e de ke, “Nyɛɛ hyɛ bɔ nɛ Babilon kle agbo ha! Imi nitsɛ lɛ i po Babilon, nɛ i kɛ lɛ pee ye matsɛ ma, konɛ ma kɛ tsɔɔ ye he wami kpetekpleenyɛ ye biɛ, ye hɛ mi nyami, kɛ ye agboje.”
Ha nɛ waa te si mɔtu mla kɛ ya hyɛ kaa wai tso ɔmɛ bɔni ba tsɛ̃mi, nɛ a gba mɔmɔ lo. Wa maa hyɛ kaa tso ɔmɛ nɛ a yiblii ngɔɔ hu gba mɔmɔ lo. Lejɛ ɔ, ma tsɔɔ mo ngɛ kaa i suɔ mo saminya.
E ma mɔhi ngɛ nga a nɔ hulɔ, nɛ e tsua vuhi fuu, ejakaa e ngɛ lohwehi babauu ngɛ kɔ̃ ɔ mi, kɛ nga a nɔ. Akɛnɛ e suɔ humi he je ɔ, e wo e ma mi bi ɔmɛ he wami, nɛ a hu wai ngmɔhi ngɛ yoku ɔmɛ a nɔ, kɛ kɔ̃ ɔmɛ a mi.
Salomo klɛ̃ e yo, Egipt matsɛ biyo ɔ kɛ je David ma a mi kɛ ho we ko nɛ e po ha lɛ ɔ mi ya. Salomo de ke, “E sɛ́ kaa ye yo ɔ hii Israel matsɛ, David we ɔ mi; ejakaa he tsuaa he nɛ Yawɛ somi daka a ba a, lejɛ ɔ peeɔ klɔuklɔu.”
“Ha nɛ i kɛ mo waa so kaa bɔ nɛ tsaatsɛ kɛ o tsɛ so ɔ. I ngɛ mo sika hiɔ, kɛ sika tsu nike ní manee. Yaa nɛ o kɛ Israel matsɛ, Baasha ya po somi nɛ o kɛ lɛ so ɔ mi, bɔ nɛ pee nɛ e je e ta buli ɔmɛ kɛ je ye zugba a nɔ kɛ ho.”
Benɛ Absalom ngɛ je mi ɔ, e ma kaimi titima ko kɛ ha e he ngɛ Matsɛ kɔ̃ ɔ mi; ejakaa e de ke, “I be binyumu ko nɛ a kɛ ma kai ye biɛ.” Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e kɛ lɛ nitsɛ e biɛ wo titima a; nɛ kɛ ba si mwɔnɛ ɔ, a tsɛɛ lɛ Absalom kaimi nɔ́.
A de ke, “Nyɛ ha nɛ waa po ma ngua ko ngɔ ha wa he, nɛ waa ma mɔ nɛ e yi mi nɛ ya su hiɔwe. Ke wa pee ja a, wa ma na biɛ, nɛ wa be gbɛe ngɔ fia zugba a nɔ tsuo.”