A ya ngɔ a we okpɔngɔ ɔmɛ, to ɔmɛ, na amɛ, kɛ teji ɔmɛ kɛ ba ha Yosef; nɛ e ha mɛ niye ní kɛ to lohwe ɔmɛ a nya. Jamɛ a jeha a tsuo ɔ, Egipt bi ɔmɛ ngɔ a lohwehi tsuo kɛ ba Yosef ngɔ kɛ ba tsake niye ní.
Anɛ o maa hi wɔ hyɛe nɛ wa gbo, nɛ wa zugba a hɛ mi nɛ kpata lo? Mo he wɔ kɛ wa zugba a tsuo, nɛ o ha wɔ niye ní ngɔ to nya. Wa maa pee Farao ɔ nyɔguɛhi, konɛ e ngɔ wa zugba a hulɔ. Ha wɔ blɛfo nɛ waa ye, nɛ wa ko ba gbo, kɛ ngmɛdu nɛ wa ma du ngɛ wa ngmɔ ɔmɛ a nɔ.”
E tsɔli ɔmɛ ya de lɛ ke, “Wa nu kaa Israel matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ naa mɔbɔ. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ha nɛ waa ngɔ kpekpe ya bo kɛ muɔ wa mlɛ mi, nɛ waa ngɔ tangme ngɔ wo wa kuɛ, nɛ waa ya Israel matsɛ ɔ ngɔ kaa, alini e ma he o yi wami lo.”
Yawɛ bi lɛ ke, “Anɛ o to ye tsɔlɔ Hiob he hɛ kaa nɔ ko be je ɔ mi nɛ da, nɛ yeɔ anɔkuale kɛ lɛ sɔ lo? E jaa mi, nɛ e pee we nɔ́ nɛ dɛ blɔ kɔkɔɔkɔ. O ba nyɛ ye nɔ ke ma ha mo blɔ nɛ o ya hao lɛ, be mi nɛ e pee we yayami ko kulaa. Se kɛ ba si piɔ ɔ, Hiob ngɛ anɔkuale yee kɛ mwɔɔ.”
Se a ti ni nyɔngma de Ishmael ke, “Koo gbe wɔ! Wa ngɔ ngma, blɛfo, oliv nu, kɛ hwo ngɔ laa ngɛ nga a mi.” Kɛkɛ nɛ e ngmɛɛ a he, nɛ e gbi mɛ ngɔ piɛ a nyɛmimɛ ɔmɛ a he.
“Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i ngɛ nyɛ dee ke nyɛ ko hao ngɛ nyɛ wami he, nɔ́ nɛ nyɛ maa ye, kɛ nɔ́ nɛ nyɛ maa nu, aloo nɔmlɔ tso ɔ he, bo nɛ nyɛ ma bu, loo tade nɛ nyɛ maa wo. Anɛ wami pã we ngma lo? Anɛ nɔmlɔ tso ɔ pã we heha nɔ́ lo?
Ni ɔmɛ he nɔ ke, “Wa kpa mo pɛɛ, wa pee ja niinɛ. Wa na le kaa anɔkuale mi ɔ, Yawɛ, nyɛ Mawu ɔ fa e tsɔlɔ Mose ke e ngɔ zugba a tsuo ngɔ ha nyɛ, nɛ e kpata ni ɔmɛ nɛ ngɛ zugba a nɔ tsuo a hɛ mi ngɛ nyɛ blɔ mi. Wa ye gbeye wawɛɛ kaa nyɛ ma ba gbe wɔ; lɔ ɔ he nɛ wa to ga nɛ ɔ nɛ.