Kɔle ɔmɛ kɛ wai tso ɔ he abɛ ɔ
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2 “Nɔmlɔ adesa, buu abɛ kɛ tsɔɔ Israel ma a,
3 nɛ o de mɛ ke bɔ nɛ imi Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ i ngɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: Kɔle agbo ko hi si. E ngɛ pɛli agbohi, kɛ tsɛli pinopino nɛ hɛɛ asasa su. Ligbi ko ɔ, kɔle ɔ te kɛ ba Lebanon yo ɔmɛ a nɔ, nɛ e ba ma seda tso ko yi mi. E kplɔ tso ɔ he kɔnihi nɛ e je ɔ yi mi mlɔmlɔɔmlɔ ɔ.
4 E ngɔ kɔni mumu nɛ e ku ɔ kɛ ho ma ko nɛ a yeɔ jua ngɛ mi mi ya, nɛ e ya ma tso ɔ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ.
5 Jehanɛ, e ngɔ Israel zugba a nɔ wu nɛ a duɔ ɔ eko, nɛ e ya du ngɛ zugba kpakpa ko mi he nɛ nyu ngɛ saminya, konɛ e bɔ.
6 Niinɛ, tso nɛ ɔ le, nɛ e ba pee wai tso nɛ bɔ kusuu kɛ ha si. E kɔni ɔmɛ ka gagaaga, nɛ a mi dɔ kɛ ba kɔle ɔ ngɔ; nɛ e sipoku ɔmɛ sɛ zu mi saminya. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e pee wai tso nɛ gba kɔnihi kɛ a nɔ ba kusuu.
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8 Zugba kpakpa nɛ nyu ngɛ mi bɔ nɛ sa nɔ nɛ a ma tso nɛ ɔ ngɛ, konɛ e wo yiblii, nɛ e pee wai tso kɛ e he fɛu.
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10 A ma tso ɔ lɛɛ, se e yi ma na wami lo? Anɛ ke ahlabata kɔɔhiɔ fia a, tso ɔ be gblie ngɛ he nɛ a ma lɛ ngɛ ɔ lo?”
A tsɔɔ abɛ ɔ sisi
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13 E ngɔ matsɛ ɔ bi ko, nɛ e kɛ lɛ so; e ha e ka lɛ kita ke e maa ye lɛ anɔkuale. Kɛkɛ nɛ e ngɔ zugba a nɔ nihi nɛ a buu mɛ ɔ kɛ ho,
14 konɛ matsɛ yemi nɛ ɔ nɛ ba si kulaa, nɛ e ko nyɛ nɛ e te si gblegbleegble kaa bɔ nɛ a so ɔ.
15 Se Yuda matsɛ ɔ tsɔ atuã; e tsɔ nihi kɛ ho Egipt ya, konɛ a ha lɛ okpɔngɔhi, kɛ ta buli nɛ he hiɛ. Anɛ e ma nyɛ maa ye kunimi lo? Anɛ matsɛ nɛ ɔ yi ma na wami lo? Ke e yi somi ɔ nɔ ɔ, anɛ e yi ma na wami lo?”
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17 Ke e ba mi kaa Babilonia bi ɔmɛ fia kpokuhi, nɛ a ma mɔhi, konɛ a kɛ kpata nihi babauu a hɛ mi tete po, Egipt matsɛ ɔ kɛ e ta babauu ɔ be he nɔ́ ko nyɛe maa pee ha lɛ.
18 Somi nɛ e kɛ Babilonia matsɛ ɔ so, kɛ si nɛ e wo lɛ ɔ, e yi nɔ. Enɛ ɔmɛ a he ɔ, e yi be wami nae kɔkɔɔkɔ.”
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20 Ma tsɔ lɛ klama nɛ ma du lɛ. Ma ngɔ lɛ kɛ ya Babilonia, nɛ ma ya gbla e tue ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, ejakaa e yi mi anɔkuale.
21 E tabo ɔ mi katsɛmɛ ɔmɛ tsuo maa nɔ ngɛ ta mi, nɛ nihi nɛ maa piɛ ɔ hu a maa gbɛ mɛ kɛ fĩa je ɔ mi he tsuaa he. Kɛkɛ ɔ, nyɛ maa le kaa imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.”
Mawu wo si ke manye maa ba
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