Yeremia
20 Jehanɛ ɔ, osɔfo Pashur nɛ ji Imer binyumu ɔ, nɛ́ lɛ nɔuu ji Yehowa we ɔ nɔ hyɛlɔ nɔkɔtɔma a ngɛ tue bue benɛ Yeremia ngɛ ní nɛ ɔmɛ gbae ɔ. 2 Kɛkɛ nɛ Pashur gba Yeremia nɛ ji gbalɔ ɔ ma, nɛ e bɔ lɛ pã ngɛ Benyamin Agbo ɔ Yiti Je, ngɛ Yehowa we ɔ. 3 Se e nɔ jena benɛ Pashur je Yeremia ngɛ pã a mi ɔ, Yeremia de lɛ ke:
“Yehowa be mo tsɛe hu ke Pashur, mohu ɔ, e ma tsɛ mo ke Gbeye Ngɛ He Fɛɛ He. 4 Ejakaa nɔ́ nɛ Yehowa de ji nɛ ɔ nɛ, ‘Ma ha nɛ́ o pee he gbeye womi nɔ́ kɛ ha mo nitsɛ o he, kɛ o huɛmɛ tsuo, nɛ a ma gbo ngɛ a he nyɛli ɔmɛ a klaate nya ngɛ o hɛ mi; nɛ ma ngɔ Yuda tsuo kɛ wo Babilon matsɛ ɔ dɛ, nɛ e maa nuu mɛ nyɔguɛ kɛ ho Babilon ya, nɛ e kɛ klaate maa gbe mɛ. 5 Nɛ i kɛ ma nɛ ɔ ní nami ɔ tsuo, níhi tsuo nɛ e ngɛ, e ní kpakpahi tsuo kɛ Yuda matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ a juetlihi tsuo maa wo a he nyɛli ɔmɛ a dɛ. Nɛ a ma kpɔ̃ a ní ɔmɛ pani nya kɛ ho Babilon ya. 6 Nɛ mo Pashur, a maa nuu o kɛ nihi tsuo nɛ a ngɛ o we ɔ mi ɔ nyɔguɛ. A maa nu mo kɛ ya Babilon, nɛ o ma ya gbo ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, nɛ a maa pu o kɛ o huɛmɛ ɔmɛ tsuo ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, ejakaa o gba lakpa gbamihi kɛ ha mɛ.’”
7 Oo Yehowa, o sisi mi, ee, o sisi mi niinɛ.
O kɛ o he wami ɔ tsu ní ngɛ ye nɔ, nɛ o ye kunimi.
I plɛ pee muɔ nɔ́;
Nɛ daa ligbi ɔ, nɔ fɛɛ nɔ ngɛ ye he fɛu yee.
8 Ejakaa be fɛɛ be nɛ ma tu munyu ɔ, ja i kpa ngmlaa nɛ i de ke,
“Yi mi wami kɛ hɛ mi kpatami!”
Yehowa munyu ɔ he je ɔ, a jɛɔ mi nɛ a yeɔ ye he fɛu daa ligbi.
9 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i de ke: “I be e biɛ ta woe hu,
Nɛ i be munyu tue ngɛ e biɛ mi hu.”
Se ngɛ ye tsui mi ɔ, e munyu ɔ pee kaa la nɛ ngɛ tsoe nɛ́ a nga nya kɛ wo ye wu ɔmɛ a mi,
Nɛ i nyɛ we nya tsimi hu;
I nyɛ we nɛ ma da nya hu.
10 Ejakaa i nu munyu yayahi fuu nɛ nihi tu kɛ kɔ ye he;
Gbeye níhi bɔle mi kɛ kpe.
A deɔ ke, “Nyɛɛ po sane kɛ fɔ e nɔ; nyɛ ha nɛ waa po sane kɛ fɔ e nɔ!”
Nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ e bua peeɔ kaa e ngɛ hlae nɛ́ ma ná tue mi jɔmi ɔ ngɛ blɔ hyɛe kaa ma pee nɔ́ yaya ko, a deɔ ke:
“Eko ɔ, a maa sisi lɛ nɛ e ma tɔ̃,
Nɛ wa maa ye e nɔ, nɛ wa maa ye lue ngɛ e nɔ.”
11 Se Yehowa piɛɛ ye he kaa tabulɔ nɛ́ e he ngɛ gbeye.
Enɛ ɔ he je nɛ nihi nɛ a ngɛ mi yi mi wae ɔ ma tɛ si nɛ a be kunimi yee ɔ nɛ.
Zo maa gbe mɛ kpɔtɔɔ, ejakaa a be kunimi yee.
A hɛ mi ma pue si kɛ ya neneene, nɛ nihi a hɛ be nɔ jee.
12 Se mo, Yehowa tabohiatsɛ, o hyɛɔ dalɔ mi;
O naa susumihi nɛ a mi kuɔ* kɛ tsui mi.
Ha nɛ ma na bɔ nɛ o maa ye a nɔ lue ha,
Ejakaa mo lɛ i kɛ ye sane ɔ ba ha.
13 Nyɛ la ha Yehowa! Nyɛ je Yehowa yi!
Ejakaa e kpɔ̃ ohiatsɛ ɔ* kɛ je yiwutsotsɛmɛ a dɛ.
14 Á gbiɛ ligbi nɛ a fɔ mi ɔ!
A ko jɔɔ ligbi ɔ nɛ ye yayo fɔ mi ɔ!
15 Á gbiɛ nyumu ɔ nɛ ngɔ sane kpakpa kɛ ba ha ye tsaatsɛ, nɛ́ e de lɛ ke:
“A fɔ binyumu ha mo!”
Nɛ́ lɔ ɔ ha nɛ e bua jɔ ɔ.
16 Jamɛ a nyumu ɔ nɛ́ e pee kaa mahi nɛ Yehowa kpata a hɛ mi nɛ́ e pia we e he ɔ.
Ke je na a, e nu ya fomi he, nɛ piani ɔ, e nu ta ngmlaa he.
17 Mɛni he je nɛ e gbi mi ngɛ ye yayo fɔmi kotoku mi,
Konɛ e fɔmi kotoku ɔ mi nɛ pee he nɛ a maa pu mi ngɛ
Nɛ́ hɔ ɔ ko hi e he kɛ ko ya neneene ɔ?
18 Mɛni he je nɛ i je fɔmi kotoku ɔ mi kɛ ba
Nɛ́ ma ba na haomi kɛ aywilɛho,
Nɛ́ ye ligbi ɔ nɛ ba nyagbe ngɛ hɛ mi si puemi mi ɔ?