nɛ e fa kue ha Yawɛ ke, “Yawɛ, Israel Mawu lee, mo nɛ o hii si ngɛ o matsɛ sɛ ɔ nɔ ngɛ kerub ɔmɛ a yi mi lokoo. Mo nɔ kake too ji Mawu, nɛ je nɛ ɔ mi matsɛ yemi ɔmɛ tsuo ngɛ o sisi. Mo lɛ o bɔ hiɔwe kɛ zugba.
Ke e ba mi ja a, nɔ tsuaa nɔ ma de ke, “Wa Mawu ji nɛ ɔ nɛ! Wa ngɔ wa hɛ ngɔ fɔ e nɔ, nɛ e kpɔ wɔ. Lɛ ji Yawɛ. Akɛnɛ wa ngɔ wa hɛ ngɔ fɔ e nɔ nɛ́ e he wa yi wami he je ɔ, wa bua jɔ wa he, nɛ wa ngɛ nyae.”
Jamɛ a lɛ ɔmɛ a mi tso ɔmɛ a he be se nami; a be hie kɛ abalaa womi. Wa ma kpɔ he nyɛli ɔmɛ a ní kpakpa amɛ tsuo ngɛ a dɛ. Ta yibu ní babauu nɛ a ma na a, a maa dla, nɛ nɔ tsuaa nɔ ma na eko; glɔtsɛmɛ po ma na a blɔ fa mi nɔ́. Yawɛ nitsɛ maa pee wa matsɛ. E maa ye wa nɔ, nɛ e maa bu wa he.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a tsɔ ya ngɔ Yawɛ somi daka a ngɛ Shilo kɛ ba. Somi daka a daa si ha Yawɛ Ope ɔ matsɛ sɛ. Eli binyumu enyɔ ɔmɛ, Hofni kɛ Finehas piɛ nihi nɛ ngɔ somi daka a kɛ ba a a he.