1 Yei ne deɛ Awurade seɛ:
2 Mɛsoma amanfrafoɔ akɔ Babilonia
3 Mma agyantoni mpoma nʼagyan,
4 Wɔbɛhwehwe ase a wɔatotɔ wɔ Babilonia,
5 Na Asafo Onyankopɔn Awurade,
6 “Monnwane mfiri Babilonia!
7 Na Babilonia yɛ sikakɔkɔɔ kuruwa wɔ Awurade nsam;
8 Babilonia bɛhwe ase abubu mpofirim.
9 “ ‘Anka yɛbɛsa Babilonia yadeɛ,
10 “ ‘Awurade abu yɛn bem.
11 “Monse agyan no ano!
12 Mompagya frankaa bi ntia Babilonia afasuo!
13 Mo a motete nsuwansuwa bebree ho
14 Asafo Awurade aka ne ho ntam sɛ:
15 “Ɔde ne tumi bɔɔ asase;
16 Sɛ ɔbobɔm a, ɔsoro nsuo woro so;
17 “Onipa biara nnim nyansa, na ɔnni nimdeɛ;
18 Wɔn ho nni mfasoɔ, wɔyɛ aseredeɛ nneɛma;
19 Deɛ ɔyɛ Yakob Kyɛfa no nte sɛ yeinom,
20 “Woyɛ me ko asaeɛ,
21 mede wo bobɔ apɔnkɔ ne wɔn sotefoɔ,
22 mede wo dwerɛ mmarima ne mmaa,
23 mede wo dwerɛ nnwanhwɛfoɔ ne nnwankuo,
24 “Mɛtua Babilonia ne wɔn a wɔtete Babilonia ka wɔ mfomsoɔ a wɔayɛ wɔ Sion nyinaa, wɔ wʼanim,” Awurade na ɔseɛ.
25 “Ao, bepɔ sɛefoɔ me ne wo anya,
26 Wɔremfa ɔboɔ biara mfiri wo so nyɛ tweatiboɔ
27 “Mompagya frankaa wɔ asase no so!
28 Monsiesie amanaman no ma wɔntu ne so sa,
29 Asase no woso, na ɔnukanuka ne mu,
30 Babilonia nnɔmmarima agyae ko;
31 Abɔfoɔ didi so
32 wɔagye atwaeɛ a ɛdeda asubɔnten no so afa,
33 Yei ne deɛ Asafo Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn, seɛ:
34 “Babiloniahene Nebukadnessar adwerɛ yɛn,
35 Ma ayakayakadeɛ a wɔde dii yɛn honam no mmra Babilonia so,”
36 Enti yei ne deɛ Awurade seɛ:
37 Babilonia bɛyɛ mmubuiɛ sie,
38 Ne nkurɔfoɔ nyinaa bobom sɛ agyata,
39 Nanso ɛberɛ a wɔahwanyane wɔn ho no
40 “Mede wɔn bɛba
41 “Wɔbɛfa Sesak,
42 Ɛpo bɛbunkam afa Babilonia so;
43 Ne nkuro bɛda mpan.
44 Mɛtwe Bel aso wɔ Babilonia
45 “Me nkurɔfoɔ, Momfiri ne mu mfi!
46 Mommma mo bo ntu na monnsuro
47 Na ampa ara ɛberɛ no bɛba
48 Ɔsoro ne asase ne deɛ ɛwo mu nyinaa
49 “Ɛsɛ sɛ Babilonia hwe ase, ɛsiane Israel atɔfoɔ enti,
50 Mo a mo adwane afiri akofena ano,
51 “Wɔagu yɛn anim ase,
52 “Nanso nna bi reba,” Awurade na ɔseɛ,
53 Sɛ Babilonia kɔka ɔsoro mpo,
54 “Osu nnyegyeeɛ bi firi Babilonia,
55 Awurade bɛsɛe Babilonia;
56 Ɔsɛefoɔ bi bɛba abɛtia Babilonia;
57 Mɛma nʼadwumayɛfoɔ ne nʼanyansafoɔ aboro nsã,
58 Yei ne deɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ:
59 Yei ne asɛm a Yeremia ka kyerɛɛ Neria babarima Seraia a ɔyɛ adwumayɛfoɔ panin na ɔyɛ Maseia nana no, ɛberɛ a ɔne Yudahene Sedekia kɔɔ Babilonia wɔ nʼadedie afe a ɛtɔ so ɛnan no mu.
60 Na Yeremia atwerɛ amanehunu a ɛbɛba Babilonia so no nyinaa agu nwoma mmobɔeɛ so, deɛ watwerɛ a ɛfa Babilonia ho nyinaa.
61 Ɔka kyerɛɛ Seraia sɛ, “Sɛ woduru Babilonia a, hwɛ sɛ wo bɛkenkan saa nsɛm yi nyinaa sɛdeɛ obiara bɛte.
62 Afei, ka sɛ, ‘Ao Awurade, woaka sɛ wobɛsɛe beaeɛ yi sɛdeɛ onipa anaa aboa biara rentumi ntena so; na ɛbɛda mpan afebɔɔ.’
63 Sɛ wokenkane nwoma mmobɔeɛ yi wie a, kyekyere fam ɛboɔ ho, na to twene Asubɔnten Eufrate mu.
64 Afei ka sɛ, ‘Sei na Babilonia ne ne nkurɔfoɔ bɛmem a wɔrensɔre bio, ɛsiane amanehunu a mede bɛba ne so no enti.’ ”