1 Benɛ Yawɛ bɔfo enyɔ ɔmɛ ba su Sodom jamɛ a gbɔkuɛ ɔ, Lot hii si ngɛ ma a agbo ɔ nya. Benɛ e na mɛ pɛ, e te si nɛ e ya kpee mɛ. E kpla si nɛ e kɛ e hɛ mi bu si,
Jehanɛ ɔ hu, níhi nɛ ya nɔ Lot be ɔ mi ɔ maa ba mi jã nɔuu. Kikɛ nɛ ɔ a ngɛ ní yee, nɛ a ngɛ ní nue; a ngɛ ní hee, nɛ a ngɛ ní juae; a ngɛ tsohi due, nɛ a ngɛ tsuhi mae.
nɛ e de ke, “Ye nyɔmtsɛmɛ, i kpa nyɛ pɛɛ, nyɛ gba ye we ɔ mi nɛ nyɛ ba to mi. Nyɛ ba fɔ nyɛ nanehi a he nɛ nyɛɛ hwɔ hiɛ ɔ, konɛ nyɛɛ te si makɛ nɛ nyɛ tsa nyɛ nyɛɛmi ɔ nɔ.” Se a he nɔ ke, “Dɛbi, wa maa hwɔ ma nɔ hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ kɛkɛ.”
Boaz ho ya hi si ngɛ kpe he ɔ ngɛ ma a agbo ɔ nya. Kɛkɛ nɛ e na Elimelek weku no ɔ nɛ e tu e he munyu ɔ nɛ bee. Boaz tsɛ lɛ nɛ e de lɛ ke, “Ye huɛ, ba nɛ o ba hi si ngɛ hiɛ ɔ.” E ba nɛ e ba hi si.