Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Salomo ba hi matsɛ sɛ ɔ nɛ Yawɛ nitsɛ to sisi ɔ nɔ ngɛ e tsɛ David nane mi. E matsɛ yemi ɔ ya nɔ wawɛɛ nitsɛ, nɛ Israel ma a tsuo buɔ lɛ tue.
Matsɛ David de ma kpekpemi ɔ tsuo ke, “Ye bi Salomo nɔ kake too nɛ Mawu hla a, jokuɛyo ji lɛ; e kpa we níhi a si lolo. Ní tsumi ɔ yi gbo; ejakaa pi nimli a mɔ nɛ a yaa mami ɔ, se Yawɛ Mawu ɔ nitsɛ e we.
Adoniya de lɛ ke, “Kaa bɔ nɛ o le ɔ, jinɛ imi lɛ i yeɔ matsɛ; Israel ma a tsuo hyɛ blɔ kaa imi lɛ ma ba ye matsɛ ɔ nɛ. Se e ya bɛ lɛ ja, nɛ ye senɔ mohu ba ye matsɛ; ejakaa Yawɛ lɛ ha nɛ e ba mi ja.
“Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, Yawɛ ye e siwo ɔ nɔ. Kaa bɔ nɛ e de to ɔ, i ba ngɛ tsɛ yee ngɛ Israel ngɛ tsaatsɛ David se, nɛ we ɔ he nɛ a ma ja Yawɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ ngɛ ɔ, i po.
Yawɛ, o Mawu ɔ nɛ na o he bua jɔmi nɛ e ngɔ mo ngɔ hi e sɛ ɔ nɔ, konɛ o ye matsɛ ngɛ e biɛ mi ɔ, a je e yi. Akɛnɛ o Mawu ɔ suɔ Israel, nɛ e suɔ kaa ma a nɛ hi si kɛ ya neneene he je ɔ, e wo mo tsɛ ngɛ a nɔ, konɛ o kojo, nɛ o ye dami sane.”
Yaa Matsɛ David ngɔ esɔ, nɛ o ya de lɛ ke, ‘Ye nyɔmtsɛ matsɛ! Anɛ o ka we mi kita kaa ye bi Salomo ma ba ye tsɛ ngɛ o se lo? Mɛni he je mɔ nɛ Adoniya ngɛ matsɛ yee ɔ?’ ”