Nyɛ Moab bi, nyɛ je nyɛ hɛ mi nyami ɔ ngɔ fɔ si; nyɛ ba hi si ngɛ zia mi ngɛ zugba. Moab he nyɛli ɔmɛ ma ba tua nyɛ hulɔ, nɛ a ma kpata nyɛ mɔ ɔmɛ a hɛ mi.
Jehanɛ ɔ, bɔfo kpetekpleenyɛ ko wo tɛ nɛ ngɛ kaa wɛ nguaa ko, nɛ e hɛ ngɔ fɔ wo mi, nɛ e de ke, “Kikɛ nɛ ɔ a maa hɛ Babilon ma kpetekpleenyɛ ɔ ngɔ fɔ he, nɛ a be lɛ nae hu gblegbleegble.
Gbalɔ ɔ de matsɛ ɔ ke, “Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ de ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: ‘Akɛnɛ o ngmɛɛ nɔmlɔ nɛ i fa mo ke o gbe lɛ ɔ he he je ɔ, o maa ngɔ o he kɛ dani lɛ. Jehanɛ, a ma kpata o ta buli ɔmɛ a hɛ mi, ejakaa mɛ hu a ngmɛ blɔ nɛ Benhadad ta buli ɔmɛ tu fo.’ ”
Yaa nɛ o ya tua Amalek bi ɔmɛ, nɛ o kpata a nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ hɛ mi. Ko si nɔ́ ko nɔ́ ko; se mohu o gbe nyumuhi kɛ yihi, jokuɛwi kɛ bimwɔwi, nahi kɛ tohi, kɛ afukpɔngɔhi kɛ tejihi tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ.”
E ngɔ ma a, matsɛ ɔ, kɛ kɔpehi nɛ bɔle ma a. A gbe nɔ tsuaa nɔ, nɛ nɔ kake po píɛ. Bɔ nɛ Yoshua pee Hebron, kɛ Libna, kɛ a matsɛmɛ ɔmɛ ɔ, ja nɔuu e pee Debir, kɛ Debir matsɛ ɔ.
Yoshua ye Makeda nɔ kunimi jamɛ a ligbi ɔ. E gbe ma a mi bi ɔmɛ, kɛ a matsɛ ɔ; e kpata nɔ tsuaa nɔ hɛ mi, nɛ nɔ kake po píɛ. Bɔ nɛ e pee Yeriko matsɛ ɔ, jã pɛpɛɛpɛ e pee Makeda matsɛ ɔ.
Ma tsuaa ma nɛ Yawɛ, nyɛ Mawu ɔ ma je ngɔ wo nyɛ dɛ ɔ, nyɛ kpata a hɛ mi; nyɛ ko na mɛ mɔbɔ. Nyɛ ko ja a mawu ɔmɛ. Ke nyɛ pee ja a, nyɛ hɛ mi ma kpata.
Jamɛ a be ɔ mi nɔuu nɛ wa ngɔ e ma amɛ tsuo, nɛ wa kpata mɛ tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ a hɛ mi. Wa gbe nɔ tsuaa nɔ, nyumuhi, yihi, kɛ jokuɛwi tsuo; wa si we nɔ kake po.
Nyɛ bua ma a mi bi ɔmɛ a níhi nɛ a ngɛ ɔ tsuo a nya glekugleku ngɛ ma nɔ. Jehanɛ, nyɛɛ sã ma a, kɛ nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ nɛ ngɛ mi ɔ kaa sami bɔ kɛ ha Yawɛ, nyɛ Mawu ɔ. Ma a nɛ pee ma doku, nɛ e ko bɔ hu gblegbleegble.
Ó pee Ai kɛ e matsɛ ɔ kaa bɔ nɛ o pee Yeriko kɛ e matsɛ ɔ; se ta yibu ní ɔmɛ, kɛ we mi lohwe ɔmɛ lɛɛ nyɛɛ ha ha nyɛ he. Nyɛ ya wo ma a he ka, nɛ nyɛ tua lɛ kɛ je e se je.”
Israel bi kpa amɛ nɛ sɛ Ai ma a mi ɔ hu ba piɛ a nyɛmimɛ ɔmɛ a he kɛ sá Ai bi ɔmɛ a yi. A gbe Ai bi ɔmɛ tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ. A ti nɔ kake po na we blɔ nɛ e tu fo kɛ je; nɔ ko nɔ ko yi na we wami.