8 Osɔfo ɔmɛ bi we ke, ‘Jije Yawɛ ngɛ?’ Imi nitsɛ ye we osɔfohi po li mi. Nɔ yeli ɔmɛ te si kɛ wo mi; gbali ɔmɛ gba ngɛ Baal biɛ mi, nɛ a ya nyɛɛ níhi nɛ a he be se nami a se.
Eliya fa ke, “Nyɛɛ nuu Baal gbali ɔmɛ; nyɛ ko ha nɛ a ti nɔ kake ngmelu nɛ tu fo!” Ma a nuu mɛ tsuo, nɛ Eliya nyɛɛ a hɛ mi kɛ kple yoku ɔ kɛ ho Kishon pa a nya ya, nɛ e ya gbe mɛ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ.
Gbali ɔmɛ, kɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ pohu tɔɔ dã, nɛ a tataa si. Wai kɛ dã nɛ nya wa fuu tsɔ nɛ a nuu ɔ, haa a hii si tɛe basabasa. Gbali ɔmɛ tɔɔ dã kpɔtɔɔ; lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ninahi nɛ Mawu haa mɛ ɔ, a nui sisi. Osɔfo ɔmɛ hu tɔɔ dã kpɔtɔɔ ja nɔuu; mɛ hu sanehi nɛ a kɛ ba haa mɛ ɔ, a nyɛ we nɛ a hyɛɛ mi.
Yawɛ mo ji ye he bulɔ; mo lɛ o haa mi he wami. Ke haomi ba ye nɔ hu, mo ji nɔ nɛ piɛɔ ye he. Je mahi maa je je mi nyagbe he ɔmɛ kɛ ba o ngɔ, nɛ a ma ba de mo ke, “Gbosi ní nɛ wa nɛmɛ ɔmɛ na pɛ ji lakpa mawuhi, kɛ amagahi nɛ se nami ko be a he.
Kɛkɛ nɛ ma a de ke, “Nyɛ ha nɛ waa to Yeremia he ga. Daa nɛ ɔ, wa ma na osɔfohi nɛ maa tsɔɔ wɔ ní. Wa ma na ní leli nɛ maa wo wɔ ga, kɛ gbali nɛ ma ha wɔ Mawu sɛ gbi. Ke wa to ga nɛ ɔ, pi lɔ ɔ nɛ ma ha nɛ ní nɛ ɔmɛ a se maa po. Nyɛ ha nɛ waa po sane ngɔ fɔ e nɔ, nɛ waa jɔɔ e munyu ɔmɛ tue bumi.”
Anɛ je ma ko tsake e mawuhi hyɛ lo? Je ma amɛ a mawu ɔmɛ po tsa pi mawu nitsɛnitsɛhi ji mɛ. Se ye ma a lɛɛ a ngɔ imi, a hɛ mi nyami ɔ kɛ tsake mawuhi nɛ a he be se nami.
A bi we ke, ‘Jije Yawɛ ngɛ?’ Pohu, imi lɛ i je mɛ kɛ je Egipt zugba a nɔ; imi lɛ i kpaka mɛ kɛ gu nga kplanaa a nɔ, zugba kɛ e mi muɔhi kɛ e mi diblii kpii, zugba nɛ nyu be nɔ, nɛ nɔmlɔ adesa ko be nɔ, nɛ nɔ ko hu gui nɔ.
Osɔfo ɔmɛ plɛɔ ye mlaa a hɛ mi buɔ si, nɛ a bleɔ ye ní klɔuklɔu ɔmɛ. A li slɔɔto nɛ ngɛ nɔ́ klɔuklɔu, kɛ nɔ́ gu a kpɛti. A tsɔɔ we ni ɔmɛ slɔɔto nɛ ngɛ nɔ́ nɛ he tsɔ, kɛ nɔ́ nɛ he tsɔ we a kpɛti. A kuɔ a hɛ ngɔ fɔɔ Hejɔɔmi ligbi ɔ nɔ. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Israel bi ɔmɛ bui mi fɛɛ.
E ke, “Nɔmlɔ adesa, gbaa kɛ si Israel nɔ yeli ɔmɛ. De mɛ ke bɔ nɛ imi Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ, i ngɛ mɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Musu tloo nyɛ Israel to hyɛli! Nyɛ nitsɛmɛ nyɛ he pɛ nyɛ ngɛ lɛe; nyɛ hyɛ we to ɔmɛ a nɔ! Anɛ pi to ɔmɛ mohu nɛ to hyɛlɔ hyɛɛ lo?
Ye ma a hɛ mi ma kpata, ejakaa a li nɔ. Ee, nyɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ, nyɛ kua nile, lɔ ɔ he ɔ, imi hu ma kua nyɛ. Akɛnɛ nyɛ hɛ je ye mlaa amɛ a nɔ he je ɔ, imi hu ye hɛ maa je nyɛ binyumu ɔmɛ a nɔ.
Mɛni se nami ngɛ amaga he? E ji nɔ́ ko kɛkɛ nɛ nɔmlɔ adesa pee, nɛ lakpa pɛ e toɔ. Mɛni se nami ngɛ he ha nɔ nɛ pee lɛ ɔ, kaa e maa ngɔ e hɛ kɛ fɔ e nɔ; mawu nɛ nyɛ we munyu tete po nɛ e tuɔ ɔ!
Wa kpa laami mi zo ní tsumi; wa yi kutupɔ, nɛ Mawu munyu ɔ hu wa tsakee we hɛ mi. Wa fiɛɔ Mawu sɛ gbi ɔ paa ngɛ ma hɛ mi, nɛ wa bɔɔ mɔde kaa nihi nɛ a ná wa he juɛmi kpakpa ngɛ Mawu hɛ mi.