17 Ye to hyɛlɔ nɛ o he be se nami lee! To hyɛlɔ nɛ tuɔ fo kɛ jeɔ to kuu ɔ he ɔ, klaate maa po e kɔni, kɛ e hiɔ nɔ hɛngmɛ. Ee, á po e kɔni nɛ je nya, nɛ e hiɔ nɔ hɛngmɛ nɛ yu kulaa.”
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ma suɔ nɛ ma de nɔ́ ko ngɛ kusumi lo nɛ a kɛ haa amaga a yemi he. Wa le kaa amaga daa si ha nɔ́ ko nɛ be je nɛ ɔ mi. Wa le hu kaa mawu kpa ko be ngɛ anɔkuale Mawu kake ɔ se.
E ke, “Nɔmlɔ adesa, gbaa kɛ si Israel nɔ yeli ɔmɛ. De mɛ ke bɔ nɛ imi Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ, i ngɛ mɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Musu tloo nyɛ Israel to hyɛli! Nyɛ nitsɛmɛ nyɛ he pɛ nyɛ ngɛ lɛe; nyɛ hyɛ we to ɔmɛ a nɔ! Anɛ pi to ɔmɛ mohu nɛ to hyɛlɔ hyɛɛ lo?
“Nyɛ blɔ tsɔɔli hɛ yuyuili, musu tloo nyɛ! Nyɛ deɔ ke, ‘Ke nɔ ko kɛ sɔlemi we ɔ ka kita a, lɔ ɔ pi nɔ́ ko kulaa. Se ke e kɛ sɔlemi we ɔ sika tsu ka kita nɛ e yi nɔ ɔ, lɔ ɔ lɛɛ musu tloo lɛ.’
Nyɛɛ bu nɔ́ nɛ imi Yawɛ, i ngɛ dee ɔ tue! Gbali nɛ sɛɛɔ lakpa nlami ɔ, i kɛ mɛ ná. A sɛɛɔ kikɛmɛ a nlami nɛ ɔmɛ, nɛ a kɛ lakpa yemi, kɛ fiami kpataa ye ma a nane. I tsɔ we mɛ, nɛ i fa we mɛ ke a ya tsu nɔ́ ko kaa kikɛ nɛ ɔ; a he be se nami ko kulaa kɛ ha ma a. Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.”
“Mawu ma a hɛngmɛ, nɛ e tsi a juɛmi nya hulɔ, konɛ a hɛngmɛ ko hyɛ nɔ́, nɛ a ko nu nɔ́ sisi. Mawu pee mɛ kikɛ nɛ ɔ, konɛ a ko kpale kɛ ba e ngɔ nɛ a tsa mɛ.”
Yawɛ de mi ke ma ya Yuda matsɛ we ɔ, nɛ ma ya de Yuda matsɛ ɔ nɛ hii si ngɛ David sɛ ɔ nɔ ɔ, e tsɔli ɔmɛ, kɛ ma a nɛ guu agbo nɛ ɔmɛ a mi ɔ ke, “Bɔ nɛ lɛ, Yawɛ ɔ de ji nɛ ɔ nɛ:
Benɛ Yeroboam nu ngmlaa a nɛ gbalɔ ɔ kpa ngɔ wo bɔ sami la tɛ ɔ, e wo e nine nɔ ngɛ bɔ sami la tɛ ɔ he, nɛ e fa ke, “Nyɛɛ nu lɛ!” Amlɔ ɔ, nine ɔ nɛ matsɛ ɔ wo nɔ kɛ tsɔɔ gbalɔ ɔ wlua, nɛ e nyɛ we nɛ e ba lɛ si hu.
Amaga amɛ de we nɔ́ ko nɛ juɛmi ngɛ mi; klaali ɔmɛ lɛɛ lakpa munyuhi sɔuu a tuɔ. Ni komɛ hu tsɔɔ nlamihi a sisi, nɛ a kɛ sisiɔ nyɛ kɛ woɔ nyɛ bua kɛkɛ. Enɛ ɔ ha nɛ ma a tsuo ngɛ lalaalo woe kaa tohi, nɛ a ngɛ nɔ́ nae, ejakaa a be hyɛlɔ.