Tsɔli ɔmɛ ngɔ matsɛ ɔ, kɛ ganɔ ɔmɛ a sɛ gbi ɔ kɛ ya kpa Israel kɛ Yuda tsuo, nɛ a de ke, “Israel ma! Asiria bi ba tua nyɛ, nɛ nyɛ je a dɛ mi. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛɛ kpale kɛ ba Yawɛ, Abraham, Isak, kɛ Yakob a Mawu ɔ ngɔ, konɛ lɛ hu e kpale nɛ e he nyɛ.
nɛ a ma de ke, “Nyɛ ha wa ya kuɔ Yawɛ yo ɔ kɛ ya Israel Mawu ɔ sɔlemi we ɔ. E maa tsɔɔ wɔ nɔ́ nɛ e suɔ kaa waa pee; nɛ wa maa pee bɔ nɛ e maa tsɔɔ wɔ ɔ pɛpɛɛpɛ. Ejakaa Yawɛ ní tsɔɔmi ɔ, Yerusalem e jee; e kɛ e ma a tuɔ munyu kɛ jeɔ Zion yo ɔ nɔ.”
Nyɛ ma ble nyɛ we amaga amɛ; amagahi nɛ a ngɔ sika hiɔ kɛ ha a he, kɛ ní nɛmɛ nɛ a ngɔ sika tsu kɛ ha a he ɔ tsuo. Nyɛ maa hɛ mɛ kɛ fɔ he kaa ní komɛ nɛ a he tsɔ we; nyɛ ma de mɛ ke, “Nyɛɛ ho!”
Nyɔhiɔ ma kpɛ kaa pu, nɛ pu la a nya maa wa wawɛɛ kaa bɔ nɛ e nya waa daa a totoe si kpaago; e maa pee kaa ligbi kpaago pu tsotsoe tsuo nɛ a bua nya ngɔ ha ligbi kake. Plaami nɛ Yawɛ plaa e ma a, e maa fi pa amɛ a nɔ ha mɛ, nɛ pa amɛ ma gbo. Ní nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo maa ba mi jamɛ a be ɔ mi.
Nyɛ he nyɛli tsɛɔ nyɛ ke nihi nɛ a fie mɛ; a deɔ ke, ‘Zion nɛ be huɛ.’ Se kɛ̃, ma ha nɛ nyɛ ma na he wami ekohu; ma tsa nyɛ pa amɛ. Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.”
A ma bi ke a tsɔɔ mɛ Zion blɔ, nɛ a maa nyɛɛ nɔ kɛ ba. A ma de ke, ‘Nyɛ ha nɛ waa ngɔ wa he ya mɛtɛ Yawɛ he. Nyɛ ha nɛ waa kɛ lɛ nɛ so neneene somi nɛ a be mi poe gblegbleegble.’
Se pee se ɔ, Israel bi ɔmɛ maa kpale kɛ ba a ma a mi ekohu; a ma ba hla Yawɛ, a Mawu ɔ, kɛ David nɛ ji matsɛ ɔ nina se blɔ ekohu. Jamɛ a be ɔ, a maa ye Yawɛ gbeye, nɛ a ma na nike ní kpakpahi kɛ je e dɛ mi.
Se ke a kɛ zu kpa kã gli ɔ he, nɛ lɔ ɔ se osɔfo ɔ ba hyɛ, nɛ e nɛ nɔ́ ko ngɛ he ɔ, e ha nɛ a le kaa we ɔ he tsɔ; ejakaa a je nɔ́ nɛ fu ja a tsuo kɛ je gli ɔ mi.
“Nyɛ na nɛ nyɛɛ le kaa, ‘Imi nɔ kake too ji Mawu; ye se ɔ, mawu ko mawu ko be! Imi nɛ i gbee nɔ, imi kɛ̃ nɛ i haa nɔ wami; imi nɛ i plaa nɔ, nɛ imi nɛ i tsaa nɔ. Nɔ ko nɔ ko be nɛ maa tsi ye nya.
Samuel de Israel bi ɔmɛ ke, “Ke nyɛ maa kpale ba nyɛɛ Yawɛ se niinɛ kɛ nyɛ tsui tsuo ɔ, lɛɛ nyɛ je ma se mawu ɔmɛ, kɛ yo wɔ Ashtarot ɔ kɛ je nyɛ kpɛti. Nyɛ dla nyɛ tsui mi kɛ ha Yawɛ, nɛ nyɛ sɔmɔ lɛ nɔ kake too, nɛ e ma je nyɛ kɛ je Filisti bi ɔmɛ a dɛ mi.”