23 Se ke nyɛ yi nyɛ si womi ɔ nɔ ɔ, lɛɛ nyɛ na nɛ nyɛɛ le kaa nyɛ pee yayami kɛ si Yawɛ; nɛ bɔ tsuaa bɔ nɛ pee ɔ, nyɛ ma na nyɛ yayami ɔ he tue gblami.
E ji o pee nɔ́ nɛ hi jinɛ i ko na o he bua jɔmi. Se akɛnɛ o ya pee we nɔ́ nɛ hi ɔ, yayami buu si ngɛ o sinya a nya kaa lohwe dikalɔ nɛ e miɔ nɛ e maa tu mla mo. Se, hyɛ nɛ o ye yayami ɔ nɔ.”
Yuda he nɔ ke, “Wa nyɔmtsɛ, mɛni ngɛ wa nya nɛ wa ma de mo? Kɛ wa maa pee kɛ je wa nya kɛɛ? Mawu nitsɛ je wɔ kpo kaa wa tɔ. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, piɔ lɛɛ o nyɔguɛhi ji wɔ tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ, se pi nɔ nɛ a na kplu ɔ ngɛ e dɛ mi ɔ kɛkɛ.”
Imi lɛɛ a pɔ mi nu nɛ a wo mi matsɛ mohu, se mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ, i pee kaa nɔ nɛ be he wami. Kikɛmɛ a Zeruya binyumu nɛ ɔmɛ a sane wa pe mi. Yawɛ nɛ wo yayami peelɔ ɔ hiɔ bɔ nɛ sa lɛ!”
Yawɛ maa wo Yoab hiɔ ngɛ nihi nɛ e gbe nɛ tsaatsɛ David li he nɔ́ ko ɔ a he. Yoab gbe nyumuhi enyɔ nɛ a da pe lɛ yaka gu. Mɛ ji Israel tatsɛ Abner, Ner binyumu ɔ, kɛ Yuda tatsɛ Amasa, Yeter binyumu ɔ.
A muɔ yi sɔ̃ ɔ maa ba Yoab kɛ e nina a nɔ kɛ maa ya neneene. Se David kɛ e nina nɛ ma ba hi e sɛ ɔ nɔ ɔ, mɛɛ Yawɛ ma ha mɛ tue mi jɔmi kɛ maa ya neneene.”
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛ ko kojo nɔ ko loko be ɔ nɛ su. Nyɛɛ mlɛ kɛ yaa si Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ maa ba. Ke e ba a, e ma je diblii mi níhi, kɛ tsui mi ní yayahi nɛ a kɛ laa a tsuo kpo. Jamɛ a be ɔ, nɔ tsuaa nɔ ma na yi jemi nɛ sa lɛ ɔ kɛ je Mawu dɛ mi.