5 Anɛ nyɛ li kaa Yawɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ, kɛ David so somi ko nɛ a be se kpalee gblegbleegble, kaa David kɛ e nina maa ye Israel nɔ matsɛ kɛ maa ya neneene lo?
“Nike ní klɔuklɔu nɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ kɛ ba haa Yawɛ ɔ, i ngɔ mɛ tsuo kɛ ha mo, kɛ o binyumu ɔmɛ, kɛ o biyi ɔmɛ kaa nyɛ blɔ fa mi nɔ nɛ fɔɔ si daa. Nɔ́ nɛ ɔ ji somi ko nɛ i kɛ mo, kɛ o nina so, nɛ a be mi poe gblegbleegble.”
“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.
Ní nɛ ɔmɛ nɛ i nyɛ pee he je ɔ, somi nɛ i kɛ Yakob nina, kɛ ye tsɔlɔ David so ɔ hu ma ye nɔ sisiisi. Ma hla David nina ko nɛ e ye Abraham, Isak, kɛ Yakob a nina a nɔ. Ma na ye ma a mɔbɔ, nɛ ma ha nɛ a ma ná a he ekohu.”
Kɛkɛ nɛ i ngɔ pi a hɛ mi ke, “Nɔ́ nɛ nyɛ ngɛ pee ɔ dɛ! E sa kaa nyɛɛ ye Mawu gbeye, nɛ nyɛɛ pee nɔ́ nɛ da. Ke nyɛ pee nɔ́ nɛ da a, wa he nyɛli ɔmɛ, nɛ ji ma je li ɔmɛ be nɔ́ ko nae nɛ a maa da nɔ kɛ bɔ wɔ ahlua.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Ishai tsɔ nɛ a ya ngɔ lɛ kɛ ba. Ke o hyɛ lɛ ɔ, e tsuɔ papaapa; e hɛngmɛ nɔ tsɔ, nɛ e he hu ngɛ fɛu. Yawɛ de Samuel ke, “Tee si nɛ o pɔ lɛ nu, ejakaa lɛ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ!”
Yawɛ bi Samuel ke, “Mɛni be o maa ye Saul he kɔmɔ kɛ yaa si? O nɛ kaa i kua lɛ kaa matsɛ ngɛ Israel lo? Wo o koli ɔ mi nu nɛ e hyi tɔ, nɛ ma tsɔ mo Betlehem no, Ishai ɔ ngɔ; ejakaa i hla ye matsɛ ɔ kɛ je e binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti.”
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Yawɛ, Israel Mawu lee, i kpa mo pɛɛ, si nɛ o wo tsaatsɛ, benɛ o de lɛ ke, ke e binyumu ɔmɛ maa ye o mlaa a nɔ sisiisi kaa bɔ nɛ e pee ɔ, a maa ye tsɛ ngɛ Israel kɛ maa ya neneene ɔ, ha jamɛ a siwo ɔ hu nɛ ba mi.