Nyɛɛ bu tue, a ngɛ hoo pee ngɛ yo ɔmɛ a nɔ; nihi babauu lɛ a ngɛ hoo pee nɛ ɔ nɛ. Niinɛ, je mahi, kɛ nɔ yemihi ngɛ a he nya buae. Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ ngɛ e tabo ɔmɛ miae kɛ ha ta.
Yawɛ maa hyɛ je ma amɛ a kpɛti sanehi a mi ha mɛ. E ma dla nihi babauu a kpɛti. A kɛ a ta hwumi klaate ɔmɛ maa sɔ kpakplaahi, nɛ a kɛ a we akplɔ ɔmɛ maa pee tso he suami hahi. Je ma ko je ma ko be ta hwue kɔkɔɔkɔ; a be a he dlae kɛ ha ta gblegbleegble hu.
Blema lokoo ɔ, a tsua muɔ ko nɛ a maa sã Asiria matsɛ ɔ ngɛ mi. Muɔ ɔ mi kuɔ, nɛ e bli, nɛ a to lɛ́ babauu kɛ wo mi. Yawɛ mumi ɔ nɛ ngɛ kaa la nɛ ngɛ tsoe plamplam ɔ maa sã lɛ.
Ejakaa lohwe kuɛpã tso nɛ jiɔ kaa tlomi ngɛ a nɔ, kɛ to tsɔ̃mi tso nɛ a kɛ fiaa a konɔ kɛ wa mɛ yi mi ɔ, o ku a mi kaa bɔ nɛ blema a o pee Midian bi ɔmɛ ɔ.
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.”
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.
A maa nu nɛ okpɔngɔhi a nane kokloto ngɛ si sie glɛi, glɛi, glɛi! A maa nu nɛ zugba lɛhi a nane ngɛ pɛe kplakatsa, kplakatsa, kplakatsa! Tsɛmɛ be plɛe nɛ a hyɛ a bimɛ; a nine mi maa je wu.
A maa tuu ngɛ yo ɔmɛ a nɔ, nɛ a nane si maa hi pɛe kaa ta zugba lɛhi; nɛ ke a ngɛ ní kpee ɔ, e maa pɛ kaa nga nɛ ngɛ sãe. A maa to slɛnɛɛ kaa tabo ngua ko nɛ gba ta kɛ ma.
Imi lɛɛ nyu i kɛ ngɛ nyɛ sɔlee kɛ tsɔɔ kaa nyɛ tsake nyɛ tsui. Se nɔ nɛ ma ngɛ ye se ɔ, Mumi Klɔuklɔu ɔ, kɛ la e kɛ ma tsu nɔ nɛ ɔ. Lɛɛ e pe mi; e tokota tete po, i sɛ nɔ nɛ hɛɛɔ.
Se benɛ Saul kɛ osɔfo ɔ ngɛ munyu tue ɔ, basabasa nɛ te si ngɛ Filisti bi ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ nya wa pe nine. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Saul de lɛ ke, “Koo ya hu; deka ko be kulaa!”