20 Ye nyɔmtsɛ matsɛ, Israel ma a tsuo ngɛ mo blɔ hyɛe nɛ o tsɔɔ mɛ nɔ nɛ maa ye tsɛ ngɛ o se.
I ngɔ tɛ kake too kɛ e hɛ mi kpaago kɛ ngɛ Yoshua hɛ mi mae. Ma kpɛ́ ningma ngɛ tɛ ɔ mi, nɛ ma ha yayami maa ta zugba a nɔ ligbi kake too.
O nɛ, bɔ nɛ tsɔli hyɛɛ a nyɔmtsɛ blɔ, nɛ mawayo hu hyɛɛ e wenyɛ blɔ ɔ, ja nɔuu wɔ hu wa ngɛ Yawɛ, wa Mawu ɔ blɔ hyɛe kɛ yaa su be nɛ e maa na wɔ mɔbɔ.
I hyɛɛ Yawɛ yemi kɛ buami blɔ daa; ejakaa lɛ nɛ jeɔ mi kɛ jeɔ haomi mi.
Mo ji wa Mawu! Moo gbla a tue ha wɔ, ejakaa wɔɔ lɛɛ ta babauu nɛ ba tua wɔ nɛ ɔ, wa be nyɛe maa da nya. Wa li bɔ nɛ wa maa pee ha; mo lɛ wa ngɛ hyɛe.”
Matsɛ David de ma kpekpemi ɔ tsuo ke, “Ye bi Salomo nɔ kake too nɛ Mawu hla a, jokuɛyo ji lɛ; e kpa we níhi a si lolo. Ní tsumi ɔ yi gbo; ejakaa pi nimli a mɔ nɛ a yaa mami ɔ, se Yawɛ Mawu ɔ nitsɛ e we.
Ná nɛ o le kaa Yawɛ hla mo konɛ o ma e we klɔuklɔu ɔ. Pee kã nɛ o kɛ tsu ní tsumi nɛ ɔ.”
Yawɛ mumi ɔ tuɔ munyu kɛ guu ye nɔ, nɛ e sɛ gbi ɔ ngɛ ye nya he.
E gbe to, na, kɛ lohwehi nɛ wo zɔ babauu, nɛ e kpee o binyumu ɔmɛ tsuo, osɔfo Abiatar, kɛ o tatsɛ Yoab; se o bi Salomo lɛɛ e kpee we lɛ.
Ke o pee we ja, nɛ hwɔɔ se o ba gbo ɔ, a kɛ imi, kɛ ye bi Salomo maa ye kaa nɔ se blɔ tsɔɔli.”