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11 Yehowa hiɔ sɛni nɛ a kɛ sisiɔ nɔ,
Se e bua jɔɔ sɛni tɛ nɛ da he.
2 Ke he nɔ womi ba a, hɛ mi si puemi maa nyɛɛ se,
Se nihi nɛ a peeɔ a he humi ɔ ngɛ juɛmi.
3 Dali a we anɔkuale yemi ɔ ji nɔ́ nɛ kudɔɔ mɛ,
Se nihi nɛ a yi anɔkuale ɔ, a nɔ sisimi ɔ ma kpata a hɛ mi.
4 Ní nami* he be se nami bae ngɛ abofu ligbi ɔ nɔ,
Se dami ji nɔ́ nɛ ma kpɔ̃ nɔ kɛ je gbenɔ mi.
5 Nɔ nɛ piami ko be e he ɔ, e dami ní peepee ɔmɛ haa nɛ e blɔ peeɔ tlɔmɔɔ,
Se yiwutsotsɛ lɛɛ e maa nɔ si ngɛ lɛ nitsɛ e yi wu tso ní peepee ɔmɛ a he je.
6 Dali a dami ní peepee ɔmɛ ma kpɔ̃ mɛ,
Se nɔ sisili lɛɛ mɛ nitsɛmɛ a we akɔnɔ maa du mɛ kaa klama.
7 Ke yiwutsotsɛ gbo ɔ, e hɛ kɛ nɔ fɔmi peeɔ yaka;
Nɛ níhi nɛ e ngɛ blɔ hyɛe kaa e maa pee ngɛ lɛ nitsɛ e he wami nya a hu peeɔ yaka.
8 A kpɔ̃ɔ dalɔ kɛ jeɔ haomi mi,
Nɛ yiwutsotsɛ mohu ya jeɔ jamɛ a haomi ɔ mi.
9 Hemi kɛ yemi kualɔ* ngɔɔ e nya kɛ kpataa e nyɛmi nɔmlɔ hɛ mi,
Se nile lɛ a kɛ kpɔ̃ɔ dali.
10 Dali a kpakpa peemi haa nɛ ma nyaa,
Nɛ ke yiwutsotsɛmɛ a hɛ mi kpata a, nihi a bua jɔɔ wawɛɛ.
11 Dali a jɔɔmi woɔ ma nɔ,
Se yiwutsotsɛmɛ a nya ywiaa ma.
12 Nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ e be juɛmi* ɔ, e nyɛmi nɔmlɔ he peeɔ lɛ tai,*
Se adesa nɛ ngɛ nɔ́ se kɔmi nitsɛnitsɛ ɔ maa e nya.
13 Nɔ he guɛ gbelɔ jeɔ laami mi sanehi kpo kɛ kpaa,
15 Nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ daa nubwɔ se kɛ paa sika a ma ná haomi kokooko,
18 Hiɔwo nɛ yiwutsotsɛ náa a, pi hiɔwo kpakpa,
Se nɔ nɛ peeɔ dami ní* náa hiɔwo nitsɛ.
19 Nɔ nɛ fĩɔ si kpɛii ngɛ dami ní peemi mi ɔ ma ná wami,
Se nɔ nɛ diɔ nɔ́ yayami se ɔ ma gbo.
20 Yehowa hiɔ nihi nɛ a tsui mi dɛ,
Se nihi nɛ a blɔ da a haa nɛ e bua jɔɔ.
21 Mo ná nɔ mi mami ngɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ he:* Nɔmlɔ yayami be e he yee,
Se dali a bimɛ maa ye a he.
22 Kaa bɔ nɛ sika tsu ga ngɛ ngɛ kpotoo gugwɔ mi ɔ,
Jã nɛ yo nɛ e he ngɛ fɛu se e kɛ juɛmi tsu we ní ɔ hu ngɛ.
23 Nɔ́ nɛ dali suɔ ɔ ngɔɔ nɔ́ kpakpa kɛ baa,
Se nɔ́ nɛ yiwutsotsɛmɛ kɛ a hɛ fɔɔ nɔ ɔ ngɔɔ abofu kɛ baa.
24 Nɔ ko ngɛ nɛ e haa nɔ nɔ́ faa,* nɛ nyagbe ɔ, e náa babauu;
Nɔ ko hu ngɛ nɛ e ha we nɔ nɔ́, se e yeɔ ohia.
25 Nɔ* nɛ haa nɔ nɔ́ faa a, níhi a mi maa hi ha lɛ,*
Nɛ nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ haa nɛ nihi a he mi jɔɔ mɛ ɔ,* lɛ hu nihi ma ha nɛ e he mi maa jɔ lɛ.
26 Nɔ nɛ tsiɔ ngma nya a, nihi maa gbiɛ lɛ,
Se a maa jɔɔ nɔ nɛ juaa ngma.
27 Nɔ nɛ bɔɔ mɔde kaa e maa pee nɔ́ kpakpa a, e ngɛ dloomi hlae,
Se nɔ nɛ hlaa nɔ́ yayami se blɔ ɔ, nɔ́ yayami maa ba e nɔ kokooko.
28 Nɔ nɛ e ngɔɔ e hɛ kɛ fɔɔ ní nɛ e ná a nɔ ɔ maa nɔ si,
Se dali maa bɔ flɔflɔɔflɔ kaa ba mumu.
29 Nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ ngɔɔ haomi* kɛ baa e we mi bimɛ a nɔ ɔ, kɔɔhiɔ maa pee e weto ní,
Nɛ kuasia maa pee sɔmɔlɔ kɛ ha juɛmitsɛ.
30 Yiblii nɛ dalɔ wo ɔ ngɛ kaa wami tso,
Nɛ nɔ nɛ nine suu klaahi* a nɔ ɔ ngɛ nile.
31 Ke a woɔ dalɔ nɛ ngɛ zugba a nɔ ɔ po hiɔ ɔ,
Lɛɛ a maa wo yiwutsotsɛ kɛ yayami peelɔ hiɔ po pe jã!