1 “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.
Nɛ e sa hu kaa Mawu nɛ bɔ níhi tsuo, nɛ́ lɛ nɔuu lɛ e ha nɛ ní ɔmɛ tsuo ngɛ ɔ, e ha a yi wami hemi sisi jelɔ ɔ nɛ ba na amanehlu, nɛ e kɛ dla lɛ kɛ pi si, konɛ e wo bimɛ babauu a hɛ mi nyami.
Israel bi a he ma ba hiɛ babauu kaa wo nya zia, nɛ nɔ ko be nyɛe maa kane mɛ; nɔ ko nɔ ko be nyɛe maa kale a yibɔ. Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, Mawu ngɛ mɛ dee ke, “Pi ye ma ji nyɛ”; se be ma nɛ e ma de mɛ ke, “Imi Mawu hɛ ngmengmletsɛ ɔ, ye bimɛ ji nyɛ!”
nyumuhi nyingmi kpaanyɔ komɛ je Shekem, Shilo, kɛ Samaria kɛ ba. Nɛ a ma a, a sɛ a kpɛnihi, nɛ a hía a he tadehi, nɛ a je blɔ nɛ a plaa mɛ nitsɛmɛ a he. A hɛɛ niye ní bɔ, kɛ tsopa kɛ e he via ngɛ a dɛ mi kɛ ma Yawɛ we ɔ.
Niatsɛmɛ, kɛ ohiatsɛmɛ tsuo ma gbo ngɛ zugba nɛ ɔ nɔ; se nɔ ko be mɛ pue, nɛ nɔ ko be kɔmɔ yee ha mɛ. Nɔ ko nɔ ko be blɔ jee nɛ e maa plaa e he, loo e maa po huɛ kɛ tsɔɔ kaa e ngɛ kɔmɔ yee.
Yawɛ ke, “Israel, jinɛ i susu kaa e maa pee fɛu ke i ngɔ mo ba piɛ ye bimɛ ɔmɛ a he ngɛ hiɛ ɔ. I to nɛ ma ha mo zugba saminyayoo ko, zugba nɛ ngɛ fɛu pe kulaa ngɛ je ɔ mi. I hyɛ blɔ kaa o ma tsɛ mi ke ‘Tsaatsɛ’, nɛ i susu kaa o pa be ye hɛ mi atuã tsɔe hu.
Jamɛ a be ɔ mi, benɛ Mawu binyumu ɔmɛ kɛ nimli a biyi ɔmɛ, ba na bɔmi, nɛ a kɛ mɛ bɔni fɔmi ɔ, oblaihi ngɛ je ɔ mi. Mɛ ji blema katsɛmɛ, kɛ nimli nɛ a he biɛ.
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.
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.”