Abɛ
29 Adesa nɛ a kã e hɛ mi si abɔ, se loloolo ɔ, e kuɛ wa a,*
A maa ku lɛ tlukaa nɛ e be hie tsami.
2 Ke dali a he hiɛ ɔ, nihi nyaa,
Se ke yiwutsotsɛ ngɛ tsɛ yee ɔ, nihi kɛmɛɔ.
3 Nɔ nɛ e suɔ juɛmi ɔ haa nɛ e tsɛ nyaa,
Se nɔ nɛ e kɛ tuutuu poli bɔɔ ɔ kpataa e níhi a hɛ mi.
4 Matsɛ nɛ yeɔ dami sane ɔ haa nɛ ma yaa nɔ,
Se nɔ nɛ e hlaa nyɔ mi ní ɔ kpataa ma hɛ mi.
5 Nɔ nɛ gbeɔ e nyɛmi nɔmlɔ yi mi ɔ,
E ngɛ e nyɛmi ɔ nane ya woe.
6 Nɔmlɔ yayami ɔ, e tɔmi tsɔɔ lɛ klama,
Se dalɔ hwɔɔ lele kɛ bua jɔmi nɛ e nyaa.
7 Dalɔ susuɔ he blɔhi nɛ ohiatsɛmɛ ngɛ ngɛ mlaa nya a he,
Se yiwutsotsɛ lɛɛ, pi e kɔmɔ ji lɔ ɔ.
8 Fĩali ngɛ kaa nihi nɛ a mɛɛ ma* he la,
Se nihi nɛ a ngɛ juɛmi ɔ gbeɔ abofu nya la.
9 Ke juɛmitsɛ kɛ kuasia ná sane ɔ,
Ngmlaa kɛ he fɛu yemi lɛ baa, se nɔ́ kpakpa ko ji mi kɛ bɛ.
12 Ke nɔ yelɔ buɔ lakpa munyuhi tue ɔ,
E sɔmɔli tsuo maa pee yiwutsotsɛmɛ.
13 Ohiatsɛ kɛ yi mi walɔ sɔ ngɛ blɔ nɛ ɔ nɔ:
Yehowa lɛ haa nɛ mɛ ni enyɔ ɔmɛ tsuo a hɛngmɛ naa la.*
14 Ke matsɛ kojoɔ ohiatsɛmɛ ngɛ dami mi ɔ,
E matsɛ sɛ ɔ maa ma si kpɛii be fɛɛ be.
15 Kpa* kɛ hɛ mi kami haa nɔ juɛmi,
Se jokuɛ nɛ a ngmɛɛ e je mi he ha lɛ ɔ pueɔ e nyɛ hɛ mi si.
16 Ke yiwutsotsɛmɛ a he hiɛ ɔ, tɔmi hiɛɛ,
Se dali maa na a hɛ mi kpatami ɔ.
17 Tsɔse o bi, nɛ e ma ha nɛ o ma ná he jɔmi;
Nɛ e ma ha nɛ o* bua maa jɔ wawɛɛ nitsɛ.
18 He nɛ Mawu blɔ tsɔɔmi* be ɔ, nihi peeɔ a tsui nya ní,
Se nihi nɛ a yeɔ mlaa nɔ ɔ ngɛ bua jɔmi.
19 A kɛ munyuhi kɛkɛ tsɔse we sɔmɔlɔ,
Ejakaa e nuɔ sisi mohu lɛɛ, se e yi nɔ.
20 Anɛ o na nɔ ko nɛ e yeɔ oya kɛ tuɔ munyu lo?
Hɛ kɛ nɔ fɔmi babauu ngɛ kɛ ha kuasia po pe lɛ.
21 Ke a pua sɔmɔlɔ ko kɛ je e jokuɛwi a si ɔ,
Pee se ɔ, e ba peeɔ nɔ nɛ li sina.
22 Adesa nɛ e mi mi fuɔ mlamlaamla a tleɔ pɛ si;
Nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ e tsui gbaa e nya a tɔ̃ɔ babauu.
23 Adesa nitsɛ he nɔ womi ji nɔ́ nɛ maa ba lɛ si,
Se nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ baa e he si ɔ,* a maa wo e hɛ mi nyami.
24 Nɔ nɛ e kɛ julɔ bɔɔ ɔ sume lɛ nitsɛ e he.*
E maa nu nɛ a ngɛ tsɛe ke a ba ye odase,* se e be nɔ́ ko dee.
26 Nihi fuu suɔ nɛ nɔ yelɔ nɛ bu mɛ tue,*
Se Yehowa ji nɔ nɛ yeɔ dami sane ha adesa.
27 Dalɔ hiee nɔ nɛ e yi dami sane,
Se yiwutsotsɛ hiee nɔ nɛ e blɔ da.