Yawɛ ke, “Nyɛɛ kɛ bua jɔmi nɛ la ha Israel; nyɛ hwɔ lele ha ma nɛ he wa pe je ma amɛ tsuo ɔ. Nyɛ la yi jemi la, nɛ nyɛɛ fiɛ ke, ‘Yawɛ he e ma a yi wami; Yawɛ he nihi nɛ piɛ ɔ tsuo a yi wami.’
Jehanɛ, Yehoyada je matsɛbi ɔ kpo, nɛ e fi lɛ jlasi, nɛ e ngɔ mlaa womi ɔ kɛ wo e dɛ mi. Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, a pɔ Yoash nu, nɛ a wo lɛ matsɛ. Ni ɔmɛ fia a dɛ, nɛ a hwɔ lele, nɛ a de ke, “Matsɛ yi nɛ na wa!”
Zion, nyá oo, nyá! Yerusalem, mo he ose! Hyɛ, o matsɛ ɔ ma! E ma kɛ agbo jemi kɛ kunimi yemi. E ba e he si, nɛ e hi teji okpɔngɔ nɔ; ee, e hi teji okpɔngɔ bi nɔ.
Mo yo gagaa, mɛni kulaa ji mo ngɛ Zerubabel hɛ mi? E maa ba mo si, nɛ o maa pee kaa nga kplanaa. Be nɛ o kɛ nyagbe tɛ ɔ maa ma e blɔ he ngɛ tsu ɔ yi mi ɔ, ma a tsuo ma he ose ke, ‘Afɛu nɔ oo, afɛu nɔ!’ ”
Samuel de ma a tsuo ke, “Nyumu ɔ nɛ Yawɛ hla ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Nɔ ko nɔ ko be kaa lɛ ngɛ ma mi bi ɔmɛ tsuo a kpɛti.” Kɛkɛ nɛ ma a tsuo hwɔ lele nɛ a de ke, “Matsɛ yi nɛ e na wa!”