17 Benɛ Yoab ba a, yo ɔ bi lɛ ke, “Mo ji Yoab ɔ lo?” E he nɔ ke, “Ee, imi.” Kɛkɛ nɛ yo ɔ de lɛ ke, “Moo bu imi, o mawayo ɔ munyu ɔmɛ tue.” Nɛ lɛ hu e he nɔ ke, “I ngɛ mo tue bue.”
Yo ɔ ya nɔ nɛ e de ke, “Nɛnɛ, i kpa mo pɛɛ nɛ o ngmɛ mi blɔ nɛ ma bi nɔ kake pɛ.” Matsɛ ɔ de lɛ ke, “Yaa o nya nɔ!”
ngɛ David nane nya; nɛ e de ke, “Ye nyɔmtsɛ, o kɛ tɔmi ɔ nɛ fɔ imi nɔ kake too ye nɔ. I kpa mo pɛɛ nɛ o bu munyu nɛ o mawayo maa tu ɔ tue.
Kɛkɛ nɛ yo ní lelɔ ko kpa bubuubui kɛ je ma a mi, nɛ e de ke, “Nyɛɛ bu tue! Nyɛɛ bu tue! Nyɛ ya de Yoab ke e ba hiɛ ɔ nɛ i kɛ lɛ waa tu munyu.”
Yo ɔ ya nɔ nɛ e de ke, “A pɔɔ demi blema be ɔ mi ke, ‘Ha nɛ a ya Abel nɛ a ya bi ga womi ngɛ lejɛ ɔ’; ke a pee ja kɛkɛ sane ɔ he jɔ.