Fo e daŋ bɔ ntaŋ n nase kɔnɔ n sa mo; kumo alɛ la kɔnɔ naseso nɛ feeŋ wora m bɔlɔ so nna. Fo yɛ: “Jemanɛ kikɛ meeŋ shin nɛ fo kaman to ebi e baa ji kuwura.
Nɛ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ na naŋ kaŋɛ le: “Kachako bee ba nɛ n lara ewura nɛ e niŋi nseŋ shi Ewura Deevid be kanaŋ to. Loŋ be ewura na beeŋ ta kanyiasheŋ n ji kuwura, nseŋ wora asheŋ niŋiso ashi ekpa nɛ k daga so ashi kasawule na kikɛ so.
Ama Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ na yɛ: “Bɛtlɛhɛm Efrata, fo la Juda be efuli so be ndewurbiana na be kuko nna, ama fo to nɛ meeŋ lara esa nɛ e beeŋ ba ji Israɛl be efuli so be kuwura. Dra dra na kikɛ nɛ mbe kanaŋ jɔŋɛ.”
‘Fo Bɛtlɛhɛm nɛ fo wɔ Judiya so na, fo maŋ la Juda be kasawule so be bewuraana be ebibiso kuraa, ŋkpal manɛ so, fo to nɛ ejuŋkparpo beeŋ lar n juŋkpar ma basa Israɛlebi.’ ”
Nɛ Josɛf malɛ gba lar Nazarɛt, Galili be efuli so n yɔ Judiya be efuli so be kade ko to nɛ baa tre Bɛtlɛhɛm, kakpa nɛ b kurge Ewura Deevid na. Josɛf daŋ yɔ ndoŋ nna ŋkpal e ka daŋ shi Deevid be kanaŋ to so.
Nɛ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ kaŋɛ Samuɛl le: “Nchɛ afanɛ nɛ fo shin nɛ fo chena kagbenejijaso a fɛ Sɔɔl be asheŋ? M maŋ naŋ shuli fanɛ e baa la Israɛl be ewura, amoso ta ɔlif be ŋku n yɔ kanyɛn nɛ baa tre Jɛsi nɛ e wɔ Bɛtlɛhɛm na pe. N lara mbe mbia na be eko nɛ e ki Israɛl be ewura.”
Nɛ mbe nyɛrbi na be eko kaŋɛ: “Kanyɛn ko nɛ baa tre Jɛsi nɛ e wɔ Bɛtlɛhɛm na be kebia nyi jaŋjilaŋ be kelaŋ ga. E la enapo mo nɛ e kɔ kenyɛn nna ga nsaa walɛ kayɛrbi ga nɛ mbe mmalga gba wɔ ebel nɛ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ na wɔ mo kutɔ.”
Ndoŋ nna nɛ Samuɛl wora kusɔ nɛ Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ kaŋɛ fanɛ e wora na nseŋ yɔ Bɛtlɛhɛm, nɛ ndoŋ be benimuana na ba mo kutɔ m ba kaa chicha kufuso, nseŋ bishi le: “Kagbenewushi so nɛ fo ba ere a?”