1 Enɛ ɔ se ɔ, David bi Yawɛ ke, “Ma kpale kɛ ya Yuda ma amɛ eko mi lo?” Yawɛ he nɔ ke, “Ee, moo ya.” David bi lɛ ekohu ke, “Jije ma ya?” Nɛ Yawɛ de lɛ ke, “Yaa Hebron.”
David bi Yawɛ ke, “Ma ya tua Filisti bi ɔmɛ lo? O ma je mɛ kɛ wo ye dɛ mi lo?” Yawɛ ha David heto ke, “Ee, moo ya! Bɔ tsuaa bɔ nɛ pee ɔ, ma je Filisti bi ɔmɛ kɛ wo o dɛ mi.”
ní nɛ ɔmɛ nɛ a kɛ ma Yawɛ we ɔ: sika tsu nɛ jiimi pe tɔn lafa kɛ nyingmi kpaago, sika hiɔ nɛ jiimi pe tɔn lafa etɛ kɛ nyingmi eywiɛ, akɔblee nɛ jiimi maa su tɔn lafa ekpa kɛ nyingmi enyɔ, kɛ dade nɛ jiimi pe tɔn akpe etɛ kɛ e nya lafa eywiɛ.
Nɔ́ kake kɛkɛ lɛ i bi Yawɛ; nɔ́ kake pɛ lɛ i ngɛ hlae ngɛ e dɛ. Lɔ ɔ ji kaa ma hi Yawɛ we ɔ ye wami be ɔ tsuo; ma na Yawɛ he fɛu ɔ, nɛ ma fa kue ngɛ e we ɔ.
A nyɛɛ kɛ gu leneyi je hluu kɛ ya si Hebron. Lejɛ ɔ ji Ahiman, Sheshai, kɛ Talmai nɛ ji Anak bi ɔmɛ a hi he. (A po Hebron ma a jeha kpaago loko a po Zoan ngɛ Egipt).
É ba e he si ha osɔfo Eleazar, konɛ osɔfo Eleazar hu nɛ ngɔ Urim kɛ Tumim kɛ bi Yawɛ ga womi ha lɛ. Nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ nɛ Yawɛ ma de Eleazar a, lɔ ɔ Yoshua, kɛ Israel ma kpekpemi ɔ tsuo maa pee.”
Yoshua ha Yefune binyumu Kaleb zugba a eko ngɛ Yuda bi ɔmɛ a nɔ́ ɔ mi, kaa bɔ nɛ Yawɛ fa lɛ ɔ. A ha lɛ Kiriat Arba nɛ a tsɛɛ lɛ Hebron, ma nɛ a kɛ Anak binyumu Arba biɛ wo lɛ ɔ.