Kusii enyɔ kɛ a mi ngmɔkɔ
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2 Ngmɔkɔ kpakpahi ngɛ kekleekle kusii ɔ mi; a ngɛ kaa ngmɔkɔhi nɛ fuu kɛ sɛɛ hlami ɔ. Kusii enyɔne ɔ lɛɛ ngmɔkɔ yayahi nɛ hí yemi lɛ ngɛ mi.
3 Kɛkɛ nɛ Yawɛ bi mi ke, “Yeremia, mɛni o na?”
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5 “Imi Yawɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ, i buu ni ɔmɛ nɛ a nuu kɛ ho Babilonia ya a nimli kpakpahi saminya kaa bɔ nɛ ngmɔkɔ kpakpa nɛ ɔmɛ ngɛ ɔ pɛpɛɛpɛ. Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, ma hyɛ a nɔ saminya.
6 Ma bu a he, nɛ ma kpale mɛ kɛ ba zugba nɛ ɔ nɔ ekohu. I be hae nɛ a na nɔ, se mohu ma piɛ a he. I be a hɛ mi kpatae, se mohu ma to mɛ si kaa bɔ nɛ a duɔ tso ɔ.
7 Ma ha nɛ a maa nu he ngɛ a tsui mi tɔɔ kaa imi ji Yawɛ. A maa pee ye ma, nɛ imi hu ma pee a Mawu; ejakaa a maa kpale kɛ ba ye ngɔ ekohu kɛ a tsui tsuo.
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9 Ma ngɔ haomi nɛ nya wa wawɛɛ nitsɛ kɛ ba a nɔ, nɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ ma ha nɛ je ma amɛ tsuo maa nu sawale. A maa ye a he fɛu, a maa bɔ mɛ ahlua, nɛ a maa wo mɛ la ngɛ he tsuaa he nɛ ma fie mɛ kɛ ya a.
10 Ma ha nɛ ta, hwɔ, kɛ gbenɔ hiɔ ma ba sɛ a kpɛti kɛ yaa si a ma kpata a hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ, nɛ a ti nɔ kake ngmelu po be piɛe ngɛ zugba nɛ i ngɔ ha a kɛ a nɛmɛ ɔ nɔ.”