Ja nɔuu, nyɛ nihewi ɔmɛ hu, nyɛɛ ba nyɛ he si ha nikɔtɔma amɛ. Nyɛ tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ nyɛ sɔmɔ nyɛ sibi kɛ he si bami. Ejakaa ngmami ɔ ke, “Nihi nɛ woɔ a he nɔ ɔ, Mawu kɛ mɛ toɔ ní; se nihi nɛ baa a he si ɔ, Mawu dlooɔ mɛ.”
“Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ imi Nebukadnezar, i ngɛ matsɛ nɛ ngɛ hiɔwe ɔ yi jee; i ngɛ e hɛ mi nyami woe, nɛ i ngɛ jajee kaa e kle agbo. E peeɔ nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ saminyayoo, nɛ e blɔ ɔmɛ hu da. Nihi nɛ woɔ a he nɔ ɔ, e nyɛɔ baa mɛ si.”
Musu tloo Efraim nina, Israel nɔ yemi ɔ. E hɛ mi nyami ɔ ngɛ tae kaa mɔmɔ jlasi nɛ ma nimeli dã tɔli ngɔ fi a yi. A wo a yi mi nu je via saminya lɛɛ, se hyɛ mɛ nɛ a tɔ dã kpɔtɔɔ kɛ pueɔ si.
Mawu ma ha nɔ ko sika, kɛ ní babauu, hɛ mi nyami, kɛ nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ nɛ nɔ ɔ tsui suɔ. Se e ha we lɛ he wami nɛ e kɛ ye ngɔɔmi ɔ, nɛ nɔ kpa mohu ma ba ye. Nɔ́ nɛ ɔ ji yaka dengme gbomi, kɛ he hiami.
Nɔ ko nɔ ko be piɛe ngɛ Gaza ma a mi. Ashkelon ma a maa pee ma doku. Piani katakata a, a maa fie Ashdod bi ɔmɛ kpatakpata kɛ maa je a ma a mi. Ekron ma a hu, a maa pee lɛ butuu.
Ashkelon maa na nɔ́ nɛ ɔ, nɛ e maa ye gbeye. Gaza hu maa na, nɛ e ma kokloo si. Ekron hu ja nɔuu, ejakaa e hɛ kɛ nɔ fɔmi tsuo ta. Gaza matsɛ ɔ hɛ mi ma kpata, nɛ Ashkelon maa pee ma doku.
Lo nɛ muɔ ngɛ mi, kɛ ní hiemi ní kpahi ɔ, ma ha nɛ a kpa yemi. Nihi nɛ piɛ ngɛ ma a mi ɔ ma ba pee ye we bi kaa Yuda we puɔ nya amɛ eko. Ma ha Ekron bi ma ba pee ye we bi kaa bɔ nɛ Yebus ba pee ɔ.