1 A je Yawɛ yi! A gbaa nɔ nɛ yeɔ Yawɛ gbeye, nɛ e naa e mlaa amɛ a he bua jɔmi saminya a.
lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Ahab tsɛ Obadia, matsɛ we ɔ nɔ hyɛlɔ ɔ. (Obadia yeɔ Yawɛ gbeye wawɛɛ nitsɛ.
A je Yawɛ yi! Ma na Yawɛ si kɛ ye tsui tsuo ngɛ nihi nɛ peeɔ nɔ nɛ da a gua a mi.
Ke o ngɛ hlae nɛ o na nile ɔ, ye Yawɛ gbeye. Nihi tsuo nɛ peeɔ ja a, a nuɔ nɔ́ sisi saminya. A je Yawɛ yi daa!
Ye bua jɔɔ o mlaa amɛ a he pe ní nami babauu.
Ke i ngɛ haomi mi, nɛ i ngɛ kɔmɔ yee ɔ, o mlaa amɛ lɛɛ a haa nɛ ye bua jɔɔ saminya.
Ye bua jɔɔ o mlaa amɛ a he; ye hɛ be o munyu ɔmɛ a nɔ jee.
Ha nɛ ma ye mlaa a nɔ; ejakaa e haa mi bua jɔmi.
I suɔ o mlaa a kaa nɔ́ ko! Ke je na kikɛ nɛ ɔ, e he pɛ i susuɔ.
A gbaa nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ yee Yawɛ gbeye, nɛ́ e yeɔ e mlaa amɛ a nɔ.
Nihi nɛ yee lɛ gbeye ɔ, e peeɔ a hiami ní kɛ haa mɛ. E buu a kue fami ɔmɛ hu tue, nɛ e heɔ a yi wami.
Nyɛ je Yawɛ yi! E hi kaa a la kɛ je wa Mawu ɔ yi; ejakaa dloolɔ ji lɛ, nɛ e sa kaa a la kɛ je e yi.
Nyɛ je Yawɛ yi! Nyɛ je Mawu yi ngɛ e he klɔuklɔu ɔ; nyɛ je e yi ngɛ e bɔku kpetekpleenyɛ ɔ mi!
Ye Mawu, i suɔ kaa ma pee o suɔmi nya ní; o mlaa a, a ngma ngɛ ye tsui mi.”
Yayami peelɔ peeɔ yayami si lafa, nɛ e gbo we. Se kɛ̃ ɔ, i le kaa nihi nɛ yeɔ Mawu gbeye anɔkuale mi ɔ, e hii ha mɛ.
Nyɛ ti mɛnɔ yeɔ Yawɛ gbeye, nɛ e buɔ e tsɔlɔ ɔ gbi tue? E tsɔlɔ nɛ ɔ, ke e nyɛɛ ngɛ diblii kpii mi po, e ngɔɔ e hɛ ngɔ fɔɔ Yawɛ nɔ, nɛ e ngɔɔ e he kɛ kpasaa e Mawu ɔ.
E naa nihi nɛ buɔ lɛ ɔ mɔbɔ yi nɔhi tsuo.
Ngɛ ye tsui mi ɔ, i suɔ Mawu mlaa a saminya.
He lo nya níhi a he juɛmi ɔ kɛ gbenɔ baa, se mumi mi níhi a he juɛmi ɔ haa nɔ wami, kɛ he jɔmi.
“Yawɛ maa gbaa nyɛ ma amɛ, kɛ nyɛ ngmɔ ɔmɛ.