Se Yuda ma a lɛɛ, ma suɔ a sane. Imi Yawɛ, a Mawu ɔ, ma he a yi wami. Pi ta nga nɔ nɛ ma pee nɔ́ nɛ ɔ ngɛ; pi klaate, loo kɛ̃ɛ̃ kɛ kɛ̃ɛ̃ mi bi, loo okpɔngɔhi kɛ a nɔ hili nɛ ma ngɔ kɛ tsu nɔ́ nɛ ɔ.”
I ngɔ mɛ kɛ ba zugba nɛ i wo si kaa ma ha mɛ ɔ nɔ. Se he tsuaa he nɛ a na yoku gojoo, aloo tso nɛ bɔ kusuu ngɛ ɔ, kɛkɛ a ya sã bɔ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ. A sã bɔhi nɛ jee via, kɛ wai bɔ hulɔ; a pee ní nɛ ɔmɛ kɛ wo ye mi mi la.
Mo pɛ o nɔ Israel ngɔɔ e hɛ ngɔ fɔɔ; mo lɛ o jeɔ wɔ kɛ jeɔ amanehlu mi. Mɛni he je o pee kaa nubwɔ ngɛ zugba a nɔ, kaa blɔ nyɛɛlɔ nɛ gba ba to nubwɔ ligbi kake kɛkɛ?
Benɛ Yosia ngɛ matsɛ yee ɔ, Yawɛ de mi ke, “Tse o na nɔ́ nɛ Israel pee? Israel je ye se nɛ e ya ja mawu kpahi ngɛ yokuhi tsuo nɛ ya hiɔwe a nɔ, kɛ tsohi tsuo nɛ bɔ kusuu a sisi. E ngɛ kaa yo yaholɔ pɛ.
“Mɛnɔ lɛ je Bozra ngɛ Edom zugba a nɔ kɛ ma nɛ ɔ? Mɛnɔ lɛ dla e he saminyayoo kɛ tade tsu, nɛ e ngɛ kɔsɔe wawɛɛ kɛ he wami kɛ ma nɛ ɔ?” “Imi Yawɛ, kpɔlɔ nɛ nine si wa a, i ngɛ dee kɛ ngmlaa ke i ye kunimi oo, i ye kunimi.”
Yawɛ ke, “Nyɛ je ma amɛ tsuo, nyɛ nihi nɛ nyɛ yi na wami ɔ, nyɛ bua nyɛ he nya kɛ ba! Nyɛ nihi nɛ hɛɛɔ tso amagahi kɛ hii nyɛɛe, nɛ nyɛ hii sɔlee ha mawuhi nɛ be yi wami nyɛe ma he, nyɛ li nɔ́ ko nɔ́ ko fɛɛ!
Amaga puɛli ɔmɛ tsuo ji nimli guhi, nɛ amaga amɛ nɛ a buu kaa nɔ́ ko ɔ, a he be se nami ko kulaa. Nihi nɛ jaa kikɛmɛ a ní nɛ ɔmɛ ɔ, a hɛngmɛ yu; a li nɔ́ ko fɛɛ; zo maa gbe mɛ.
Yawɛ ke, “Nyɛɛ kɛ bua jɔmi nɛ la ha Israel; nyɛ hwɔ lele ha ma nɛ he wa pe je ma amɛ tsuo ɔ. Nyɛ la yi jemi la, nɛ nyɛɛ fiɛ ke, ‘Yawɛ he e ma a yi wami; Yawɛ he nihi nɛ piɛ ɔ tsuo a yi wami.’
Jamɛ a be ɔ, Israel bi nɛ a yi na wami ɔ be a hɛ ngɔe kɛ fɔ ma a nɛ ka a hɛ mi kpatami ɔ nɔ hu. A maa ngɔ a hɛ kɛ fɔ Yawɛ, Israel Mawu klɔuklɔu ɔ nɔ kulaa.