Enɛ ɔ he je nɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ nyɛ we a he nyɛli ɔmɛ nɛ; a ngɛ fo tue ngɛ a nya, ejakaa mɛ nitsɛmɛ hu a plɛ pee níhi nɛ sa nɛ a kpata a hɛ mi! I kɛ nyɛ be si hie hu; ja nyɛ kpata níhi nɛ i wo nyɛ mlaa ke nyɛ ko ta he ɔ a hɛ mi!
Goliat ba da si ngɛ Israel tabo ɔmɛ a hɛ mi, nɛ e kpa huhui ke, “Mɛni he nyɛ gba ta ngɛ? Pi Filisti no ji mi? Nɛ nyɛ hu pi Saul tsɔli ji nyɛ? Nyɛɛ hla nyɛ kpɛti nɔ kake nɛ e kɛ mi ba kpe.
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.
Benɛ ta buli ɔmɛ kpale a se kɛ ba ma sito he ɔ, Israel ma nimeli ɔmɛ bi ke, “Mɛni he je nɛ Yawɛ ha Filisti bi ɔmɛ gbe wɔ mwɔnɛ ɔ kikɛ nɛ ɔ? Nyɛ ha wa ya ngɔ Yawɛ somi daka a ngɛ Shilo kɛ ba konɛ Yawɛ ba hi wa ngɔ, nɛ e ba kpɔ wɔ kɛ je wa he nyɛli ɔmɛ a dɛ mi.”