A gba kɛ si nyumuhi lakpa gbali
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2 “Nɔmlɔ adesa, gbaa kɛ si Israel gbali ɔmɛ nɛ nɔ́ nɛ je mɛ nitsɛmɛ a yi mi kɛkɛ a gbaa a. De mɛ ke a bu Yawɛ tue!”
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4 Israel ma, o gbali ɔmɛ a he be se nami; a ngɛ kaa kɔkɔbohi ngɛ ma doku mi.
5 Israel ma a gbogbo ɔ hehi nɛ ku kɛ pueɔ si ɔ, a ya bui ngɛ lejɛ ɔmɛ, nɛ a dla we nɛ a fia gbogbo ɔ kɛ wo ma a he. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ma a be ta a nya nyɛe maa da ngɛ Yawɛ ligbi ɔ nɔ.
6 Yakayaka ninahi a naa, nɛ lakpa sɔuu a yeɔ. A deɔ ke Yawɛ sɛ gbi a hɛɛ ɔ nɛ, pohu i tsɔ we mɛ. Se kɛ̃ ɔ, a hyɛɛ blɔ kaa níhi nɛ a de ɔ maa ba mi.
7 I de mɛ ke, ‘Jamɛ a nina amɛ nɛ nyɛ naa a be mi, nɛ nyɛ gbami ɔmɛ hu lakpa sɔuu. Nyɛ deɔ ke ye sɛ gbi ji lɔ ɔmɛ, be mi nɛ i de we nyɛ nɔ́ ko!’ ”
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9 Gbali ɔmɛ nɛ naa yakayaka níhi, nɛ lakpa níhi a klaa a, ma gbla a tue. A be ye ma mi bi ɔmɛ a kpɛti hie hu; a be a biɛhi ngmae ngɛ ye ma Israel womi ɔ mi, nɛ a be Israel zugba a hu nɔ bae gblegbleegble. Lɔ ɔ loko nyɛ maa le kaa imi ji Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ.
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11 De ni nɛmɛ nɛ ngɔ kalo kɛ ngɛ gbogbo ɔ he kpae ɔ ke gbogbo ɔ maa nɔ si oo! Hiɔmi maa nɛ wawɛɛ; gbiɛ ngo ngu agbohi ma pue si, nɛ ahumi maa fia.
12 Kɛkɛ ɔ, ke gbogbo ɔ nɔ si ɔ, nihi ma bi nyɛ ke, ‘Tse nyɛ na kaa kalo ɔ nɛ nyɛ kpa gbogbo ɔ he ɔ pee yaka lo?’ ”
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14 Gbogbo ɔ nɛ nyɛ kpa he kalo ɔ maa ku kɛ pue si butuu; e sisi tomi ɔ tsuo maa je kpo. Ee, e maa ku kɛ pue nyɛ nɔ haa bum! Nɛ nyɛ hɛ mi ma kpata. Lɔ ɔ loko nyɛ maa le kaa imi ji Yawɛ!
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16 Jamɛ a gbali ɔmɛ de Yerusalem bi ɔmɛ ke sane yobu ko kulaa be a nɔ bae; mamoo haomi mohu lɛ ma!” Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ lɛ de.
A gba kɛ si yihi lakpa gbali
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18 De mɛ ke bɔ nɛ Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ ngɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ:
19 Akoko dɛ kɔkɔ fuu, kɛ abolo nya bɔbɔɛ bɔɔ ko he ɔ, nyɛ gbee nihi yaka gu, nɛ nyɛ heɔ nihi nɛ a sa gbenɔ ɔ mohu a yi wami. Nyɛ yeɔ lakpa kɛ haa ye ma a, nɛ mɛ hu a buɔ nyɛ tue; lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ye he guɛ gbo ngɛ ye ma a hɛ mi.”
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21 Ma kpɔ nyɛ nɔ hami bo ɔmɛ hu ngɛ nyɛ dɛ, kɛkɛ ɔ, nyɛ be nimli ɔmɛ a nɔ he wami nae hu; nyɛ be mɛ klama tsɔe nɛ a maa du hu. Lɔ ɔ loko nyɛ ma na le kaa imi ji Yawɛ.
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23 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, yakayaka nina ko be kpo jee ha nyɛ hu; nɛ nyɛ be klae hu. Ma kpɔ ye ma a kɛ je nyɛ he wami sisi, nɛ nyɛ be he wami hie ngɛ a nɔ; kɛkɛ ɔ, nyɛ maa le kaa imi ji Yawɛ.”