Jehanɛ, Yawɛ de mi ke, “De ma a ke imi Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ, Israel Mawu ɔ, i ngɛ mɛ fae ke nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ nu nɔ́ nɛ ngɛ kplu ɔ mi ɔ kɛ yaa si e maa tɔ dã, nɛ e maa vie, kɛ yaa si e maa nɔ si nɛ e be nyɛe maa te si hu; ejakaa i tsɔ ta nɛ nya wa wawɛɛ nitsɛ kɛ ma a ngɔ.
Imi Yawɛ, i to kaa haomihi nɛ a nya wa eywiɛ maa ba a nɔ; ni komɛ ma gbo ngɛ ta mi; gbehi ma tsɔtslɔɔ ni komɛ; lohwe pɛlitsɛmɛ maa ye ni komɛ, nɛ ni komɛ lɛɛ pu mi lohwehi maa ye mɛ.
Wa ngmɔ ɔmɛ a nɔ nga a tsuo gbli. Pu mi lohwehi, kɛ lohwe pɛlitsɛmɛ ngɛ tae. Wa zugba a pee mɔbɔmɔbɔ, ejakaa wa ma mi bi ɔmɛ pee yayami. Nɔ́ nɛ a deɔ ji, “Nɔ́ nɛ wa ngɛ pee nɛ ɔ, Mawu tsa nɛ.” Mɛni be nɔ́ nɛ ɔ maa ya nɔ kɛ yaa si?
Se nɔ́ nɛ Yawɛ ngɛ bie ji, “Anɛ gbiɛ ma nyɛ maa fĩa ke e kle pe nɔmlɔ nɛ ngɔ lɛ kɛ ngɛ ní tsue ɔ lo? Anɛ sau ma nyɛ maa wo e he ha nɔ nɛ ngɛ lɛ gblae ɔ lo? Tsa pi dɛma tso nɛ hɛɛɔ nɔmlɔ; nɔmlɔ mohu nɛ hɛɛɔ dɛma tso. To tsɔmi tso ɔ, lɛ nitsɛ e fɔ we e he; nɔ ko nɛ fɔɔ lɛ.”
Abner kpa ngmlaa kɛ tsɛ Yoab nɛ e de lɛ ke, “Anɛ waa ya nɔ waa hi wa he gbee kɛ mwɔɔ lo? Anɛ o li kaa nyagbenyagbe ɔ, wɔ tsuo wa hɛ mi ma kpata lo? Mɛni be o ngɛ mlɛe loko o fa o we bi ɔmɛ nɛ a jɔɔ mɛ nitsɛmɛ a nyɛmimɛ a se nyɛɛmi lo?”
Kɛkɛ nɛ kuu etɛ ɔmɛ tsuo kpa titimati ɔmɛ, nɛ mɛ hu a ywia kplu ɔmɛ. Mɛ tsuo a hɛɛ jatɛ ɔmɛ kɛ a muɔ nine, nɛ a kɛ a hiɔ nine hɛɛ titimati ɔmɛ. A kpa titimati ɔmɛ kɛ he ose nɛ a de ke, “Yawɛ kɛ Gideon ta hwumi klaate ɔ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ!”
Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ ke, “Klaate, tee si ngɔ wo ye huɛ to hyɛlɔ nɛ ngɛ ní tsue ha mi ɔ! Moo fia lɛ nɔ konɛ to ɔmɛ nɛ a gbɛ fĩa. I kɛ tsɔwitsɔwi nɛ ɔmɛ maa to ní.