12 “Ke o kane Israel bi ɔmɛ nɛ o na a hiɛmi ɔ, a ti nɔ tsuaa nɔ maa ngɔ nɔ́ nɛ e kɛ ma kpɔ e klaa kɛ ba ha mi, bɔ nɛ pee nɛ gbenɔ hiɔ kó ba sɛ a kpɛti be mi nɛ a ngɛ ni ɔmɛ kanee.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, wa ti nɔ tsuaa nɔ hɛɛ e dɛ mi nɔ́ ko kɛ ba nɛ a kɛ kpata Yawɛ ha wɔ. Ní ɔmɛ ji sika tsu junehi, kɔni si gahi, nine si gahi, nguɛ gahi, tue nya níhi, kɛ muɛhi.”
Yoab nɛ a tsɛɛ e nyɛ ke Zeruya a ba bɔni ma a kanemi, se e gbi nya. Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, Mawu gbla Israel ma a tue, nɛ e ngmɛ́ nihi nɛ a kane mɛ ɔ a hiɛmi kɛ wui David yi nɔ sanehi womi ɔ mi.
Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, matsɛ ɔ tsɛ Yehoyada, a nyatsɛ ɔ, nɛ e bi lɛ ke, “Tó ɔ nɛ Yawɛ tsɔlɔ Mose de ke ma a nɛ tsu konɛ a kɛ tsu Yawɛ kpe he bo tsu ɔ he ní ɔ, mɛni he je o hyɛ we nɛ Levi bi ɔmɛ ya tsu ngɛ Yuda ma a amɛ a mi, kɛ Yerusalem ɔ?”
Hwɔ nɛ ba o zugba a nɔ jeha etɛ? Aloo o hi fo tue ngɛ o he nyɛli ɔmɛ a tabo ɔmɛ a nya hlami etɛ? Aloo Yawɛ nɛ ngɔ e klaate ɔ kɛ fia mo ní, nɛ e tsɔ e bɔfo ɔ nɛ e kɛ gbenɔ hiɔ nɛ ba Israel zugba a nɔ tsuo ligbi etɛ? Mɛni heto ma ngɔ kɛ ya ha nɔ nɛ tsɔ mi ɔ?”
Yoab de matsɛ ɔ ke, “I ná nɛ Yawɛ ha nɛ ma a hiɛmi ba pee nimli nɛ ngɛ amlɔ nɛ ɔ a yibɔ totoe lafa! Nɛ ke e ba ja a, pi mo nɛnɛ, o tsɔli ji mɛ tsuo lo? Mɛni he je o ngɛ hlae nɛ o pee nɔ́ nɛ ɔ? O li kaa o kɛ haomi maa ba ma a tsuo nɔ lo?”