Amaga peelɔ ɔ be juɛmi, loo e kɔ we nɔ́ se nɛ e ma de ke, “Hyɛ kaa i sã tso ɔ fa kaa lɛ́; i sã abolo ngɛ la a mi; i ngɔ la a kɛ sã de lo, nɛ i ye. Anɛ nɔ́ nɛ piɛ ɔ, ma kɛ puɛ amaga lo? Anɛ ma kpla si ha tso kpoku lo?”
Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ ngɛ dee ngɛ nimli nɛ ɔmɛ a he ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “A suɔ kaa a maa je ye blɔ ɔmɛ a nɔ kɛ ya kpa ngɛ he nɛ a suɔ. Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, i sume mɛ. Ma kai yayamihi nɛ a pee ɔ, nɛ ma gbla a tue.”
Yawɛ ke, “Nyɛ Yuda bi, nyɛ he yayami ɔ, dade ningma tso a kɛ ngma; a kɛ sika tɛ nya piɔpiɔ ngma ngɛ nyɛ tsui mi, nɛ a kpɛ́ ngɛ nyɛ bɔ sami la tɛ koli ɔmɛ a nɔ.
Mo nitsɛ o ní yayami ɔmɛ maa gbla o tue; o se yami ɔ ma ka o hɛ mi. O ma ba na paa kaa kuami nɛ o kua imi, Yawɛ o Mawu ɔ, kɛ ye hɛ mi atuã nɛ o tsɔ ɔ ji nɔ́ ko nɛ hí kulaa; e ngɛ kaa nɔ́ ko nɛ dooɔ kaa agba. Imi, Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ lɛ i de.”
“Tsopa kɛ e he via nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ nyɛ nɛmɛ ɔmɛ, nyɛ matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ, nyɛ ma nimeli ɔmɛ, kɛ ma mi bi ɔmɛ sã ngɛ Yuda ma amɛ a mi, kɛ Yerusalem gbɛjegbɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ ɔ, anɛ nyɛ susu kaa Yawɛ li lo? Nyɛ bu kaa e hɛ je nɔ?
Ninahi nɛ nyɛ na a tsuo, lakpa sɔuu; gbamihi nɛ nyɛ ngɛ gbae ɔ hu jã kɛ̃. Nyɛ yiwutsotsɛmɛ nɛ yayami pɛ nyɛ peeɔ, nyɛ be ɔ su ta; be nɛ a maa gbla nyɛ tue ɔ ma oo! A kɛ klaate ma kpata nyɛ hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ.’
A gbeɔ lohwehi kɛ sãã bɔ kɛ haa mi, nɛ lo ɔ nɛ a kɛ ba sã bɔ ɔ lɛɛ mɛ nitsɛmɛ a yeɔ. Se imi Yawɛ, ye bua jɔɛ a he. Ma kai a he yayami ɔmɛ, nɛ ma gbla a tue kokooko ngɛ he; ma kpale mɛ kɛ ho Egipt ya!
Yawɛ ke, “Israel ma a je a yayami peemi ɔ tsuo sisi ngɛ Gilgal, nɛ lejɛ ɔ a he bɔni mi tai peemi kɛ je. Yi wu tso níhi nɛ a pee ɔ a he ɔ, ma fie mɛ kɛ je zugba a nɔ. I be mɛ suɔe hu; Israel ma nimeli ɔmɛ tsuo tsɔ ye hɛ mi atuã.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛ ko kojo nɔ ko loko be ɔ nɛ su. Nyɛɛ mlɛ kɛ yaa si Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ maa ba. Ke e ba a, e ma je diblii mi níhi, kɛ tsui mi ní yayahi nɛ a kɛ laa a tsuo kpo. Jamɛ a be ɔ, nɔ tsuaa nɔ ma na yi jemi nɛ sa lɛ ɔ kɛ je Mawu dɛ mi.