24 Maa pee hlami etɛ se ɔ, nɔ ko ba de Yuda ke, “O nganyɛ Tamar ya nyɛɛ basabasa, nɛ hɔ ba e he nɛ a li hɔtsɛ.” Yuda fa ke, “A je lɛ kpo, nɛ a ya sã lɛ.”
Bɔ nɛ o heɔ yeɔ ngɛ munyu nɛ ɔ he ɔ, e pee o kɛ Mawu nyɛ kpɛti sane. Ke nɔ ko pee nɔ́ ko nɛ lɛ nitsɛ e le kaa nɔ́ nɛ e pee ɔ da, nɛ e he nile hu bui lɛ fɔ ngɛ he ɔ, e naa bua jɔmi saminya.
“Israel, nyɛ yi mi anɔkuale; nyɛɛ hyɛ nɛ hi nɛ Yuda ko ba pee kaa nyɛ. Nyɛ ko ya ja Mawu ngɛ Gilgal, loo Betaven; nɛ nyɛ kó ka kita ngɛ Yawɛ, Mawu hɛ kalɔ ɔ biɛ mi hulɔ.
Benɛ Yosia ngɛ matsɛ yee ɔ, Yawɛ de mi ke, “Tse o na nɔ́ nɛ Israel pee? Israel je ye se nɛ e ya ja mawu kpahi ngɛ yokuhi tsuo nɛ ya hiɔwe a nɔ, kɛ tsohi tsuo nɛ bɔ kusuu a sisi. E ngɛ kaa yo yaholɔ pɛ.
Yawɛ ke, “Ke nyumu ko fie e yo, nɛ yo ɔ je e he nɛ e ya pee nyumu kpa e yo ɔ, nyumu nɛ ɔ be he blɔ nɛ e ya ngɔɔ lɛ ekohu. Ke e pee ja a, e ble zugba a gbidii. Se Israel, moo lɛɛ o je ye he nɛ o ya ngɔ yihi babauu. Nɛ jehanɛ lɛɛ o ngɛ hlae nɛ o kpale kɛ ba ye ngɔ!
Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ ke, “Israel, blema lokoo lɛ o je o he kɛ je ye he wami sisi; o de ke o be mi jae hu fɛɛ. O kpla si ha amagahi ngɛ yoku tsuaa yoku nɛ ya hiɔwe nɔ, kɛ tso tsua tso nɛ bɔ kusuu sisi.
Nɔ́ ko hu nɛ i na nɛ dooɔ pe gbenɔ ji yo nɛ e tsui mi ngɛ kaa klama nɛ a tsɔ, aloo ya nɛ a wo nɛ a kɛ maa du nɔ. E nine ngɛ kaa kɔsɔkɔsɔ nɛ a kɛ maa wo nɔ. Nyumu nɛ peeɔ Mawu suɔmi nya ní ɔ maa je e dɛ mi. Se yayami peelɔ lɛɛ yo ɔ nine maa su e nɔ.
Natan de David ke, “Mo tutuutu ji jamɛ a nyumu ɔ nɛ! Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ de ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: ‘Imi nɛ i pɔ mo nu nɛ i wo mo Israel matsɛ, nɛ i je mo kɛ je Saul dɛ mi.
Kɛkɛ nɛ Abimelek tsɔ ya tsɛ Abraham kɛ ba, nɛ e bi lɛ ke, “Mɛni o pee wɔ nɛ ɔ? Mɛni yayami i pee mo loko o ha amanehlu kaa kikɛ nɛ ɔ ba i kɛ ye ma mi bi ɔmɛ wa nɔ ɔ? Nɔ́ nɛ a pee we nɔ nɛ o pee mi nɛ ɔ nɛ.
Se jehanɛ lɛɛ, ngɔɔ yo ɔ kɛ ya ha e huno. E huno ɔ, gbalɔ ji lɛ; e ma kpa pɛɛ ha mo, konɛ o ko gbo. Se ke o kpale we yo ɔ kɛ ya ha we e huno ɔ, lɛɛ i ngɛ mo dee ke, o kɛ o weku li tsuo nyɛ ma gbo!”