18 Jehanɛ lɛɛ be ɔ su; nyɛ tsu he ní. Nyɛ kai kaa Yawɛ wo David si ke, ‘Ma gu ye tsɔlɔ David nine nɔ kɛ kpɔ ye ma, Israel kɛ je Filisti bi ɔmɛ, kɛ a he nyɛli ɔmɛ tsuo a dɛ mi.’ ”
Yawɛ wo David si kaa e ma kpɔ matsɛ yemi ɔ ngɛ Saul kɛ e weku kɛ nina a dɛ, nɛ e maa to David matsɛ sɛ ɔ si, konɛ e ye Israel kɛ Yuda tsuo a nɔ kɛ maa je Dan kɛ yaa si Beersheba. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ke i ha we nɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ nɛ ba mi ɔ, lɛɛ Mawu nɛ fia mi nɔ́ nɛ e gbe!”
Yawɛ bi Samuel ke, “Mɛni be o maa ye Saul he kɔmɔ kɛ yaa si? O nɛ kaa i kua lɛ kaa matsɛ ngɛ Israel lo? Wo o koli ɔ mi nu nɛ e hyi tɔ, nɛ ma tsɔ mo Betlehem no, Ishai ɔ ngɔ; ejakaa i hla ye matsɛ ɔ kɛ je e binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti.”
“Hwɔɔ, maa pee be nɛ ɔ mi ɔ, ma tsɔ nyumu ko nɛ je Benyamin wɛtso ɔ mi kɛ ba o ngɔ. Moo pɔ lɛ nu nɛ e ba ye ganɔ ngɛ ye ma, Israel ɔ nya, nɛ e kpɔ mɛ kɛ je Filisti bi ɔmɛ a dɛ mi, ejakaa i na a nɔ nami ɔ, nɛ i nu a kue fami ɔ hulɔ.”