Matsɛ ɔ ya nɔ nɛ e de osɔfo Zadok ke, “Hyɛ, moo kpale o se kɛ ho ma a mi ya ngɛ he jɔmi mi; mo kɛ Abiatar, kɛ o binyumu Ahimaaz, kɛ Abiatar binyumu Yonatan.
Jamɛ a be ɔ, Yonatan kɛ Ahimaaz ngɛ mlɛe ngɛ Enrogel pa a he ngɛ Yerusalem kasa nya. Nɛ́ nɔ ko kó na mɛ he je ɔ, a yɛ ma a mi. Ke pee ɔ, mawayo ko kɛ sɛ gbi ya haa mɛ, kɛkɛ mɛ hu a ya de David.
Se Ahimaaz de ke, “Nɔ́ nɛ maa ba nɛ e ba! Ma gbɔ fo kɛ ya!” Yoab de lɛ ke, “Moo ya koo!” Kɛkɛ nɛ Ahimaaz wo fo kɛ gu nga a nɔ blɔ, nɛ e ya be Kush no ɔ nya.
E kɛ we nɛ Kush no ɔ hu ba nɛ e ba de matsɛ ɔ ke, “Nɛnɛ, mo he manye! Mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ, Yawɛ je mo kɛ je nihi tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ nɛ te si ngɔ wo mo ɔ a dɛ mi.”
Se moo lɛɛ o ngɛ nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ hyɛe. Niinɛ, o ngɛ haomi ɔ, kɛ aywilɛho ɔ hyɛe, nɛ o maa pee he nɔ́ ko kɛ̃. Nɔ nɛ e fi lɛ ɔ, o nɔ lɛ e ngɔɔ e hɛ kɛ fɔɔ. Mo ji awusahi a he piɛlɔ.
Ye huɛmɛ, nyɛ ko ye nyɛ nitsɛmɛ nyɛ he lue, se mohu nyɛɛ ngmɛ Mawu blɔ nɛ e kɛ e mi mi la nɛ pee. Ejakaa ngmami ɔ deɔ ke, “Ye nɔ ji lue yemi; Imi ma pee kɛ to nane mi. Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ lɛ de.”