Kɛkɛ nɛ Samuel wo nu kɛ koli ɔ, nɛ e pɔ David nu ngɛ e nyɛminyumu ɔmɛ a hɛ mi. Nɛ Yawɛ mumi ɔ ba David nɔ kɛ je jamɛ a ligbi ɔ. Enɛ ɔ se ɔ, Samuel kpale e se kɛ ho Rama ya.
Abner de David ke, “Jehanɛ, i yaa nɛ ma ya bua Israel ma a tsuo nya kɛ ba mo, ye nyɔmtsɛ matsɛ o ngɔ. A maa kplɛɛ nɛ o ye a nɔ matsɛ; kɛkɛ o nine maa su nɔ́ nɛ o ngɛ hlae ɔ nɔ, nɛ o maa ye zugba a tsuo nɔ.” Enɛ ɔ se ɔ, David wo Abner blɔ; nɛ e ho ngɛ he jɔmi mi.
Enɛ ɔmɛ tsuo nɛ ba wa nɔ he je ɔ, wɔ Israel ma a, wa ngɛ si woe veveeve ke wa ma sɔmɔ Yawɛ pɛ. Wa ngma nɔ́ nɛ ɔ kɛ wo womi mi, nɛ wa ma nimeli ɔmɛ, Levi bi ɔmɛ, kɛ wa osɔfo ɔmɛ ngma a biɛhi kɛ wo sisi kɛ sɔu nya.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Israel ma nimeli ɔmɛ tsuo ba Matsɛ David ngɔ ngɛ Hebron, nɛ e kɛ mɛ so somi ko ngɛ Yawɛ hɛ mi. A pɔ David nu nɛ a wo lɛ matsɛ ngɛ Israel kaa bɔ nɛ Yawɛ wo si kɛ gu Samuel nɔ ɔ.
Yaa nɛ o ya bua Israel ma nimeli ɔmɛ a nya, nɛ o de mɛ ke, Yawɛ, Mawu ɔ nɛ nyɛ nɛmɛ Abraham, Isak, kɛ Yakob ja lɛ ɔ je e he kpo tsɔɔ mi, nɛ e de mi ke, ‘I na nɔ́ nɛ a ngɛ nyɛ pee ngɛ Egipt ɔ,
nɛ osɔfo Zadok, kɛ gbalɔ Natan nɛ a pɔ lɛ nu ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, nɛ a wo lɛ matsɛ, nɛ e ye Israel nɔ. Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, nyɛ kpa titimati, nɛ nyɛ he ose ke, ‘Matsɛ Salomo yi nɛ na wami!’
Yawɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ hla imi, kɛ ye nina kaa waa ye Israel nɔ matsɛ kɛ ya neneene. Yawɛ hla Yuda wɛtso ɔ, nɛ e pee mɛ hɛ mi nyɛɛli. Jehanɛ, e hla tsaatsɛ we ɔ, nɛ ngɛ tsaatsɛ bimɛ ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ, e ná ye he bua jɔmi, nɛ e wo mi Israel tsuo nɔ matsɛ.