Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nɔ nɛ kɛ nyɛ ngɛ munyu tue ɔ, nyɛɛ bu lɛ tue. Nihi nɛ bui nɔ nɛ bɔ mɛ kɔkɔ ngɛ zugba a nɔ tue ɔ, a yi a he. Nɛ wɔɔ lɛɛ ke nɔ nɛ je hiɔwe ɔ kɛ wɔ ngɛ munyu tue nɛ wa bui lɛ tue ɔ, kɛ wa maa pee kɛ ye wa he kɛɛ?
Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, a te si wo lɛ, nɛ a tu musu bɔmi munyuhi kɛ si lɛ. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e huanya e tade mi mu kɛ pue a nɔ, nɛ e de mɛ ke, “Nyɛ musu tloo nyɛ! Imi lɛɛ ye nya be mi. Kɛ je be nɛ ɔ kɛ yaa a, ma je li ɔmɛ a ngɔ ma ya.”
Se nyɛ na nɛ nyɛɛ le ɔ kaa ke nyɛ gbe mi ɔ, nyɛ pue nɔ nɛ pee we nɔ́ ko ɔ muɔ si, nɛ musu maa tloo nyɛɛ kɛ ma nɛ ɔ, kɛ ma mi bi ɔmɛ tsuo. Ejakaa Yawɛ nitsɛ lɛ tsɔ mi nyɛ ngɔ ke ma ba tu munyu nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo kɛ tsɔɔ nyɛ.”
Anɛ pi anɔkuale yemi pɛ nɛ Yawɛ suɔ lo? Yawɛ fia nyɛ ní, se nyɛ bui fɛɛ. Yawɛ kpata nyɛ hɛ mi, se nyɛ kase we ní kɛ ji mi. Nyɛ kplii nyɛ tsui kaa tɛ sa, nɛ nyɛ kpale we kɛ ji nyɛ yayami ɔmɛ a se.
Ke Balak ngɔ sika hiɔ, loo sika tsu tsuo nɛ ngɛ e we ɔ mi kɛ ha mi po ɔ, i be nyɛe nɛ ma to ye yi mi nɛ ma pee nɔ́ ko nɛ kɛ fami nɛ Yawɛ fa mi ɔ yɛ, kpakpa jio, yayami jio, kaa ja nɔ́ nɛ Yawɛ ke ma de ɔ, lɔ ɔ pɛ ma de ɔ lo?”
I de lɛ ke, “Dɛbi, a be mo ngɔe kɛ wo a dɛ. I kpa mo pɛɛ nɛ o bu Yawɛ sɛ gbi nɛ i kɛ ha mo nɛ ɔ tue. Ke o pee ja a, e maa hi ha mo, nɛ o yi ma na wami.
I na nɛ a ngɔ yi ɔmɛ tsuo nɛ piɛ ngɛ Yuda matsɛ we ɔ mi ɔ kɛ yaa Babilonia matsɛ ɔ ma nimeli ɔmɛ a ngɔ. Benɛ a yaa a, nɔ́ nɛ a ngɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: ‘Matsɛ ɔ huɛmɛ kpakpa amɛ sisi lɛ nɛ a ye e nɔ. Se amlɔ nɛ ɔ nɛ e nane pu mɔsɔ lɛɛ e huɛmɛ ɔmɛ je e he?’ ”