18 Yakob boso ama kɔyɛ see, Yosef boso ama kɔyɛ see bɔ ogye ɔ, na Yisɔ boso ama de, bɛkɔyɛ ngyɛngyɛma, na bɛkɔsɔ wɔ bɛ nu bɛkɔyera bɛ. Yisɔ boso ama biala ngɔha, ofikyɛ bɔ AWURADE ahã hɔ ɛne.
Tie, bɛte kyɛ ɛserɛ worowaa, see kɔyera bɛ, bɛngɔhora ngole bɛ nwo ngofi see wuronyiwuronyi ne sa nu, na ɛhe de, nna see bɔ otu sona nwo ɛyerɛ ɛne, yeɛ nna see bɔ bɛtena ye nwo bɛto hɔ ɛne!
Yiti kyɛbɔ see osi yera ngyɛngyɛma motoo, ɔne kyɛbɔ see wuronyiwuronyi osi yera ndire worowaa ne, sɔ ala yeɛ sɔ mmenia nemɔ bɛ ndii kɔporɔ ɔ, na mvrama kɔporo bɛ nyerɛen kogua kyɛ mvuture, ofikyɛ bapo Asafo AWURADE mmeraa ne, na babu Yisrael Krongronniɛ ne dwirɛ animtia.
“Sona awa, fa bakaa ná kyerɛ so kyɛ, ‘Ogyi berɛ ma Yuda, ɔne Yisraelfoɛ bɔ bɛboka ye so ne.’ Afei fa bakaa bieku, ná kyerɛ so kyɛ, ‘Ogyi berɛ ma Yosef bɔ ɔte Efraim bakaa ne, ɔne Yisraelfoɛ amukoraa bɔ bɛboka ye so ne.’
bua bɛ kyɛ, ‘AWURADE Nyameɛ nwa nyoo: Ɛ́mɔtie, mebaafa Yosef bakaa ne bɔ otira Efraim sa nu ne, yeɛ afei Yisrael mmusua kure bɔ bɛboka ye so ne. Ngɔfa bɛ ngɔboka ye so, mekyire Yuda bakaa ne, maa bɛkɔyɛ bakaa ko, na bɛkɔyɛ ko wɔ me sa nu.’
Na Yakob boso ama ngaa ne, bɛkɔtena amaenmaensofoɛ nu wɔ maen maen pee bɛ nu, kyɛ gyata bɔ ɔwɔ ɛhɔayeɛ nu ngaka mɔ nu ɔ, kyɛ gyata ba bɔ ɔwɔ mmoaen kure mɔ nu ɔ, bɔ sɛ ɔbaasẽ kɔ a, otiatia bɛ so, ná ɔtete bɛ nu pasapasa bɔ ebiala nne berɛ bɔ ɔkɔpepɛ kole bɛ ɔ.