nɛ e fa kue ha Yawɛ ke, “Yawɛ, Israel Mawu lee, mo nɛ o hii si ngɛ o matsɛ sɛ ɔ nɔ ngɛ kerub ɔmɛ a yi mi lokoo. Mo nɔ kake too ji Mawu, nɛ je nɛ ɔ mi matsɛ yemi ɔmɛ tsuo ngɛ o sisi. Mo lɛ o bɔ hiɔwe kɛ zugba.
Á je Yawɛ, Israel Mawu nɛ bɔ hiɔwe kɛ zugba a yi! E ha Matsɛ David bi ní lelɔ; nɔ nɛ hɛ mi ka si, nɛ e ngɛ juɛmi; nɔ nɛ ma ba po we ha Yawɛ, nɛ e maa ma lɛ nitsɛ hu e we.
Nɛ a sɔle ke, “Yawɛ, mo nɔ kake pɛ ji Yawɛ, mo nɛ o pee hiɔwe ɔ, kɛ dodoe ɔmɛ ngɛ kɔɔhiɔ mi. Mo nɛ o pee zugba kɛ wo, kɛ nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ nɛ ngɛ a mi, nɛ o ha mɛ tsuo wami. Hiɔwe ta a kplaa si haa mo, nɛ a jaa mo.
ejakaa ligbi ekpa Yawɛ ngɔ kɛ pee hiɔwe, zugba, kɛ wo kɛ a mi nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́, nɛ ligbi nɛ ji kpaago ɔ, e jɔɔ e he. Enɛ ɔ he je nɛ e gbaa Hejɔɔmi ligbi ɔ, nɛ e pee lɛ klɔuklɔu ɔ nɛ.
E ji okadi ngɛ i kɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ wa kpɛti kɛ yaa neneene; ejakaa imi Yawɛ, i ngɔ ligbi ekpa kɛ pee hiɔwe kɛ zugba, nɛ ligbi nɛ ji kpaago ɔ, i kpa ní tsumi, nɛ i jɔɔ ye he.”
Pu, nyɔhiɔ, kɛ dodoe ma puplee maa pee kaa bunyuku. Hiɔwe ma koklo kaa womi kpo; nɛ dodoehi maa hɔle kɛ pue si kaa bɔ nɛ wai, loo ngmɔkɔ tso hɔleɔ ba kɛ pueɔ si ɔ.
Yawɛ Mawu ɔ, lɛ nɛ bɔ hiɔwe, nɛ e bli mi gbajaa. Lɛ nɛ bɔ zugba a, kɛ níhi tsuo nɛ ngɛ zugba a nɔ ɔ. Lɛ nɔ nɛ ha nimli adesahi tsuo wami kɛ mumi ɔ, bɔ nɛ e ngɛ e tsɔlɔ ɔ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ:
Yawɛ, nɔ nɛ bɔ hiɔwe kɛ zugba a, lɛ nɔ kake too ji Mawu! E bɔ je ɔ, nɛ e kɛ zugba a ma si saminya. E bɔɛ lɛ ngɔ fɔɛ si gu nɛ e pee yaka; se e pee lɛ konɛ nimli nɛ hi nɔ. Bɔ nɛ lɛ nitsɛ e ngɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Imi ji Yawɛ; mawu kpa ko be hu.
A be wu nɛ ɔmɛ a nya buae, nɛ a be mɛ pue hulɔ; wu ɔmɛ maa pee kaa kuku ngɛ zugba a nɔ. A ma ka wu ɔmɛ ngɔ ha pu kɛ nyɔhiɔ kɛ dodoehi. Ní nɛ ɔmɛ ji níhi nɛ ma a suɔ saminya; ma a sɔmɔ mɛ, nɛ a bi ní ngɛ a ngɔ, nɛ a ja mɛ hulɔ.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ. Mawu je e hɛ ngɛ a nɔ, nɛ e ngmɛɛ a he kaa a ja dodoehi ngɛ hiɔwe kaa bɔ nɛ a ngma ngɛ gbali ɔmɛ a womi ɔ mi ke, ‘Nyɛ Israel ma, anɛ imi nɛ nyɛ sã lohwehi, kɛ niye ni bɔ ngɔ ha ngɛ nga a nɔ jeha nyingmi eywiɛ ɔ?
Wɔ nɛ wa he ye ɔ, wɔɔ lɛɛ wa ma ya jɔɔ wa he kaa bɔ nɛ Mawu wo si ɔ. Mawu de ke, “Ye mi mi wo la nɛ i ka kita ke, ‘He nɛ i to nɛ a ya jɔɔ a he ngɛ ɔ, ke a nane ma lejɛ ɔ fii!’ ” Mawu de enɛ ɔ, pohu níhi nɛ e to e yi mi kaa e maa pee ɔ, be nɛ e bɔ je ɔ tɔɔ nɛ e gbe lɛ tsuo nya.