22 Yawɛ ke, “Ye ma mi bi ɔmɛ biɛ pɛ; ye ma mi bi ɔmɛ li mi. A ngɛ kaa jokuɛwi kuasiahi; a be juɛmi. A he sɔɔ kɛ peeɔ yayami, se kpakpa peemi lɛɛ a li.”
Se Amnon ngɛ huɛ ko nɛ le nɔ́ he ga tomi saminya. E biɛ ji Yonadab, nɛ e kɛ Amnon peeɔ tsɛngua kɛ tsɛwayo bimɛ; ejakaa Yonadab tsɛ Shimea kɛ David peeɔ nɔ kɛ e senɔ.
Tso kɔni ɔmɛ gbli, nɛ a ku kɛ pueɔ si; yi ɔmɛ ya buaa nya kaa lɛ́ nɛ a ma slɛ, ejakaa ma a nui nɔ́ ko nɔ́ ko sisi. Mawu, a bɔlɔ ɔ mi mi be lɛ sãe ngɛ a he, nɛ e be mɛ mɔbɔ nae hulɔ.
Anɛ nɔmlɔ yumu ma nyɛ ma tsake e he womi su ɔ lo? Anɛ ngatsɛ ma nyɛ ma tsake e he huatahuata a lo? Ke e maa hi peemi ja a, lɛɛ nyɛ nɛ yayami peemi pee nyɛ he nɔ́ nɛ ɔ, nyɛ hu nyɛ ma nyɛ maa pee kpakpa.
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.
I ná nɛ i ngɛ hi he ko ngɛ nga a nɔ kaa nibwɔhi a to he kikɛ nɛ ɔ; jinɛ i ko je ye ma mi bi ɔmɛ a he kulaa nɛ i ya hi lejɛ ɔ banee! Ejakaa a ngɛ kaa yaholi; nimli yayamihi ji mɛ tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ; a yi mi anɔkuale.
Daa nɛ ɔ, a duɔ a lilɛ nya ngɔ to kaa kɛ̃ɛ̃ nɛ a dɔ mi nɛ a ma tsɛ̃. Lakpa, kɛ sisimi sɔuu ji zugba a nɔ; anɔkuale be. Yawɛ ke, “Ye ma mi bi ɔmɛ peeɔ yayami nɔtonɔto; se imi lɛɛ a li mi kaa a Mawu.”
Nyɛ Israel bi, nyɛɛ bu nɔ́ nɛ Yawɛ ngɛ dee ɔ tue. Yawɛ ke Israel ma a tɔ̃ e nɔ. E ke, “Anɔkuale yemi ta zugba a nɔ; suɔmi be, nɛ imi Mawu nitsɛ hu a li mi.
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.
Mɛ tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ a he sɔɔ kɛ yayami peemi. Ma ní tsuli kɛ kojoli heɔ nyɔ mi ní. Niatsɛmɛ ɔmɛ heɔ mɛ kɛ sika. A tsɔɔ mɛ yi wu tso níhi nɛ a suɔ kaa a pee ha mɛ, nɛ a peeɔ kɛ haa mɛ.
“Niatsɛ ɔ je tsɔlɔ nɔkɔtɔma nɔ sisilɔ ɔ yi saminya kaa e to ga kikɛ nɛ ɔ. Ejakaa anɔkuale mi ɔ, je mi bi a nane nya sɔɔ kɛ nɔ sisimi kulaa pe nihi nɛ yeɔ Mawu gbeye.”
A nu nyɛ he ngɛ he tsuaa he kaa nyɛ pɛtɛ sane kpakpa a he wawɛɛ; nɔ́ nɛ ɔ ha nɛ i na nyɛ he bua jɔmi saminya. I suɔ kaa nyɛɛ le kpakpa, nɛ nyɛɛ pee; se yayami blɔ fa mi lɛɛ a ko nu nyɛ he kulaa.
Ye nyɛmimɛ, nyɛ ko susu nyɛ yi mi kaa jokuɛwi. Yayami peemi blɔ fa mi ɔ lɛɛ nyɛɛ pee nyɛ ní kaa jokuɛwi, se nyɛ susu nyɛ yi mi kaa nihi nɛ wa ngɛ mumi mi.