1 Yawɛ ke, “Nyɛ Yuda bi, nyɛ he yayami ɔ, dade ningma tso a kɛ ngma; a kɛ sika tɛ nya piɔpiɔ ngma ngɛ nyɛ tsui mi, nɛ a kpɛ́ ngɛ nyɛ bɔ sami la tɛ koli ɔmɛ a nɔ.
Nyɛ ngɛ kaa womi nɛ Kristo nitsɛ ngma nɛ e kɛ tsɔ wɔ; pi womi nɛ a kɛ ní ngmami nyu ngmaa ngɛ tɛ tɛtlɛɛhi a nɔ ɔ. Se mohu, enɛ ɔ ji womi nɛ Kristo ngma kɛ gu Mawu hɛ kalɔ ɔ mumi ɔ nɔ ngɛ adesa tsui mi.
Jehanɛ, osɔfo ɔ nɛ ngɔ e nine nguɛ kɛ sɔ muɔ ɔ mi, nɛ e kɛ kpa la tɛ ɔ nɛ a sãã sami bɔ ngɛ nɔ ɔ koli ɔmɛ a he. É tsɛ̃ muɔ nɛ piɛ ɔ ngɔ pue bɔ sami la tɛ ɔ sisi.
Se kɛ̃, a ngɛ yayami pee kɛ mwɔɔ; a jaa amaga ngɛ Gilead, nɛ a kɛ na ku sãã bɔ ngɛ Gilgal. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ma kpata a hɛ mi; bɔ sami la tɛ ɔmɛ hu maa ywia, nɛ tɛ ɔmɛ ma pue si glekuu glekuu ngɛ ngmɔ ɔmɛ a mi.”
A kplii a tsui konɛ a ko nu mlaahi, kɛ níhi nɛ i ha gbali ɔmɛ nɛ sɛ a hlami ɔ tsɔɔ mɛ ɔ. Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, imi Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ, ye mi mi fu mɛ wawɛɛ nitsɛ.
Bɔ nɛ Yuda ma amɛ hiɛ ɔ, jã kɛ̃ a mawu ɔmɛ hu hiɛ. Bɔ sami la tɛhi nɛ Yerusalem bi ɔmɛ ma, nɛ a sãã tsopa kɛ e he via ngɛ a nɔ kɛ haa yakayaka mawu ɔ nɛ a tsɛɛ Baal ɔ, jamɛ a bɔ sami la tɛ ɔmɛ a he hiɛ babauu kaa gbɛjegbɛhi nɛ ngɛ ma a mi ɔ kɛ̃.
Se somi he ɔ nɛ i kɛ Israel ma a maa so jehanɛ ɔ, bɔ nɛ lɛɛ e maa hi ji nɛ ɔ nɛ; ma ngɔ ye mlaa kɛ wo a mi, nɛ ma ngma ngɛ a tsui nɔ. Ma pee a Mawu, nɛ a maa pee ye ma.