3 I ka ñwu mi kakini, O̩ma one̩, ekpʼuwe̩ nakpʼuwe̩ nyʼugbo amo̩ma Israe̩l, ugbo abo uche̩ichi uche̩ichi ku ma ma gbʼe̩nyo̩ n, ku ma la ko mi; ama kpʼamata-ma te̩tajʼada gbogbo tʼeñini kide̩.
E̩ne̩ du ma kpʼuma uche̩ n abu ma ñʼale ku ma atakoya? Owñ chʼalu ku ma ko̩tane̩ le̩ kakini, Go abu kʼe̩re̩ abo ku ma nʼuche̩ e̩wñ ki nyo̩ aje̩ chʼalifia!
Ame̩ ku me̩ nʼugbogbo fʼo̩lo̩-me̩ we, kʼe̩pi e-e̩do̩-me̩ ma da n, kpʼe-eti-me̩, me̩ te̩tako bʼAfu Kiafo̩ pioo. Alu kʼamata-me̩ che abe̩le̩ ame̩ che ge̩.
E̩ mʼibuku ku ma ko̩ nyʼo̩la-wñ le̩ du, kʼe̩ fʼo̩la du kʼu ka ñw e̩, achagwunyʼIsrae̩l kpai Juda kpʼabo uche̩ichi uche̩ichi du akwo o̩jo̩ kʼu chane̩ eko̩la ñw e̩, owñ chʼakwʼo̩kpanachi Josaya gbogbo wʼeñini-i.
I chaka dʼabe̩le̩ ma ko̩ egbagbo̩ oñ ma lañu rʼe̩, ma la dʼuko̩-o̩la-we̩ tinyo̩ ubi-ma; ma ño̩ kʼamakache̩-we̩, ku ma gbʼibenu nyʼuma ku ma rʼuma da dabiwa ñw e̩, kpa, ma la fʼe̩wñ achakpabie̩ che nana.
Akwʼe̩gba amata-wa a te̩te̩dʼef abi inai-na eje̩ gbogbo tʼojolu eñini; todu agbo̩-ni-wa le̩ oñ ma mʼawa kpai amonu-wa kpai amatama-wa ko nyʼamonu ojane̩ ojane̩ o̩wo̩, ma mʼawa ko ñw o̩kwo̩cha-geli kpʼamu, kpʼinya eda, kpʼeju etunyʼane̩, alu ki ño̩ de̩ eñini-i ge̩.
E̩ naka ñw abo unyi ku ma ma gbʼe̩nyo̩ n-i fai, kakini, Ame̩ ma oji e̩wñ-i n? E̩ ka ñwu ma kakini, Go, onu Babilo̩n lewa Je̩rusale̩m, i la fʼonu-wñ kpʼamagboji-wñ mu, oñ i mʼuma ko wa Babilo̩n ugbo-wñ.
E̩ ki la fʼita kpa ñw abunyi ku ma ma gbʼe̩nyo̩ n-i. Ka ñw ma kakini, Abu kʼOndu Jihofa aka de̩: Dʼucha gʼuna, mʼu du gu una me̩ ki ño̩ dʼomiofo danyʼu ge̩;
Tak e̩ne̩ le̩ ka ñwu mi kakini, O̩ma one̩, e̩ nʼeju-we̩ go, kʼe̩ la nʼeti-we̩ gbo̩, kʼe̩ dʼe̩do̩-we̩ tʼe̩wñ du kʼu nadu ña we̩; todu ma dʼe̩ wʼemi kʼu kʼe̩wñ-i ñʼuwe̩; e̩wñ du kʼe̩ li e̩ mudu ka ñw abo unyi Israe̩l.
Oñ ma ko̩ e̩wñ uhio̩me̩-wñ kpai alo-wñ kʼi kpe̩ kpai amata-ma kpai o̩la ibenu kʼi gba ma le̩; oñ ma kwotʼe̩wñ o̩wai ubi, tak ama onugo mud o̩wai, ma la lʼikpa abo uche̩ichi ku ma lʼuma dak a le̩, owñ chʼabo ku Jihofa ka ñwu ma ku ma we eche dab abo le̩.
Atogwo ñw amo̩ma agbo̩go̩, Jihofa ka-i, ku ma gba ibe kʼone̩ adu ñw ma, ma muda gbʼe-mi n; ma la jalu, I muda chʼafu-mi nyi n, kʼama ki dure dure ño̩ dure;
Akwʼe̩gba amata-me̩ me̩ te̩tarida bʼe̩wñ uhio̩me̩-mi te̩, me̩ la de n. Mudabiwa aba mi, tak u nadabiwa aba me̩, Jihofa ki nʼe̩wñ du ka-i. Ama me̩ kakini, Ugbo a dʼo̩na tinyo̩, tak a dabi?