Benɛ Menahem je Tirza kɛ yaa a, e kpata Tapua ma a, ma mi bi ɔmɛ, kɛ zugbahi nɛ bɔle Tapua ma a a hɛ mi. Yihɔyihi nɛ ngɛ ma a mi po, e ta bimɛ ɔmɛ ngɛ mɛ tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ a mi mi. Menahem pee nɔ́ nɛ ɔ, ejakaa ma a he we lɛ atuu.
Gbenɔ kuɔ wa saflɛ ɔmɛ kɛ ba sɛ wa mɔ ɔmɛ a mi, nɛ e kpata wa nihewi ɔmɛ, kɛ wa yihewi ɔmɛ a hɛ mi; jokuɛwi pa fiɛ we ngɛ gbɛjegbɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ hu, nɛ nihewi kɛ yihewi ta jua amɛ a nɔ.
O kpee ye he nyɛli ɔmɛ kɛ ba nɛ a ba bɔle mi kaa nɔ́ nɛ a ngɛ nyami ligbi yee. Ligbi ɔ nɛ o mi mi wo la a, nɔ ko nɔ ko nyɛ we nɛ e ye e he. Ye bimɛ nɛ i lɛ, nɛ i suɔ mɛ ɔ, he nyɛli ɔmɛ gbe mɛ tsuo.
Tiro ji wo nya ma nguaa, nɛ e kɛ je mahi tsuo yeɔ jua kɛ yaa wo se tsitsaa. De lɛ ke bɔ nɛ Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ ngɛ lɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Tiro ma, o wo o he nɔ, nɛ o fĩa ke, ‘Ye he ngɛ fɛu kɛ pi si.’
Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, ta ma ba tua nyɛ, nɛ nyɛ mɔ ɔmɛ tsuo a hɛ mi ma kpata kaa bɔ nɛ Matsɛ Shalman kpata Betabel hɛ mi ngɛ ta mi ɔ. Jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, a nuu nyɛmɛ kɛ a bimɛ tsuo ngɔ fiaa si nɛ a gbe mɛ.
A maa gbla Samaria tue, ejakaa e tsɔ ye hɛ mi atuã. Ta ma kpata ma a mi bi ɔmɛ a hɛ mi; a maa ngɔ a bimwɔwi ɔmɛ ngɔ fiaa si, nɛ a kɛ klaate ma fɛ yihɔyi ɔmɛ a mi mi.”
Israel ma a, musu tloo mɛ pɛ; a ngɛ kaa tso nɛ e sipoku gbli, nɛ e wui yiblii. A be fɔe; nɛ ke a fɔ tete po, bimɛ ɔmɛ nɛ a suɔ saminya a, ma kpata a hɛ mi.”
Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, Amazia, Yawɛ ngɛ mo dee ke, ‘O bimɛ ma gbo ngɛ ta nga nɔ. He nyɛli ma ba ngɔ o ma a, nɛ o zugba a maa pee ni kpahi a nɔ nɛ a maa dla. O yo maa bɔ ajuama ngɛ ma a mi, nɛ mo nitsɛ lɛɛ a maa ngɔ mo kɛ ho, nɛ o ma ya gbo ngɛ ma se. A maa nuu Israel bi ɔmɛ nyɔguɛ kɛ maa ho.’ ”