Jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, matsɛ he nɛ je Ishai powu ɔ mi ɔ maa da si kaa okadi ko ha je ma amɛ. A ma bua a he nya kɛ maa ba e matsɛ ma a mi, nɛ a ma ba wo e hɛ mi nyami.
Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ ngɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Hiɔwe ji ye matsɛ sɛ, nɛ zugba ji nɔ́ nɛ i kɛ ye nane maa nɔ. Mɛni tsu nyɛ maa ma ha mi mɔ, nɛ jije ye he jɔɔmi he ngɛ?
Pee se ke nyɛ ba fɔ babauu, nɛ nyɛ he ba hiɛ ngɛ zugba a nɔ ɔ, nihi pa be ye somi daka a he ní sɛɛe hu. A pa be he susue, nɛ a be kaie hu. E he pa be mɛ hiae hu, nɛ ekpa hu a be pee.
Yawɛ de e ma a ke, “Nyɛ ya da blɔ gbla nya nɛ nyɛɛ hyɛ. Nyɛ bi nɛ a tsɔɔ nyɛ blema nane blɔ kpakpa amɛ nɛ nyɛɛ nyɛɛ nɔ. Nyɛɛ pee ja, konɛ nyɛ na tue mi jɔmi.” Se ma a he nɔ ke, “Dɛbi, wa be pee fɛɛ!”
Jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, i ka mɛ kita ke ma je mɛ kɛ je Egipt zugba a nɔ, nɛ ma kpaka mɛ kɛ ya zugba ko nɛ i hla ha mɛ, zugba kpakpa nɛ baa ní saminya, nɛ e ngɛ fɛu pe kulaa nɔ.
be mi nɛ lɛɛ daa nɛ ɔ e nyɛɛ nyɛ hɛ mi kɛ ngɛ sito he hlae ha nyɛ. Nyɔ mi ɔ, e nyɛɛ nyɛ hɛ mi kɛ la titima, nɛ piani ɔ, e nyɛɛ nyɛ hɛ mi ngɛ bɔku titima mi kɛ tsɔɔ nyɛ blɔ.
Imi nɛ i kuɔ yo ɔ, nɛ i ya he tɛ tɛtlɛɛhi nɛ a ngma somi nɛ Yawɛ kɛ nyɛ so ɔ ngɛ a nɔ ɔ kɛ ba. I hi yo ɔ nɔ nyɔnyɔɔnyɔ kɛ piapiaapia ligbi nyingmi eywiɛ; nɛ́ i yi ní ɔ, i nui nyu hulɔ.
He jɔmi Mawu ɔ, nɔ nɛ gu muɔ nɛ a kɛ sɔu neneene somi ɔ nya a nɔ, nɛ e je to ɔmɛ a hyɛlɔ ngua a nɛ ji wa Nyɔmtsɛ Yesu kɛ je gbeje kɛ ba wami mi ekohu ɔ,
Benɛ ta buli ɔmɛ kpale a se kɛ ba ma sito he ɔ, Israel ma nimeli ɔmɛ bi ke, “Mɛni he je nɛ Yawɛ ha Filisti bi ɔmɛ gbe wɔ mwɔnɛ ɔ kikɛ nɛ ɔ? Nyɛ ha wa ya ngɔ Yawɛ somi daka a ngɛ Shilo kɛ ba konɛ Yawɛ ba hi wa ngɔ, nɛ e ba kpɔ wɔ kɛ je wa he nyɛli ɔmɛ a dɛ mi.”