Ligbi ko ɔ, Yeroboam hia blɔ kɛ je Yerusalem. Benɛ e ngɛ blɔ ɔ nɔ kɛ yaa a, gbalɔ Ahiya nɛ je Shilo ɔ ya na lɛ; nɛ mɛ ni enyɔ ɔmɛ pɛ a ngɛ nga a nɔ. Jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, Ahiya wo tade he.
O ninehi nɛ o kɛ buɔ o he ɔ ma bɔni kpokpomi, nɛ o nane kpakpataa amɛ a mi maa jɔ. O lunguhi be nyɛe maa ta nɔ́ hu, ejakaa a he pi. O hɛngmɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ maa ha, nɛ o be nɔ́ hyɛe saminya hu.
Wa wami be ɔ tsuo ji jeha nyingmi kpaago. Ke wa ngɛ he wami ɔ, wa naa nyingmi kpaanyɔ, se lɛ tsuo peeɔ haomi kɛ aywilɛho sɔuu. Wa wami se poɔ tlukaa; nɛ wa bee kɛ yaa kaa lohwe pɛlitsɛmɛ nɛ te kɛ bee.
Yeroboam de e yo ɔ ke, “Mo tsake o he, nɛ nɔ ko kó le kaa ye yo ji mo, nɛ o ya Shilo, he nɛ gbalɔ Ahiya ngɛ ɔ. Lɛ ji nɔ nɛ de mi be ko ke i ma ba ye tsɛ ngɛ Israel ɔ nɛ.
Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, Yakob hɛngmɛ hyɛ we nɔ́ saminya; ejakaa e bwɔ. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Yosef ngɔ jokuɛwi ɔmɛ kɛ ba su Yakob he haa. Yakob fua mɛ atuu, nɛ e fiɔ a nya he.