1 Benɛ Yawɛ somi daka a na nyɔhiɔ kpaago ngɛ Filisti bi ɔmɛ a zugba a nɔ ɔ,
E ngmɛ blɔ nɛ wa he nyɛli ɔmɛ ba ngɔ somi daka a kɛ ho ma se ya. E he wami ɔ, kɛ e hɛ mi nyami ɔ we okadi ji kikɛmɛ a somi daka nɛ ɔ nɛ.
E nɔ jena mɔtu mla benɛ Ashdod bi ɔmɛ te si ɔ, o nɛ Dagon nɛ kuɛli nɔ si, nɛ e hɛ mi bu si ngɛ Yawɛ somi daka a hɛ mi. A wo e nɔ kɛ ma e ma he ɔ ekohu.
Benɛ Filisti bi ɔmɛ kpɔ somi daka a, a wo lɛ kɛ je Ebenezer kɛ ho Ashdod ya,
Ni nɛmɛ nɛ gbo we ɔ po, tslɔɔ fuu mɛ; nɛ ma a kpa bubuubui kɛ ba yemi kɛ buami ngɛ a wɔ ɔmɛ a dɛ mi.
ni ɔmɛ ya tsɛ wɔnɔ ɔmɛ, kɛ kunya yeli ɔmɛ, nɛ a bi mɛ ke, “Kɛ wa maa pee Yawɛ somi daka a kɛɛ? Mɛni waa kɛ maa piɛ he kɛ ho e je he ya?”