1 Nyumu ko hi Rama, ngɛ Efraim yo ɔmɛ a nɔ. E je Efraim wɛtso ɔ mi, nɛ e biɛ ji Elkana. E tsɛ biɛ ji Yeroham; e nɛ̃ ji Elihu; e nɛnɛkasowa ji Tohu, nɛ Tohu tsɛ ji Zuf.
Nɔ kpa ko hu nɛ te si ngɔ wo Matsɛ Salomo ji e tsɔli ɔmɛ a ti nɔ kake nɛ ji Nebat binyumu Yeroboam nɛ je Zereda ngɛ Efraim ɔ. Yalɔyo ko nɛ a tsɛɛ Zerua a bi ji lɛ.
Nimli nɛ ɔmɛ, kɛ a nina ji nihi nɛ tsu ní tsumi nɛ ɔ nɛ. Kekleekle lali a kuu ɔ, a nya dalɔ ji Heman. Heman je Kohat weku ɔ mi, nɛ e tsɛ ji Yoel. Bɔ nɛ Heman weku kpa a nyɛɛ senyasenya kɛ ya si Yakob nɔ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: Heman, Yoel, Samuel,
Gilead bi ɔmɛ ya tsi blɔ ha Efraim bi ɔmɛ ngɛ Yordan pa pomi he ɔmɛ. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Efraim bi ɔmɛ nɛ ngɛ fo tue ɔ, ke a ti nɔ ko ke a ha lɛ blɔ nɛ e po pa a, Gilead bi ɔmɛ ma bi lɛ ke, “Efraim no ji mo lo?” Ke e he nɔ ke, “Dɛbi!” ɔ,
E nɔ jena a, Elkana kɛ e yi ɔmɛ, kɛ e bimɛ ɔmɛ te si mla, nɛ benɛ a ja Yawɛ ta a, a kpale a se kɛ ho a we mi ya ngɛ Rama. Elkana kɛ e yo Hana na bɔmi, nɛ Yawɛ bu Hana kue fami ɔ tue.
A ya kpa Efraim yo ɔ nɔ, kɛ Shalisha zugba a nɔ, se a nɛ teji ɔmɛ. A tsa nɔ kɛ ya gu Shaalim zugba a nɔ, se teji ɔmɛ be lejɛ ɔ hulɔ. Jehanɛ, a ya gu Benyamin zugba a nɔ, se a nɛ mɛ.
Benɛ a su Zuf zugba a nɔ ɔ, Saul de tsɔlɔ ɔ nɛ e kɛ lɛ ngɛ nyɛɛe ɔ ke, “Ha waa kpale wa se, ke pi ja a, tsaatsɛ hɛ maa je teji ɔmɛ a nɔ, nɛ e ma bɔni e tsui yemi ngɛ wɔ mohu wa he.”