1 Esia nye nya si Yehowa gblɔ to Nyagblɔɖila Yeremia dzi ku ɖe Babilonia kple Babiloniatɔwo ƒe anyigba ŋuti:
2 “Miɖe gbeƒãe eye mido kpoe le dukɔwo dome,
3 Dukɔ si tso anyiehe la ava dze edzi
4 Yehowa be,
5 Woabia Zion ƒe mɔ ta ase
6 “Nye dukɔ le abe alẽ tatrawo ene,
7 Ame sia ame si ke ɖe wo ŋu la vuvua wo;
8 “Misi do go le Babilonia,
9 elabena made adã ta me na dukɔ
10 Ale Babilonia azu nuhaha
11 “Esi mi ame siwo nye avuzi le nye domenyinu dzi,
12 Ŋukpe gã aɖe ava mia dada dzi
13 Le Yehowa ƒe dziku helĩhelĩ ta la,
14 “Mi ame siwo daa aŋutrɔ,
15 Miɖe to ɖee miado ɣli ɖe eta!
16 Mitsrɔ̃ nukuƒãla kple nuŋela
17 “Israel nye alẽha si dzatawo ɖe ɖe nu, eye wokaka gbẽe.
18 Eya ta ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ, Israel ƒe Mawu la gblɔe nye esi:
19 Ke matrɔ Israel agbɔe va eya ŋutɔ
20 Yehowa be, “Le ŋkeke mawo me, le ɣe ma ɣi me,
21 Yehowa be,
22 Aʋaɣli le anyigba dzi, eye gbegblẽ gã si
23 Aleke woŋe, eye wohekaka anyigba blibo la ƒe zu ale!
24 O Babilonia, metre mɔ na wò
25 Yehowa ʋu eƒe aʋawɔnuwo ƒe ʋɔ
26 Mitso adzɔge miava ƒo ɖe edzi.
27 Miwu eƒe nyitsu viwo katã;
28 Miɖo to miase Babilonia ƒe aʋaléleawo
29 “Miyɔ aŋutrɔdalawo vɛ,
30 Eya ta eƒe ɖekakpuiwo aku akaka ɖe mɔtatawo dzi
31 Aƒetɔ Yehowa,
32 Dadala la akli nu adze anyi
33 Ale Yehowa, Dziƒoʋakɔwo ƒe Aƒetɔ la, gblɔe nye esi:
34 Evɔ la, woƒe Xɔnametɔ nye ŋusẽtɔ hafi,
35 Yehowa be, “Yi le Babiloniatɔwo yome!
36 Yi atso ɖe eƒe aʋatsonyagblɔɖilawo ŋu
37 Yi atso ɖe eƒe sɔwo, tasiaɖamwo kple amedzro
38 Kuɖiɖi neto eƒe tɔsisiwo me,
39 Yehowa be, “Ava eme be lã wɔadãwo
40 Anɔ ko abe ale si metsrɔ̃ Sodom kple Gomora
41 “Kpɔ ɖa! Aʋakɔ aɖe ho tso anyiehe gbɔna,
42 Wogbɔna kple aŋutrɔ kple akplɔ.
43 Babilonia fia se nya tso wo ŋu xoxo eye eƒe lãme fa.
44 Abe dzata si do go tso Yɔdan ƒe ave dodo me,
45 Eya ta se nu si Yehowa ɖo ɖe Babilonia ŋu
46 Babilonia xɔxɔ ƒe ɣli ana anyigba naʋuʋu,