18 O jeɔ o suɔmi nɛ se pui gblegbleegble ɔ ngɔ tsɔɔ ni akpeakpe. Se kɛ̃ ɔ, o kɛ tsɛmɛ a tɔmi gblaa bimɛ a tue. Mawu nɛ kle, nɛ ngɛ he wami ji mo; o biɛ ji Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ.
I yeɔ ye si womi nɔ kɛ haa nimli akpeakpe, nɛ i ngɔɔ a he yayami kɛ tɔmi ngɔ paa mɛ. Se kɛ̃ i gblaa bimɛ kɛ bibimɛ a tue hluu kɛ ya siɔ yi nɔ etɛne kɛ eywiɛne bimɛ ngɛ a tsɛmɛ kɛ a nɛmɛ a yayamihi a he.”
“Imi ji Mawu klɔuklɔu nɛ hii hiɔwe kɛ yaa neneene ɔ nɛ. I hii he klɔuklɔu ngɛ hiɔwe lokoo; se nɔ nɛ baa e he si ngɛ e mumi mi, nɛ e tsui mi tsɔ ɔ, i kɛ lɛ hiɔ si; i woɔ e mumi kã, konɛ e ngɔ e hɛ ngɔ fɔ ye nɔ, nɛ e na wami he.
Ejakaa a fɔ bi ha wɔ! A ha wɔ binyumuyo! Lɛ nɛ e ma ba ye wa nɔ. A ma tsɛ lɛ ke, “Nyakpɛ ga wolɔ,” “Mawu he walɔ,” “Tsɛ nɛ ngɛ kɛ yaa neneene,” “Ganɔ nɛ yi nɔ jɔ.”
Yawɛ, nyɛ Mawu ɔ ji Mawu nɛ pe mawuhi tsuo kulaa, nɛ e he wami se be. E ji Mawu nɛ kle, nɛ e he wa; nɛ e sa nɛ a ye lɛ gbeye. E hyɛ we nɔ hɛ mi, nɛ e he we nyɔ mi ní.
‘Imi, Yawɛ, ye mi mi fu we mla, nɛ ye mɔbɔ nami hiɛ babauu; i ngɔɔ tɔmi kɛ yayami ngɔ paa. Se kɛ̃, i ha we nɛ yayami peeli yeɔ a he; mohu i kɛ tsɛmɛ a tɔmihi a he hiɔwo ɔ gblaa bimɛ kɛ bibimɛ a tue hluu kɛ ya siɔ yi nɔ etɛne, kɛ eywiɛne bi a nɔ.’
Yawɛ, mo ji Mawu kɛ je blema lokoo. Ye Mawu ji mo, o ngɛ klɔuklɔu, nɛ o ngɛ daa kɛ daa. Yawɛ ye Mawu kɛ ye yi baalɔ; mo nitsɛ nɛ o hla Babilonia bi ɔmɛ, nɛ o ha a te si wo wɔ, konɛ a nyɛ nɛ a gbla wa tue.
“Yawɛ Mawu nɛ ngɛ hiɔwe lee! O kle, nɛ o he ngɛ gbeye. O yeɔ anɔkuale, nɛ o yeɔ o siwo nɔ. Nihi nɛ suɔ mo, nɛ a peeɔ níhi nɛ o fa ke a pee ɔ, o naa mɛ mɔbɔ.
‘Niinɛ, hiɛ benɛ i na Nabot kɛ e binyumu ɔmɛ a muɔ ɔ nɛ pueɔ si ɔ, i wo si kaa ja i gbla o tue ngɛ zugba nɛ ɔ nɔuu nɔ. Imi Yawɛ lɛ i de!’ Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ngɔɔ Yoram gbogboe ɔ nɛ o ya sake ngɔ fɔ jamɛ a zugba a nɔ kaa bɔ nɛ Yawɛ de to ɔ!”
Nyɛɛ ke nyɛ sibi ní, nɛ Mawu hu maa ke nyɛ ní ja nɔuu. Ee, Mawu maa ke nyɛ ní kpakpahi babauu nɛ nyɛ nine be he kpee, níhi kaa blɛfo nɛ a gbee nɔ, nɛ a sa mi, nɛ a bo ngɔ wo kotoku mi bami, nɛ e hyi tɔ kɛ be nɔ. Susumi nɔ́ nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ susuɔ nɔ́ ha ni kpahi ɔ, lɔ ɔ nɔuu a kɛ ma susu ha nyɛ.”
Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Yawɛ ba be ngɛ Mose hɛ mi, nɛ e de kɛ gbi wawɛɛ ke, “Imi Yawɛ ɔ, Mawu mɔbɔ nalɔ, kɛ dloolɔ ji mi; ye mi mi fu we mla, nɛ ye suɔmi kɛ anɔkuale yemi hiɛ babauu.
Se mo Yawɛ, moo lɛɛ o ngɛ ye se kpɛii kaa tatsɛ kpanaa; ni nɛmɛ nɛ ngɛ mi yi mi wae ɔ be mi nyɛe. Zo maa gbe mɛ daa, ejakaa a be nyɛe maa pee nɔ́ ko nɔ́ ko. A zo ɔ hu nɔ ko hɛ be nɔ jee gblegbleegble.
Se nɔ nɛ ma ba kpɔ mɛ ɔ, e he wa; e biɛ ji Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ. Lɛ nitsɛ e maa ye a sane ɔ ha mɛ; e kɛ he jɔmi maa ba zugba a nɔ, se Babilonia bi ɔmɛ lɛɛ e maa hao mɛ.”
O na hu kaa tɛ ko hia kɛ je yo ɔ mi nɛ nɔ ko nine sɛ́ he; tɛ nɛ ɔ ba fia amaga a nɛ a kɛ dade, akɔblee, zu, sika hiɔ, kɛ sika tsu pee ɔ. Mawu nɛ kle agbo ɔ je nɔ́ nɛ maa ba hwɔɔ se ɔ kɛ tsɔɔ mo. I sɛɛ nlami ɔ kɛ ha mo kaa bɔ nɛ o nla a sisiisi, nɛ i tsɔɔ mo sisi pɛpɛɛpɛ.”