17 Se Mawu lee, enɛ ɔ lɛɛ e ji nɔ́ ko bɔbɔyoo kɛkɛ ngɛ o hɛ mi. O wo si kaa o tsɔlɔ ɔ nina maa hiɛ babauu hwɔɔ se, nɛ mo Yawɛ Mawu, o je sisi bɔni mi hɛɛmi momo kaa nɔmlɔ ngua.
Yawɛ de mi ke, “Ye tsɔlɔ, i ngɛ ní tsumi agbo ko ha mo; pi kaa o ma bua Israel bi nɛ a yi na wami ɔ a nya kɛ pee ma ekohu kaa sa a kɛkɛ, se mohu kaa o maa pee la kɛ ha je ma amɛ, bɔ nɛ pee nɛ a he je ɔ tsuo yi wami.”
Mawu kɛ he wami kpetekpleenyɛ tsuɔ ní ngɛ wa mi, nɛ e peeɔ níhi nɛ hiɛ babauu kɛ be nɔ kɛ haa wɔ, níhi nɛ wa be nyɛe ma bi, kɛ ní nɛmɛ nɛ wa juɛmi sui he po.
Jehanɛ, nɔ́ nɛ o bi we tete hu ma ha mo; o wami ligbi ɔmɛ tsuo ɔ, ma ha o ma na ní, nɛ o hɛ mi maa ba nyami bɔ nɛ matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ a ti nɔ ko nɔ ko kɛ mo be sɔe.
Imi nɛ i ngɔ o nyɔmtsɛ Saul matsɛ yemi ɔ, kɛ e yi ɔmɛ ngɔ wo o dɛ mi; imi nɛ i wo mo Israel kɛ Yuda tsuo matsɛ. Ke ní nɛ ɔmɛ pi ha mo ɔ, jinɛ ma ngɔ totoe enyɔ ngɔ piɛ he ha mo.
Se Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ, enɛ ɔ lɛɛ e ji nɔ́ ko bɔbɔyoo kɛkɛ ngɛ o hɛ mi. O wo si hu kaa o tsɔlɔ ɔ nina maa hiɛ babauu hwɔɔ se. Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ, o je nɔ́ nɛ ɔ ngɔ tsɔɔ nɔmlɔ adesa!
Enɛ ɔ se ɔ, Matsɛ David ya sɛ bo tsu ɔ mi, nɛ e ya hi si ngɛ Yawɛ hɛ mi, nɛ e sɔle ke, “Yawɛ Mawu, mɛnɔ ji mi, nɛ ye we ɔ hu mɛnɔmɛ ji mɛ, loko o hɛɛ mi kɛ ba su he nɛ i ngɛ nɛ ɔ?