1 Ade kikɛ be kaman nɛ Efrayimebi na bishi Gidiɔn le: “Manɛ nna nɛ fo wora anyi loŋ? Manɛ so nɛ fo maŋ kela n tre anyi saŋɛ nɛ men daa yɔ nɛ men ya kɔ Midianebi na kena na?” Nɛ b bile asheŋ ga.
Ndoŋ nna nɛ Israɛl be benapo na kikɛ yɔ ewura Deevid kutɔ n ya bishi mo le: “Yiramu, manɛ nna nɛ an niopibiana Juda be basa bee fɛ fanɛ bumo e kɔ ekpa nseŋ keta fo nɛ fo kanaŋ nɛ fo benapo kikɛ n dii Jɔɔdan be Lɔr na?”
Nɛ Juda be basa na malɛ kaŋɛ le: “An wora loŋ nna ŋkpal manɛ so anyi nɛ ewura na la kukoŋwule nna. Manɛ nna nɛ men nya agbo ŋkpal le be kesheŋ ere so? E maŋ sa anyi ajibi, mo alɛ maŋ kɛ anyi shɛŋ malɛ gba.”
Kumo be kaman nɛ n naaŋ pɛshɛ m pin kusɔ nɛ k ba nɛ basa bee pere kenishi a shuŋ ga nɛ b dii dama. Amo kikɛ to nɛ n wu fanɛ an ka bee besa abar eyur so nɛ k du loŋ. Ama amo kikɛ la fuloŋ nna. K du fanɛ fo ka ju a bɛ afu so nna.
Jemanɛ ko Efreim be yiri to ebi na daŋ baŋ malga, Israɛl be eyiri nɛ e ka na daa chicha nna, ŋkpal manɛ so b daa sa bumo bunyaŋ nna. Ama Efreim be yiri to ebi na wora alubi ŋkpal b ka shuŋ Baal be kegbir so nɛ luwu ba bumo so.