1 Samuɛl 5 - EBƆRƐ BE KAWƆL

Ebɔrɛ be ŋkre be deka na ka wɔ Filistiebi kutɔ be asheŋ

¹ Filistiebi na ka sɔ Ebɔrɛ be ŋkre be deka na nɛ b ta kumo ashi Ebeneeza n yɔ Ashdɔd bumo be kade to,

² nseŋ ta kumo n ya yili bumo be kegbir Dagɔn be lambu to m mata kegbir na be kapɔrduli.

³ Ŋklade kachipurdidi nɛ Ashdɔd be basa na wu kegbir na be kapɔrduli ka tɔr kasawule a dese kumo be epun so ashi Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ be ŋkre be deka na be anishito. Ndoŋ nna nɛ b naŋ niŋi kumo to n yili kumo be eyilikpa.

⁴ Kare ka naŋ chɛ kachipurdidi, nɛ b naŋ wu kegbir na be kapɔrduli na ka naŋ tɔr kasawule ŋkre be deka na be anishito m buu epun so. Kumo be kumu nɛ mbre kikɛ daŋ chuge nna n ya tɔr kabuna to. Kumo be eyur nawule e daa maŋ chuge to.

⁵ Amoso yili loŋ be saŋɛ m ba fo kabre Dagɔn be kegbirwura kikɛ nɛ basa nɛ b wɔ Ashdɔd a shuŋ kumo na kikɛ baa luri ebu na to baa tɛmbaŋ kakpa nɛ kegbir na tɔr na nna.

⁶ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ daŋ shin nna nɛ etɔrɔ damta tɔr Ashdɔd be basa na nɛ basa nɛ b wɔ nde nɛ a mata bumo na so ga. E daŋ shin nna nɛ achuubɔbɔ pɛ bumo nɛ keyeŋiyeŋi malɛ gba tɔr bumo so ga.

⁷ B ka wu kusɔ nɛ k bee wora na nɛ b kaŋɛ abar le: “Israɛl be Ebɔrɛ na e naa gberge anyi nɛ an be kegbir Dagɔn ere kusoe na. Anyi maaŋ naŋ shin nɛ Ebɔrɛ be ŋkre be deka ere e baa wɔ anyi kutɔ nfe.”

⁸ Ndoŋ nna nɛ b shuŋi mbɔ n tre Filistiebi na be bewura anu na kikɛ m ba shɛr m bishi bumo le: “Nuso nɛ anyeeŋ wora Israɛlebi be Ebɔrɛ be ŋkre be deka ere?” Nɛ b kaŋɛ bumo le: “Men ta kumo n yɔ Gaaf.” Ndoŋ nna nɛ b ta kumo n yɔ ndoŋ.

⁹ B ka bar kumo Gaaf na nɛ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ be kasogberge ba kade na to ebi gba so. Nɛ e shin nɛ keyeŋiyeŋi tɔr bumo so, nɛ achuubɔbɔ pɛ kade na to be basa, mbia nɛ benimu kikɛ.

¹⁰ Ndoŋ nna nɛ b ta ŋkre be deka na n yɔ Ekrɔn, ama b kaa bee luri kade na to na nɛ basa na fara a cha awɔr a kaŋɛ le: “B bar Israɛl be Ebɔrɛ be ŋkre be deka na nfe nna nɛ k ba mɔ anyi nɛ an wɔ kade ere to kikɛ!”

¹¹ Ndoŋ nna nɛ b naŋ shuŋi n tre Filisti be bewura na kikɛ ŋ kaŋɛ bumo le: “Men shin nɛ an lara Ebɔrɛ be ŋkre be deka na ashi anyi to saŋɛ na so k maaŋ mɔ anyi nɛ anyi be basa kikɛ.” Nɛ keyeŋiyeŋi tɔr kade na be basa kikɛ so ŋkpal Ebɔrɛ be kasogberge ka daŋ ba bumo so alegaiso so.

¹² Achuubɔbɔ daŋ pɛ kade na to be basa kikɛ nna ama bumo be bumo nɛ achuubɔbɔ na daa maŋ mɔ na daa shu a tre bumo be agbirana nna fanɛ a ba mɔlga bumo.