O kɛ nihi nɛ ngɛ zugba a nɔ ɔ kó so somi ko. Ke pi ja a, ke a ngɛ a mawu ɔmɛ jae nɛ a ngɛ bɔ sãe kɛ ngɛ mɛ hae ɔ, a ti nɔ ko kɛ̃ ma tsɛ mo ní yemi, nɛ o ma ya ye ní nɛ a kɛ sã bɔ ha a mawu ɔmɛ ɔ eko.
Nɔ́ ko hu nɛ i na nɛ dooɔ pe gbenɔ ji yo nɛ e tsui mi ngɛ kaa klama nɛ a tsɔ, aloo ya nɛ a wo nɛ a kɛ maa du nɔ. E nine ngɛ kaa kɔsɔkɔsɔ nɛ a kɛ maa wo nɔ. Nyumu nɛ peeɔ Mawu suɔmi nya ní ɔ maa je e dɛ mi. Se yayami peelɔ lɛɛ yo ɔ nine maa su e nɔ.
Israel bi tsuo nɛ ngɛ Moab, Amon, Edom kɛ zugba kpa amɛ a nɔ ɔ ba nu kaa Babilonia matsɛ ɔ si Israel bi komɛ ngɛ Yuda, nɛ e ngɔ Shafan bi Ahikam bi Gedalia ngɔ to a nya kaa amlaalo.
“Se jamɛ a yi nɔ bi ɔmɛ hu tsɔ ye hɛ mi atuã; a nyɛɛ we ye blɔ nya tomi ɔmɛ a nɔ, nɛ a yi ye mlaa amɛ a nɔ. A ble ye Hejɔɔmi ligbi ɔmɛ hulɔ. Níhi nɛ ke nɔmlɔ pee nɛ e yi ma na wami ɔ, a pee we. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i to ye yi mi kaa ma ha nɛ a nu ye we abofu gbeyegbeye ɔ he ngɛ nga a nɔ.
Yawɛ ke, “Benɛ i na Israel ma a kekleekle ɔ, a ngɛ kaa wai yiblii ngɛ nga nɔ. Benɛ i na nyɛ nɛmɛ ɔmɛ ɔ, a ngɛ kaa ngmɔkɔ he nɛ fu ngɛ e be mi. Se benɛ a ba su Peor yo ɔ he ɔ, a ba bɔni Baal jami. A kɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ ble a he, nɛ a he pee tai kaa nɔ́ ɔ nɛ a ngɛ jae ɔ nɔuu.
Ye ma, nyɛ kai nɔ́ nɛ Moab matsɛ, Balak to nɛ e maa pee nyɛ, kɛ heto nɛ Beor binyumu Balaam ha lɛ. Nyɛ kai níhi nɛ ba ngɛ blɔ nɔ kɛ je nyɛ si tomi he ɔ ngɛ Shitim kɛ ya Gilgal ɔ. Nyɛ kai ní nɛ ɔmɛ, konɛ nyɛɛ na bɔ nɛ i pee kɛ he nyɛ yi wami.” Yawɛ lɛ de.
Nun bi Yoshua tsɔ slaali enyɔ kɛ je Shitim nigii; nɛ e fa mɛ ke, “Nyɛ ya slaa Kanaan zugba a saminya, titli ɔ Yeriko.” Benɛ slaali ɔmɛ ya su ma a mi ɔ, a ya to yo ajuama ko nɛ a tsɛɛ lɛ Rahab ɔ we mi.
Anɛ nyɛ kaii we yayami nɛ wa pee ngɛ Peor, benɛ Yawɛ kɛ gbenɔ hiɔ gbla lɛ nitsɛ e ma a tue ɔ lo? Wa ngɛ nɔ́ nae kɛ mwɔɔ ngɛ jamɛ a yayami ɔ he. Anɛ jamɛ a yayami ɔ pi ha wɔ lo?
Se kɛ̃ ɔ, i kɛ mo ngɛ sane bɔɔ ko. Ni komɛ ngɛ nyɛ kpɛti nɛ ya wo Balaam tsɔɔmi ɔ. Balam lɛ tsɔɔ Balak kaa e tsɔ Israel bi ɔmɛ klama nɛ a ye wɔ nya lo, nɛ a fiɛ yo kɛ nyumu yakayaka fiɛmi.