Se Yakob de ke, “Ye bi ɔ kɛ nyɛ be yae; e nyɛmi ɔ gbo, nɛ lɛ nɔ kake too e piɛ. Ke i kɛ lɛ ha nyɛ ɔ, nɔ́ ko ma ya pee lɛ ngɛ blɔ ɔ nɔ. I bwɔ, nɛ nyɛ ma ha nɛ i kɛ aywilɛho maa ya gbeje.”
Mɛni he je mɔ nɛ o tɔ Yawɛ mlaa a nɔ, nɛ o pee yayami kaa kikɛ nɛ ɔ ngɛ e hɛ mi? O ha Amon bi ɔmɛ gbe Uria, Hit no ɔ ngɛ ta nga a nɔ, nɛ o ngɔ e yo ɔ kɛ ba pee o yo!
Ye ma a hɛ mi ma kpata, ejakaa a li nɔ. Ee, nyɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ, nyɛ kua nile, lɔ ɔ he ɔ, imi hu ma kua nyɛ. Akɛnɛ nyɛ hɛ je ye mlaa amɛ a nɔ he je ɔ, imi hu ye hɛ maa je nyɛ binyumu ɔmɛ a nɔ.
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.”
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.
Akɛnɛ o bui Yawɛ tue, nɛ fami nɛ e kɛ mi mi fumi nɛ nya wa fa mo ngɛ Amalek bi ɔmɛ a he ɔ hu o yi nɔ ɔ, enɛ ɔ he je nɛ Yawɛ pee mo nɔ́ nɛ ɔ mwɔnɛ ɔ nɛ.