Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, imi nitsɛ ye nihi nɛ i hla ji nyɛ Israel bi; ye weto ní klɔuklɔu ji nyɛ. Nihi tsuo nɛ pee nyɛ yayami ɔ, i ngɔ haomi kɛ gbla a tue. Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.”
Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ, o Mawu ɔ nɛ faa e ma a he ɔ, bɔ nɛ e ngɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Kplu nɛ i ngɔ ha mo ngɛ abofu nya a, i ngɛ hee ngɛ o dɛ. O be dã a nue hu konɛ o ko tataa si kaa dã tɔlɔ hu.
Ma ha nihi nɛ ngɛ mo haoe ɔ maa ye mɛ nitsɛmɛ a he lo awi; mɛ nitsɛmɛ a muɔ maa de mɛ kaa wai. Kɛkɛ ɔ, nimli adesahi tsuo maa le kaa imi ji Yawɛ. Imi ji nɔ nɛ heɔ o yi wami, nɛ haa nɛ o yeɔ o he. A ma na le kaa imi ji Israel Mawu kpetekpleenyɛ ɔ nɛ.”
Se jehanɛ lɛɛ, nihi tsuo nɛ kpataa nyɛ hɛ mi ɔ, a ma kpata mɛ hu a hɛ mi. A maa nuu nyɛ he nyɛli ɔmɛ tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ kɛ ho ma se ya. Nihi tsuo nɛ waa nyɛ yi mi ɔ, a maa wa mɛ hu yi mi. Ni nɛmɛ nɛ haa nyɛ níhi ɔ, a maa ha mɛ hu a níhi.
“Ma wo Yuda ma a he wami; ma he Yosef we ɔ yi wami. Ma na mɛ mɔbɔ, nɛ ma kpale mɛ tsuo kɛ ba we ekohu. A maa pee kaa nihi nɛ i kua we mɛ hyɛ. Imi ji Yawɛ, a Mawu ɔ nɛ; ma he a kue fami ɔ nɔ.