Amon no ɔ nɛ a tsɛɛ Tobia, nɛ daa si ngɛ e ngɔ ɔ hu bi ke, “Mɛni gbogbo a ma nyɛ maa fia?” E ya nɔ nɛ e de ke, “Tsia, kɔkɔbo tete po ma nyɛ ma tsitsɛɛ a gbogbo ɔ ngɔ ko si!”
Sanbalat, Tobia, Arabia bi ɔmɛ, Amon bi ɔmɛ, kɛ Ashdod bi ɔmɛ nu kaa wa ngɛ Yerusalem gbogbo ɔ fiae mlamlaamla, nɛ wa ngɛ puɔ ɔmɛ tsie. Kɛkɛ nɛ a mi mi fu wawɛɛ nitsɛ.
Nubwɔ nɛ kɛ e he ba mɛtɛ Yawɛ ma a he ɔ, e ko de ke, “Yawɛ be suɔe kaa ma piɛ e ma mi bi ɔmɛ a he kɛ ja lɛ.” Nyumu nɛ a puɛ lɛ, nɛ e be bi ɔ, e ko susu kaa Mawu be lɛ ngɔe kɛ piɛ e ma a he.
Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ de ngɛ Amon he ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Jije Israel nyumu ɔmɛ ngɛ? Anɛ nɔ ko be nɛ ma fa a zugba a he lo? Mɛni he je mɔ nɛ a ngmɛɛ Gad bi ɔmɛ a zugba a he ngɔ ha Milkom jali ɔmɛ nɛ a ba ngɔ zugba a kɛ pee a nɔ́ ɔ?
E he nyɛli ɔmɛ kpɔ e june ní tsuo ngɛ e dɛ. E ngɛ he nyɛli ɔmɛ hyɛe kikɛ nɛ ɔ nɛ a bu kɛ sɛ sɔlemi we ɔ mi nitsɛnitsɛ. He nɛ mlaa ngmɛ́ ma je li blɔ nɛ a ya a po, a sɛ lejɛ ɔ.
“Ke nyumu kɛ yo tsu we gba si himi kusumi, nɛ a fɔ bi ɔ, bi nɛ ɔ be he blɔ nɛ e futuu Yawɛ ma a mi bi ɔmɛ a kpe mi kɔkɔɔkɔ. Yi nɔhi nɛ maa ba ngɛ e se kɛ yaa si nyɔngmane ɔ po be he blɔ.
Kɛkɛ nɛ Elimelek weku no ɔ de lɛ ke, “Ke ja a lɛɛ i be zugba a kpɔe mɔ; ejakaa ke i pee ja a, imi nitsɛ ye nina a maa je mi dɛ gu. Lɛɛ mo kpɔ zugba a mɔ, ejakaa imi nitsɛ i be suɔe.”