Pee se benɛ Matsɛ Yosia to sɔmɔmi ní tsumi ɔ blɔ nya ngɛ Yawɛ we ɔ gbe nya a, Egipt matsɛ ɔ nɛ a tsɛɛ lɛ Neko ɔ ya tua Karkemish, ngɛ Yufrate pa a nya. Yosia ya nɛ e kɛ lɛ ya kpe.
e je sisi kɛ je Egipt nɔ. Egipt matsɛ, Neko tabo ɔ nɛ Babilonia matsɛ, Nebukadnezar ye a nɔ ngɛ Karkemish, ngɛ Yufrate pa a nya a, bɔ nɛ Yawɛ de ngɛ a he ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Sane nɛ ɔ ba ngɛ Yuda matsɛ, Yehoyakim yi nɔ jeha eywiɛne ɔ mi.
Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ de ngɛ Damasko he ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Hamat ma mi bi ɔmɛ, kɛ Arpad ma mi bi ɔmɛ hao, ejakaa a nu sane yaya. A tsui po, nɛ a he mi ngɛ mɛ hiae kaa wo nɛ ngɛ fiae gudugudu nɛ he jɔɔmi be mi.
Israel be lɛ nitsɛ e he nyɛe ma fa hu, nɛ Damasko nɔ yemi ɔ se maa po. Siria bi nɛ a yi ma na wami ɔ, zo maa gbe mɛ kaa Israel bi ɔmɛ nɔuu. Imi, Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ lɛ i de.”
Mɛni he je? Ejakaa Siria he wɛ pi Damasko nɛ ji e matsɛ ma a, nɛ Damasko he wɛ pi Rezin. Israel lɛɛ hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ jeha nyingmi ekpa kɛ enuɔ ɔ, a ma kpata e hɛ mi butuu, bɔ nɛ e be nyɛe maa da si kaa ma hu.
Asiria matsɛ ɔ ya ngɔ nihi kɛ je Babilon, Kut, Ava, Hamat, kɛ Sefarvaim kɛ ba wo Samaria ma amɛ a mi ngɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ a nane mi. Mɛ hu a ngɔ Samaria ngɔ pee a nɔ, nɛ a hi ma amɛ a mi.
Mɛni be lɛ je ma nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo a mawu ɔmɛ eko nyɛ́ kpɔ a zugba kɛ je wa dɛ mi hyɛ? Lɛɛ mɛni haa nɛ nyɛɛ lɛɛ nyɛ susuɔ kaa nyɛ Mawu ɔ ma nyɛ he nyɛ yi wami ɔ?
A yeɔ matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ a he fɛu, nɛ asafoatsɛmɛ ɔmɛ a he peeɔ mɛ muɔ. Mɔ nɛ he wa pi nɔ́ ko kulaa ngɛ a hɛ mi. A buaa zu nya glekugleku kɛ woɔ mɔ ɔ he, nɛ a ngɔɔ lɛ.