1 Be ko nɛ be ɔ, ke Efraim wɛtso ɔ de nɔ́ ko ɔ, Israel wɛtso kpa amɛ yee gbeye; ejakaa a buu Efraim saminya. Se ma a pee yayami kaa a ya ja Baal; lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a ma gbo.
Ye nine nya níhi ji ni nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo, lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ye níhi ji mɛ tsuo. Nihi nɛ baa a he si, nɛ a naa a he yayami nɛ a tsakeɔ a tsui, nihi nɛ yeɔ mi gbeye, nɛ a buɔ mi tue ɔ, mɛ ji nihi nɛ i suɔ.
Mɛni he je? Ejakaa Siria he wɛ pi Damasko nɛ ji e matsɛ ma a, nɛ Damasko he wɛ pi Rezin. Israel lɛɛ hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ jeha nyingmi ekpa kɛ enuɔ ɔ, a ma kpata e hɛ mi butuu, bɔ nɛ e be nyɛe maa da si kaa ma hu.
“Ye ma a wo matsɛmɛ nɛ i li he nɔ́ ko. A hla ma nimeli hu nɛ a bi we mi gbi. A ngɔ sika hiɔ, kɛ sika tsu kɛ puɛ amagahi nɛ ma kpata mɛ nitsɛmɛ a hɛ mi.
Suɔmi nɛ Kristo ngɛ kɛ ha wɔ ɔ woɔ wɔ he wami. Kristo gbo ha wɔ tsuo. Nɛ wa heɔ yeɔ kaa gbenɔ nɛ nɔ kake gbo ha nihi tsuo nɛ ɔ tsɔɔ kaa ni ɔmɛ tsuo gbo.
Enɛ ɔ se ɔ, Yawɛ de Yoshua ke, “Mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ, ma bɔni o hɛ mi nyami womi ngɛ Israel ma a tsuo a hɛ mi, konɛ a na nɛ a le kaa bɔ nɛ i kɛ Mose hi si ɔ, jã kɛ̃ i kɛ mo hu maa hi si.
Efraim bi ɔmɛ dla a he kɛ ha ta. A po pa a kɛ ya Zafon, nɛ a ya de Yefta ke, “Mɛni he je nɛ o kɛ Amon bi ɔmɛ ya hwu ta, nɛ o tsɛ we wɔ nɛ wa ba piɛ o he ɔ? Wa maa mɛ o we ɔ he la kɛ pue o nɔ.”
Kɛkɛ nɛ Efraim bi ɔmɛ bi Gideon ke, “Mɛni o pee wɔ nɛ ɔ? Mɛni he je o ba kpee we wɔ benɛ o yaa nɛ o kɛ Midian bi ɔmɛ ya hwu ta a?” Nɛ a ka e hɛ mi saminya.