1 Ɣɛɛ Bosate to ɔ̃anyɔ Yakob nnya;
ɔto ɔ̃aledza Israel iɖi itã so,
ɔkpesera ma ɔ̃asɛra i ma mɔmɔ karɔ̃ iso.
Mafɔ to maaba maabua i ma iso
masu so mabara mawɛ̃ ku Yakob iyo.
2 Nɖebi to maakɔ ma
mabɔ ma mɔmɔ kasɛkɔ̃.
Fiɛ Israel kaɖe aafɔ nɖebi mɛ matã so
mabara ma masanderɛrɛ̃ gu masanderɔ̃go i Bosate karɔ̃ iso.
Mma lomɔɛ̃ ma i kakpã ame aakpese ma masande
fiɛ maaɖe mma lobara ma ɔtile iso.
3 Iyi nɛ i Bosate aaɖi-ɔ ɔbɔrɛgu i inyɛwe gu iɖaa gu karabara teteree ga masia-ɔ iso lɛ ɔsande awe ne, 4 miaka aɣiãra kuka gɔgbe i Babilonia igara iso sɔ:
"Ɔtilese kawirikɔ̃ ɔɔba
ɔ̃ sikpã lalaa ɔɔtuĩ!
5 Bosate ɔɔfɛ̃ matilese ɔsɛdziri,
ɔ̃ɔbiɛ mma nto maɖeiso kugarapɛ,
6 gɔ masu mawuĩ maturi i sikpã ame
mamatãra i karɔ̃ dzinitii
fiɛ masia ɔkpatɔrɛ̃ i nɖebi iso i sikpã ame
ku anɔmi rɛtɛa wa nna katuĩ.
7 Nrɔ̃ ɔɖuɖu ɔɔna iwarã gu isobuɛ;
matsɛ aka ika.
8 Sisɛsɛi gu Lebanon seder adziri
to ana isoɣɔ i fɔ iso aɣɛ sɔ,
"Kiniɔ gɔ maɔbɔ-ɔ karɔ̃ ne,
dzirikɛse kuwɛ̃ iisito ɔba ɔ̃atu bo ɔfere i karɔ̃."
9 Ta ikpibiɔ ka ito inyɔ ɔri
itã fɔ iba;
iɔtara makpise siwarã iɣedza sɔ maafɔ-ɔ.
Mma ɔɖuɖu loɖe matɔ̃ɖedze i kayiiso i ngbe;
itã sɔ maɔta i ma sigaraayara iso -
mma ɔɖuɖu loɖe sigara i nɖebi iso.
10 Ma ɔɖuɖu aatɔrã,
maaɣere-ɔ sɔ,
"Fɔ wũ ɔle ɔɔro-ɔ iso lɛ ɔro bo iso;
ɔɔkpese lɛ bo!"
11 Masora-ɔ gu fɔ ilɛlɛ ɔɖuɖu makɛlɛgu ikpibiɔ,
gu fɔ siwɛ̃ masango;
arɔrɛ̃ loaɖe fɔ ɔkala
fiɛ kurɔrɛĩ loaɖe fɔ ɔkati wɔ loafu-ɔ.
12 Nyɔ kumɛgɔ akpase abɔrɛ i kato,
O kaya iwãmi, ɔɖesɛrã ɔbi!
Maɔkpasera-ɔ mawuĩ i karɔ̃,
fɔ wɔ fɔ losia nɖebi ɔkpatɔrɛ̃!
13 Aɣɛ i fɔ ɔtu ame sɔ,
"Loaya lokɛlɛ kato;
loakɔlɛ wũ sigaraiyara
ikɔlɛ iɖo Ɣaa awãmi;
loasɛ i wũ sigaraiyara iso i isarɛ kube iso,
i kube sekelea gɔ lokɔlɛ kuɖo itititɛ̃.
14 Loaya lokɛlɛ adɔdɔ itititɛ̃;
loabara so lɛ Kuɖokpo Sate."
15 Ɣɛɛ makpasera-ɔ mabɔ i ikpibiɔ ame,
ta ikpibiɔ kawodorokɔ̃.
16 Mma lonya-ɔ sɛ manyɔ-ɔ tuee,
fɔ mmɔ iba ɔbara ma ɣii makarɛ so sɔ;
"Iiɖe ɔrɛrɛ̃ wɔgbe lotidza karɔ̃
fiɛ ɔtã sigarakuɖekɔ̃ ɔti makpakpa?
17 Ɔrɛrɛ̃ wɔ lotã kayiiso ɔkpese ikpakpi,
nwɔ losamera kã simagɛ̃siare,
fiɛ ɔsɛ̃ sɔ ɔ̃ibanyua mma ɔmɔɛ̃ i kakpã ame makɛlɛ ma aɖe?"
18 Nɖebi magara ɔɖuɖu rɛ i magara kabiarakɔ̃,
ɔbiara i ɔ̃ ikpibiɔ ame.
19 Ɣɛɛ mafuĩdza-ɔ maɖi i fɔ ikpibiɔ ame
lɛ idzirikpa nɛ loilɛ;
mma maɖoe aafu-ɔ iso,
mma lokpi kutɔfɔkpi,
mma lokpase makɛlɛ atawo ame
lɛ kpise wɔ mabibio ala ngba.
20 Aibawe i mma mabiara ame
alasɔ ɔɔnina fɔ karɔ̃
fiɛ aɖoe fɔ maturi.
Maisibarɔ
matilese ɔkparɛ iyere manya.
21 Miledza ngbegɔ miaɖoe ɔ̃ mabi misɛ
ala ma mawa akpi ɔso;
maisibata mafɔ nrɔ̃ matã so
maɖaɛ simagɛ̃siare i karɔ̃ iso kakɔi biara.
22 "Loata loya i ma iso,"
Bosate Ɔlesate loɣɛ,
"Loatu mma lokuti gu Babilonia iyere loɖi,
ɔ̃ mawa gu ɔkparɛ"
Bosate loɣɛ.
23 "Loakpesera wũ kutikuku kawekɔ̃
gu iba karɔ̃;
loasu ibubu nɛ loawɔra wũ lofiɛ wũ,"
Bosate Ɔlesate loɣɛ.
24 Bosate Ɔlesate ɔɔkã sɔ;
"Gbaã ne, nnɛ i mme loɖo ne, ngbɔ iase ne,
fiɛ kumɛgɔ lobie sɔ ise ne, ngbɔ iase ne.
25 Loawɔra Asiria i wũ karɔ̃ iso;
i wũ abe iso ne, loatuĩ ɔkpatɔrɛ̃ i ɔ̃ iso.
Loasisi ɔ̃ sisande ɔnyigbã i wũ maturi iso
fiɛ loasisi sisande ato i ma amɔiti."
26 Nnɛgbe loɖo lotã kayiiso ɔɖuɖu ne;
fiɛ ne nɖe kɔrɔ̃ gɔ lonabarã losia i nɖebi ɔɖuɖu iso ne.
27 Alasɔ Bosate Ɔlesate ɔɖo ira, nna loawo wũ ɔkpɔkpɔtɔra?
Ɔ̃ɔnabarã ɔ̃ kɔrɔ̃, nna loawo kɔ̃ ɔfirikira?
28 Kaɣɛkasɛ gagbe ɔba ku ikɔ nɛ i igara Axaz ɔkpi.
29 Mi ma Filistise ɔɖuɖu ne, midaana isoɣɔ,
sɔ kadziri ga mato mapɛ mi ala ɔɔfɛ̃;
alasɔ kabɛku to kaabɔrɛ i aɣɛ wamɔ kayirinɔ,
fiɛ kã abi aaɖe kabiɛtɛ ga mba ɔle gbaã fiɛ kasɛ kata puĩ puĩ.
30 Mawɛrɛba ame mawɛrɛba aana ma mabɔi aɖera kaɖekɔ̃,
fiɛ mma i ara ɔnya aarɛ i isobuɛ ame.
Loasu kukã lowɔra-ɔ ta siɖu ame;
kuaɖoe fɔ maturi ma lokpi makuti.
31 Mibiɛ lo, ɔka! Si awana lo, ɔmagɛ̃siare!
Ma Filistise, mi ɔɖuɖu miwɛnɛkɛ̃ mifere i karɔ̃ lɛ nnɔĩ!
Kuyɔ to kuta kubɔrɛ i kato isɛ lipii,
fiɛ ɔturi nyɔkɔtɔã kuwɛ̃ na i ma ndɛ̃.
32 Mme mmuai maatã
mma i kaɖe gamɔ ɔpia-ɔ?
"Bosate ɔɔɣedza Zion ngba i karɔ̃,
fiɛ i ɔ̃ ɔmagɛ̃ ame ne, ɔ̃ maturi ma manyɛdɛ̃ aana isobuɛ."