Yawɛ sɛ gbi nɛ e kɛ ha Israel bi ɔmɛ ngɛ Egipt
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2 Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ ke, “Nyɛ nitsɛmɛ nyɛ na bɔ nɛ i kpata Yerusalem, kɛ Yuda ma kpa amɛ a hɛ mi. Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, ma amɛ pee ma dokuhi nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko be a mi,
3 ejakaa ma amɛ a mi bi ɔmɛ pee yayami, nɛ a wo ye mi mi la. A sã bɔhi nɛ a kɛ sɔmɔ mawu kpahi nɛ mɛ nitsɛmɛ, loo nyɛ, loo nyɛ nɛmɛ ɔmɛ po li gblee.
4 Daa nɛ ɔ, i tsɔɔ ye tsɔli gbali ɔmɛ kɛ baa nyɛ ngɔ, nɛ a ba deɔ nyɛ ke nyɛ ko pee nɔ́ nɛ ɔ, ejakaa i hie.
5 Se nyɛ bui tue. Nyɛ yaa nɔ nɛ nyɛ sãã tsopa kɛ e he via kɛ haa mawu kpahi, nɛ nyɛ kpale we kɛ ji nyɛ blɔ yayami ɔmɛ a nɔ.
6 Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, ye mi mi la nɛ nya wa a puɛ ní ngɛ Yuda ma amɛ a mi, kɛ Yerusalem gbɛjegbɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ kaa bɔ nɛ la sãã nɔ́ ɔ. Nɛ ma amɛ a hɛ mi kpata, nɛ a pee ma dokuhi kaa bɔ nɛ a ngɛ mwɔnɛ ɔ.
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8 Nyɛ ngɛ amagahi sɔmɔe, nɛ nyɛ ngɛ tsopa kɛ e he via sãe ha mawu kpahi ngɛ Egipt hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ, he nɛ nyɛ ba nɛ nyɛ ba hi ɔ. Mɛni he je lɛ nyɛ ngɛ ní nɛ ɔmɛ pee kɛ ngɛ ye mi mi la woe ɔ? Anɛ nyɛ ngɛ ní nɛ ɔmɛ pee nɛ nyɛ kɛ kpata nyɛ nitsɛmɛ nyɛ hɛ mi, konɛ je ma amɛ tsuo nɛ a hie nyɛ, nɛ a ngɔ nyɛ biɛ kɛ pee gbiɛmi nɔ́ lo?
9 Ní yayamihi tsuo nɛ a pee ngɛ Yuda ma amɛ a mi, kɛ Yerusalem gbɛjegbɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ ɔ, anɛ nyɛ hɛ je nɔ lo? Níhi nɛ nyɛ nɛmɛ ɔmɛ pee, níhi nɛ Yuda matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ kɛ a yi ɔmɛ pee, kɛ níhi nɛ nyɛ nitsɛmɛ kɛ nyɛ yi ɔmɛ pee ɔ, anɛ nyɛ hɛ je nɔ lo?
10 Se kɛ ba si mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ, nyɛ bɛ nyɛ he si. Nyɛ wui ye hɛ mi nyami, nɛ mlaahi tsuo nɛ i wo nyɛ, kɛ nyɛ nɛmɛ ɔmɛ ɔ, nyɛ yi mlaa amɛ a nɔ.
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12 Yuda bi nɛ piɛ, nɛ a to a yi mi kaa a maa ya Egipt nɛ a ya hi lejɛ ɔ, ma hyɛ nɛ a kpata mɛ tsuo a hɛ mi. Mɛ tsuo a ma gbo ngɛ Egipt zugba a nɔ, nimli wawi, kɛ nimli nguahi tsuo. Ni komɛ ma gbo ngɛ ta mi, nɛ hwɔ maa gbe ni komɛ. Nihi maa hie mɛ; a maa bɔ mɛ ahlua, nɛ a kɛ a biɛ maa gbiɛ nɔ.
13 Ma ngɔ ta, hwɔ, kɛ gbenɔ hiɔ kɛ gbla nihi nɛ ngɛ Egipt ɔ a tue kaa bɔ nɛ i gbla Yerusalem tue ɔ.
14 Yuda bi nɛ piɛ, nɛ a ho Egipt ya nɛ a ya hi lejɛ ɔ, a ti nɔ ko he be mi jee, nɛ nɔ ko yi be wami nae. Yuda zugba a nɛ a ko suɔ nɛ a ba hi mi ekohu ɔ, a ti nihi bɔɔ kɛkɛ lɛ a maa kpale kɛ ba lejɛ ɔ; pi mɛ tsuo.”
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16 “Munyu ɔ nɛ o kɛ wɔ tu ngɛ Yawɛ biɛ mi ɔ, wa be tue bue fɛɛ.
17 Níhi tsuo nɛ wa de ke wa maa pee ɔ, lɔ ɔmɛ wa maa pee. Wa maa sã tsopa kɛ e he via kɛ ha wa yo mawu ɔ nɛ ji hiɔwe manyɛ ɔ, nɛ wa maa sã wai bɔ ha lɛ kaa bɔ nɛ waa kɛ wa nɛmɛ ɔmɛ, wa matsɛ ɔ, kɛ wa ma nimeli ɔmɛ pee be ko ngɛ Yuda ma amɛ a mi, kɛ Yerusalem gbɛjegbɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ ɔ. Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, wa ngɛ niye ní babauu; wa plɔke, nɛ haomi ko be wa nɔ.
18 Se kɛ je be mi nɛ wa kpa tsopa kɛ e he via, kɛ wai bɔ sami kɛ ha hiɔwe manyɛ ɔ, wa yi fi wawɛɛ nitsɛ; nɛ ta, kɛ mi mi hwɔ ngɛ wɔ gbee.”
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21 “Tsopa kɛ e he via nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ nyɛ nɛmɛ ɔmɛ, nyɛ matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ, nyɛ ma nimeli ɔmɛ, kɛ ma mi bi ɔmɛ sã ngɛ Yuda ma amɛ a mi, kɛ Yerusalem gbɛjegbɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ ɔ, anɛ nyɛ susu kaa Yawɛ li lo? Nyɛ bu kaa e hɛ je nɔ?
22 Mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ, nyɛ zugba a hɛ mi kpata, nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko be nɔ. Nyɛ zugba a plɛ pee nɔ́ ko nɛ a hiee, nɛ nihi kɛ e biɛ gbiɛɛ nɔ; ejakaa nyɛ yi wu tso ní peemi ɔmɛ, kɛ nyɛ yayami ɔmɛ ba ti Yawɛ.
23 Haomi mi nɛ nyɛ ngɛ mwɔnɛ nɛ ɔ, nɔ́ nɛ kɛ haomi nɛ ɔ ba ji nyɛ pee yayami kɛ si Yawɛ. Nyɛ sã tsopa kɛ e he via ha mawu kpahi; nyɛ bui Yawɛ gbi tue, nɛ e mlaa amɛ, kɛ e blɔ nya tomi ɔmɛ hu nyɛ yi nɔ.”
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26 Se jehanɛ, nyɛ Israel bi tsuo nɛ nyɛ ngɛ Egipt, nyɛɛ bu kita nguaa nɛ imi, Yawɛ hu i ka ye he, ngɛ ye biɛ kpetekpleenyɛ ɔ mi ɔ tue. Kɛ je mwɔnɛ ɔ kɛ yaa a, i be nyɛ ti nɔ ko nɔ ko blɔ ngmɛe hu nɛ e ngɔ ye biɛ kɛ ka kita nɛ e de ke, ‘I na Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ, hɛ kalɔ ɔ!’
27 Ma hyɛ, nɛ nɔ́ ko nɔ́ ko be hie ha nyɛ. Nyɛ Israel bi tsuo nɛ nyɛ ngɛ Egipt zugba a nɔ ɔ, nyɛ tsuo nyɛ hɛ mi ma kpata, nɛ nɔ kake ngmelu po he be mi jee. Nyɛ ti ni komɛ ma gbo ngɛ ta mi, nɛ hwɔ maa gbe ni komɛ.
28 Se nyɛ ti nihi bɔɔ ko kɛ̃ a he maa je mi, nɛ a maa kpale kɛ je Egipt zugba a nɔ kɛ ya Yuda zugba a nɔ. Jamɛ a be ɔ loko nihi nɛ a yi na wami ɔ maa le kaa imi lɛ ye munyu ba mi, aloo mɛ.
29 Imi Yawɛ, ma to nyɛ okadi kaa ma gbla nyɛ tue ngɛ hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ; nɛ lɔ ɔ nyɛɛ kɛ maa na kaa si ko nɛ i wo kaa ma kpata nyɛ hɛ mi ɔ maa ba mi niinɛ.
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