18 Yoab nyɛminyumu Abishai, Zeruya binyumu ɔ ji “Ni nyingmi etɛ ɔmɛ” a nyatsɛ. Lɛ nɛ e ngɔ e we akplɔ kɛ gbe nimli lafa etɛ, nɛ e kɛ ná biɛ ngɛ katsɛmɛ nyingmi etɛ ɔmɛ a kpɛti.
Benɛ Amon bi ɔmɛ na kaa Siria bi ɔmɛ tu fo ɔ, mɛ hu a tu fo ngɛ ta nɛ a kɛ Abishai ngɛ hwue ɔ nya kɛ ho ma a mi ya. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Yoab jɔɔ Amon bi ɔmɛ a se nyɛɛmi, nɛ e kpale kɛ ho Yerusalem ya.
Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, David gba tabo ɔ tsuo mi etɛ, nɛ e ngɔ Yoab ngɔ to kekleekle nɔ́ nya. Yoab senɔ Abishai, Zeruya bi ɔ ji kuu enyɔne ɔ nyatsɛ; nɛ etɛne ɔ lɛɛ e kɛ wo Itai, Gat no ɔ dɛ mi. Kɛkɛ nɛ matsɛ ɔ de e we bi ɔmɛ ke, “Imi nitsɛ i kɛ nyɛ maa ya.”
Nɛ pee ja a, Amasa nɛ́ klaate ɔ nɛ Yoab hɛɛ ngɛ e muɔ nine mi ɔ; kɛkɛ nɛ Yoab kɛ klaate ɔ gbɔ e muklii mi, nɛ e pã e mi ní kɛ pue zugba. E gbo amlɔ nɔuu nɛ e he hia we kaa Yoab nɛ fia lɛ nɔ́ si enyɔne hu. Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Yoab kɛ e nyɛmi Abishai pue nɔ kɛ nyɛɛ Bikri bi Sheba a se.
Ke nɔ ko ba tua ni enyɔ nɛ ɔmɛ ɔ, a ma bla kɛ wo e he, nɛ a maa gbe lɛ. Se ke nɔ kake a ba tua ja a, e be nyɛe ma fa e he. Kpa nɛ a tslɔ hɛ si etɛ ɔ, e tsɔ we mla.