12 “Ile Babilɔn mansɛ, ile min manɛ nun iko banda-ka-da-lole, i wara bɔ san-kole ma ka bui dugi ma. Fɔlɔ nun, i ya sibolenu nɔ kɔnɔ kaka, i wara fili dugi ma gbɛ!
San-kole si tunu yen, iko gbolo-kolonɛ la wa mini. Tele wo, karɛ wo, lolenu wo, wo bɛɛ si bunden. Lolenu si to yalanna iko toro-gbɔɛ anubɛ a yanbɛ si a ma nya min.
Babilɔn mara kundu-wɛ la nun ka duninya bɛɛ ratiitii. Kɔnɔ kaka, kundu-wɛ wo ra si nyɛnsɛn gbesenkirin! Sibole bɛɛ kun ma si kɔ ka a tɛgɛ min bi nala mala nyamanɛ wo rɔ.
N Tigi Mari ya ala diminyɛ burun Yerusalɛm kuma iko banda-finyɛ. A ara Isirɛla mɔgɛnuna fen-kolomɛ bɛɛ to fu! Ata diminyɛ ara a ma, hali a Bato-Bɔn, a ara a kɔɛn bɔ wo wara-koe rɔ feufeu!
Anu si saya-sigi kɛ sa Taya kɛnu ye ko, So-makawanɛ kɛ ara kasara. Ala yi-kuma-kulɔnnu bara firan yi kuma. So-burɔ-mɔgɛ kɛnu ya kɔgɔ-yi don anuna marɛ kɔrɔ nun gbede-gbede! Kɔgɔ-yi-dafɛ-sigilɛnu ya wo bɛɛ kumakɔ.
Woletɔ nɛbinu ya kumɛ min fɔ, ma lanɛ wo la bɛrɛkɛ! Ni wo si wo tole masɔ wo la, wo si bɛn bawo a mani de iko lɛnpu min malannɛ pinpi rɔ ha Kirasiti wa na wati min ata wan-takani-wɛ la ka to malanna wo yisi rɔ.
Wo kɔma, melika sawa nyɔgɛ ya ata buri fɛ. Lolo-wɛ buira ka bɔ san-kole rɔ. Tɛ sigira wo la iko kala-mɛlan. Bɛnu anubɛ tenke bɛɛ faranɛ sigi tina sawa la, lole wo buira wati min, a buira wonu sigi tina kelan kuma.