Pee se ɔ, Mawu kpa Saulo, nɛ e wo David matsɛ ngɛ e nane mi. Odase nɛ Mawu ye ngɛ e he ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: ‘I ná Ishai bi David he bua jɔmi kaa nɔ ko nɛ maa pee ye suɔmi nya ní.’
Yawɛ bi Samuel ke, “Mɛni be o maa ye Saul he kɔmɔ kɛ yaa si? O nɛ kaa i kua lɛ kaa matsɛ ngɛ Israel lo? Wo o koli ɔ mi nu nɛ e hyi tɔ, nɛ ma tsɔ mo Betlehem no, Ishai ɔ ngɔ; ejakaa i hla ye matsɛ ɔ kɛ je e binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti.”
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Ishai tsɔ nɛ a ya ngɔ lɛ kɛ ba. Ke o hyɛ lɛ ɔ, e tsuɔ papaapa; e hɛngmɛ nɔ tsɔ, nɛ e he hu ngɛ fɛu. Yawɛ de Samuel ke, “Tee si nɛ o pɔ lɛ nu, ejakaa lɛ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ!”
e kpale e se nɛ e ya de Hezekia, Yawɛ ma a ganɔ ɔ ke, “Imi Yawɛ, o nɛ̃ David Mawu ɔ, i nu o kue fami ɔ, nɛ i na o hɛ mi vo nyu ɔ. Hyɛ, ma tsa mo, nɛ hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ ligbi etɛ ɔ, o maa nyɛɛ kɛ ya Yawɛ we ɔ.
Be ko nɛ be benɛ Saul ngɛ tsɛ yee ngɛ wa nɔ po ɔ, mo lɛ o nyɛɛɔ Israel hɛ mi kɛ yaa kɛ baa. Yawɛ wo mo si kaa mo lɛ o ma ba nyɛɛ e ma Israel ɔ hɛ mi, nɛ o maa ye ganɔ ha mɛ.”
“Hwɔɔ, maa pee be nɛ ɔ mi ɔ, ma tsɔ nyumu ko nɛ je Benyamin wɛtso ɔ mi kɛ ba o ngɔ. Moo pɔ lɛ nu nɛ e ba ye ganɔ ngɛ ye ma, Israel ɔ nya, nɛ e kpɔ mɛ kɛ je Filisti bi ɔmɛ a dɛ mi, ejakaa i na a nɔ nami ɔ, nɛ i nu a kue fami ɔ hulɔ.”
Imi Yawɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ, i wo si be ko ke o kɛ o weku li ma sɔmɔ mi kaa osɔfohi kɛ maa ya neneene. Se jehanɛ ɔ, i ngɛ dee ke i kpale ye nya se! Mohu ɔ, nihi nɛ woɔ ye hɛ mi nyami ɔ, ma wo a hɛ mi nyami; nɛ nihi nɛ hiee mi ɔ, imi hu ma hie mɛ.
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.
David he nɔ ke, “I do kɛ wo Yawɛ hɛ mi nyami. Lɛ nɛ e hla mi ngɛ o tsɛ kɛ e weku kɛ nina nane mi, nɛ e wo mi ganɔ kɛ ha Israel ma a. Ee, ma do kɛ wo Yawɛ hɛ mi nyami daa,