1 “Nyɛ osɔfohi, nyɛɛ bu tue! Israel ma nyɛ tã tue! Matsɛ we mi bimɛ, nyɛɛ bu tue! Nyɛ sa tue gblami! Ejakaa nyɛ pee kaa klama nɛ a tsɔ ngɛ Mizpa, kɛ yá nɛ a wo ngɛ Tabor yo ɔ nɔ,
Imi Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ, imi ji Mawu hɛ kalɔ ɔ nɛ. Kaa bɔ nɛ Tabor yo ɔ daa si gagaa ngɛ yo ɔmɛ a kpɛti, aloo kaa bɔ nɛ Karmel yo ɔ daa si ngɛ wo tue ɔ, jã ji bɔ nɛ nɔ nɛ ma mo tuami ɔ e he wami ngɛ.
Nyɛ Israel bi, nyɛɛ bu nɔ́ nɛ Yawɛ ngɛ dee ɔ tue. Yawɛ ke Israel ma a tɔ̃ e nɔ. E ke, “Anɔkuale yemi ta zugba a nɔ; suɔmi be, nɛ imi Mawu nitsɛ hu a li mi.
Mawu tsɔ imi, e gbalɔ ɔ, kaa ma ba tu munyu kɛ tsɔɔ e ma Israel ɔ. Se he tsuaa he nɛ ma ya a, nyɛ tsɔ̃ mi klama kaa a tsɔ̃ɔ̃ lohwe pɛlitsɛ klama. Mawu we ɔ nitsɛ po, ninyɛ sɔuu lɛ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ.
Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ ngɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Bi buu e tsɛ, nɛ tsɔlɔ hu buu e nyɔmtsɛ. Ke tsɛ ji mi ɔ, mɛni he je nyɛ bui mi mɔ? Nɛ ke nyɔmtsɛ ji mi ɔ, mɛni he je nyɛ yi mi gbeye? Nyɛ gbeɔ ye he guɛ, se kɛ̃ ɔ, nyɛ biɔ ke, ‘Kɛ wa plɛ kɛ gbe o he guɛ kɛɛ?’
Ligbi ko ɔ, e tsɔ ya tsɛ Abinoam binyumu Barak ngɛ Kedesh nɛ ngɛ Naftali ɔ kɛ ba, nɛ e de lɛ ke, “Yawɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ ngɛ mo fae ke, ‘Yaa nɛ o ya hla nyumuhi akpe nyɔngma kɛ je Naftali kɛ Zebulun wɛtso ɔmɛ a mi, nɛ o kɛ mɛ nɛ ba Tabor yo ɔ nɔ.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ma a tsuo ba bua a he nya ngɛ Mizpa. A yɛ nyu kɛ pue si ngɛ Yawɛ hɛ mi, nɛ a ha hwɔ jamɛ a ligbi ɔ tsuo, nɛ a de ke, “Wa pee yayami kɛ si Yawɛ.” Mizpa ji he nɛ Samuel hyɛɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ a kpɛti sanehi a mi haa mɛ ngɛ.