9 Ammɔnebi na malɛ daŋ dii Jɔɔdan be lɔr na nna m ba kaa kɔ Juda nɛ Bɛnjamin nɛ Efrayim be mbuna ebi kena. Nɛ kagbene jija damta daŋ tɔr Israɛlebi na so.
Zɛra nɛ e shi Itiopia be efuli so na e daŋ juŋkpar benapo damta nɛ b maŋ kɔ kekarga na nɛ egbaŋɛturko nɛ b kɔ a kɔ kena be benapo alfa asa n ya kɔ Juda hale ŋ kɔ n ya lar kade nɛ baa tre Marɛsha na kikɛ.
Ndoŋ nna nɛ Israɛlebi na shu n tre Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ na ŋ kaŋɛ: “An wora alubi ŋ gbiti fo nseŋ kplaŋ anyi be Ebɔrɛ so n ya kaa shuŋ agbir nɛ baa tre Baal na.”
Nfɛ kuduaburwa nɛ baa kɔrfɛ Israɛlebi nɛ b daŋ chena Amɔriebi be kasawule so a laŋɛ Jɔɔdan be lɔr na be kaba nɛ k dese a yɔ epeŋilarkpa ashi Giliad be efuli so na.
Jemanɛ kikɛ nɛ b baŋ naŋ yɔ kena to, Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ na daa lar bumo kaman nna nɛ b kɔ n tɔr fanɛ kananɛ e daŋ kaŋɛ bumo fanɛ e beeŋ wora na. Ndoŋ nna nɛ kagbene jija damta tɔr Israɛlebi na so.
Ŋkpal Midianebi na ka daa chɔ Israɛlebi na eleŋ ga so, Israɛlebi na daŋ fin mboŋ nna ŋ ŋana ashi abeelaŋ to nɛ abeeana so nɛ mboŋ nɛ basa maaŋ wu bumo.
Ndoŋ nɛ b yili ŋ kre kena m ba kɔ Israɛlebi na n shin nɛ ebɔl lar bumo. Nɛ Israɛl be benapo ko shile n ya ŋana abeelaŋ to nɛ beko malɛ ya ŋana amaŋ to nɛ abee to nɛ ajanmaŋ to nɛ atirbu nɛ a maŋ kɔ nchu to;
Nɛ Samuɛl kaŋɛ Sɔɔl le: “Manɛ nna nɛ fo tɔrɔ ma loŋ hale n shin nɛ n naŋ bɛta m ba?” Nɛ Sɔɔl yɛ: “N wɔ tɔrɔ damta to nna! Filisti be basa na bee kɔ ma kena nna nɛ Ebɔrɛ kplaŋ ma so. E maŋ naa bɔla edare ŋko anebiana so a malga a sa ma. Amoso nɛ n tre fo nɛ fo kaŋɛ ma kusɔ nɛ k daga ŋ ka wora.”