Ngmaa kɛ to; ejakaa be nɛ a ma tsu nɔ́ nɛ ɔ sui lolo. Se kɛ̃ ɔ, be ɔ ma, nɛ e be kɛe, nɛ nɔ́ nɛ ma je ngɔ tsɔɔ mo ɔ maa ba mi kokooko. E maa pee kaa nɔ́ nɛ e ma blɛuu tsɔ, se kɛ̃ ɔ, hyɛ́ blɔ. Ejakaa e maa ba mi kokooko, nɛ e be kɛe.
E he nɔ ke, “Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ Mawu, i sɔmɔɔ mo daa be tsuaa bekɛ hɛdɔ. Se Israel ma a lɛɛ somi nɛ o kɛ mɛ so ɔ, a yi nɔ; a hule o bɔ sami la tɛ ɔmɛ pue si, nɛ a gbe o gbali ɔmɛ tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ. Imi nɔ kake too pɛ nɛ i piɛ, nɛ a ngɛ mi hlae nɛ a gbe!”
Se lɛ nitsɛ lɛɛ e nyɛɛ ligbi mluku kake kɛ ya nga a nɔ, nɛ e ya hi si ngɛ tso ko sisi, nɛ e ná nɛ e gbo. E sɔle ke, “Yawɛ, e hiɛ; moo gbe mi jehanɛ. E hi kaa ma gbo mohu; ejakaa ye nɛmɛ nɛ sɛ hlami ɔ, i hí pi mɛ.”
David hao wawɛɛ nitsɛ; ejakaa e we bi ɔmɛ a hɛ dɔ ngɛ a bimɛ ɔmɛ nɛ a be ɔ a he. Jehanɛ hu a de ke a maa fia lɛ tɛ. Se Yawɛ, David Mawu ɔ wo lɛ he wami.
Yawɛ, ke i ke i kɛ mo ma hla níhi a nya a, mo lɛ o nɔ́ da. Se kɛ̃ ɔ, i kɛ sane nɛ ɔ maa fɔ o hɛ mi. Mɛni he je lɛ nimli yayamihi yaa nɔ ɔ? Mɛni he je lɛ yiwutsotsɛmɛ a he mi jɔɔ mɛ ɔ?
Kɛkɛ nɛ i de ke, “Ao, Nyɔmtsɛ Mawu, anɔkuale mi ɔ, o sisi Yerusalem bi ɔmɛ pɛ! Mo lɛ o wo si ke tue mi jɔmi maa ba ma a mi, se klaate mohu ji nɛ ɔ ngɛ ni ɔmɛ a kuɔ si.”
Yoshua de ke, “Aa, Nyɔmtsɛ Mawu, mɛni he je o kɛ ma a po Yordan pa a kɛ ba hiɛ ɔ kulaa lɛɛ? O kɛ wɔ ba ha Amor bi ɔmɛ nɛ a kpata wa hɛ mi lo? Mɛni he je wa hí Yordan pa a se kɛkɛ?