kakini, Ame̩ jo̩ e-me̩ ojoji ñwu Kraist iko le̩, o̩wo̩-me̩ la dʼef e̩wñ ane̩ Israe̩l in, abu ku me̩ chʼononojo ugbo alo ku ma kpe̩ ugbo e̩wñ ku ma ko̩la-wñ tane̩ le̩, me̩ nʼukibeno n, me̩ nʼO̩jo̩ n, me̩ jo̩ ile̩-i ofofo.
oñ ma akakini, Ugbo e̩wa-wñ ku ma ko̩la-wñ tane̩ le̩ de̩? todu akwʼe̩gba kʼamo̩ra-wa mʼolu du e̩wñ du te̩te̩de̩ alu ki de̩ kwʼabakwane̩ enyi ku ma nyi e̩wñ.
Tak i ka ñwu mi kakini, O̩ma one̩, achiku achiku-i chʼo̩gbo abo unyi Israe̩l chaka. Go, ama kakini, Achi-ku-wa gbe̩ rinyo̩, ukjbeno-wa la lenyo̩; ma fʼuwa ko̩da rinyo̩ hioko.
Amo̩maye i dʼuwa e̩do̩ kʼame̩ ki chʼugbodu-wñ n, owñ chʼugbo o̩bata kʼa li Esia, kak adu-wñ fʼuwa ka ololo, i tʼukpahiu-wa le, todabe̩le̩ a mema kʼa ñʼadeju ge̩ n.
Amo̩maye, i dʼumi e̩do̩ kʼame̩ ki chʼugbodu-wñ n, todu u te̩tañwʼibe-mi tane̩ o̩gbe̩nugbe̩ kʼu nawʼugbo me̩, todu kʼu ño̩ nʼe̩ro ef ume̩ dab ef abo uche̩ichi ki bo̩. Ma muda kpʼo̩na nyʼumi gbogbo tʼeñini-i.
Oñ i gwunyʼonu e̩do̩ tabale, i mute̩gu tef unyi alaku ate̩, i kworaku. Oñ abu kʼi naka alo de̩ kakini, O̩ma-mi Absalom, o̩ma-mi, o̩ma-mi Absalom! I ma chʼomi ku koji we̩, O Absalom, o̩ma-mi, o̩ma-mi.
Tak amo̩ma-wñ e̩ne̩ke̩le̩ kpai onobule̩ chaka kwane̩ ku ma nyʼi e̩do̩; i muda ko̩ eje̩ ñwu ma nyʼi e̩do̩; i kakini, Todu, omi kpai eku o̩ma-mi ede̩ akpe̩re̩ nyʼef o̩jegu ugbo o̩ma-mi. Abe̩le̩ ata-wñ rʼaku-wñ.
O̩chaka-wa jʼef uma ada ef e̩ño̩ e̩wñ o̩re̩la-wa e̩gbaʼka le̩, oñ a nʼe̩wñ ki dʼo̩re̩la kpai ibe e̩do̩ ache le̩. Italigba e-wa chʼamo̩ma uwe̩do̩ alu kʼe-abo ki bo̩ de̩.