1 Samuɛl 6 - EBƆRƐ BE KAWƆL

B ka bɛta ŋkre be deka na m ba Israɛl be asheŋ

¹ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ be ŋkre be deka na ka ji afɔl ashunu ashi Filisti be efuli so be kaman,

² nɛ Filistiebi na tre bumo be agbirwuraana nɛ bekpalpo m bishi bumo le: “Nuso nɛ anyeeŋ wora Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ be ŋkre be deka ere? Men kaŋɛ anyi kananɛ anyeeŋ wora m bɛta kumo n yɔ kumo be kakpa nɛ k shi.”

³ Nɛ b kaŋɛ le: “Nɛ men baa sha kebɛta kumo n yɔ kumo be kakpa nɛ k shi bre, kumo ere men fin sarga be kakɛ ko n ti so a ya kule alubi be ketampaŋ ŋkpal men ka suge kumo so. Loŋ na nɛ menyeeŋ pin kusɔ nɛ k ba nɛ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ be kasogberge wɔ menyi so. Ŋkpal manɛ so, k maŋ daga b ka bɛta ŋkre be deka na n yɔ nɛ kakɛ maŋ ti kumo so.”

⁴ Nɛ basa na naŋ bishi le: “Nuso be kakɛ e daga an ka ta n ya sa mo?” Nɛ agbirwuraana na nɛ bekpalpo na kaŋɛ: “Men ta shuwa n lɔŋɛ asɔ anu fanɛ achuubɔbɔ nseŋ naŋ ta shuwa n lɔŋɛ eshiboe anu nɛ a yili n sa Filisti be bewura anu na, ŋkpal manɛ so kulɔ na teŋ pɛ menyi nɛ bewura na kikɛ.

⁵ Men ta asɔ nɛ men lɔŋɛ nɛ a duli eshiboe nɛ a bee jija men be adɔjibi na nɛ amo nɛ a duli achuubɔbɔ a tɔrɔ menyi na n ti ŋkre be deka na so n yɔ nɛ a baa ŋini fanɛ menyee sa Israɛl be Ebɔrɛ na bunyaŋ. Nɛ men wora loŋ bre, ashere e maaŋ naŋ shin nɛ etɔrɔ e ba menyi nɛ men be agbirana nɛ menyi be kasawule ere so.

⁶ Men sa maŋ kaŋ wora men be ŋgbene kpakpa fanɛ Ijiptebi na nɛ bumo be ewura. Dra na Ebɔrɛ be kasogberge gboŋgboŋi daŋ ba bumo so nna pɔɛŋ nɛ b sa Israɛlebi na ekpa nɛ b lar Ijipt to.

⁷ Amoso men fin enache anyɔ nɛ b maŋ naŋ ta n dɔ ŋ ku so nɛ b kɔ anabi. Kumo be kaman nɛ men fin turko popɔr n chɛ ana na nseŋ chɛ anabi na malɛ m muni kuluu to.

⁸ Kumo be kaman nɛ men ta Ebɔrɛ be ŋkre be deka na n deŋi turko na so nseŋ ta shuwa be asɔ nɛ men lɔŋɛ a yɔ nɛ men ya sa mo fanɛ men be alubi be kewora be kakɛ na n wɔtɔ deka pɔtɛ to m mata kumo, nseŋ ju ana na nɛ bumo nawule e baa yɔ.

⁹ Kede be kaman nɛ menyi alɛ e yili a keni bumo. Nɛ ana na baŋ sɔ Bɛf Shimɛsh be kade to be kaba so, kumo ere k baŋ di efuli nna fanɛ Israɛl be Ebɔrɛ na e shin nɛ le be aleblawu ere ba anyi so na. Nɛ loŋ baa maŋ wora bre, kumo ere k bee ŋini nna fanɛ mannɛ Ebɔrɛ e shin nɛ loŋ be aleblawu na ba anyi so. K daŋ chɛr a beeŋ ba nna.”

¹⁰ Ndoŋ nna nɛ basa na nu kusɔ nɛ b kaŋɛ bumo na nseŋ ta ana na n chɛ turko na nseŋ chɛ bumo be anabi na bre m muni kuluu to.

¹¹ Kede be kaman nɛ b ta ŋkre be deka na nɛ deka nɛ asɔ nɛ b ta shuwa n lɔŋɛ nɛ a du fanɛ eshiboe nɛ achuubɔbɔ wɔtɔ na n ti ŋkre be deka na so n yili turko na to.

¹² Nɛ enache na bɔla Bɛf Shimɛsh be ekpa n niŋi tinini a shu a yɔ. Nɛ Filisti be bewura anu na bɛ bumo so hale n ya ka taga to Bɛf Shimɛsh be kade to.

¹³ Bɛf Shimɛsh be basa daa wɔ ketaŋɛ to nna a teŋi bumo be ayu. B ka maŋ bumo be amu so nseŋ wu ŋkre be deka na, nɛ bumo be ŋgbene fuli bumo ga hale nɛ b yige kasɔteŋi na.

¹⁴ Ndoŋ nna nɛ ana na gberge turko na m ba kanyɛn ko nɛ e shi Bɛf Shimɛsh nɛ baa tre mo Joshuwa be ndɔ to m ba yili kejembu gboŋgboŋi ko ase. Nɛ basa ko ba kuya turko na be ndibi to m puga edɛ nseŋ mɔ ana na n ta amo n chɔɔ n lara sarga n sa Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ.

¹⁵ Ndoŋ nɛ Livaiebiana na daŋ lara Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ be ŋkre be deka na nɛ deka nɛ achuubɔbɔ nɛ eshiboe be asɔ nɛ b ta shuwa n lɔŋɛ na ashi turko na so n deŋi kejembu gboŋgboŋi na so. Kumo be kaman nɛ Bɛf Shimɛsh be basa ba lara esarga chɔɔso nɛ esarga ko ana gba n ti so n sa Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ.

¹⁶ Filisti be bewura anu na ka wu kusɔ nɛ k wora na nɛ b bɛta n yɔ Ekrɔn be kade to kamɔnchɛ na kikɛ.

¹⁷ Asɔ anu nɛ Filistiebi na ta shuwa n lɔŋɛ nɛ a du fanɛ achuubɔbɔ nɛ b ta n ti ŋkre be deka na so n yɔ Bɛf Shimɛsh na be kekama daŋ yili nna a ŋini bunyaŋ nɛ Filistiebi be nde nɛ baa tre Ashdɔd nɛ Gaaza nɛ Ashkɛlɔn nɛ Gaaf nɛ Ekrɔn na kɔ a sa Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ.

¹⁸ Shuwa be asɔ anu nɛ a du fanɛ eshiboe na be kekama malɛ daŋ yili nna n sa Filistiebi be nde nɛ b pɔr egbal ŋ kulti na nɛ ndewurbi nɛ a mata amo na be bewura anu na. Kejembu gboŋgboŋi nɛ Livaiebi na daŋ ta Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ be ŋkre be deka na n ya yili so ashi Bɛf Shimɛsh be kanyɛn ko nɛ baa tre Joshuwa na be ndɔ to na, kraa dese shɛda so hale kabre.

¹⁹ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ daŋ mɔ Bɛf Shimɛsh be benyɛn adushunu kikɛ nna ŋkpal b ka jule ŋ keni ŋkre be deka na to so. Nɛ basa na shu keeli ga ŋkpal basa damta nɛ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ mɔ na so.

B ka ta ŋkre be deka na n yɔ Kiriaf Jearim be asheŋ

²⁰ Ndoŋ nna nɛ Bɛf Shimɛsh be benyɛn na bishi abar le: “Wanɛ e naŋ tiŋ n yili Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ cheembi ere be anishito n ji efute? K daga fanɛ an lara ŋkre be deka ere nfe, ama nnɛ nɛ anyeeŋ yɛr kumo?”

²¹ Nɛ b shuŋi mbɔ fanɛ b ya kaŋɛ Kiriaf Jearim be basa na le: “Filistiebi na bɛta Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ be ŋkre be deka na m ba. Men ba ta kumo n yɔ menyi pe.”