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