17 Benɛ Yosef na kaa e tsɛ ɔ ngɔ e hiɔ nine ngɔ fɔ Efraim yi mi ɔ, e ngɔɛ e nya. Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, e nu e tsɛ ɔ nine si, nɛ e je e nine ɔ kɛ je Efraim yi mi kɛ ya fɔ Manase yi mi.
Se Yawɛ de Samuel ke, “Koo hyɛ e kami, loo e he fɛu; i sume lɛ, ejakaa i hyɛ we nɔ́ kaa bɔ nɛ nɔmlɔ hyɛɛ nɔ́ ɔ. Nɔmlɔ lɛɛ nɔ hɛ mi e hyɛɛ; se imi Yawɛ lɛɛ tsui mi i hyɛɛ.”
Ma a tu munyu huitihuiti ngɛ a haomihi a he. Benɛ Yawɛ nu ɔ, e mi mi fu, nɛ e ha la tso ngɛ ni ɔmɛ a kpɛti; nɛ la a kpata níhi a hɛ mi ngɛ a sito he ɔ kasa fa kake.
A ngɔ zugba a nɛ ngɛ Yordan pa a bonyoku je ɔ fa ko ngɔ ha we puɔ nya amɛ ekomɛ nɛ ji Yosef binyumu nɔkɔtɔma Manase nina. Akɛnɛ Gilead tsɛ Makir, Manase bitɛte ɔ, tatsɛ kpanaa ji lɛ he je ɔ, a ha lɛ Gilead kɛ Bashan ngɛ Yordan pa a beleku je.