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.
Yosia ble bɔ sami la tɛhi nɛ Matsɛ Salomo puɛ ngɛ Yerusalem beleku je kɛ yaa Oliv yo ɔ leneyi je kɛ ha yakayaka amaga nɛ ɔmɛ ɔ: Sidon bi ɔmɛ a yo mawu ɔ nɛ a tsɛɛ Astarte ɔ, Moab bi ɔmɛ a mawu ɔ nɛ a tsɛɛ Kemosh ɔ, kɛ Amon bi ɔmɛ a mawu ɔ nɛ a tsɛɛ Milkom ɔ.
I ma pee nɔ́ nɛ ɔ, ejakaa Salomo kua mi, nɛ e ya ja Astarte, Sidon yo mawu ɔ; Kemosh, Moab mawu ɔ; kɛ Milkom, Amon mawu ɔ. Salomo gbo tue; e pee yayami, nɛ e yi ye mlaa amɛ, kɛ blɔ nya tomi ɔmɛ a nɔ kaa bɔ nɛ e tsɛ David pee ɔ.
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!’
Nɛ nihi ma he nɔ ke, ‘Ejakaa Israel ma a kua Yawɛ, a Mawu ɔ nɛ je mɛ kɛ je Egipt zugba a nɔ ɔ. A ngɔ a he ya mɛtɛ mawu kpahi a he; a ja mɛ, nɛ a sɔmɔ mɛ. Enɛ ɔ he je nɛ Yawɛ kɛ haomi nɛ ɔ ba a nɔ ɔ nɛ.’ ”
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.
Jami hehi nɛ e tsɛ Hezekia gbɛ ɔ, e kpale po mɛ ekohu. E ma bɔ sami la tɛhi kɛ ha Baal, nɛ e pee amagahi kɛ ha yo mawu ɔ nɛ a tsɛɛ Ashera a. E ja dodoehi hulɔ.
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.