1 “Daa nyɔ kɛ pia a, yi wu tso níhi, kɛ níhi nɛ a he be se nami sɔuu Israel ma a ngɛ pee. A sisiɔ nɔ, nɛ a pueɔ muɔ si. A kɛ Asiria ngɛ huɛ bɔe, nɛ Egipt lɛɛ a kɛ lɛ yeɔ nu jua.”
Asiria matsɛ, Tiglat Pileser ba tua Israel; nɛ Menahem ha lɛ sika hiɔ kilo akpe nyingmi etɛ kɛ eywiɛ, bɔ nɛ pee nɛ Tiglat Pileser nɛ e piɛ e he, nɛ e matsɛ yemi ɔ nɛ da si.
Nyɛɛ hyɛ bɔ nɛ nyɛ nane nya ngɛ sɔe kɛ ngɛ yae kɛ ngɛ bae, nɛ nyɛ ngɛ yemi kɛ buami hlae ngɛ je ma amɛ a ngɔ! Nyɛ hɛ mi ma pue si ngɛ Egipt kaa bɔ nɛ nyɛ hɛ mi pue si be ko ngɛ Asiria a.
Yawɛ ke, “Lakpa sɔuu Israel ma a ngɛ yee, nɛ a ngɛ nihi sisie ngɛ ye hɛ mi paa. Se imi Mawu, i le bɔ nɛ Yuda hu ngɛ kɛ ba si amlɔ nɛ ɔ. Yuda ma a ngɛ imi Nɔ Klɔuklɔu ɔ anɔkuale yee kɛ mwɔɔ.
I be nyɛ tue gblae ngɛ ye mi mi fumi ɔ nya. I be Israel hɛ mi kpatae hu. Ejakaa Mawu ji mi, pi nɔmlɔ adesa ji mi. Imi Nɔ Klɔuklɔu ɔ, i kɛ nyɛ ngɛ. I be nyɛ ngɔ bae kɛ abofu.”
“Israel, nyɛ yi mi anɔkuale; nyɛɛ hyɛ nɛ hi nɛ Yuda ko ba pee kaa nyɛ. Nyɛ ko ya ja Mawu ngɛ Gilgal, loo Betaven; nɛ nyɛ kó ka kita ngɛ Yawɛ, Mawu hɛ kalɔ ɔ biɛ mi hulɔ.
“Benɛ Israel na kaa e hiɔ ɔ nya ba wa, nɛ Yuda hu na kaa e plaa wawɛɛ nitsɛ ɔ, Israel ho Asiria matsɛ ɔ ngɔ ya ya bi yemi kɛ buami. Se e nyɛ we nɛ e tsa hiɔ ɔ ha Israel, nɛ pa amɛ hu e nyɛ we nɛ e pee nɔ́ ko ngɛ a he.
“Be tsuaa be nɛ i hla kaa ma tsa ye ma Israel hiɔ ɔ, yi wu tso ní peemi, kɛ ní yayahi sɔuu i naa ngɛ Samaria. A sisiɔ a sibi, a sɛɛ wehi a mi ya juɔ, nɛ a yeɔ ojo ngɛ blɔ ɔmɛ a nɔ.
Israel ngɛ kaa beleku lahuɛ nɛ ngɛ tee kɛ ngɛ yae kɛ ngɛ bae; e be juɛmi. Ke o ke o hyɛɛ ɔ, Israel bi ji nɛ nɛ a yaa bi yemi kɛ buami ngɛ Egipt; pee se kɛkɛ a pue Asiria blɔ.