1 Mawu, naa mi mɔbɔ oo, naa mi mɔbɔ! Ejakaa o ngɔ lɛ i saa we ngɛ. Ma laa ye he ngɛ o pɛli ɔmɛ a sisi ngɛ hɔ̃ ɔ mi kɛ yaa si hɛ mi kpatami nɛ nya wa nɛ ɔ se maa po.
E maa bu o he, nɛ o yi ma na wami kaa lohwe pɛlitsɛ bi ngɛ e nyɛ pɛli sisi. Si nɛ e wo ke e maa ye mo anɔkuale ɔ maa pee kaa tsɛ̃i, kɛ dama nɛ ma fa o he.
Nyɛ he nɛ do blibliibli, nɛ nyɛ kpla si ngɛ e hɛ mi. Ke pi jã a, e mi mi ma fu nyɛ si kake too, nɛ nyɛ hɛ mi ma kpata. Nihi tsuo nɛ ba saa we ngɛ Yawɛ ngɔ ɔ ma na bua jɔmi.
I de lɛ ke, “Ye Nyɔmtsɛ, i li; mo lɛ o le!” E de mi ke, “Haomi kpetekpleenyɛ ɔ, nimli nɛ ɔmɛ ji ni nɛmɛ nɛ gblee mi kɛ be slɔkee. A fɔ a tade ɔmɛ a he, nɛ a ha nɛ a hiɛ futaa ngɛ To bi ɔ muɔ ɔ mi.
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.
Se Mawu po ligbi ɔmɛ a nɔ kpiti momo; kaa e pee we jã jinɛ adesa ko adesa ko yi be wami nae. Mawu bimɛ ɔmɛ nɛ e hla a a he je ɔ, a maa po jamɛ a ligbi ɔmɛ a nɔ kpiti.
Benɛ Saul su to tsu komɛ a he ngɛ blɔ ɔ nɔ ɔ, e gba ya sɛ tɛ puɔ ko mi, nɛ e ya nane nɔ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ. David kɛ e we bi ɔmɛ hu laa a he ngɛ jamɛ a tɛ puɔ ɔ nɔuu mi ngɛ se blɔ.
“Yerusalem Yerusalem! O gbe gbali ɔmɛ, nɛ nihi nɛ a tsɔ mɛ o ngɔ ɔ, o fia mɛ tɛ! Hyɛ si abɔ nɛ i hla kaa ma bua o bimɛ ɔmɛ tsuo a nya kaa bɔ nɛ kungwɔ buaa e bimɛ a nya ngɔ woɔ e pɛli sisi; se nyɛ kplɛɛ we!
David hu je kpo kɛ je tɛ puɔ ɔ mi, nɛ e kpa huhui kɛ tsɛ Saul yi se, nɛ e de ke, “Ye nyɔmtsɛ matsɛ!” Nɛ benɛ Saul plɛ nɛ e hyɛ e se ɔ, David kpla si nɛ e kɛ e hɛ mi bu si ngɛ zugba kɛ tsɔɔ bumi.
Kɛkɛ nɛ David we bi ɔmɛ de lɛ ke, “Yawɛ de mo ke, ‘Ma je o he nyɛlɔ ɔ kɛ wo o dɛ mi nɛ o pee lɛ nɔ́ nɛ o suɔ.’ O nɛ, be ɔ su.” David pee blɛuu nɛ e ya po Saul bo ɔ nya nigii.