1 Afei Efraimfoɛ sele Gideon kyɛ, “Nzikyɛ dwirɛ yeɛ afa ali yɛ ye? Nzu ati yeɛ ɛne Midianfoɛ bɛkwaaho ne, amvrɛ yɛ ɔ?” Na behwili ye nyunu ɛyaa so.
Afei Yisrael koɛhonɛfoɛ amukoraa wale Nana Dawide berɛ beebisale ye kyɛ, “Nana Dawide, nzu ati yeɛ y’eliɛma mɔ bɔ befi Yuda ne, bale wɔ bafi yɛ sa nu, bɔ bafa wɔ ne w’awuro ama, ɔne bɛ bɔ bɛboka wɔ so amukoraa bapɛ asue Yɔɔdan ɔ?”
Yeɛ Yuda koɛhonɛfoɛ amukoraa buale Yisrael koɛhonɛfoɛ nemɔ kyɛ, “Nana Dawide te yɛ nwoniɛ kaenn ti ɔ. Nzu ati yeɛ ɛmɔafɛ edwirɛ he anwo yaa ɔ? Aleɛ bɔ yali ne, Nana yeɛ ɔfa mane yɛ hɔ ɔ, anaakyɛ wahyɛ yɛ nikyee bie hɔ ɔ?”
Susu amba kyɛ, ɛyaafɛlɛ ku ngwaseafoɛ, yeɛ anyeboroborolɛ koso oku bɛ bɔ bagyimi ɔ.
Ɛyɛ wɔ noa bɛtɛɛ ɛma mmuayɛɛ a, ɔma ahone tɔ nzue nu, nakoso edwudwo fumfum a, ye de ɔma ahone hu.
Na nwuni kyɛ, ɛfɛɛ mukoraa bɔ sona fɛ, ɔne ye sa noa adwuma mukoraa bɔ ɔyɔ ye yé ne, ɔnate ye nye bɔ ɔboro kyɛ ɔne obiɛngo bɛkɔyɛ pɛ ti ɔ: Ɛhe koso te mbaen, na ɔte dadwene mbaen.
Sɛ né Efraim odwudwo a, mmenia nwo wosowoso bɛ; ɔmane ye nwo so wɔ Yisrael, na ɔnate kyɛ ɔsɔnene Baal ne ati, ɔyɔle bɔne, na owuli.
Yiti Gideon buale bɛ kyɛ, “Nikyee titire beni yeɛ mayɔ bɔ odwu bɔ ɛmɔayɔ ye ɔ? Aso Efraim bobe bɔ wate maa waha ye si ne, ɔnzone ɔndera Abiesa bobe abiribira?