1Asɛm a Awurade nam odiyifoɔ Yeremia so ka faa Babilonia ne Babiloniafoɔ asase ho nie:
2“Mommɔ no dawuro na mompae mu nka wɔ amanaman mu.
3Ɔman bi firi atifi fam bɛto ahyɛ ne so
4“Nna no mu ne saa ɛberɛ no,”
5Wɔbɛbisa ɛkwan a ɛkɔ Sion
6“Me nkurɔfoɔ ayɛ nnwan a wɔayera;
7Obiara a ɔhunuu wɔn no tetee wɔn mu;
8“Monnwane mfiri Babilonia;
9Mɛkanyane amanaman akɛseɛ nkabom
10Enti wɔbɛfom Babilonia;
11“Esiane sɛ mo ani gye na modi ahurisie,
12Wo maame ani bɛwu pa ara;
13Awurade abufuo enti, obiara rentena hɔ
14“Monnyinagyina mo afa ntwa Babilonia ho nhyia,
15Monteam ntia no wɔ afanan nyinaa!
16Monyi ogufoɔ mfiri Babilonia,
17“Israel yɛ nnwankuo a wɔahwete
18Ɛno enti, yei ne deɛ Asafo Awurade, Israel Onyankopɔn seɛ:
19Na mede Israel bɛsane aba nʼankasa adidibea.
20Saa nna no ne saa ɛberɛ no,”
21“Monto nhyɛ Merataim asase so
22Ɔko mu gyegyeegye wɔ asase no so,
23Hwɛ sɛdeɛ wɔabubu na wɔabobɔ
24Mesum wo afidie Ao Babilonia,
25Awurade abue nʼakodeɛ akoradan
26Momfiri akyirikyiri mmra ne so.
27Monkunkum nʼanantwinini nyinaa;
28Montie akobɔfoɔ ne adwanefoɔ a wɔfiri Babilonia no
29“Momfrɛ agyantofoɔ nkɔtoa Babilonia,
30Enti ne mmeranteɛ bɛtotɔ wɔ mmɔntene so;
31“Hwɛ, mekyiri wo, Ao ɔhantanni.”
32Ɔhantanni no bɛsunti na wahwe ase
33Yei ne deɛ Asafo Awurade seɛ:
34Nanso, wɔn Gyefoɔ yɛ ɔhoɔdenfoɔ;
35“Akofena bi bɛsɔre atia Babiloniafoɔ!”
36Akofena bi bɛsɔre atia nʼadiyifoɔ atorofoɔ!
37Akofena bi bɛsɔre atia nʼapɔnkɔ ne ne nteaseɛnam
38Ɔweɛ wɔ ne nsuo ahodoɔ so!
39“Enti ɛserɛ so mmoa ne mpataku bɛtena hɔ,
40Sɛdeɛ Onyankopɔn tuu Sodom ne Gomora
41“Monhwɛ! Akodɔm bi firi atifi fam reba;
42Wɔkurakura bɛmma ne pea;
43Babiloniahene ate wɔn ho nsɛm,
44Sɛdeɛ gyata a ɔfiri Yordan nkyɛkyerɛ mu
45Enti tie deɛ Awurade ahyehyɛ atia Babilonia,
46Babilonia nnommumfa nnyegyeeɛ bɛma asase awoso;