10 Filisti bi ɔmɛ hwu ta wawɛɛ, nɛ a ye Israel nɔ. Israel ta a gbɛ, nɛ nɔ tsuaa nɔ tu fo kɛ ho e we mi ya. A gbe nihi babauu nitsɛ, nɛ Israel ta buli akpe nyingmi etɛ sɔuu gbo.
“Yawɛ ma ha nyɛ he nyɛli ɔmɛ maa ye nyɛ nɔ. Nyɛ maa gu he kake kɛ ya tua mɛ, se a maa gbɛ nyɛ ngɔ fĩa basaa, nɛ zugba a nɔ matsɛ yemi ɔmɛ tsuo maa ye gbeye ngɛ nɔ́ nɛ ba nyɛ nɔ ɔ he.
A je Absalom nɛ a sake lɛ ngɔ fɔ muɔ agbo ko mi ngɛ hue ɔ mi, nɛ a muɔ tɛ babauu ngɔ pue e nɔ. Israel bi ɔmɛ tsuo tu fo, nɛ nɔ tsuaa nɔ pue lɛ nitsɛ e ma mi blɔ.
Benɛ Israel ma a tsuo na kaa matsɛ ɔ bui mɛ tue ɔ, a de ke, “Mɛni blɔ nya wa ngɛ ngɛ David ngɔ? Wa be gbosi ní ngɛ Ishai binyumu ɔ ngɔ. Israel ma! Nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ pue lɛ nitsɛ e we mi blɔ! Nyɛ ha Rehoboam nɛ ya ye tsɛ ngɛ David we ɔ nɔ!” Kɛkɛ nɛ Israel ma a tsɔ atuã,
E ba mi kaa yakayaka nɔmlɔ ko nɛ a tsɛɛ lɛ Sheba ba je Gilgal. Benyamin no, Bikri bi ji lɛ. Sheba kpa titimati nɛ e de ke, “Wa be blɔ nya ko ngɛ David ngɔ; Ishai binyumu ɔ, pi e ní yeli ji wɔ. Israel bi, nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ ho lɛ nitsɛ e we mi ya!”
Kɛkɛ nɛ matsɛ ɔ te si nɛ e ho ya hi si ngɛ ma agbo ɔ nya. Nɛ benɛ e we bi ɔmɛ tsuo nu kaa matsɛ ɔ hii si ngɛ ma agbo ɔ nya a, mɛ tsuo a ya na lɛ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ. Jamɛ a be ɔ, Israel bi ɔmɛ a ti nɔ tsuaa nɔ tu fo kɛ ho lɛ nitsɛ e ma mi ya.
“Se ke nyɛ bui Yawɛ, nyɛ Mawu ɔ gbi tue, nɛ nyɛ yi e fami ɔmɛ, kɛ e mlaa amɛ tsuo nɛ i ngɛ nyɛ woe mwɔnɛ ɔ a nɔ pɛpɛɛpɛ ɔ, gbiɛmi nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo maa ba nyɛ nɔ.