Ame̩ ki railo n, me̩ ki la chokpo n; omi je̩ ñw e̩ gbʼo̩ kwʼigbegbele n? U ka dufu n? Ame̩ la chʼame̩nibenu-mi! O̩jo̩ omune̩ do̩mo̩ tʼumi le? Ochochi, Okuta de̩ n; u ma e-du n.
Abu ki Jihofa, Onu Israe̩l kpai E̩ne̩ ki agbʼo̩ tane̩, Jihofa ki nʼe̩wñ du le̩, ka de̩ kakini: Omi chʼE̩ne̩ ejodudu kpʼE̩ne̩ otitala; i ma chʼomi n, O̩jo̩ du do̩mo̩ n.
Abu ki Jihofa, Agbʼe̩ tane̩ te̩, kpai E̩ne̩ ki fʼuwe̩ bo̩ kwef iye-we̩, ka de̩ kakini: Omi che Jihofa ki che e̩wñ du, kʼowñ o̩to̩to̩la-wñ fʼefojale nadala te̩, kʼi fʼane̩ ile̩ fa te̩, —e̩ne̩ dʼugbo mi?—
Eñini kide̩ Jihofa adʼuwe̩ tef o̩wo̩-mi oñ nadʼe̩ kpa, u la akʼuwe̩ oji da bʼo̩la-we̩ te̩; tak u nakʼoku o̩wo̩ abo Filistia-i ñw ame̩we̩ ojale kpai ame̩wñ iñmi ile̩-i eñini kide̩; kʼabo ile̩ du ki ma ka kʼO̩jo̩ do̩mo̩ ñw abo Israe̩l,
uwe̩ ki gbo̩ efojale ugbo kʼe̩ gugu le̩, kʼe̩ la che teju alu du kʼononojo le̩ araku dʼe̩ todu-wñ; todu kʼamone̩ ile̩ du ki ma odu-we̩, kʼama ki railo we̩, alu kʼabo-we̩ Israe̩l ache, todu kʼama ki ño̩ ma ka kʼunyi kʼu ko̩-i ma du rʼodu-we̩.
Oñ o̩la-mi e-kʼu ne̩ bi ufe̩de̩nyo̩ o̩gba Jihofa-i, ki name̩ru Jihofa, O̩jo̩-wa, o̩ro̩ka kpai odu, todu kʼi gbʼomu adu-wñ kpʼomu amone̩-wñ, Israe̩l ka, alu kʼeku-wñ aku o̩jo̩ du;