18 “Yakob we ɔ maa pee kaa la; Yosef we ɔ maa pee kaa la lilɛ. Nɛ a maa sã Esau we ɔ kaa a sãã blɛfo tso gbigbli. Esau nina ko be piɛe.” Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.
“Jamɛ a be ɔ, ma ha Yuda we puɔ nya amɛ maa pee kaa buɛ kɛ e he la gegeege nɛ a to lɛ́ ngɔ wo sisi, loo kaa blɛfo nɛ a kpɔ, nɛ a bua nya pue jatɛ kɛ e nya la nɔ. Je ma amɛ nɛ bɔle mɛ ɔ tsuo a hɛ mi ma kpata, se Yerusalem lɛɛ e maa ma e ma he ɔ nɔuu.
Mawu nɛ ji la kɛ ha Israel ɔ ma mle. Mawu klɔuklɔu ha Israel ɔ ma mle kɛ la, nɛ ligbi kake too mi ɔ, e maa sã nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́; e maa sã mio ɔmɛ, kɛ mio tso ɔmɛ tsuo.
Israel bi nɛ maa piɛ ngɛ je ma amɛ a kpɛti ɔ, a he ma ba wa kaa jata ngɛ pu mi lohwehi, loo we mi lohwehi a kpɛti. Ke e sɛ a kpɛti kikɛ nɛ ɔ, e maa naa a nɔ, nɛ e ma tsɔtslɔɔ a mi nɛ nɔ ko be nyɛe ma kpɔ mɛ.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Israel hɛ mi ma ba kpata pɛsɛpɛsɛ kaa bɔ nɛ la sãã hu kɛ nga gbigbli ɔ. Nɔ́ nɛ ɔ maa ba a nɔ, ejakaa a kua Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ mlaa amɛ. A yi Israel Mawu klɔuklɔu ɔ mlaa amɛ a nɔ.
A maa tuu ngɛ yo ɔmɛ a nɔ, nɛ a nane si maa hi pɛe kaa ta zugba lɛhi; nɛ ke a ngɛ ní kpee ɔ, e maa pɛ kaa nga nɛ ngɛ sãe. A maa to slɛnɛɛ kaa tabo ngua ko nɛ gba ta kɛ ma.
“A maa pee kaa nga gbigbli, nɛ la maa sã mɛ! A be nyɛe ma he mɛ nitsɛmɛ a yi wami; la lilɛ ɔmɛ maa sã mɛ. Pi la kulɔɔ nɛ a hluiɔ ji nɛ ɔ; pi la nɛ a hii he.
A matsɛ ɔ kɛ sawale maa tu fo kɛ je, nɛ ma nimeli ɔmɛ hu maa ye gbeye wawɛɛ nitsɛ, nɛ a maa ma fo kɛ je a ta aflangaa amɛ a he.” Yawɛ lɛ de. Lɛ ji Yawɛ nɛ a jaa lɛ ngɛ Yerusalem, nɛ a kɛ la sãã bɔ haa lɛ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ nɛ.
Akɛnɛ Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ mi mi fu he je ɔ, e tue gblami ɔ nya wa kaa la nɛ ngɛ nimli tsuo a hɛ mi kpatae ngɛ zugba a nɔ. Nɔ tsuaa nɔ ngɛ lɛ nitsɛ e wami he plee.
Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ ke, “Be ma nɛ he woli, kɛ yayami peeli tsuo maa sã kaa bɔ nɛ nga sãã ngɛ flɔɔnɔɔ mi ɔ. Jamɛ a be ɔ, a maa sã pɛsɛpɛsɛ, nɛ a he nɔ́ ko nɔ́ ko be piɛe.