Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ pee kɛ kpɔ Matsɛ Hezekia, kɛ Yerusalem ma mi bi ɔmɛ kɛ je Asiria matsɛ, Senakerib, kɛ a he nyɛli kpa amɛ a dɛ mi ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Yawɛ ha nɛ Hezekia kɛ e ma a, kɛ ma amɛ nɛ bɔle mɛ ɔ hi si ngɛ tue mi jɔmi mi.
Se Yuda ma a lɛɛ, ma suɔ a sane. Imi Yawɛ, a Mawu ɔ, ma he a yi wami. Pi ta nga nɔ nɛ ma pee nɔ́ nɛ ɔ ngɛ; pi klaate, loo kɛ̃ɛ̃ kɛ kɛ̃ɛ̃ mi bi, loo okpɔngɔhi kɛ a nɔ hili nɛ ma ngɔ kɛ tsu nɔ́ nɛ ɔ.”
Be tsuaa be nɛ Yawɛ ma ha Israel manyadalɔ ko ɔ, e piɛɔ e he kɛ kpɔɔ ma a kɛ jeɔ a he nyɛli ɔmɛ a dɛ mi e wami ligbi ɔmɛ tsuo. Ejakaa kɛmɛmi nɛ a hii kɛmɛe ngɛ a yi mi wali, kɛ ni nɛmɛ nɛ haoɔ mɛ ɔ a dɛ mi ɔ peeɔ Yawɛ mɔbɔ.
Imi ji nyɛ Mawu nɛ jeɔ nyɛ kɛ jeɔ haomi, kɛ nɔ́ nami tsuo mi. Se mwɔnɛ ɔ, nyɛ kua mi, nɛ nyɛ bi ke ma ha nyɛ matsɛ. Yoo, nyɛ ba bua nyɛ he nya wɛtso nya wɛtso nya, kɛ weku nya weku nya ngɛ Yawɛ hɛ mi.’ ”
Filisti bi ɔmɛ bua a he nya, konɛ a kɛ Israel nɛ hwu; a hɛɛ ta zugba lɛ akpe nyingmi etɛ, okpɔngɔ ta buli akpe ekpa, kɛ tabohi babauu nɛ a li nya. A ya bua a he nya ngɛ Mikmash ngɛ Bet Aven beleku je.
“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.”