17 nɛ e ngɔ nike ní ɔmɛ kɛ ya ha Moab matsɛ, Eglon. Eglon ɔ, nɔmlɔ nɛ wo lo saminya ji lɛ.
“Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, jehanɛ lɛɛ tohi nɛ wo zɔ, kɛ tohi nɛ tã he lo ɔ, imi Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ nitsɛ ma kojo a kpɛti.
Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ de ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Babilonia bi, nyɛ kpata ye zugba a hɛ mi. Nyɛ kle tɔfutɔfu kaa na yihi nɛ ye niye ní kpakpa, nɛ nyɛ kpaa ngmlaa kɛ he wami kaa okpɔngɔ. Nyɛ bua jɔɔ nyɛ he, nɛ nyɛ nyaa.
A plɔke, nɛ a pee tɔfutɔfu, nɛ a yi mi wa kaa nɔ́ ko. A ha we awusahi a blɔ fa mi níhi nɛ sa, nɛ dɛgutsɛmɛ hu a yi dami sane ha we mɛ.
Ee, a hɛ mi ma kpata si kake too; a nyagbe maa pee gbeye.
Yayami hyi a tsui mi; daa nɛ ɔ, a ngɛ ga yaya toe.
Mɛni he je mɔ nɛ nyɛ peeɔ jiklɔɔ ngɛ bɔ ɔmɛ nɛ i fa ke a kɛ ba ha mi ɔ he? Eli, mɛni he je o buu o binyumu ɔmɛ pe mi ɔ? Mɛni he je o ngmɛ blɔ nɛ a ngɔ bɔ ɔmɛ nɛ ye ma Israel kɛ ba haa mi ɔ e mi kpakpa amɛ kɛ ngɛ a he lɛe, nɛ a ngɛ plɔkee kikɛ nɛ ɔ?
Jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, a gbe Moab bi a ta buli kpanakpanaa, kɛ katsɛmɛ maa pee akpe nyɔngma; nɔ kake ngmelu po ji mi.
Ehud sɔ klaate nya enyɔtsɛ, nɛ e kami ji nine mi blimi enyɔ. E fi klaate ɔ kɛ wo e hiɔ nɔ fiɔ he, ngɛ e tade ɔ sisi,
Benɛ Ehud ngɔ nike ní ɔmɛ kɛ ya ha lɛ se ɔ, e wo nihi nɛ tloo nike ní ɔmɛ kɛ ya a blɔ.