1 Ha! Ọwaa ẹge mkpụkpu ono daburu ochobo;
2 Ẹnyashi b'ọ rakọtaje ẹkwa;
3 Ndu Júda; bẹ gudewa kẹ ẹhu, aakpa ẹphe;
4 Iphe, bụ ụzo, e shije eje Záyọnu agụ aphụ;
5 Ndu okfu iya gbe bụwaru nụ ndu ishi iya.
6 Ùgvù ono, e shi akwabẹje
7 Ọ bụ nta-a, iphe-ẹhuka
8 Jerúsalemu yesweru ẹka;
9 Emerushi ono, o merushiru
10 Ndu ọhogu; bẹ yewaru ẹka
11 Ndu nk'iya l'ẹphe ha
12 “?T'o rudu unu l'ẹhu unubẹ
13 O shi l'imeli zifu ọku;
14 Ẹjo iphe, mu meshiru b'ọ gakọru agakọ;
15 Nnajiufu mu jịkawaru ndu nke mu,
16 Ọ bụ iphe ono kparu mu ọra ẹkwa;
17 Záyọnu mabẹru ẹka;
18 “Iphe Ojejoje meru kfụkwaru akfụru;
19 Mu chikuru ndu mu l'ẹphe dụ lẹ mma;
20 Byiko Ojejoje
21 Ndiphe nụkwarua ude, // mu atsụ;
22 Phụnua akirishi, // ẹphe nwekotaru;