11 Na Yoabo sele biaa bɔ ɔɔbɔle ye amaneɛ ne kyɛ, “Aaah! Anwu ye! Nzu ati yeɛ angu ye wɔ berɛ ɔ? Ahaa ngɔfa ɛdwetɛ buru ne abɔsoɛ ngɔbɔ wɔ aba so.”
Biaa bie nwuni ye, na ɔɔbɔle Yoabo amaneɛ kyɛ, “Baanea! Manwu kyɛ Absalom sinze eluii bie aso ɔ.”
Nakoso biaa ne buale Yoabo kyɛ, “Sɛ bɛkari ɛdwetɛ apee ko bɛma me po a, mengɔfa me sa ngɔhã Nana Dawide awa ne; ofikyɛ yɛ so anu yeɛ Nana bɔle wɔ ne Abisae ne Yitae kɔkɔ ɔ. Ɔnwa: ‘Ɔnate me ti, ɛ́mɔbɔ aberandeɛ Absalom nwo waen!’
Ɛ́mɔsa bɛha behyire Amasa koso kyɛ, ‘Ɛte me dehyeɛ kaenn. Ofi ɛnɛ bɔ ɔkɔ ɔ, sɛ mamva wɔ manzi Yoabo gya nu mammɔ wɔ safohene wɔ me koɛhonɛfoɛ nemɔ aso a, Nyameɛ tua me kerɛ piri paa.’ ”
Ofikyɛ pɔfoɛ ne atu ye nye wasie me kra so, wabɔ me ngoa wato ase, na wamaa matena awosii nu kyɛ bɛ bɔ bawuwu dada ɔ.
Sɔ yeɛ oyie mmenia mukoraa bɔ bɛpena anwonya wɔ atee tɛɛ so ɔ, na anwonya tɛɛ ne ɔpɛ ye nwo okũkũ bɛ.