Jehanɛ ɔ, i nu nɛ nɔ́ ko ngɛ pɛe ngɛ hiɔwe kaa nihi babauu a gbi, loo pa nɛ hia kɛ bee, loo hiɔwe nɛ ngɛ sie wawɛɛ. I nu nɛ a ngɛ dee ke, “A je Mawu yi! Ejakaa Nyɔmtsɛ, wa Mawu Ope ɔ ngɛ matsɛ yee!
Yawɛ, nɔ nɛ bɔ hiɔwe kɛ zugba a, lɛ nɔ kake too ji Mawu! E bɔ je ɔ, nɛ e kɛ zugba a ma si saminya. E bɔɛ lɛ ngɔ fɔɛ si gu nɛ e pee yaka; se e pee lɛ konɛ nimli nɛ hi nɔ. Bɔ nɛ lɛ nitsɛ e ngɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Imi ji Yawɛ; mawu kpa ko be hu.
Ngɔɔ mi mi la kɛ kpata a hɛ mi; ee, mo kpata a hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ, konɛ nimli adesahi tsuo nɛ a na nɛ a le kaa Mawu ngɛ matsɛ yee ngɛ Israel, nɛ e matsɛ yemi ɔ ngɛ kɛ yaa su je mi nyagbe he tɔɔ.
E maa ye dami sane be tsuaa be; dami sane yemi maa pee kaa tsɛ̃i nɛ ha e he. Yi wami hemi hu maa pee e hiami nɔ́; e maa pee kaa dade pɛɛ nɛ e bu. E kɛ abofu, kɛ hɛdɔ maa gbla he nyɛli ɔmɛ a tue kɛ fa ni nɛmɛ nɛ a ngɛ mɛ amimi yee ɔ a he.
Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ ngɛ e ma a dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ, “Ke be su nɛ ma he nyɛ yi wami ɔ, ma na nyɛ mɔbɔ; ngmlaa nɛ nyɛ ngɛ kpae ke ma ba piɛ nyɛ he ɔ, ma bu tue. Ma bu nyɛ he, nɛ ma baa nyɛ yi, nɛ ma gu nyɛ nɔ nɛ i kɛ je ma amɛ tsuo maa so. Nyɛ nitsɛmɛ nyɛ zugba nɛ hɛ mi kpata a, ma ha nyɛ ma ba hi nɔ ekohu.
“Mɛnɔ lɛ je Bozra ngɛ Edom zugba a nɔ kɛ ma nɛ ɔ? Mɛnɔ lɛ dla e he saminyayoo kɛ tade tsu, nɛ e ngɛ kɔsɔe wawɛɛ kɛ he wami kɛ ma nɛ ɔ?” “Imi Yawɛ, kpɔlɔ nɛ nine si wa a, i ngɛ dee kɛ ngmlaa ke i ye kunimi oo, i ye kunimi.”
Mɛni ji afɛu! Nyɛɛ hyɛ manye munyu fiɛlɔ ko nyɛɛ yo ɔmɛ a nɔ kɛ ma; e hɛɛ manye munyu sɔuu; manye munyu ɔ kɔɔ tue mi jɔmi he! E ngɛ fiɛe ke a ye kunimi, nɛ e ngɛ Zion dee ke, “O Mawu ɔ ngɛ matsɛ yee!”
Yawɛ, moo te si nɛ o piɛ wa he! Ngɔɔ o he wami ɔ kɛ he wa yi wami kaa bɔ nɛ o pee blema a. Pi mo nɛ o gbɔ Rahab, wo mi lo nguaa a nɔ́, nɛ o poo e mi kpokukpoku ɔ lo?
Imi ji nɔ nɛ pee hiɔwe ploplooplo ɔ, nɛ i ngɔ zugba a sisi tomi ɔmɛ ngɔ ma si. Bɔ nɛ i ngɛ Yerusalem dee ji, ‘Ye ma ji mo! I wo mo mlaa, nɛ i ngɔ ye he wami kɛ ngɛ o he bue.’ ”