Ke nɔmlɔ kpakpa gbo ɔ, nɔ ko nɔ ko susuu we he, nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko nui sisi hulɔ kaa yayami nɛ maa ba a nya Mawu ngɛ dalɔ ɔ jee kɛ je, bɔ nɛ pee nɛ ayimayi ko kó ba ye lɛ hwɔɔ se.
Be tsuaa be ɔ, yayami he ga sɔuu nyɛ toɔ. Nɔ nɛ ko ye bemi ɔ, nyɛ he sɔɔ kɛ pueɔ e muɔ si yaka. He tsuaa he nɛ nyɛ gu ɔ, nɔ́ puɛmi, kɛ nɔ́ hɛ mi kpatami sɔuu nyɛ siɔ ngɛ nyɛ se;
Akɛnɛ Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ mi mi fu he je ɔ, e tue gblami ɔ nya wa kaa la nɛ ngɛ nimli tsuo a hɛ mi kpatae ngɛ zugba a nɔ. Nɔ tsuaa nɔ ngɛ lɛ nitsɛ e wami he plee.
Yawɛ ke “Ma tsɔ hɛli babauu kɛ ba nɛ a ba hɛ nimli nɛ ɔmɛ kaa a hɛɛ lo. Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, ma tsɔ de dali babauu kɛ ba nɛ a ba da mɛ kaa a daa lohwe de ngɛ yo tsuaa yo, kɛ yoku tsuaa yoku nɔ, kɛ tɛ puɔ tsuaa tɛ puɔ mi ngɛ tɛ sa amɛ a nɔ.
Ke i bu nyɛ ní sɛɛmi he tue keii ɔ, mɛni ji nɔ́ nɛ i nuɔ? Lakpa sɔuu! Nɔ ko nɔ ko tu we anɔkuale. Nyɛ ti nɔ ko nɔ ko he yayami dɔɛ lɛ nɛ e pia e he, nɛ́ e bi e he ke, ‘Ao, mɛni ji nɔ́ nɛ i pee nɛ ɔ?’ Nɔ tsuaa nɔ ngɛ lɛ nitsɛ e blɔ nɔ kɛ bee kaa okpɔngɔ nɛ ngɛ fo tue kitikiti ngɛ ta nga nɔ.
He nyɛlɔ ɔ ngɛ wa nane hiɔe, lɔ ɔ he ɔ, wa nyɛ we nɛ waa nyɛɛ kɛ be ngɛ wa gbɛjegbɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ tete po. Wa nyagbe ɔ su jehanɛ; wa ligbi ɔmɛ a nya ta; wa hɛ mi kpata.
Nyɛ ti ni komɛ heɔ nyɔ mi ní nɛ a kɛ pueɔ muɔ si. Ni komɛ paa sika kɛ haa a nyɛmimɛ Israel fɔfɔɛhi, nɛ a heɔ hekpa fuu ngɛ a dɛ kɛ naa a he kpɔtɔɔ. Nɛ a hɛ je ye nɔ.” Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ lɛ de.
Bɔ nɛ Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ ngɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Musu tloo ma nɛ muɔ si pɛ a pueɔ ngɛ mi ɔ! Ma a ngɛ kaa buɛ ko nɛ e mi nɔ kana, nɛ́ kana a ma ngɛ mi. A tá e mi lo ɔmɛ kakaaka ta; ekoeko piɛ ngɛ mi!
“Nyɛ osɔfohi, nyɛɛ bu tue! Israel ma nyɛ tã tue! Matsɛ we mi bimɛ, nyɛɛ bu tue! Nyɛ sa tue gblami! Ejakaa nyɛ pee kaa klama nɛ a tsɔ ngɛ Mizpa, kɛ yá nɛ a wo ngɛ Tabor yo ɔ nɔ,
Yawɛ he nɔ ke, “Nyɛ te si kɛ wo ye ma a kaa nɔ́ nɛ wa he nyɛli ji nyɛ. Ta buli nɛ je ta kɛ ba, nɛ a susumi ji a ma na tue mi jɔmi ngɛ we ɔ, nyɛ kplɔ a tadehi ngɛ a he.
Yawɛ de mi ke, “I be nɔ ko nɔ ko mɔbɔ nae hu ngɛ zugba a nɔ. Imi nitsɛ ma ha ni ɔmɛ tsuo a ti nɔ tsuaa nɔ maa sɛ e nyɛmi kpá mi. Ee, a maa sɛ matsɛ ɔ kpá mi. A ma kpata zugba a hɛ mi, nɛ nɔ ko nɔ ko he be mi jee.”
Jehanɛ tsaatsɛ hyɛ, o bo ɔ nya nɛ ngɛ ye dɛ mi nɛ ɔ nɛ. Kaa i nyɛ po o bo ɔ nya, se i gbi mo ɔ, nɔ́ nɛ ɔ maa tsɔɔ mo kaa nɔ́ yayami, loo atuã tsɔmi ko be ye mi.
Mo ko ha nɛ ma gbo nɛ ye muɔ nɛ pue si ngɛ zugba kpa nɔ kɛ je Yawɛ hɛ mi. Mɛni he je Israel matsɛ hia ta kɛ ma mi tuami, imi nɛ i ngɛ kaa malɛɛ kɛkɛ ɔ? Mɛni he je e ngɛ mi dae kaa a daa hɔne ngɛ yoku nɔ ɔ?”