Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ma ngɔ a ngmɔ ɔmɛ kɛ ha ni nɛmɛ nɛ ma ba ye a nɔ ɔ; a yi ɔmɛ hu i kɛ ma ha nyumu kpahi. Kɛ je nimli wawihi a nɔ kɛ ya si nimli nguahi a nɔ ɔ, nɔ tsuaa nɔ hɛ dɔ kɛ ngɛ nɔ sisie nɛ e kɛ na ní. Gbali kɛ osɔfohi po ngɛ nɔ sisie.
Ma nimeli ɔmɛ heɔ nyɔ mi ní loko a buá sane he; osɔfo ɔmɛ heɔ hiɔwo loko a tsɔɔ mlaa a sisi; gbali ɔmɛ heɔ sika loko a gbaa. Se mɛ tsuo a buɔ Mawu kua pɛɛ nɛ a deɔ ke, “Yawɛ kɛ wɔ ngɛ; nɔ́ ko nɔ ko be wɔ pee!”
Se moo lɛɛ o susumi pɛ ji bɔ nɛ o maa pee kɛ sisi nihi nɛ o kpɔ a níhi yaka. O pueɔ nihi nɛ pee we nɔ́ ko a muɔ si; o yeɔ o ma a amimi, nɛ o waa mɛ yi mi. Yawɛ lɛ de.
Nyɛ lakpa gbali nɛ nyɛ ngɛ ye ma a sisie! Nyɛ nɛ nyɛ gbaa he jɔmi kɛ haa nihi nɛ haa nyɛ ní nɛ nyɛ yeɔ; nɛ nyɛ woɔ ni nɛmɛ nɛ ha we nyɛ nɔ́ ko ɔ a susuma he gbeye! Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ ngɛ nyɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ,
Ke i je kpo kɛ ya nga nɔ ɔ, i naa nihi nɛ a gbe mɛ ngɛ ta mi ngɔ pue si. Ke i ya ma amɛ a mi hu i naa nihi nɛ hwɔ gbe mɛ ngɔ pue si. Se gbali ɔmɛ, kɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ lɛɛ kpami kɛkɛ a hii kpae ngɛ zugba nɛ a li nɔ.”
Kikɛmɛ a lakpa tsɔɔli nɛ ɔmɛ maa tu nyɛ munyuhi nɛ a po de, konɛ a kɛ sisi nyɛ nɛ a ná nyɛ he se. Se Mawu bu mɛ fɔ momo be saii ji nɛ, nɛ a hɛ mi kpatami be ɔ hu su ta.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ye ma a baa o ngɔ, nɛ a ba hii si ngɛ o hɛ mi nɛ a buɔ munyu ɔmɛ tue, se nɔ́ nɛ o deɔ mɛ ke a pee ɔ, lɔ ɔ lɛɛ a pee we. Á yeɔ nɔ he fɛu, nɛ a se nami he pɛ a susuɔ.
Nyɛ ti ni komɛ heɔ nyɔ mi ní nɛ a kɛ pueɔ muɔ si. Ni komɛ paa sika kɛ haa a nyɛmimɛ Israel fɔfɔɛhi, nɛ a heɔ hekpa fuu ngɛ a dɛ kɛ naa a he kpɔtɔɔ. Nɛ a hɛ je ye nɔ.” Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ lɛ de.
Yawɛ ke, “Kaa bɔ nɛ ke a nu julɔ nɛ a pueɔ e hɛ mi si ɔ, ja nɔuu lɛ a ma pue nyɛ Israel ma a tsuo, nyɛ matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ, ganɔ ɔmɛ, nyɛ we osɔfo ɔmɛ, kɛ gbali ɔmɛ nyɛ hɛ mi si.
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.
Gbali ɔmɛ, kɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ pohu tɔɔ dã, nɛ a tataa si. Wai kɛ dã nɛ nya wa fuu tsɔ nɛ a nuu ɔ, haa a hii si tɛe basabasa. Gbali ɔmɛ tɔɔ dã kpɔtɔɔ; lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ninahi nɛ Mawu haa mɛ ɔ, a nui sisi. Osɔfo ɔmɛ hu tɔɔ dã kpɔtɔɔ ja nɔuu; mɛ hu sanehi nɛ a kɛ ba haa mɛ ɔ, a nyɛ we nɛ a hyɛɛ mi.
Lakpa gbali te si ngɛ ma a mi be ko nɛ be ɔ, nɛ ja nɔuu lakpa tsɔɔli maa te si ngɛ nyɛ hu nyɛ kpɛti. A kɛ lakpa tsɔɔmihi nɛ kpataa nɔ hɛ mi maa ba ngɛ laami mi. Tsɔɔlɔ ɔ nitsɛ nɛ kpɔ mɛ ɔ po a ma kua lɛ, nɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ ma ha nɛ a ma kpata mɛ nitsɛmɛ a hɛ mi si kake too.
Nɔ nɛ náá ní ngɛ blɔ nɛ dɛ nɔ ɔ, e ngɛ kaa bebee nɛ ya bu hlui nɔ nɛ e pɛ bi, nɛ pohu pi lɛ nɛ ngmɛ hlui ɔ. E nihe mi ɔ, e dɛ mi ma ba ta; nɛ e nyagbe be mi ɔ, e ma ba pee kuasia.
Yawɛ nitsɛ de ke pi lɛ nɛ tsɔ mɛ; pe a ngɔ e biɛ kɛ ngɛ nyɛ sisie kɛkɛ. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Yawɛ maa fie nyɛ kɛ je hiɛ ɔ, nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ gbali ɔmɛ tsuo nɛ ngɛ nyɛ lakpa munyu nɛ ɔmɛ tue ɔ, nyɛ hɛ mi ma kpata.”
Zugba a nɔ hyi tɔ kɛ nimli nɛ yi Yawɛ anɔkuale. A peeɔ yayami, nɛ a kɛ a he wami tsu we nɔ́ kpakpa. Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, Mawu gbiɛ zugba a; zugba a bɛ ní hu, nɛ e nɔ pee mɔbɔmɔbɔ.