1 Yawɛ, hyɛ bɔ nɛ ye he nyɛli hiɛ ha! Hyɛ kaa nihi babauu te si kɛ wo mi!
Absalom kɛ Israel ma a tsuo ba Yerusalem, nɛ Ahitofel hu piɛ a he.
Mo je o nyakpɛ suɔmi nɛ ngɛ daa a kpo kɛ tsɔɔ nihi nɛ ngɔɔ a hɛ kɛ fɔɔ o nɔ ɔ; nɛ o kpɔ mɛ kɛ je ni nɛmɛ nɛ teɔ si kɛ woɔ mɛ ɔ a dɛ mi.
“Nyɛmi maa ngɔ e nyɛmi ngɔ ha nɛ a ya gbe lɛ, nɛ tsɛmɛ hu maa ngɔ a bimɛ ngɔ ha ja nɔuu. Bimɛ maa te si ngɔ wo a fɔli, nɛ a ma ha nɛ a gbe mɛ.
Ma kpekpemi ɔ tsuo he nɔ ke, “Ee, wa nu! Tue gblami nɛ maa ba ngɛ nyumu nɛ ɔ gbenɔ se ɔ, e pee waa kɛ wa nina wa nɔ!”
Matsɛmɛ nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo bua a tabo ɔmɛ a nya ngɛ he kake, nɛ a gba ta ngɔ wo Israel he ngɛ Merom pa a nya.