Ten taxu o Yaal oxe a lay ee: «Ñaal key a ngaraa, kaa um nannoorkaa o wuuq xire took Raba, teeru fa maak fee no Aa-amon we. Xan a refat juum kefatin, fiɗel a raaɓ teeru ke ta waxooxna. Maaga, Isra’el xan a jaɓatin ke ta jeg’ina. Mi o Yaal oxe layun.
Oog fee o maad Basan doŋ yoq’u no Reerefa we. Kees njelem ne ta gastik’eena oxaa Raba no saax le no Aa-amon we boo ndiik, too o cigdel um a fi’a xa noonoong ɓetaa nahaq, soo o yaajel ole a fi xa noonoong xa nahaq no noonoong no kiin.
O Yaal oxe xan a jibin o ñuxur o jegu o ndam ole ten. Xan a lalit o ɓay um ole na fudooxiidaa kam fuux maak le ten fo kam aal fiɗel laa na raaɓaa fo kam mbuyaam njegu doole fo kam a und a maak fo kam a kalam a ƥuuɓu.
Pasaraam a den a ndeer qeet ke da and’eerna fop, da nqaƴ a cinj den saax laa wootatna, too o leng retoogatee a garaa teen. A mbi’a saax felu leene a koƥ-a-ƥor.»
Farna fo muukandoong naa, xan o maad oxe no ɓemb-roog o ñamaak a gomir fo o maad oxe no ɓemb-roog o janoon, ndaa oxeene xan a yen took um fo a sareet fo pis fo a kaal a mayu. Xan a jaɓ a saax a mayu, a maƥ fop nen o jaɓ.
Yaam i ndimane o ndeɓandoong, i ci’e o ƥiy o ngoor! A gadooxa sañ-sañ, too kaa xoyeel: o Aa-as, Com’andtu, Roog, o Cegu Doole, Faap fee na refkaa boo faw, o Kelwaar Jam.
Na mbaan faa, na waxtu fee maad we a nqire’aa, o maad Dawid a hebla a Yowab ta adooxan xiixire we ten fo goor Ii-isra’el we fop da ñoxorik fo Aa-amon we. A nduguña a den soo a mbid o kurul-keƥ a Raba refna teeru fa maak fee den. Dawid o mat Yeerusaleem a yoq’u.
Na mbaan faa, na waxtu fee maad we a nqire’aa, Yowab a adooxan’a xiixire we ten fop da ñoxorik fo Aa-amon we. A nduguña a den soo a ndet, a mbid o kurul-keƥ a Raba refna teeru fa maak fee den. Dawid o mat Yeerusaleem a yoq’u. Ye Yowab a jaɓna a Raba boo a baytin,
Xam doon na xa ton-maax axe den fop laƥ ne na waraa, ndax njambaar den a ɓut, da moƴ o ndiid. Ey, a jagande, ndax ta filin xa meldaan, a lakel, ndax ta saŋik.
ten taxu xan o ɓay es a dal took of, um ɓoxotong a saax ake, ndax da mbalit o jeg of fop, suudong a ndeer qeet ke soo moocandong a ndeer a saax ake. Xam saŋkong too xan o and ee mi refu o Yaal oxe.»
We ngen’ina na teeru faa koy, kaa sut’u a den, a jalnooraa a den fo a si fo a coos fo a ƥaax soo a muulnooraa a den. Neene Dawid a fi’’u teeru lakas ke no Aa-amon we fop. Cinj kaaga, Dawid fo xiixire waa fop a nqaada Yeerusaleem.