1 Benɛ Saul bi Ishboshet nu kaa a gbe Abner ngɛ Hebron ɔ, e nine mi je wu; nɛ Israel tsuo dɛ yaa.
Ma ya ná lɛ be mi nɛ pɔ tɔ lɛ, nɛ e nine mi je wu. Ma wo e he gbeye, kɛkɛ ma a tsuo nɛ piɛ e he ɔ maa tu fo. Ma gbe matsɛ ɔ pɛ,
Se Saul tatsɛ Abner, Ner binyumu ɔ ku Saul binyumu Ishboshet kɛ tu fo kɛ po Yordan pa a kɛ ho Mahanaim ya.
Benɛ Abner kpale kɛ ba Hebron ɔ, Yoab nu e nine si nɛ e kɛ lɛ ho ma a agbo ɔ nya ya kaa nɔ́ nɛ e kɛ lɛ yaa dami. Yoab gbɔ Abner muklii mi nɔ́ nɛ e gbe lɛ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, ngɛ e nyɛmi Asahel muɔ nɛ Abner pue si ɔ he.
Se nihi nɛ ngɛ zugba a nɔ ɔ wo Yuda bi ɔmɛ a he gbeye, konɛ a nine mi nɛ je wu, nɛ a ko nyɛ Mawu we ɔ nɛ a ma.
Mɛ tsuo a susu kaa a maa wo wa he gbeye, konɛ wa nine mi nɛ jɔ̃, nɛ wa kpa ní ɔ tsumi. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i sɔle ke, “Jehanɛ Mawu, moo wo mi he wami koo!”
Nɔ tsuaa nɔ he mi maa po, nɛ sawale maa nu lɛ.
Ninehi nɛ pɔ tɔ mɛ ɔ, nyɛɛ wo mɛ he wami; nɛ nakutsohi nɛ gbɔjɔ ɔ, nyɛ ha nɛ a da si kpɛii.
Benɛ Babilonia matsɛ ɔ nu sane nɛ ba a, e nine mi je wu. E tsui po wawɛɛ nitsɛ, nɛ e kpatu pee kaa yo nɛ nu kɔɔmi.
Yerusalem bi ɔmɛ ke, “Wa nu a he, nɛ wa nine mi je wu! Wa tsui po, nɛ wa pee kaa yo nɛ nu kɔɔmi nɛ e miɔ nɛ e ma fɔ.
Be ma, nɛ a ma de Yerusalem ke, “Zion, koo ye gbeye! O kɔni nɛ ko gbo!