Go, o̩jo̩-wñ awa, Jihofa aka-i, e̩gba kʼomi adʼE̩pa o̩kpakpa kwane̩ ñwu Defid, tak owñ le̩ ajʼonu, i la ache e̩wñ ibeibe, i la ache e̩wñ tʼeju alu kʼoj ajo̩ ku ma dute̩ ka, kpai e̩wñ o̩kpakpa oj ane̩-i.
kʼe̩ la ko̩la ñw u kakini, Abu ki Jihofa ki nʼe̩wñ du aka de̩, kakini, Go, e̩ne̩ ku ma dʼodu-wñ ko̩ E̩pa le̩; owñ la apa kwʼuña-wñ le̩ dufu, oñ i akʼunyi Jihofa;
Tak e̩ne̩ʼka ef abogijo le̩ ka ñw mi kakini, E̩ ki raku n; go, Idu ki kwef o̩lo̩pu Juda, ili Defid le, fʼuma du kʼi mʼubuku le̩ chi, kpʼe̩hiuko̩-wñ mebie le̩.
Todu i gba mud o̩kone̩ o̩gba-wñ dabe̩ne̩ kʼoli emele, kpai dabe̩ne̩ kʼili ki atiga kwef ane̩ e̩gbe̩; i la chʼone̩ uto̩ n, i nʼojima n, a fʼu li i nʼalifia kʼa ñeju-wñ n.
Enyo̩gba o̩da-wñ kpai ure̩do̩ anʼuloji n, oj ede Defid kpai ojane̩-wñ, kʼi fu lonyane̩, kʼi la nʼajo̩ o̩kpakpa kpai e̩wñ o̩kpakpa eche gwo̩nyʼu dago akwʼe̩gba-i tʼogbegbele̩. E̩do̩ Jihofa ki nʼe̩wñ du ki tʼe̩wñ-i ache.
Tak amekeji-wñ, abobule̩ le̩, mʼodu du ñw u, ma kakini, Ma fʼo̩ma e̩ne̩ke̩le̩ bi ñwu Neomi me̩. Ma dʼodu-wñ ko̩ Obe̩d; owñ chʼata Je̩si kʼi chʼata Defid.
Dagba e̩kpe̩gwa-wñ oka chaka bo̩ jʼef uwñ, ma ñʼadabi kʼe-le̩ mi ge̩, oñ alu kʼikakpunu oli te̩re̩bint kpʼoli ok bo̩, e̩gba ku ma fʼoli-wñ lo̩ wane̩. Abe̩le̩ ugbe̩ kiafo̩ le̩ chʼikakpunu-wñ.
Todu ma fʼo̩ma bi ñw a, ma la mʼo̩me̩ne̩ke̩le̩ du ñw a; o̩da du ajʼojika-wñ, ma la adʼodu-wñ ko̩ Awuwu, E̩no̩hiala, O̩jo̩ ki gbiti, Ata o̩gbegbele̩ le̩, Onu Ure̩do̩.
Ma la adodo oj ane̩ kʼu du ñw adu-mi Jekob ugbo kʼamata-me̩ dodo le̩; o̩mo̩ ma la adodo jo̩, ama kpʼamo̩ma-ma kpʼamaaju-ma ogbegbele̩; oñ Defid, adu-mi Je̩, achʼidachi-ma ogbegbele̩ ge̩.
Ama uwe̩, Be̩tle̩he̩m E̩frata, dagba e̩ chaka nya ef abo Juda icham nyʼo̩gwo̩ko̩ icham nyʼo̩gwo̩ko̩ le̩, ef uwe̩ oñ e̩ne̩ʼka adufu wa ñwu mi, kʼi ache E̩nuto̩gba Israe̩l, akwo dufu-wñ kwʼigbegbele, akwʼo̩jo̩ iko ogbegbele̩,
Abu kʼOndu Jihofa ka de̩ kakini, Omi onugo amʼe̩paʼka du kwʼoj oli sida kʼi dʼatate̩ le̩, oñ nadʼu nyi. Nakʼe-emele-wñ kwef e̩pa-wñ ki jʼate̩ ate̩ tule da, oñ omi adʼu nyi oj uwo kʼi gba tʼatate̩.