1 Sɛɛ na Awurade se:
2 Mɛsoma ananafo akɔ Babilonia
3 Mma agyantowni pema nʼagyan,
4 Wɔbɛhwehwe ase a wɔatotɔ wɔ Babilonia,
5 Na Israel Nyankopɔn, Asafo Awurade no,
6 “Munguan mfi Babilonia!
7 Na Babilonia yɛ sikakɔkɔɔ kuruwa wɔ Awurade nsam;
8 Babilonia bɛhwe ase abubu mpofirim.
9 “ ‘Anka yɛbɛsa Babilonia yare,
10 “ ‘Awurade abu yɛn bem.
11 “Monsew agyan no ano!
12 Mompagyaw frankaa bi ntia Babilonia afasu!
13 Mo a motete nsuwansuwa bebree ho
14 Asafo Awurade, aka ne ho ntam sɛ:
15 “Ɔde ne tumi bɔɔ asase;
16 Sɛ ɔbobɔ mu a, ɔsoro nsu woro so;
17 “Onipa biara nnim nyansa, na onni nimdeɛ;
18 Wɔn so nni mfaso, wɔn ho yɛ serew;
19 Nea ɔyɛ Yakob Kyɛfa no nte sɛ eyinom,
20 “Woyɛ me ko abaa,
21 mede wo bobɔ ɔpɔnkɔ ne ne sotefo,
22 mede wo dwerɛw ɔbarima ne ɔbea,
23 mede wo dwerɛw oguanhwɛfo ne nguankuw,
24 “Metua Babilonia ne wɔn a wɔtete Babilonia ka wɔ mfomso a, wɔayɛ wɔ Sion nyinaa, wɔ wʼanim,” Awurade na ose.
25 “Bepɔw sɛefo, me ne wo anya,
26 Wɔremfa ɔbo biara mfi wo so nyɛ tweatibo
27 “Momma frankaa so wɔ asase no so!
28 Munsiesie amanaman no mma wontu no so sa,
29 Asase no wosow, na onukunuku ne mu,
30 Babilonia dɔmmarima agyae ko
31 Abɔfo didi so
32 wɔagye asutwabea ahorow a ɛdeda asubɔnten no ano no afa,
33 Sɛɛ na Asafo Awurade, Israel Nyankopɔn, se:
34 “Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar adwerɛw yɛn,
35 Ma ayakayakade a wɔde dii yɛn honam no mmra Babilonia so,”
36 Enti sɛɛ na Awurade se:
37 Babilonia bɛyɛ mmubui siw,
38 Ne nkurɔfo nyinaa bobɔ mu sɛ gyata,
39 Nanso bere a wɔahwanyan wɔn ho no,
40 “Mede wɔn bɛba
41 “Sɛnea wɔbɛfa Sesak,
42 Po bebunkam afa Babilonia so;
43 Ne nkurow bɛda mpan,
44 Mɛtwe Bel aso wɔ Babilonia
45 “Me nkurɔfo, mumfi ne mu!
46 Mommma mo koma ntu na munnsuro
47 Na ampa ara bere no bɛba
48 Ɔsoro ne asase ne nea ɛwɔ mu nyinaa
49 “Ɛsɛ sɛ Babilonia hwe ase, esiane Israel atɔfo nti
50 Mo a mo aguan afi afoa ano,
51 “Wɔagu yɛn anim ase,
52 “Nanso nna bi reba,” Awurade na ose,
53 Sɛ Babilonia kɔka soro mpo,
54 “Osu nnyigyei bi fi Babilonia,
55 Awurade bɛsɛe Babilonia;
56 Ɔsɛefo bi bɛsɔre atia Babilonia;
57 Mɛma nʼadwumayɛfo ne nʼanyansafo abow nsa
58 Sɛɛ na Asafo Awurade, se:
59 Eyi ne asɛm a Yeremia ka kyerɛɛ Neria babarima Seraia a ɔyɛ adwumayɛfo panyin na ɔyɛ Maseia nena no, bere a ɔne Yudahene Sedekia kɔɔ Babilonia wɔ nʼadedi afe a ɛto so anan no mu.
60 Na Yeremia akyerɛw amanehunu a ɛbɛba Babilonia so no nyinaa agu nhoma mmobɔwee so, nea wakyerɛw a ɛfa Babilonia ho nyinaa.
61 Ɔka kyerɛɛ Seraia se, “Sɛ wudu Babilonia a, hwɛ sɛ wobɛkenkan saa nsɛm yi nyinaa sɛnea obiara bɛte.
62 Afei ka se, ‘Awurade, woaka se wobɛsɛe beae yi sɛnea onipa anaa aboa biara rentumi ntena so; na ɛbɛda mpan afebɔɔ.’
63 Sɛ wokenkan nhoma mmobɔwee yi wie a, kyekyere fam ɔbo ho, na tow kyene Asubɔnten Eufrate mu.
64 Afei ka se, ‘Sɛɛ na Babilonia ne ne nkurɔfo bɛmem a wɔrensɔre bio, esiane amanehunu a mede bɛba ne so no nti.’ ”