nɛ o de lɛ ke, ‘Yawɛ, Hebri bi ɔmɛ a Mawu ɔ tsɔ mi o ngɔ ke ma ba de mo ke o ha ye ma a nɛ ho nɛ a ya ja mi ngɛ nga a nɔ, nɛ kɛ ba si amlɔ nɛ ɔ, o bui tue.’
Ma kpale mɛ kɛ ba kɛ a hɛ mi ya, kɛ kue fami. Ma kpaka mɛ kɛ nyɛɛ pahi a tue ngɛ blɔ tlɔmɔɔ nɔ, konɛ a ko tɛ nɔ. I ngɛ kaa tsɛ kɛ ha Israel, nɛ Efraim ji ye kekleekle bi.”
Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ ngɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Bi buu e tsɛ, nɛ tsɔlɔ hu buu e nyɔmtsɛ. Ke tsɛ ji mi ɔ, mɛni he je nyɛ bui mi mɔ? Nɛ ke nyɔmtsɛ ji mi ɔ, mɛni he je nyɛ yi mi gbeye? Nyɛ gbeɔ ye he guɛ, se kɛ̃ ɔ, nyɛ biɔ ke, ‘Kɛ wa plɛ kɛ gbe o he guɛ kɛɛ?’
Mɛ ji Israel bi; nɛ Mawu nitsɛ nɛ ngɔ mɛ kɛ pee e ma; e wo a hɛ mi nyami, e kɛ mɛ so, nɛ e ha mɛ mlaa a; e tsɔɔ mɛ jami blɔ nya tomi, nɛ mɛ nɔuu nɛ e wo si ɔ nɛ.
“Yawɛ, nyɛ Mawu ɔ ma ji nyɛ. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ke nɔ ko gbo nɛ nyɛ ngɛ ya nyɛe ɔ, nyɛ ko poo nyɛ he ha, nɛ nyɛ ko je nyɛ hɛ nya kaa bɔ nɛ je ma kpa amɛ peeɔ ɔ.
Nyɛ ba sɛ bitɛtehi nɛ a ngma a biɛ ngɛ hiɔwe ɔ a kpɛti. Mawu nɛ ji adesahi tsuo a kojolɔ ɔ, kɛ mumihi nɛ hɛɛ nihi nɛ peeɔ nɔ́ nɛ da, nɛ a ha a hi kɛ pi si ɔ, a hɛ mi nyɛ ba nɛ ɔ nɛ.