Matsɛ Yeroboam de gbalɔ ɔ ke, “I kpa mo pɛɛ, moo fa kue ha Yawɛ, o Mawu ɔ, nɛ e tsa ye nine ɔ ha mi.” Gbalɔ ɔ fa kue ha Yawɛ, nɛ Yawɛ tsa matsɛ ɔ nine ɔ; nɛ nine ɔ pee kaa bɔ nɛ e ngɛ sa a.
Bɔ nɛ Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ ngɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Yi wu tso níhi nɛ Filistia bi ɔmɛ pee kɛ to nɔ́ nɛ a blema he nyɛli ɔmɛ pee mɛ ɔ nane mi ɔ nya wa; a kɛ ninyɛ kadikadi kpata a he nyɛli ɔmɛ a hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ.
“Imi Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ, i kɛ hɛdɔ, kɛ abofu tu munyu kɛ si je ma amɛ, kɛ Edom zugba a tsuo. Mɛɛ lɛɛ a nya, nɛ a gbe ye ma a he guɛ; ejakaa a ngɔ ye zugba a, kɛ lohwe lɛmi he ɔmɛ ngɔ pee a weto ní.
Dɛbi! Nyɛɛ suɔ nyɛ he nyɛli, nɛ nyɛɛ pee mɛ kpakpa; nyɛɛ pa sika ha nɔ, nɛ nyɛ ko hyɛ blɔ kaa e ma ba wo hiɔ. Kɛkɛ ɔ, nyɛ hiɔwo maa hiɛ, nɛ nyɛ maa pee Hiɔwe No ɔ bimɛ; ejakaa lɛɛ e naa otlumuhi, kɛ yiwutsotsɛmɛ tsuo mɔbɔ.
Nyɛ ko ngɔ yayami kɛ ma yayami nane mi, aloo jɛmi kɛ ma jɛmi nane mi. Ke nihi pee nyɛ yayami, loo a jɛ nyɛ ɔ, nyɛ de Mawu nɛ e gbaa mɛ mohu. Ejakaa gbaami Mawu wo si ke e maa gbaa nyɛ benɛ e tsɛ nyɛ ɔ nɛ.