2 Be ko nɛ be benɛ Saul ngɛ tsɛ yee ngɛ wa nɔ po ɔ, mo lɛ o nyɛɛɔ Israel hɛ mi kɛ yaa kɛ baa. Yawɛ wo mo si kaa mo lɛ o ma ba nyɛɛ e ma Israel ɔ hɛ mi, nɛ o maa ye ganɔ ha mɛ.”
David he nɔ ke, “I do kɛ wo Yawɛ hɛ mi nyami. Lɛ nɛ e hla mi ngɛ o tsɛ kɛ e weku kɛ nina nane mi, nɛ e wo mi ganɔ kɛ ha Israel ma a. Ee, ma do kɛ wo Yawɛ hɛ mi nyami daa,
Ngɛ hehi tsuo nɛ i kɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ ya gu ɔ, Israel hɛ mi nyɛɛli nɛ i hia ke a hɛɛ ye ma Israel kaa bɔ nɛ to hyɛlɔ hyɛɛ e tohi ɔ, anɛ i bi a ti nɔ ko hyɛ ke mɛni he je e kɛ seda ma we tsu ha mi lo?’
“Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, mo de ye tsɔlɔ David ke, imi Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ, i ngɛ lɛ dee ke, ‘Imi nɛ i ya ngɔ mo kɛ je lohwe lɛmi he, kɛ je tohi a se, konɛ o ba ye ganɔ ngɛ ye ma, Israel nɔ.
e kpale e se nɛ e ya de Hezekia, Yawɛ ma a ganɔ ɔ ke, “Imi Yawɛ, o nɛ̃ David Mawu ɔ, i nu o kue fami ɔ, nɛ i na o hɛ mi vo nyu ɔ. Hyɛ, ma tsa mo, nɛ hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ ligbi etɛ ɔ, o maa nyɛɛ kɛ ya Yawɛ we ɔ.
Be ko nɛ be ɔ, benɛ Saul ngɛ tsɛ yee ngɛ wa nɔ ɔ, mo lɛ o nyɛɛɔ Israel hɛ mi kɛ yaa kɛ baa. Yawɛ wo mo si kaa mo lɛ o ma ba nyɛɛ e ma Israel ɔ hɛ mi, nɛ o maa ye ganɔ ha mɛ.”
Ke matsɛ nɛ ɔ ba a, e maa ye e ma a nɔ kɛ he wami, kɛ kã nɛ je Yawɛ Mawu ɔ nitsɛ ngɔ. E ma mi bi ɔmɛ maa hi si ngɛ he jɔmi mi, ejakaa a maa bu lɛ ngɛ je ɔ mi he tsuaa he.
Nɛ e sa hu kaa Mawu nɛ bɔ níhi tsuo, nɛ́ lɛ nɔuu lɛ e ha nɛ ní ɔmɛ tsuo ngɛ ɔ, e ha a yi wami hemi sisi jelɔ ɔ nɛ ba na amanehlu, nɛ e kɛ dla lɛ kɛ pi si, konɛ e wo bimɛ babauu a hɛ mi nyami.
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.”
I kpa mo pɛɛ, ke i pee mo yayami ko ɔ, kɛ pa mi. Yawɛ maa wo mo matsɛ, nɛ e maa pee o we ɔ matsɛ we kɛ maa ya neneene; ejakaa Yawɛ tahi lɛ o ngɛ hwue ɔ nɛ; nɛ yayami ko yayami ko be o he sae kɛ yaa si o gbenɔ ligbi.
“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.”