1 Iko le̩ Me̩rodak-baladan, o̩ma-Baladan, onu Babilo̩n, kʼo̩takada manyʼe̩wñ ele kpuche̩ ru He̩ze̩kaya, todu i gbo̩ ka kʼi chʼo̩ga, kʼo̩ga-wñ la takpa.
Me̩ go, ane̩ abo Kaldia! Abo-i te̩te̩do̩mo̩ n; e̩ne̩ Asiria le̩ fʼu che te̩ tod abo ku ma dodo aje̩tachi. Ma mʼodo̩go̩-ma ko dago jo̩, ma fʼunyi unyi ojima-wñ kpo̩fo̩ rinyo̩, ma mʼu du chʼalache̩ te̩.
Ama ugbo o̩la amajomudechi amagboji Babilo̩n, ku ma fʼuche̩ kpe̩ rʼu ku ma tene e̩wñ awuwu ku ma che ane̩ le̩. O̩jo̩ tʼowñ no̩ kʼi jʼo̩ ma, todu kʼi ma e̩wñ du ki dʼef e̩do̩-wñ.
Tak amone̩ wewe ko e̩wñ ele wa Je̩rusale̩m ñwu Jihofa, kpʼe̩wñ akoko ñwu He̩ze̩kaya, onu Juda ge̩; todabe̩le̩ i mud e̩ne̩lile eju abo uche̩ichi du akwʼe̩gba le̩.