1 Ɩnɩmʋ kamaa mʋ n wu Ɩbwaarɛ kabɔɔ kʋ mɔɔ maa lɩɩ sʋsʋ ɛɛ ba. Ɔ sʋ ɔlʋn lala, nɩɩ mʋ kɩŋalagɛ kɩɩ ŋmaŋɛ kasɛ sʋ kpini.
2 Nɩɩ ɔ taa ɔbʋlɛ lala kuusi yɛ,
3 Lɩɩ fɛɛ ɩsʋwʋlɛ sʋ kpini asa ba nuu
4 Nɩɩ n bɩla nu ɔbʋlɛ kʋ mɔɔ maa lɩɩ sʋsʋ tɔwɛ yɛ,
5 Lɩɩ fɛɛ mu alibi kpini ɩ kʋʋla ɩ gyaga abaa sʋ naa fʋʋ sʋsʋ,
6 Nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ tɔwɛ yɛ,
7 Fan yɛgɛ ki gyii awʋrʋfɔ yɛ kanyanla,
8 Lɩɩ kanɩn sʋ, kakɛ kʋlʋn,
9 “Kasɛ sʋ awura kpini mʋ nɩɩ bee dii bɛɛ kpɩlɩgɛ, bɛɛ waa kanyɩn yɛ kakyɩɩ biti kɩmʋ tɔ, nɩɩ ba gyii ɔkɔn mʋ, ba kan wu fʋlɔn mʋ nɩɩ ɩ dɩyɛ kɩmʋ idiisii mʋ, bee biti ba su kɛ ba bɔɔta tɔ sa kɩmʋ.
10 Kɩmʋ awʋrʋfɔ mʋ ii biti i waa bamʋ kufuu, ɩmʋ sʋ bee biti ba yɩlɛ kata‐kata kɛ ba su mʋ tɔwɛ yɛ,
11 “Kasɛ sʋ ayawʋ‐gyipu bee biti ba su kɛ ba bɔɔta tɔ lɩɩ kɩmʋ sʋ. Lɩɩ fɛɛ ɔkʋ man bɩla ɛɛ sɔɔ bamʋ atɔ fɛsa mʋ.
12 Ɔkʋ man bɩla ɛɛ sɔɔ suwa yɛ gbiti atɔ waasa yɛ ɔgyalɩn abuu ŋalɩgɛsa yɛ ɔgyalɩn agyibi yɛ akalala kparɛ yɛ agoo yɛ ataa lʋʋsa yɛ ɔgyalɩn ataa pɩpɛɛ yɛ abondiri yɛ kʋntɩ anyi atɔ yɛ ɔgyalɩn iyu salɛsa yɛ mɛɛtɔ yɛ abɩlɩtɔ yɛ afʋlɛ fufuli danbɩrasa.
13 Ɔkʋ man bɩla ɛɛ sɔɔ bamʋ atɔ gyisa liifensa yɛ nfɔ sʋswasa liifensa yɛ mɩɩrɛ liifensa yɛ atɔ bɔsa yɛ atuwasa yɛ nta yɛ olifu nfɔ yɛ nnyifo kyɩkyɛɛsa yɛ ayu yɛ ɩnaatɛ yɛ nbʋlʋpʋ yɛ ɩgbaŋɛ yɛ itoroko mʋ nɩɩ atɔbwaaya bɛɛ bɩɩtɛ yɛ anyɛ yɛ asa kayɩɩ‐wʋlɛ abaafʋn mʋ nɩɩ asa bɛɛ fɛ mʋ.
14 “Ayawʋ‐gyipu mʋ bee biti ba tɔwɛ yɛ, ‘Babilon, atɔ danbɩrasa mʋ nɩɩ fu ansi ɩ payɩ fɛɛ fii biti fʋ nyɛ mʋ, ɩ nyaa yɛgɛ fʋ. Fʋ kanyɛ yɛ fʋ kɩtɩɩ kparɛ mʋ kpini ɩ kyʋn. Nɩɩ fʋ man bɩla yɛ fʋ nyɛ ɩmʋ.’
15 Ayawʋ‐gyipu mʋ nɩɩ ba fɛ ɩnɩmʋ, nɩɩ ba nyɛ tɔnɔ lɩɩ kadɛ mʋ tɔ mʋ, lɩɩ kufuu sʋ bee biti ba yɩlɛ kata bɔɔta tɔ, kɛ ba su lɩɩ mʋ gyerebi mʋ sʋ.
16 Kɛ ba tɔwɛ yɛ,
17 Amaa opula tɔ mʋ, fʋ kanɩn npatɩyɛ damantɛ maŋa kpini i muuri.’
18 Nɩɩ ba kan wu fʋlɔn mʋ nɩɩ ɩ dɩyɛ kɩmʋ idiisii mʋ, bee biti ba su kuusi yɛ, ‘Kadɛ lala kʋ daa ɔ bʋ tɔ nɩɩ ku du fɛɛ kɩnɩmʋ dubi?’
19 Bee biti ba paata bamʋ amu yɛgɛ bɛɛ bɔɔta tɔ, nɩɩ bee su bɛɛ tɔwɛ yɛ,
20 Nɩɩ ɔbʋlɛ kʋ tɔwɛ yɛ,
21 Tʋtɔ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ kabɔɔ lʋnpʋ kʋ kukuri kubuu lala kʋ fɛɛ kubuu kɔyɩsa tʋʋ waa ɔpʋ tɔ, nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ yɛ,
22 Babilon kadɛ lala,
23 Nɩɩ ɔkʋ man bɩla yɛ o wu fɩtɩla fʋ tɔ.
24 Kʋtɔ mʋ sʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ bɩɩtɛ Babilon kadɛ kʋsʋ mʋ ɩ gyɛ yɛ,