Israel ma a pee yayami kɛ si Yawɛ ekohu. A ya sɔmɔ Baalhi, Ashtarot, kɛ Siria, Sidon, Moab, Amon, kɛ Filisti bi ɔmɛ a mawu ɔmɛ. Se Yawɛ nitsɛ lɛɛ a kua lɛ, nɛ a kpa lɛ sɔmɔmi.
O ma de ke o ble we o he lo? O ma de ke o ja we Baalhi hyɛ lo? Hyɛ bɔ nɛ o pee yayami ngɛ kɔ̃ ɔ mi; hyɛ nɔ́ nɛ o pee. O pee kaa afukpɔngɔ yo nɛ he mi jɔɛ lɛ, nɛ ngɛ kpae kɛ ngɛ yae kɛ ngɛ bae.
E ngɔ e binyumuhi kɛ sã sami bɔhi ngɛ Hinom kɔ̃ ɔ mi. E kla, e tsu kunya, nɛ e kɛ kpade tsɛli, kɛ azetsɛmɛ bɔ. E pee yayamihi babauu kɛ si Yawɛ, nɛ e kɛ wo e mi mi la.
Yawɛ de Mose ke, “E be kɛe nɛ o ma gbo; nɛ o gbenɔ se ɔ, Israel ma a be mi anɔkuale yee hu; a be somi nɛ i kɛ mɛ so ɔ nɔ yee. A maa je ye se ya ja ma se mawuhi nɛ ngɛ zugba a nɔ he nɛ a yaa a.
Jamɛ a nyɔ ɔ mi nɔuu ɔ, Yawɛ de Gideon ke, “Yaa nu o tsɛ na ku ɔ, kɛ na ku kpa nɛ ye jeha kpaago; nɛ o ya ku bɔ sami la tɛ ɔ nɛ o tsɛ pee kɛ ha Baal ɔ, kɛ yo wɔ Ashera nɛ ngɛ e kasa nya a,
“Se enɛ ɔmɛ tsuo a se ɔ, o ma a tsɔ o hɛ mi atuã, nɛ a bui mo tue; a sake o mlaa a ngɔ fɔ a tue se. A gbe gbali ɔmɛ nɛ ka a hɛ mi, nɛ de mɛ ke a kpale kɛ ba o ngɔ ɔ; kɛ nɔ a bɔ musu babauu.
Yayamihi nɛ a nɛmɛ ɔmɛ pee ɔ, a kpale ya pee jamɛ a yayami ɔmɛ. A nɛmɛ ɔmɛ kplɛɛ we kaa a maa bu mi tue, nɛ a ya ja mawu kpahi. Israel ma a, kɛ Yuda ma a tsuo yi somi nɛ i kɛ a nɛmɛ ɔmɛ so ɔ nɔ.
“Ke nyɛ se kɛ ngɛ zugba a nɔ, nɛ nyɛ ná bimɛ, kɛ bibimɛ ɔ, nyɛ ko pee yayami kaa nyɛ maa puɛ amaga ko nɛ ngɛ su ko kulaa ha nyɛ he. E ji yayami agbo ngɛ Yawɛ hɛ mi nɛ ma ha e mi mi maa wo la.
Samuel de Israel bi ɔmɛ ke, “Ke nyɛ maa kpale ba nyɛɛ Yawɛ se niinɛ kɛ nyɛ tsui tsuo ɔ, lɛɛ nyɛ je ma se mawu ɔmɛ, kɛ yo wɔ Ashtarot ɔ kɛ je nyɛ kpɛti. Nyɛ dla nyɛ tsui mi kɛ ha Yawɛ, nɛ nyɛ sɔmɔ lɛ nɔ kake too, nɛ e ma je nyɛ kɛ je Filisti bi ɔmɛ a dɛ mi.”
Kɛkɛ nɛ a fa kue ha Yawɛ, nɛ a de ke, ‘Wa pee yayami, ejakaa wa je Yawɛ se nɛ wa ya ja Baal amaga amɛ, kɛ yo wɔ Ashtarot ɔ hu e we amaga amɛ. Mo kpɔ wɔ kɛ je wa he nyɛli ɔmɛ a dɛ mi, nɛ wa ma sɔmɔ mo!’
E sã tsopa kɛ e he via ngɛ Hinom kɔ̃ ɔ mi. Pi lɔ ɔ kɛkɛ. E kɛ lɛ nitsɛ e bimɛ po sã sami bɔhi kɛ ha amagahi kaa bɔ nɛ je ma amɛ nɛ Yawɛ fie kɛ je Israel bi ɔmɛ a blɔ mi ɔ pee ɔ pɛpɛɛpɛ.
Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ ke, “Israel, blema lokoo lɛ o je o he kɛ je ye he wami sisi; o de ke o be mi jae hu fɛɛ. O kpla si ha amagahi ngɛ yoku tsuaa yoku nɛ ya hiɔwe nɔ, kɛ tso tsua tso nɛ bɔ kusuu sisi.
Se benɛ a ba su zugba a nɔ nɛ a ngɔ kɛ pee a weto ní ɔ, a bui mo tue; o mlaa amɛ hu a yi nɔ fɛɛ. Níhi nɛ o fa mɛ ke a pee ɔ, a pee we ekoeko fɛɛ. Enɛ ɔ he je nɛ o kɛ haomi nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo ba a nɔ ɔ nɛ.