“Ke a je hiɛ ɔ, a ma ya na nihi nɛ kua mi ɔ a gbogboehi nɛ pueɔ si. Gɔgɔ nɛ gbogboe ɔmɛ wo ɔ be gboe gblegbleegble, nɛ la nɛ ngɛ mɛ sããe ɔ hu a be nyɛe maa gbe; a maa pee he mi nyɛɛmi nɔ́ ha nimli adesahi tsuo.”
Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ ke, “Be ma nɛ he woli, kɛ yayami peeli tsuo maa sã kaa bɔ nɛ nga sãã ngɛ flɔɔnɔɔ mi ɔ. Jamɛ a be ɔ, a maa sã pɛsɛpɛsɛ, nɛ a he nɔ́ ko nɔ́ ko be piɛe.
Katsɛmɛ kpanakpanaa, kɛ nihi nɛ piɛ Egipt tabo ɔ he kɛ hwu ta a ma he Egipt bi ɔmɛ atuu kɛ ngmlaa ngɛ gbeje ke, ‘Nihi nɛ li Mawu, nɛ a nɔ ngɛ ta mi ɔ ba su hiɛ ɔ. Mɛ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ!’
Kɛkɛ nɛ a hɛ Abosiami ɔ nɛ sisi mɛ ɔ ngɔ fɔ taku kɛ e mi la nɛ ngɛ tsoe gegeege ɔ mi he nɛ lohwe awi yelɔ ɔ, kɛ lakpa gbalɔ ɔ ngɛ ɔ. Nɛ a ma pii mɛ nyɔ kɛ pia kɛ ya neneene.
A nu lohwe awi yelɔ ɔ, kɛ lakpa gbalɔ ɔ nɛ pee nyakpɛ níhi ngɛ e hɛ mi ɔ tsuo. E pee nyakpɛ ní ɔmɛ kɛ sisi nihi nɛ a kɛ lohwe ɔ kadi mɛ ɔ, kɛ ni nɛmɛ nɛ jaa lohwe ɔ we amaga a. A hɛ lohwe ɔ, kɛ lakpa gbalɔ ɔ tsuo ngɔ fɔ taku kɛ e mi la nɛ ngɛ tsoe gegeege ɔ mi hɛ ngmengmle.
Nyɛ nihi tsuo nɛ nyɛ peeɔ kpe kɛ soɔ nihi a yi nɔ, konɛ nyɛ kpata a hɛ mi, nyɛ yi mi tomi yaya amɛ ma kpata nyɛ nitsɛmɛ nyɛ hɛ mi. Yawɛ nitsɛ ma ha nɔ́ nɛ ɔ maa ba mi; nyɛ nyagbe maa pee mɔbɔ.
Ta nguaa nɛ ngɛ he wami, nɛ je kpo kɛ e ta zugba lɛhi kɛ okpɔngɔhi babauu ɔ, e ha mɛ tsuo a nɔ si nɛ a nyɛ we nɛ a te si hu; a la a gbo kaa kane mi tako, loo kaa kane nɛ nu ta mi.
Yayami peeli nɛ ngɛ Zion ɔ nu sawale, nɛ a he ngɛ doe blibliibli. Nɔ́ nɛ a ngɛ a he bie ji, “La nɛ ngɛ ní puɛe nɛ ɔ, wa ti mɛnɔ ma nyɛ nya maa da? La nɛ ngɛ tsoe nɛ gbo we gblegbleegble nɛ ɔ nɛ, wa ti mɛnɔ ma nyɛ nya maa da?”
Yawɛ, o to kaa o maa gbla he nyɛli ɔmɛ a tue, se a li tete. Ha nɛ zo nɛ gbe mɛ, nɛ a na nɔ́. Gbla a tue kaa bɔ nɛ o to ha mɛ ɔ. Ha nɛ a na kaa o suɔ o ma a sane saminya.
Akɛnɛ Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ mi mi fu he je ɔ, e tue gblami ɔ nya wa kaa la nɛ ngɛ nimli tsuo a hɛ mi kpatae ngɛ zugba a nɔ. Nɔ tsuaa nɔ ngɛ lɛ nitsɛ e wami he plee.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Israel hɛ mi ma ba kpata pɛsɛpɛsɛ kaa bɔ nɛ la sãã hu kɛ nga gbigbli ɔ. Nɔ́ nɛ ɔ maa ba a nɔ, ejakaa a kua Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ mlaa amɛ. A yi Israel Mawu klɔuklɔu ɔ mlaa amɛ a nɔ.
Benɛ e ba su Lehi ɔ, Filisti bi ɔmɛ he ose kɛ ba na lɛ. Tlukaa a, Yawɛ mumi ɔ ba e nɔ wawɛɛ nitsɛ, nɛ e tsɔ tangme ɔmɛ nɛ blaa e nine ɔ pue si kaa doti nɛ la sɛ mi.
E hɛɛ e ngma mi sami tsimi ngɛ e dɛ, nɛ e kɛ maa sa e ngma a tsuo mi. E ma bua e ngma a nya kɛ wo gba mi, se tsakati ɔ lɛɛ e maa sã ngɛ la nɛ gbo we gblegbleegble mi.”
Yawɛ ke, “Nihi nɛ tsukɔɔ a he, nɛ a peeɔ a he klɔuklɔu kɛ haa wɔ jami, nɛ a toɔ slɛnɛɛ kɛ yaa abɔɔhi a mi ya yeɔ kpotoo lo, kɔkue, kɛ níhi nɛ a hiee ɔ, a nyagbe maa pee gbeye.