɛɛ hi kaa pa nɛ nyu tɛ mi gblee.
‘Imi Yawɛ, i wo nyɛ mlaa ke nyɛɛ ye dami sane, nɛ nyɛɛ pee nɔ́ nɛ da. Nyɛ je nɔ nɛ a ngɛ lɛ amimi yee ɔ kɛ je amimi yelɔ ɔ dɛ mi. Nyɛ ko wa nibwɔhi, awusahi, kɛ yalɔyihi yi mi; nɛ nyɛ ko pue nɔ nɛ pee we nɔ́ ko ɔ muɔ si ngɛ he klɔuklɔu nɛ ɔ.
Yawɛ ke, “Nyɛ Israel ganɔhi, e hiɛ oo e hiɛ! Nyɛ kpa amimi kɛ awi yemi! Nyɛɛ ye dami sane, nɛ nyɛɛ pee nɔ́ nɛ da. Nyɛ ko fie ye ma a kɛ je a zugba nɔ hu. Imi, Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ lɛ i de.
Israel bi nɛ maa piɛ ɔ, a be nɔ́ yayami pee; a be lakpa yee, nɛ a be nɔ sisie hulɔ. A ma plɔke, nɛ a he mi maa jɔ mɛ, nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko be nyɛe maa wo a he gbeye.”