Kikɛ nɛ ɔ Israel bi hu maa hi si be babauu nɛ a be matsɛmɛ, loo hɛ mi nyɛɛli. Bɔ sami, kɛ tɛ titimahi a jami se maa po; nɛ amagahi, kɛ níhi nɛ a kɛ klaa a, ekoeko be si hie 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.
Imi ji nyɛ Mawu nɛ jeɔ nyɛ kɛ jeɔ haomi, kɛ nɔ́ nami tsuo mi. Se mwɔnɛ ɔ, nyɛ kua mi, nɛ nyɛ bi ke ma ha nyɛ matsɛ. Yoo, nyɛ ba bua nyɛ he nya wɛtso nya wɛtso nya, kɛ weku nya weku nya ngɛ Yawɛ hɛ mi.’ ”
Yawɛ bi Samuel ke, “Mɛni be o maa ye Saul he kɔmɔ kɛ yaa si? O nɛ kaa i kua lɛ kaa matsɛ ngɛ Israel lo? Wo o koli ɔ mi nu nɛ e hyi tɔ, nɛ ma tsɔ mo Betlehem no, Ishai ɔ ngɔ; ejakaa i hla ye matsɛ ɔ kɛ je e binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti.”