23 Yawɛ gbaa nihi nɛ yeɔ anɔkuale, kɛ ni nɛmɛ nɛ da. Yawɛ je mo kɛ wo ye dɛ mi mwɔnɛ ɔ, se mo nɔmlɔ nɛ Yawɛ pɔ mo nu ɔ, i tɛ o he.
Ní kpakpahi nɛ i peeɔ ɔ, Yawɛ woɔ mi a he hiɔ; e gbaa mi, ejakaa i pee we nɔ ko yayami.
Yawɛ gbaa mi; ejakaa e le kaa i peeɔ nɔ́ nɛ da; ejakaa e le kaa yayami ko be ye he.
Yawɛ, moo bu tue ngɛ hiɔwe nɛ o kojo o tsɔli ɔmɛ. Nɔ nɛ ye fɔ ɔ, gbla e tue bɔ nɛ sa lɛ; se nɔ nɛ pee we yayami ko ɔ lɛɛ o wo lɛ nguɔ.
Mawu, i kpa mo pɛɛ, mo kai ní nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo nɛ i pee ɔ. Ni kpakpahi tsuo nɛ i pee kɛ ha o we ɔ, kɛ bɔ nɛ i sɔmɔ mo ɔ, o hɛ ko je nɔ.
Mawu lɛɛ nɔ́ nɛ o tsu ɔ, lɔ ɔ he hiɔ lɛ e woɔ mo; Mawu woɔ nɔ tsuaa nɔ hiɔ bɔ nɛ sa lɛ.
E de hu ke lɛ Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ, e suɔmi ɔ ngɛ daa. Ee, mo Nyɔmtsɛ nitsɛ lɛ o woɔ nɔ tsuaa nɔ hiɔ bɔ nɛ sa e ní tsumi.
Jehanɛ tsaatsɛ hyɛ, o bo ɔ nya nɛ ngɛ ye dɛ mi nɛ ɔ nɛ. Kaa i nyɛ po o bo ɔ nya, se i gbi mo ɔ, nɔ́ nɛ ɔ maa tsɔɔ mo kaa nɔ́ yayami, loo atuã tsɔmi ko be ye mi.
Yawɛ maa kojo i kɛ mo wa kpɛti, nɛ e maa wo mo hiɔ ngɛ nɔ́ nɛ o ngɛ mi pee nɛ ɔ he; imi lɛɛ ye nine be o he sae.
Mwɔnɛ ɔ, o na mi mɔbɔ agbo; ejakaa be mi nɛ Yawɛ je mi kɛ wo o dɛ mi ɔ, o gbi mi.
Ke nɔ ko nine su e he nyɛlɔ nɔ ɔ, anɛ e ngmɛɛɔ e he nɛ e yaa slɔkee lo? Yawɛ nɛ e gbaa mo ngɛ nɔ́ nɛ o pee ha mi mwɔnɛ ɔ he.
Yawɛ hiɔ kaa nɔmlɔ nɛ lɛ, Yawɛ nitsɛ e wo lɛ matsɛ ɔ, ma pue e muɔ si. Ha waa kɛ̃ akplɔ ɔ nɛ ngɛ e yi tetle mi ɔ, kɛ nyu kɛ kplu ɔ, nɛ waa ho.”
David he nɔ ke, “Matsɛ, o we akplɔ ɔ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ! Ha nɛ o we bi ɔmɛ a ti nɔ kake nɛ e ba nɛ e ba ngɔ.
Se David de Abishai ke, “Mo ko kpata e hɛ mi; ejakaa tue gblami fɔɔ si ha nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ pueɔ nɔ nɛ Yawɛ pɔ lɛ nu ke e ye matsɛ ɔ e muɔ si.”