12 A ya na zangmawi lafa eywiɛ nɛ a li nyumu ngɛ Yabesh Gilead bi ɔmɛ a kpɛti, nɛ a kɛ mɛ ba ma a sito he ɔ ngɛ Shilo nɛ ngɛ Kanaan zugba a nɔ ɔ.
Benɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ ngɔ zugba a ta a, ma kpekpemi ɔ tsuo ba bua a he nya ngɛ Shilo, nɛ a ma kpe he bo tsu ɔ si ngɛ lejɛ ɔ.
Nyɛɛ ya Shilo, kekleekle ma, he nɛ i hla kaa a ja mi ngɛ ɔ nɛ nyɛ ya hyɛ bɔ nɛ i pee lejɛ ɔ ngɛ ye ma Israel he yayami ɔmɛ a he.
E si e sihi he ɔ nɛ ngɛ Shilo ɔ, bo tsu ɔ nɛ e hi mi ngɛ e ma a kpɛti ɔ.
Israel bi ɔmɛ pue nɔ kɛ ho Betel ya, nɛ a ya bi Mawu ga womi ke, “Wa ti mɛnɔmɛ maa nyɛɛ tabo ɔ hɛ mi kɛ ya tua Benyamin bi ɔmɛ?” Nɛ Yawɛ de mɛ ke, “Yuda wɛtso ɔ maa hia kekle.”
Benɛ a bi si ke Israel wɛtso ɔmɛ a ti mɛnɔ yɛ Yawɛ hɛ mi ngɛ Mizpa a, a na kaa nɔ ko nɔ ko ji Yabesh Gilead kɛ yɛ kpe ɔ,
Nyɛ kpata nyumu tsuaa nyumu, kɛ yo tsuaa yo nɛ le nyumu a hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ.”
Ma kpekpemi ɔ tsɔ nihi kɛ ho Benyamin bi ɔmɛ a ngɔ ya ngɛ Rimon tɛ sa a nɔ, nɛ a kɛ mɛ ya kpata.