23 Atuã tsɔli ji o ganɔ ɔmɛ, nɛ juli ji o huɛmɛ; be tsuaa be ɔ, nike ní, kɛ nyɔ mi ní a ngɛ hee. A yi awusahi a sane ha we mɛ ngɛ sane yemi he, nɛ a bui yalɔyihi hu a sane tue.
Jehanɛ se hu, Yuda ma nimeli ɔmɛ, osɔfo ɔmɛ, kɛ ma a tsuo pee yayami kɛ si Yawɛ. A ya sɔmɔ je ma amɛ nɛ bɔle mɛ ɔ a mawu ɔmɛ, nɛ a kɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ ble Yawɛ we ɔ nɛ lɛ Yawɛ ɔ nitsɛ pee klɔuklɔu ngɛ Yerusalem ɔ.
nɛ nyɛɛ kase kpakpa peemi. Nyɛɛ ye dami sane; nihi nɛ a ngɛ mɛ yi mi wae ɔ, nyɛɛ ye a sane ha mɛ; nyɛ ha awusahi a blɔ nya níhi, nɛ nyɛɛ ye yalɔyihi a sane ha mɛ.”
Yerusalem, mo nɛ be ko ɔ, o he jua wa kaa sika hiɔ ɔ, jehanɛ lɛɛ, o he be se nami ko kulaa; sa a, o ngɛ kaa dã kpakpa; se jehanɛ lɛɛ, o ngɛ kaa dã nɛ a tsa mi nyu.
Yawɛ kɛ ma nimeli, kɛ ganɔ ɔmɛ lɛ na sane ɔ nɛ. Munyu nɛ e kɛ ba po a nya ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Nyɛ kpata wai ngmɔ ɔmɛ a hɛ mi, nɛ níhi nɛ nyɛ kpɔ ngɛ ohiatsɛmɛ a dɛ ɔ, nyɛ ngɔ kɛ to nyɛ wehi a mi.
Yawɛ ke, “Musu tloo Yuda ma nimeli ɔmɛ, ejakaa a kua mi. A toɔ gahi, nɛ a peeɔ níhi ngɛ mɛ nitsɛmɛ a dɛ he. A kɛ nihi soɔ nɛ pi ye suɔmi nya. Bɔ nɛ a peeɔ kɛ tĩaa yayami ngɔ haa a he ji nɛ ɔ nɛ.
Ee, nɔ nɛ peeɔ nɔ́ nɛ da, nɛ e tuɔ anɔkuale, nɔ nɛ sume kaa e maa ye nɔ ko awi nɛ e kɛ na ní, nɛ e he we nyɔ mi ní hulɔ, nɔ nɛ tsiɔ e tue nɛ e ko nu muɔ si puemi sane ko, nɛ e kɛ e hɛngmɛ hyɛ we nɔ́ yaya a, e yi ma na wami.
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.
Ma ya nimli ngua amɛ a ngɔ, nɛ i kɛ mɛ ma ya tu munyu. Niinɛ, mɛɛ lɛɛ a le nɔ́ nɛ Yawɛ, a Mawu ɔ ngɛ hlae nɛ a pee.” Se ni nɛ ɔmɛ hu ngɛ kaa nimli gu ɔmɛ kɛ̃; mɛ hu a tsɔ Yawɛ hɛ mi atuã, nɛ a bui lɛ fɛɛ.
Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, jata maa je pu mi kɛ ba gbe mɛ; ogbetee maa je nga nɔ kɛ ba tsɔtslɔɔ a mi dukuduku, nɛ ngatsɛ ma ba wo ka ngɛ a ma amɛ a mi. Nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ maa je kpo ɔ, a ma tsɔtslɔɔ lɛ; ejakaa a pee yayamihi fuu, nɛ a tsɔ Mawu hɛ mi atuã si abɔ.
Yawɛ ke, “Ye mi mi wo la, ejakaa Yuda ma nimeli ɔmɛ ya tua Israel ma a, nɛ a kpɔ zugba ngɛ a dɛ. Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, ma ngɔ ye abofu ɔ kɛ kple a nɔ kaa bɔ nɛ ke pa hia nɛ e puɛɔ ní ɔ.
Yawɛ ke, “Israel ma a je a yayami peemi ɔ tsuo sisi ngɛ Gilgal, nɛ lejɛ ɔ a he bɔni mi tai peemi kɛ je. Yi wu tso níhi nɛ a pee ɔ a he ɔ, ma fie mɛ kɛ je zugba a nɔ. I be mɛ suɔe hu; Israel ma nimeli ɔmɛ tsuo tsɔ ye hɛ mi atuã.
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!”
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.
Moab ma nimeli ɔmɛ, kɛ Midian ma nimeli ɔmɛ pue nɔ kɛ ho Balaam ngɔ ya. A hɛɛ sika nɛ a kɛ maa wo nɔ gbiɛmi ɔ he hiɔ ngɛ a dɛ, nɛ benɛ a ya su ɔ, a ngɔ Balak sɛ gbi ɔ ngɔ ha Balaam.
Bɔ nɛ nɔ ko ma ja Mawu nɛ maa sa Tsɛ Mawu ɔ nitsɛ hɛ mi ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: awusahi kɛ yalɔyihi nɛ e fi mɛ ɔ, e hyɛ a nɔ. Jehanɛ e hyɛ lɛ nitsɛ e he nɔ saminya, konɛ je mi akɔnɔ yaya ko tɔtɔ e nane.