Abner tsɔ kɛ ya Hebron he nɛ David ngɛ ɔ ke a ya bi lɛ ke, “Zugba a, mɛnɔ lɛ yeɔ nɔ?” E ya nɔ nɛ e de ke, “Mo ha nɛ waa so somi ko, nɛ ma piɛ o he kɛ gbla Israel tsuo kɛ ba o ngɔ.”
Yawɛ, o Mawu ɔ nɛ ná o he bua jɔmi, nɛ e wo mo Israel nɔ matsɛ ɔ, a je e yi. Akɛnɛ suɔmi nɛ Yawɛ suɔ Israel ɔ ngɛ kɛ yaa neneene he je ɔ, e wo mo tsɛ, konɛ o kojo, nɛ o ye dami sane.”
E nɔ yemi ɔ ma he si, nɛ e maa bɔ; ma a ma na tue mi jɔmi daa, ejakaa e maa ye tsɛ kaa Matsɛ David nitsɛ se yelɔ. E maa pee kpakpa, nɛ e maa ye dami sane, kɛ maa je be nɛ ɔ mi kɛ yaa su je mi nyagbe. Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ kɛ hɛdɔ ma tsu ní nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo.
Se mohu ɔ, nyɛɛ ye dami sane daa nɛ nyɛ ko kpa kaa bɔ nɛ pa nguaa ko hii bee nɛ e se pui gblee ɔ; nyɛɛ pee nɔ́ nɛ da be tsuaa be, nɛ nyɛɛ hi kaa pa nɛ nyu tɛ mi gblee.
Benɛ Saul ye Israel nɔ matsɛ ɔ, e kɛ he nyɛli tsuo nɛ bɔle lɛ kɛ kpe ɔ hwu ta: mɛ ji Moab bi, Amon bi, Edom bi, Zoba matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ, kɛ Filisti bi. Nɛ he tsuaa he nɛ e ma gba ta kɛ gu ɔ, e yeɔ kunimi.