Babilↄn eci wus ɛy
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Na bʼɛc a,
mʼɛkn afr ɛrm ɛs ɛjeci nyam ekʼanŋ afr am us es.
Nʼↄny abusu ligbɛl nyam,
ɛtŋ in ecʼanygbɛl a ayal wus na nimum.
2 Lʼɛlu lebl tuↄtuↄ li dad ninɛ:
«Lʼɛy wus,
Babilↄn gbɛl a ɛy wus!
Sica ow el abŋ eŋuŋ ɛrŋ ɛrŋ a ecʼusu ekʼir,
ɛl ecʼes lↄl usu;
aŋa anake ↄr ɛrŋ ɛrŋ lele mindey ekʼaylm ke wɛl bʼifn ab ir a.
3 Ɛb ɛb a fɛŋ ecʼagŋ a ɛgŋ in eci mar a eke bʼↄŋ ɛgŋ ij nfaci,
ke bʼↄŋ ɛgŋ im ɛy Nyam ecʼɛrm bebl ab ɛm a.
Wus na eci ɛ́b ebu a igŋʼn af -lʼok nfaci ij owi ab ɛm,
ɛtŋ wus na eci án ↄlu a el egbreŋgbi in ecʼob eke nʼↄny afŋn es a sosiɛm.»
4 Ɛtŋ ɛmɛny mʼiri lebl ɛjeci nyam ekʼanŋ afr am ikŋ ow dad ɛsɛ:
«Ɛm ecʼagŋ,
òkr ↄkm ɛb ab ɛm yecʼɛtŋ ke kʼánmn in e sikpl a e low ɛm,
in eci abu ɛyr ɛgbɛl a eke bʼow ɛŋnʼn a kʼɛ́ŋnm ↄny.
5 Tasi ɛm a,
in eci sikpl a tatakŋ toŋ im ok afr,
ɛtŋ Nyam ijlm in ecʼów ɛnyɛmbri yony yony owi amua es.
6 Kòkr ɛb a low ɛsɛ elel eke li kokr agŋ ɛjecʼab af.
Low yecʼa eke li kok a,
in yɛji kòkr ir ow eci sakp yony.
Mij kpↄk a eke li bi wuwlm mar tuↄtuↄ ab nʼↄŋ agŋ ɛgŋ a,
in yɛji mar eke ɛw tuↄtuↄ a,
wùwlmn ow eci ↄtu sakp yony ab ↄŋn in lʼɛ́gŋ.
7 Anygbɛl owi a eke li kok lele ɛb sɛnyn a eke lʼij ab ab a,
ↄwar ow eci dudu a lele ow eci gbre ab ab eke bɛbmn ab a ↄŋn in.
Li bi dadr in ɛm lʼɛsɛ:
“Mʼir aŋa ɛsɛ ɛb eb yↄw af,
mʼelm iŋnyↄw ɛtŋ lɛgŋ kaka mi kʼow mʼɛknm niŋn owi.”
8 Low na sosiɛm anake gbre owi a fɛŋ eke wɛl bɛbm ɛwʼr es a bʼow ɛŋnʼn a:
ↄl ekʼel luw eci,
niŋn owi lele lek ab.
Lɛgŋ nyam coco af fɛŋ bʼow ɛŋnʼn ɛtŋ wɛl bʼow ɛtul il.
Tasi ɛm a,
Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ eke jɛj in e low a ok a ij lɛc nↄnↄ.»
9 Eke wus eci ɛ́b ebu a eke in ab kok nfaci owi ke ir ɛb mɛwl ɛm a bʼow ɛkn ɛb a ekʼɛtu a eci mregbn a,
-li bʼow -lʼikŋ ↄŋn -li kok sↄrŋ.
10 Ke in eci gbre owi a kʼɛ́ŋnm ɛl a,
-li bʼow -li kpab ow es lís -nʼim akpoj ke -nʼam dad -lʼɛsɛ:
«Bogŋ e gbre ana ee?
Oy Babilↄn!
Ɛb gbɛl ekʼij lɛc!
Wanci liy nyam af cɛ anake wɛl ↄbʼŋ low a.»
11 Wus na ecʼán ↄlu a yɛji am ikŋ ↄŋn ɛtŋ am kok in eci sↄrŋ aŋke sica wɛl ↄ́lm ɛl ecʼan ob a ij:
12 sika,
jɛtɛ ufu,
mebn amamn lele ayrɛ ab;
gbad fuɛfuɛ,
gbad ebl amamn,
gbad frɛfrɛ;
ekŋ sŋↄsŋↄ ɛrŋ ɛrŋ a fɛŋ,
ɛyr nɛn ɛm ecʼob fɛŋ eke wɛl kok,
ekŋ ekʼil an,
jawie,
lowi oglog lebn mamn;
13 ekŋ sel sŋↄsŋↄ lele mob sↄsŋn mob ɛjecʼab,
mijey,
kpey lele ogŋ ab;
mar,
mun,
ble mpupu lele miy ab;
sed,
mɛcɛb,
sigbaŋkↄ lele ow eci mɛtŋ ab toŋ agŋ eci sos megl lele ow eci liy bↄbↄ yɛjʼab.
14 Wɛl am dad ɛsɛ:
«Mob mob a fɛŋ ekʼam erur a anm ŋ ogŋ a ij,
ŋ ecʼob ↄny fɛŋ lele ŋ ecʼɛb ij sɛnyn ab ab irm;
lɛgŋ kaka wɛl kʼow ɛŋnm ɛl ij!»
15 Án ↄlu a eke ↄl an ɛb ab ɛm ke ↄny ob a,
-li bʼow -nʼinym es akpoj,
ɛb a eci gbre owi eke kʼɛŋn ɛl a sosiɛm.
-Li bʼow -lʼikŋ ↄŋn -li kok sↄrŋ,
16 -li dad -lʼɛsɛ:
«Kↄ bogŋ eci gbre anake ɛŋn ɛb gbɛl na ab ee?
Lʼɛw ob fuɛfuɛ sos,
gbad ebl amamn,
lʼok sika ɛm miyob,
mebn amamn ɛm e miyob lele ayrɛ ɛm e miyob ab.
17 Ɛtŋ wanci liy nyam af cɛ anake mob amua fɛŋ irm a!»
Simijɛtŋ a eci idr ɛsɛl a,
agŋ a ekʼus mij ɛl ab a,
ɛm yogŋ eci juma kok ɛsɛl a,
agŋ a fɛŋ eke bʼɛŋn ob ij mij af yogŋ a bʼow inym es akpoj.
18 Eke -lʼɛkan ɛb a ekʼam ɛtu a eci mregbn a,
-li bʼow -lʼɛlu lebl -li dad -lʼɛsɛ:
«Ɛb kaka anm eke agb ot ɛb na es!»
19 -Nʼam ok siflefl nuŋ,
-nʼam ikŋ ↄŋn -li kok sↄrŋ ɛtŋ -nʼam ɛlu lebl -li dad -lʼɛsɛ:
«Kↄ bogŋ eci gbre anake ɛŋn ɛb gbɛl na ab ee?
In ecʼob ↄny ab ɛm anake agŋ a fɛŋ eke ↄny simijɛtŋ okij na af a el egbreŋgbi a.
Ɛtŋ wanci liy nyam af cɛ anake amua fɛŋ irm a!»
20 Afr,
sos ɛm íŋnʼŋ Babilↄn eci wus eke ɛr ok a eci!
Nyam ecʼagŋ,
ɛrm ɛsɛl lele kokoba ↄb ɛsɛl ab,
sos ɛm íŋn ↄny aŋke Nyam jɛj okʼr low ŋuŋ a eke li kok ↄny a eci!
21 Ɛtŋ afr ɛrm ɛs nyam ekʼↄny lɛc a oc ma ↄlul lob legleg nyam ↄwl okij ɛm ɛtŋ am dad ɛsɛ:
«Ɛbɛn eke wɛl bʼow oc Babilↄn ɛb gbɛl a ↄwl lɛc ɛm ana,
ɛtŋ lɛgŋ kaka wɛl kʼow ɛknmʼn ij.
22 Lɛgŋ kaka ŋ ogŋ a wɛl kʼow irim saŋgo ↄny ɛsɛl ecʼɛj,
ɛj ɛgŋ ɛsɛl,
kete afl ɛsɛl,
krↄkr afl ɛsɛl e lebl ij.
Wɛl kʼow ɛŋnm mɛwl ɛs kaka fɛŋ ij;
wɛl kʼow irim ob iny usu eci likekr ij.
23 Mun al a kʼow ayalm ŋ ogŋ a ij;
wɛl kʼow irim ↄyↄw ɛcɛl owr owr eci sↄ́g ij.
Ŋ eci án ↄlu a ↄny any akm wus na nimum ecʼa,
ɛtŋ ŋ eci cam owi ab ɛm,
irmn ɛbr ɛbr a fɛŋ ecʼagŋ a.»
24 Babilↄn yogŋ anake kokoba ↄb ɛsɛl,
Nyam ecʼagŋ a lele wus na nimum ecʼagŋ a fɛŋ eke wɛl ibi ab ab eci mebl a ok es a.