12 ‘Abo‘agu bare‘u ia mweruruina, ta tai ia mweruruina debanaia: ‘Abo‘agu, tuga nimaguao, garewa ia lisidi, ta ‘idi boda maibo‘ana ia loinei.
Ta garewa ta bare‘u si gumwara, ta ‘adi iau maibo‘ana.
Lowaeneiega gabura ‘ana ‘autu ‘u sa‘una; Ta garewao nimaio ‘idi guinua.
Tauio ‘u bodemu ma‘edanega ‘atua ‘oamega; Tauio garewao ‘u lisidi ‘atua ‘aubodakaleko:
Bodao ‘idi Ieoba ie, Iseraela ‘ina Eaubada, ‘Oio ierubima ‘edia ‘u miatoa, ‘oio bare‘u ‘ina ‘ebeloina iauiauna ‘idi Eaubada, tuga tebweuio; ‘oio garewa ta bare‘u ‘u mweruruidi.
Iaita boasi i ‘etopwapwa nima gomwagomwana ‘enaia, ta garewa i ‘etopwapwa nimanega, ta bare‘u ‘ina kau ‘i mwaratonina keiga ‘ena, ta ‘oea ‘i kugedi ‘ebekuge ‘edia, ta ‘oea gidaridi ‘ebemwau ‘edia?
Tauna ‘i miatoa bare‘u ‘ana mweii debanaia, ta ‘ana tomi nadigega gipawa; tauna garewa ‘i lisidi kaleko ‘atua, ta ‘i loneasidi ‘atua anuanaia ‘ena si miami:
Wa da ‘ita tu‘e tabwanaia, ta tauna getedi ‘i mweruruidi wa da ‘ita, tauna ‘idi boda i ‘ewa‐apwesa nigea ‘adi sawamo: iauiaudi ‘i bwauiedi ‘adi esanega; ‘ina waiwai ‘ana sinabwana ‘enega, ta ‘i pa‘ara ‘ina waiwaiega manuna, nigea ‘e bweu ‘i kakaena.
Nigea nai ‘u mwaratoni? Nigea nai ‘u nono? Eaubada miaataia, Ieoba, bare‘u ‘ana ‘ebelosaroniao ‘adi Tomwerurua, nigea ‘i tabataba, ta nigea ‘i lo‘ame‘ame; ‘ina sinasinapu nigea ‘e bweu i ‘ebesa.
Gete nadigega Eaubada Ieoba ‘i gwae, tauna garewa ‘i mweruruidi, ta ‘i lisineasidi; tauna bare‘u ta iage ‘enega ‘i apwesa ‘i neasidi bababadi; tauna tomota ‘ena si miami iawasidi ‘i sa‘u, ta taudi ‘ena si lopilidadana iaruiaruadi i ‘ebwaedi:
Ieoba, ‘amu To‘ewalimana, ta tauna gamwega ‘i mweruruimu, gete nadigega ‘i gwae: ‘Abo‘agu Ieoba, tauna iage iauiauna ‘i mweruruidi; tauna tebweuna garewao ‘i lisidi: tauna bare‘u ‘i neasina; iaita ma‘ieagu?
Gete nadigega Ieoba tauna garewao ‘i mweruruidi ‘i gwae; tauna Eaubada; tauna bare‘u ‘i gibubuna ta ‘i mweruruina; ‘i sa‘u ‘ai‘ailina, ‘i mweruruina nigea iagedaisinamo, ‘i gibubuna be iauna ‘ana tomi: ‘Abo‘agu Ieoba; ta nigea wate ‘e bweu.
Tamo, nimagu bare‘u ‘ana ‘autui ‘i sa‘una, ta ‘ataigu garewa ‘i neasidi: ‘ena ia bwau ‘edia, si tooro rererea.
Ta Ieoba ‘amu Tomwerurua ‘u nuapupurena, tauna garewa ‘i neasidi ta bare‘u ‘ina ‘autu ‘i sa‘udi; ta ‘u matauta ‘ataia asiata maibo‘anega to didiga ‘ina egamwagamwagu didiga manuna, ‘ena ‘i abe ‘i giesaoora? ta to didiga ‘ina egamwagamwagu didiga mane?