Enɛ ɔ se ɔ, Yawɛ de Yoshua ke, “Mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ, ma bɔni o hɛ mi nyami womi ngɛ Israel ma a tsuo a hɛ mi, konɛ a na nɛ a le kaa bɔ nɛ i kɛ Mose hi si ɔ, jã kɛ̃ i kɛ mo hu maa hi si.
Hyɛ! Ni ɔmɛ nɛ je Abosiami jali a kuu ɔ mi ɔ, lakpatsɛmɛ ɔmɛ nɛ deɔ ke Yuda bi ji mɛ, pohu e be mi ja a, nɔ́ nɛ ma pee mɛ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Ma ha nɛ a maa ba nɛ a ma ba kpla si ngɛ o nane nya. Nɛ mɛ tsuo a ma na le kaa i suɔ mo.
Jamɛ a be ɔ, nibwɔhi maa je ma slɔɔtohi a mi kɛ ba Yuda; ni nyɔngma ma ba nu Yuda no kake nɛ a maa pɛtɛ e tade he, nɛ a ma de lɛ ke, ‘Waa kɛ mo maa ya, ejakaa wa nu kaa Mawu kɛ nyɛ ngɛ.’ ”
Yawɛ de Israel ke, “Egipt juetli, kɛ Sudan nijua ní ma ba pee o nɔ́, nɛ Seba bi, nimli gagahi ma ba pee o nyɔguɛhi; a maa bɔ mɛ pã kɛ ba o ngɔ; a ma ba kpla si ha mo, nɛ a ma kpa mo pɛɛ ngɛ he si bami mi ke, ‘Niinɛ, Mawu nɛ kɛ mo ngɛ ɔ, lɛ nɔ kake too ji Mawu; ekpa ko be hu.
Nɔ́ nɛ Abimelek pee Abraham yo Sara a he je ɔ, Yawɛ tsi yihi tsuo nɛ ngɛ matsɛ we ɔ mi ɔ a fɔmi nya. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Abraham kpa pɛɛ ha Abimelek, nɛ Mawu tsa lɛ. Jehanɛ hu, Mawu tsa Abimelek yo ɔ kɛ nyɔguɛ yi ɔmɛ, nɛ a fɔ bimɛ.
I kɛ mo maa hi si. He tsuaa he nɛ o yaa a, ma bu o he, nɛ ma kpale mo kɛ ba zugba nɛ ɔ nɔ ekohu. I be o he jee; ma pee níhi nɛ i wo mo a he si ɔ ha mo kokooko.”
A nyɛɛ hluu kɛ ya su Tiro ma a nɛ a fia gbogbo kɛ bɔle lɛ ɔ, kɛ Hiv bi, kɛ Kanaan bi a ma amɛ tsuo a mi. Nyagbe ɔ, a ya su Beersheba, ngɛ Yuda leneyi je.