Ha nɛ o la a, kɛ o we anɔkuale ɔ nɛ ba esɔesɔ; ha nɛ a ba tsɔɔ mi blɔ, nɛ a kpaka mi kɛ ya Zion yo klɔuklɔu ɔ nɔ; a kpaka mi kɛ ya mo nitsɛ o we ɔ he nɛ o hii ɔ.
Ye ma nɛ piɛ ɔ, ma bua a nya kɛ maa je zugbahi a nɔ hehi nɛ i fie mɛ kɛ ho ɔ, nɛ i kɛ mɛ maa ba mɛ nitsɛmɛ a zugba a nɔ ekohu. A ma fɔ, nɛ a he maa hiɛ babauu.
Zion blɔ ɔ nɔ pee mɔbɔmɔbɔ. Nimli a nane po ngɛ blɔ ɔ nɔ; a bɛ nɛ a ba ye nyami be ɔmɛ. Nɔ ko nɔ ko ba gui ma a agbo ɔmɛ a mi. Osɔfo ɔmɛ ngɛ kɛmɛe. Yihewi ɔmɛ ngɛ nɔ́ nae. Zion hao wawɛɛ nitsɛ.
Benɛ Yerusalem ngɛ nɔ́ nae wawɛɛ ngɛ ma se ɔ, e kai e blema si himi, kɛ ní kpakpahi tsuo nɛ e ná a. Benɛ he nyɛli ɔmɛ a nine su e nɔ ɔ, nɔ ko nɔ ko ba ji ngmlaa ha lɛ. He nyɛli ɔmɛ ye e he fɛu, nɛ a bɔ lɛ ahlua ngɛ si nɛ e nɔ ɔ he.
Ma je mɛ kɛ je je ma amɛ a kpɛti; ma bua a nya kɛ ba mɛ nitsɛmɛ a zugba a nɔ. Ma lɛ mɛ ngɛ yo ɔmɛ a nɔ, pa amɛ a he, kɛ he tsuaa he nɛ nga mumu ngɛ ngɛ Israel.
E de lɛ ke, “Yaa kpa si kɛ gu Yerusalem ma a mi tsuo. Nihi nɛ ngɛ haoe, nɛ a ngɛ kɔmɔ yee ngɛ ní hiemi níhi nɛ a ngɛ pee ɔ a he ɔ, pee okadi ngɛ a hɛ nya.”
Be ma! Ma ngɔ nihi nɛ gbɛ fĩa a kɛ maa ba we ekohu. Ma ha nɛ nyɛ ma he biɛ ngɛ je ɔ mi tsuo; je ma amɛ ma je nyɛ yi, nɛ nyɛ ma na ní babauu ekohu.” Yawɛ lɛ de.