1 Ishai, Matsɛ David tsɛ ɔ weku kpa ngɛ kaa tso ko nɛ a po ngɔ fɔ si. Se matsɛ he maa te si ngɛ David nina a mi kaa bɔ nɛ tso kpɔ nɛ ngɛ zu mi tsɛ̃ɔ kɔni ɔ.
Yawɛ ke, “Be ma nɛ ma hla dalɔ ko kɛ je David nina a a kpɛti nɛ e ba ye matsɛ. Matsɛ nɛ ɔ maa ye dami sane, nɛ e maa pee nɔ́ nɛ da ngɛ zugba a nɔ tsuo.
Kɛkɛ nɛ nikɔtɔma amɛ a ti nɔ kake de mi ke, “Ko fo ya. Hyɛ! Jata a nɛ je Yuda wɛtso ɔ mi, nɛ ji David nina a ye kunimi. Nɛ lɛ nɛ e ma nyɛ tsɔ womi nya sɔumi nɔ́ kpaago ɔmɛ, nɛ e ma nyɛ bli womi kpo ɔ nya.”
Jehanɛ Yoshua, mo osɔfo nɔkɔtɔma pe kulaa, kɛ o nyɛmimɛ nɛ hii si ngɛ o hɛ mi, nyɛɛ bu tue. Níhi nɛ maa ba hwɔɔ se he okadi ma de nyɛ nɛ ɔ nɛ. Ma ha ye tsɔlɔ nɛ ji Tso Kɔni ɔ maa ba.
Yawɛ tsɔlɔ ɔ ngɛ kaa tso wayoo ko nɛ puɛ kɛ je zugba gbigbli mi. Agboje ko be e he ɔ, he fɛu hu bɔ lɛ, lɔ ɔ he ɔ, wa bui lɛ. Nɔ́ ko nɔ́ ko be e he nɛ maa pee wɔ akɔnɔ.
E nɔ yemi ɔ ma he si, nɛ e maa bɔ; ma a ma na tue mi jɔmi daa, ejakaa e maa ye tsɛ kaa Matsɛ David nitsɛ se yelɔ. E maa pee kpakpa, nɛ e maa ye dami sane, kɛ maa je be nɛ ɔ mi kɛ yaa su je mi nyagbe. Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ kɛ hɛdɔ ma tsu ní nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo.
Be ma, nɛ Yawɛ ma ha tso tsuaa tso ngɛ zugba a nɔ ɔ maa bɔ, nɛ e maa pee fɛu. Israel bi tsuo nɛ a yi ma na wami ɔ, a bua maa jɔ, nɛ a ma na gɛjɛmi ngɛ niba ní nɛ a ma na ngɛ zugba a mi ɔ he.
Jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, matsɛ he nɛ je Ishai powu ɔ mi ɔ maa da si kaa okadi ko ha je ma amɛ. A ma bua a he nya kɛ maa ba e matsɛ ma a mi, nɛ a ma ba wo e hɛ mi nyami.
Nɛ huza a nɔ yi ɔmɛ de ke, “Jehanɛ lɛɛ Naomi na binyumu.” A wo jokuɛyo ɔ biɛ ke Obed. Pee se ɔ, Obed fɔ binyumu, nɛ a wo lɛ biɛ ke Ishai. Ishai nɛ ɔ ji David tsɛ.
Ke nɔ kake pɛ nɛ maa piɛ ngɛ ni nyɔngma mi po, lɛ hu a ma kpata e hɛ mi; e maa pee kaa tso ngua ko nɛ a po, nɛ e piɛ tso kpɔ ɔ kɛkɛ.” (Tso kpɔ nɛ ɔ daa si ha Mawu ma he ɔ sisi jemi.)
Ejakaa a fɔ bi ha wɔ! A ha wɔ binyumuyo! Lɛ nɛ e ma ba ye wa nɔ. A ma tsɛ lɛ ke, “Nyakpɛ ga wolɔ,” “Mawu he walɔ,” “Tsɛ nɛ ngɛ kɛ yaa neneene,” “Ganɔ nɛ yi nɔ jɔ.”
A maa hi zugba nɛ i ngɔ ha ye tsɔlɔ Yakob ɔ nɔ. Lejɛ ɔ lɛ a nɛmɛ ɔmɛ hi, nɛ lejɛ ɔ a bimɛ, kɛ a nina tsuo maa hi kɛ maa ya neneene. Ye tsɔlɔ David maa ye ganɔ kɛ maa ya neneene.
Yawɛ ke, “Mo Betlehem Efrata, Yuda ma amɛ a kpɛti nyafii kake kɛkɛ ji mo; se ma ha nɔ ko maa je o mi ba ye matsɛ ngɛ Israel ma a tsuo nɔ. Matsɛ nɛ ɔ weku kpa ngɛ kɛ je blema be ɔ mi tɔɔ.” Yawɛ lɛ de.