2 Moab hɛ mi nyami ɔ ta. He nyɛli ɔmɛ ngɔ Heshbon, nɛ a to kaa a ma kpata Moab zugba a hɛ mi. Madmen ma a hu, a ma ya tua lɛ, nɛ a ma kpata ma a hɛ mi.
Ye tsui ngɛ yee ngɛ Moab he! Ma mi bi ɔmɛ tu fo kɛ ho Zoar, kɛ Eglat Shelishiya ma amɛ a mi ya. Ni komɛ kuɔ yoku ɔ kɛ ho Luhit ya, nɛ ni komɛ hu tu fo kɛ ho Horonaim ya kɛ ya boboobo, kɛ kɔmɔ yemi babauu.
Nɛ jehanɛ lɛɛ Yawɛ ke, “Hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ jeha etɛ pɛpɛɛpɛ ɔ, ní nɛ ɔmɛ nɛ Moab ná, kɛ ma a mi nimli babauu ɔ tsuo hɛ mi ma kpata, nɛ nihi nɛ a yi ma na wami be nɔ́ ko nɔ́ ko sue; pohu a ma gbɔjɔ.”
“Tse o nu kaa nihi ngɛ dee ke weku enyɔ, Israel kɛ Yuda nɛ i hla a, imi Yawɛ, i kua mɛ! Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, a gbeɔ ye ma a he guɛ, nɛ a bui mɛ hu kaa je ma ko ji mɛ.
Ye ma, nyɛ tsui ko po, ejakaa i kɛ nyɛ ngɛ. Je ma amɛ, hehi nɛ i fie nyɛ kɛ ho ɔ, ma kpata mɛ tsuo a hɛ mi; se nyɛɛ lɛɛ i be nyɛ hɛ mi kpatae. Se kɛ̃ ɔ, i be hae nɛ nyɛɛ ye nyɛ he kulaa; ma gbla nyɛ tue bɔ nɛ sa kɛkɛ. Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.”
“Nyɛ nihi tsuo nɛ nyɛ bɔle Moab, nyɛ ni nɛmɛ tsuo nɛ nyɛ nu bɔ nɛ e biɛ pɛɛ be ko ɔ, nyɛɛ ye lɛ kɔmɔ. Nyɛ de ke, ‘E nɔ yemi kpetekpleenyɛ ɔ se po; e hɛ mi nyami, kɛ e he wami ɔ ta.’
Nihi nɛ a he wami ta maa ka kaa a maa tu fo nɛ a ya laa a he ngɛ Heshbon mɔ ɔ mi, he nɛ Matsɛ Sihon ye tsɛ ngɛ be ko ɔ. Se la sã Moab zugba a tsuo; atuã tsɔli nɛ ɔmɛ a zugba a sã kɛ je zugba a nya he kake kɛ ya si he kake.
Nyɛ Heshbon bi, nyɛɛ wo yana, ejakaa a kpata Ai hɛ mi. Raba yihi, nyɛ nya awe! Nyɛ bu kpekpe ya bo, nɛ nyɛɛ ye kɔmɔ. Nyɛɛ hi fo tue kɛ hi bee basaa kɛkɛ. Nyɛ mawu ɔ nɛ a tsɛɛ lɛ Milkom ɔ, a ma ba ngɔ lɛ kɛ ho ma se ya, kɛ e we osɔfo ɔmɛ, kɛ ganɔ ɔmɛ.
Ma ha nɛ Elam bi ɔmɛ maa ye a he nyɛli ɔmɛ, kɛ nihi nɛ ngɛ mɛ hlae nɛ a gbe ɔ gbeye. Ye mi mi ma fu Elam bi ɔmɛ wawɛɛ nitsɛ. Ma kpata a hɛ mi, nɛ ma ha nɛ ta ma ba na mɛ. Ma pee nɔ́ nɛ ɔ hluu kɛ yaa si ma kpata a hɛ mi pɛsɛpɛsɛ.