1 Ɛ́ a nɛnɛ al bɛ na mɩ́ kʋ ƴãw a tɩbɛ ƴãw a, «tɩ za tɛr'ɩ a yele bãwfʋ», mɛ̃ a lɛ nyɩ na mɩ́ yel a. Ɛcɛ a yele bãwfʋ mɩ́ ɩ n a nɩsaal zɛwr ʋ tʋɔra, ɛ́ nɔ̃wfʋ mɩ́ ɩ a Lãw-yir ʋ kɛrɛ dɔwlɛ.
A fʋ ɩ-faar tɩ ɩ na fʋ bɛr tɩɛrʋ ɛ́ yere à ŋá: «Nɩr bɛ nyɛrɛ mɛ̃ ɩ». Ɛcɛ fʋ na yel kɛ́ fʋ tɛr'ɩ yã-bãwfʋ nɩ bãwfʋ a, alɛ n'a tuli fʋ, ɛ́ ƴãw fʋ tɩɛrɩ fʋ pʋɔ à ŋá: «A mãa a, ɩ̃ bɛ tɛr ɩ̃ tɔ ɩ!»
A na ɩ à ŋá a, bʋnʋ ƴãw n'a nyɩ yel kɛ́ nyɩ ɩ a Naaŋmɩn kaa? Nyɩ na de tuor, tɩɩm nɩ a tɩ sãàkʋm-kore na bɛ tʋ̃ɔ́ tuo a, bɔbr kɛ́ nyɩ tuo a po-tuurbɛ a?
nyɩ ta 'wɔbr a bàwr-maal-nɛnɛ ɩ, nɩ a zɩ̃ɩ nɩ dʋ̃w bɛ na bɛ ŋmãa a kɔkɔr a nɛn ɛ, nyɩ bɛr a pɩ̃ɔ-yele. Nyɩmɛ wa ƴãw fãw bɛr à á ŋá za a, nyɩ na maal'ɩ vla. Nyɩ zɩ̃ vla.»
Ɛcɛ, a nɩ-bʋʋr-yoru nɩbɛ bɛl na lɩɛbɩ a kɩrɩta-nɩbɛ a, tɩ sɛb'a yel kʋ̀ bɛ kɛ́ bɛ ciir a bàwr nɛnɛ nɩ a zɩ̃ɩ, kɛ́ bɛ ciir dʋ̃w bɛ na bɛ ŋmãa a kɔkɔr a nɛn, kɛ́ bɛ ta maalɛ pɩ̃ɔ-yele ɩ.»
Yɛbr i, ɩ̃ bɔbr'a k'ɩ̃ɩ ɩ nyɩ bãw a Naaŋmɩn yel-sɔwla ŋa, kɛ̀ nyɩ taa wa de nyɩ tʋɔra bʋɔlɛ yã-bãwnbɛ ɩ: a Ɩsɩrayɛl nɩbɛ ŋmãa na kpawl'a, ɛ́ gù a nɩ-bʋʋr-yoru za tɩ nyɛ̃ a faafʋ.
Sob nɛ na dɩrɛ a za a, ʋ ta jewre a sob nɛ na bɛ dɩrɛ a za a ɩ, ɛ́ sob nɛ na bɛ dɩrɛ a za a, ʋ ta bãwnɛ a sob nɛ na dɩrɛ a za a yele ɩ, bʋ̃ʋ n'ʋ vɛ̃, a Naaŋmɩn mɩ̀ sàw na de ʋ.
Yɛbr i, a nyɩ wulu ƴãw n'a ɩ̃ dãw de a yele man cɔwr'ɩ mãa nɩ a Apɔlɔsɩ. Ɩ̃ bɔbr'a k'ɩ̃ɩ man cɔwr'ɩ tɩ à ŋá nyɩ tʋ̃ɔ́ bãw a zʋkpar ŋa pɛr: «A sɛw na kɛ́ bɛ ta mɩ́ gãw a lɛ na sɛb a bɛr ɛ.» A bɛ tɛr sɔ́r k'aa nyɩ kãw zɛwr ʋ tʋɔra, mɩ́ kpɛ a tɩ kãw ɛ́ bɛr a ƴen sob ɛ.
Ɛ́ a nɛnɛ al bɛ na mɩ́ kʋ ƴãw a tɩbɛ ƴãw a 'wɔbrʋ ƴãw a, tɩ bãwnɩ a na kɛ́ tɩɩb kãw za bɛ ɩ bʋ̃-sɩza ɩ, ɛ́ ŋmɩn kãw za bɛ be a tẽ-daa zu a bɛ ɩ a Naaŋmɩn-been yõ ɩ.
Ɛcɛ nɩbɛ za bɛ nɛbɛ tɛr a yele bãwfʋ ŋa ɩ. Bɛ mɩnɛ na mili nɩ a tɩbɛ a, 'wɔbr'ɩ a tɩbɛ bàwr-nɛnɛ mɛ̃ a tɩbɛ sɩrɩ so a a. A bɛ tɩɛrʋ bɛ kpɛmɛ ɩ, lɛ so bɛ mɩ́ nyɛ̃ a nɛn ŋa wa n dɛwr a bɛ zie.
A ʋl zũú n'a a ƴã-gan ɓã taa ɩ been ɛ́ kpɛmɛ, a kɔbɛ tuor-taa ziir na ɩ a ziir za nyɔw taa vla vla a ƴãw. A na ɩ à ŋá a, a ƴã-gã-ɓɛrmɛ za wa tone vla a, a nɩr ƴã-gan za mɩ́ bɩrɛ na ɛ́ tarɛ a nɔ̃wfʋ zũú.
Nyɩ ta sàw a bɛlɩ dem na nɔnɛ tʋɔra-siwru ɩ-ɩrɩ a nɩbɛ niŋé a, bɩɩ na tɛr a malkɩ mɩnɛ ƴãwfʋ a, ɛ́ mɩ́ nyɛ̃ a bɛ bʋ̃-nyɛrɩ a ɩ bʋ̃-sɩza zuo a, nyɩ ta sàw bɛ wa yel kɛ́ nyɩ sãw na ɩ. A nɩbɛ bɛ ŋa taabɛ mɩ́ ɩrɛ nɩ pɔ̀l-ɩb zawla, bɛ na mɩ́ tɩɛrɛ a yele mɛ̃ nɩsaal tɛwr a ƴãw.
Ɛcɛ, yele blã be n be, ɩ̃ na yere fʋ a al ƴãw: nɩbɛ be n a fʋ zie de a Balaam wulu. A Balaam ŋa n'ʋ tɩ wule a Balakɩ, k'ʋʋ bɛlɩ a Ɩsɩrayɛl nɩbɛ ƴãw bɛ 'wɔb tɩbɛ bàwr-maal-nɛnɛ ɛ́ maalɩ pɩ̃ɔ-yele.
Ɛcɛ, yel ŋa ƴãw n'a ɩ̃ yere fʋ: fʋ bɛr'ɩ a Zezabɛl, a pɔw ŋa na yel k'ʋʋ ɩ n naaŋmɩn-ƴɛ̀r-manɛ ɛ́ tule a ɩ̃ tõ-tõ-biir, ɛ́ wule bɛ bɛ maalɛ a pɩ̃ɔ-yele ɛ́ 'wɔbr a tɩbɛ bàwr-maal-nɛnɛ a.