1 Sɛ gbi nɛ Yawɛ ngɔ kɛ ha Zefania, be mi nɛ Amon bi Yosia ngɛ matsɛ yee ngɛ Yuda ma a nɔ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Zefania tsɛ ji Kush, nɛ e nɛmɛ ji Gedalia, Amaria, kɛ Hezekia.
Yosia binyumu Yoahaz nɛ ba ye e tsɛ se kaa Yuda matsɛ ɔ, bɔ nɛ Yawɛ de ngɛ e he ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Nɛ a kɛ lɛ yaa nɛ ɔ, e be kpalee kɛ ba hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ hu gblegbleegble.
“Kɛ je be nɛ Yuda matsɛ, Yosia, Amon bi ɔ na jeha nyɔngma kɛ etɛ ngɛ e sɛ ɔ nɔ hluu kɛ ba si mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ, jeha nyingmi enyɔ kɛ etɛ sɔuu ji nɛ ɔ nɛ. Kikɛmɛ a be nɛ ɔ tsuo ɔ, be tsuaa be ɔ, i naa sɛ gbi kɛ jeɔ Yawɛ ngɔ kɛ haa nyɛ. I deɔ nyɛ nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ fitsofitso; se nyɛ bui tue.
Ngmami tsuaa ngmami ɔ, Mawu mumi ɔ lɛ ha nɛ nihi ngma; nɛ e hi kɛ ha ní tsɔɔmi, kɛ ha hɛ mi kami, kɛ ha nɔ dlami, kɛ tsɔsemi nɛ ma ha nɔ nɛ ba e je mi saminya.
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, wa na kaa munyuhi nɛ gbali ɔmɛ tu ɔ ba mi niinɛ. Nyɛ hu ke nyɛ bɔ mɔde nɛ nyɛ bu tue ɔ, e maa hi ha nyɛ; ejakaa e ngɛ kaa la nɛ ngɛ tsoe ngɛ diblii mi kɛ yaa si je maa na, nɛ nɔkɔ la a ma kpɛ ngɛ nyɛ tsui mi.