Kumu lubi be ntuŋ anyɔ e tu menyi. Menyi be kasawule mur ŋkpal kena so, nɛ akoŋ malɛ naŋ mur menyi be basa. Esa kikɛ malɛ maŋ wɔtɔ nɛ e shu menyi so n lolo menyi.
Kumo be kaman nɛ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ na naŋ kaŋɛ le: “Wanɛ e naŋ shu menyi Jerusalɛm to be basa so, nɛ mbe kagbene e jija mo ga ŋkpal menyi so? Wanɛ e naŋ yige kusɔ nɛ e bee wora nseŋ bishi menyi so fanɛ nuso nɛ asheŋ du?
Ŋkpal le so, ma, Enyɛnpetale, Israɛl be Ebɔrɛ na beeŋ gberge ewura Nebukadneeza nɛ mbe efuli so ebi kusoe fanɛ kananɛ ŋ gberge Asiriya be ewurgboŋ kusoe na.
Nɛ befɔ nɛ b wɔ ndoŋ na kaŋɛ abar le: ‘An wora ania fanɛ anyeeŋ chɛ Babilɔn be efuli na to, ama asheŋ teŋ n jija. Amoso men shin nɛ an bɛta epe. Ebɔrɛ be eleŋgboŋ na so nɛ e bɔla ŋ gberge Babilɔn kusoe nseŋ mur kumo cheche na.’ ”
O Jerusalɛmebi, manɛ nɛ ŋ kɔ nɛ ŋ kaŋɛ? Nuso bre nɛ meeŋ tiŋ n lɔlɔ menyi? Ŋkpal manɛ so, esa kikɛ maŋ naŋ ji awurfoŋ fanɛ kananɛ men ji ere. Jɛrbi nɛ men ji ere maŋ kɔ ekar fanɛ teku; tama be yiri kikɛ maŋ naa wɔtɔ n sa menyi.
Kubɔya ere la bɔrɛdare nɛ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ na shin nɛ Nahum, nɛ e shi kade nɛ baa tre Ɛlkɔsh na, ku a laŋɛ kadegboŋ nɛ baa tre Ninɛve na be kaplɛa so nna.
Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ na beeŋ ta mbe eleŋgboŋ m mur Asiriya be efuli nseŋ shin nɛ kadegboŋ nɛ baa tre Ninɛve na e bure n dese fanɛ keshishɛrsawule nɛ k maŋ kɔ nchu na.
Israɛlebi nɛ b daa wɔ ndoŋ na ka nu bumo be kushu, nɛ b shile nsaa cha awɔr e kaŋɛ le: “Men baa shile! Nɛ manɛ aloŋ, kasawule na beeŋ ta anyi alɛ gba m min!”
Ebesa mo nɛ e beeŋ ji na be asheŋ beeŋ pɛ bumo kufu nɛ b yili kufɔ nseŋ kaŋɛ: “O fo, kadegboŋ ere, asheŋ nya fo, asheŋ nya fo. O Babilɔn, eleŋ be kadegboŋ, awa koŋwule nawule to nɛ fo ta n nya fo kasogberge na.”