A ngɔ Babilon
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Israel maa kpale kɛ ba
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5 A ma bi ke a tsɔɔ mɛ Zion blɔ, nɛ a maa nyɛɛ nɔ kɛ ba. A ma de ke, ‘Nyɛ ha nɛ waa ngɔ wa he ya mɛtɛ Yawɛ he. Nyɛ ha nɛ waa kɛ lɛ nɛ so neneene somi nɛ a be mi poe gblegbleegble.’
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7 Nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ maa na mɛ ɔ ma tua mɛ. Nɔ́ nɛ a he nyɛli ɔmɛ deɔ ji ‘Wɔɔ lɛɛ wa tɔ we. Mɛ lɛ a pee yayami kɛ si Yawɛ, Mawu dami sane yelɔ ɔ nɛ a nɛmɛ ɔmɛ ngɔ a hɛ ngɔ fɔ e nɔ ɔ.’
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9 Ma ya sú je mahi babauu nɛ a he wa kɛ je omleyi je kɛ wo Babilonia he. A ma gba ta kɛ wo zugba a, nɛ a maa ngɔ lɛ. Ta buli kpanakpanaahi ji mɛ. A dɛ nya da, nɛ ke a tsɛ̃ kɛ̃ɛ̃ ɔ, e bi nɔ́ he kɔkɔɔkɔ.
10 A maa ha ní ngɛ Babilonia zugba a nɔ kɛ yaa si nɔ tsuaa nɔ ma na bɔ nɛ e suɔ. Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.”
A ma kpata Babilonia hɛ mi
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12 Se nyɛ nitsɛmɛ nyɛ ma nguaa a hɛ mi ma ba pue si, nɛ ahlua maa bɔ lɛ. Babilon ma ba pee ma nɛ a bui ngɛ je ma amɛ a kpɛti pe kulaa; e ma ba pee ma doku, kɛ nga kplanaa nɛ nyu be nɔ.
13 Imi Yawɛ, ye mi mi fu Babilon, nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko be lejɛ ɔ hie hu; e maa pee ma doku kulaa, nɛ nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ ma ba be ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, e he mi maa po, nɛ e nya maa kpɛ e he.
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15 Nyɛ he ose kɛ wo ma a he! Jehanɛ lɛɛ Babilon ha yi. Ma a sisi tomi ɔmɛ, kɛ e gbogbo ɔmɛ ku kɛ pueɔ si. I ngɛ Babilonia bi ɔmɛ a tue gblae. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛ hu nyɛɛ ye nyɛ nitsɛmɛ nyɛ he lue; bɔ nɛ a pee ni komɛ ɔ, nyɛ hu nyɛɛ pee mɛ kɛ to nane mi.
16 Nyɛɛ fie ní duli, kɛ ní kpali kɛ a dɛ mi ha kɛ je Babilon. Nibwɔhi nɛ ngɛ ma a mi ɔ, a maa ye ta nɛ ba tua mɛ ɔ gbeye, nɛ a maa je kɛ ho mɛ nitsɛmɛ a zugba nɔ ya.”
Israel maa kpale kɛ ba
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18 Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, imi Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ, ma gbla matsɛ Nebukadnezar kɛ e zugba a tue kaa bɔ nɛ i pee Asiria matsɛ ɔ.
19 Ma kpale Israel bi ɔmɛ kɛ ba mɛ nitsɛmɛ a zugba a nɔ ekohu. A maa ye niye ní nɛ baa ngɛ Karmel yo ɔ nɔ, kɛ Bashan zugba a nɔ ɔ. A ma na ní maa ye bɔ nɛ a suɔ ngɛ Efraim kɛ Gilead zugba a nɔ.
20 Ke jamɛ a be ɔ su ɔ, a ma hla kaa a maa na Israel he yayami ko lo, se a be nae. Yuda hu a be yi wu tso nɔ́ ko nae ngɛ he e, ejakaa ni nɛmɛ nɛ i he a yi wami ɔ, ma ngɔ a he yayami ɔmɛ kɛ pa mɛ. Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.”
Mawu maa gbla Babilonia tue
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22 Ta ose pɛ ngɛ zugba a nɔ, nɛ níhi babauu a hɛ mi kpata.
23 Babilonia, hamle ngua a nɛ ngɛ je ɔ tsuo ywiae dukuduku ɔ, hyɛ bɔ nɛ lɛ hu a ku lɛ ngɔ pue si mwɔnɛ nɛ ɔ! Kɛ ba lɛ kɛɛ loko Babilonia ba plɛ pee ma doku ngɛ je ma amɛ a kpɛti ɔ?
24 Babilonia, o kɛ imi, Yawɛ hwu ta. Nɛ klama nɛ i tsɔ mo ɔ, o du klama a; ejakaa o li tete kaa i tsɔ mo klama ko.
25 I bli ye ta hwumi níhi a to he ɔ, nɛ i kɛ abofu je ta hwumi ní ɔmɛ kpo, ejakaa imi Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ, i ngɛ ní tsumi nɛ ma tsu ngɛ Babilonia.
26 Nyɛ ya tua Babilonia kɛ je he tsuaa he, nɛ nyɛɛ ywia ngma tomi he ɔmɛ. Nyɛɛ to ta yibu ní ɔmɛ kaa ngma nɛ a to lɛ glekugleku! Nyɛ kpata zugba a hɛ mi! Nyɛ ko si nɔ ko nɔ ko ngɛ nɔ!
27 Nyɛɛ gbe a ta buli ɔmɛ tsuo! Nyɛ kpata a hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ! Babilonia bi ɔmɛ a yi fi wawɛɛ nitsɛ. A tue gblami be ɔ su!”
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30 Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, a maa gbe e nihewi ɔmɛ tsuo ngɔ pue si ngɛ gbɛjegbɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ ngɛ ma a mi; nɛ a ma kpata e ta buli ɔmɛ tsuo a hɛ mi jamɛ a ligbi ɔ. Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.
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32 Nyɛ, ma he nɔ woli nɛ ɔmɛ ɔ, nyɛ ma tɛ nɔ́ nɛ nyɛ maa nɔɔ si, nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko be nyɛ nɔ woe. Ma mɛ nyɛ ma amɛ a he la, nɛ nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ nɛ bɔle mɛ kɛ kpe ɔ hɛ mi ma kpata.”
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34 Se nɔ nɛ ma ba kpɔ mɛ ɔ, e he wa; e biɛ ji Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ. Lɛ nitsɛ e maa ye a sane ɔ ha mɛ; e kɛ he jɔmi maa ba zugba a nɔ, se Babilonia bi ɔmɛ lɛɛ e maa hao mɛ.”
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45 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, yi mi nɛ i to kɛ wo Babilon ma a he, kɛ bɔ nɛ i to nɛ ma pee ma mi bi ɔmɛ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Nyɛɛ bu tue! A bimɛ tsɔwitsɔwi po a maa gbla mɛ ngɛ zugba kɛ je, nɛ nɔ tsuaa nɔ he mi maa po.
46 Ke Babilon hɛ mi kpata a, ose nɛ a ma he ɔ nya maa wa wawɛɛ nitsɛ, bɔ nɛ zugba po ma mimiɛ. Je ma kpa amɛ tsuo maa nu ose nɛ ɔ he.”