13 E̩gba kʼe̩ kwa, mak abo kʼe̩ gba jo̩ le̩ ki gbʼe̩ ke! Afu ako ma alo, afu ki akwʼef iñmo̩ ako ma alo chaka. E̩ne̩ ki muda chubiyo̩ mi anʼane̩-i, i la aje̩ uwo-mi kiafo̩ e̩wñ ogu.
O̩gu kpʼo̩mala ajo̩ ajije̩, idu alʼegbe dab okuno; ebutu la achʼuje̩wñ amejo. Ma ñʼache e̩wñ du e̩bie̩ne̩ n, ma la akpʼe̩wñ bie̩ ugbo du uwo-mi kiafo̩ le̩ n, Jihofa ka-i.
nakʼabo e-le̩ wʼugbo uwo-mi kiafo̩, oñ naje̩ ñw ma yo̩ ef unyi aduwa-mi; ma agbʼe̩wñ e̩gujo ku ma kowa kpai e̩wñ iche̩bo̩-ma tʼoji ubo̩ iche̩bo̩-mi; todu ma adʼodu unyi-mi ko̩ unyi aduwa todu amone̩ du.
Abe̩le̩ ame̩ ama ka kʼomi che Jihofa, O̩jo̩-me̩, kʼu nadodo Zayo̩n, uwo-mi kiafo̩ le̩. E̩gbale̩ Je̩rusale̩m afo̩ oñ ab o̩wo̩ ejaduña du ñʼalale gu ef uwñ du ge̩ n.
Todu oj uwo-mi kiafo̩, owñ chʼuwo ki gbo̩gba ane̩ Israe̩l, o̩mo̩ abunyi Israe̩l chaka, o̩gbo̩ ma du, are̩ mi oj ane̩ le̩, Ondu Jihofa ka-i; o̩mo̩ omi agba ma; o̩mo̩ u la atene e̩wñ ku me̩ ko nyʼate̩ le̩, kpʼejo̩ga e̩wñ ku me̩ tʼe̩re̩ kpʼe̩wñ-me̩ kiafo̩ chaka.
Tak ama akʼamo̩maye-me̩ chaka nʼoj amanya kpai ef o̩kogu kpai ef iga kpai oj o̩ke̩ke̩te̩ kpai oj e̩wñ ojoji ojoji kwef abo uche̩ichi du wa Je̩rusale̩m, uwo-mi kiafo̩ le̩, ku ma chʼe̩wñ ele ekowa ñw Jihofa, alu kʼabo Israe̩l akʼe̩wñ ele eduwa-ma nyʼe̩wñ eku ki fe̩ wʼef unyi Jihofa, Jihofa ka-i.
Omi la adʼugbe̩ʼka kwefu Jeko̩b dufu, kpai e̩ne̩ ki aje̩ uwo uwo-mi e̩wñ ogu kwefu Juda dufu; abo kʼomi chi ma aje̩ e-le̩ ogu, oñ amadu-mi adodo o̩mo̩.
Todule̩ ama adab atula odudu kpai dab eli ki atakpa gbe̩ rinyo̩, dabe̩ne̩ kʼigbogbo kʼo̩futu ako kwʼoj ajita ugwo̩ka kpai dab odudu ki lʼo̩na-wñ du-fu.
I muda chʼame̩ ku me̩ hiu Jihofa tinyo̩, kʼame̩ gbenyo̩ uwo-mi kiafo̩, ku me̩ la ñwʼitebulu che ñw Ejile, kʼame̩ la fʼomi pu nyʼomune̩ todu awo̩ ku ma do̩ ko̩ o̩jo̩ che;
Ma ko gbe̩ kpo̩kpe̩ n, ma la ko fia kpo̩kpe̩ n, e̩tiga-wñ tʼili nyʼane̩ ta n, i la fʼafu fe̩ ru ma, oñ ma kwacha, tak ololo lewa amʼuma ko rinyo̩ dab igbogbo.
Tak E̩laisha ka ñw onu Israe̩l kakini, E̩wñ chʼe-mi kpʼuwe̩? Nyʼugbo amakache̩ ata-we̩ kpai ugbo amakache̩ iye-we̩ ke. Tak onu Israe̩l ka ñw u kakini, O̩da, todu Jihofa fʼamonu me̩ta-i kowa jo̩ kʼi ko ma jʼo̩wo̩ Moab.
Todu uwe̩ te̩tachʼaku ñw e̩nubie̩, kpai aku ñw e̩nale ef o̩pe̩cha-wñ kpai okoubi e̩gba kʼomi kpai afu dulugu awa kpai olubo̩ tod e̩gba kʼuna akpa nyʼane̩; todu afu kʼame̩nubailo ñmiru wa dab afu ibi ki aju bʼo̩do̩ ma ofo,
Abu ki Jihofa ka de̩, kakini: Iko ulieju oñ u dohi ñw e̩, o̩jo̩ ujadu u la te̩ko we̩: omi la afejutʼuwe̩ kʼu du we̩ kʼe̩ che alo ekpe̩ todu amone̩ le̩, kʼe̩ dʼane̩ le̩ kwane̩, kʼe̩ je̩ ñw ma je̩ alache̩ le̩ e̩wñ ogu;
Me̩ kʼo̩la-me̩ jeju ku me̩ lewa, me̩ te̩wa alukate, ame̩ ku me̩ mufu bʼabo uche̩ichi uche̩ichi o̩wo̩ te̩ tane̩! Abo ku ma dʼoli ojibo-ma ku ma gbe̩ nʼika ale, ku ma la narodubʼo̩jo̩ ki ma neke gbʼone̩ n, la nʼibe n.
Ugbo amo̩jo̩-we̩ kʼe̩ che ñw o̩la-we̩ jo̩ ke? Ama ki kwane̩ iche̩wñ ku ma neke jadu we̩ iko o̩pe̩cha-we̩. Todu alu kʼuwewe ewo ewo-we̩ de̩ abe̩le̩ oñ uwewe amo̩jo̩-we̩ de̩, O Juda.