1 O̩la Emo̩s kʼi dʼef amadide ame̩wño̩re̩ Te̩koa, owñ chʼo̩la Israe̩l kʼi li iko Uzaya, onu Juda, kpʼiko Je̩ro̩boam, o̩ma Joash, onu Israe̩l. I li o̩do̩ meji tak ane̩ le̩ miejo.
Tak ame̩ ara le o̩go̩ uwo uwo-mi; todu o̩go̩ uwo le̩ ate̩ gbogbo kado Eze̩l; ochochi ame̩ ara alu ku me̩ ra kwʼugbo kʼane̩ miejo ki kpana te̩ iko Uzaya, onu Juda le̩; oñ Jihofa O̩jo̩-mi awa, kpai abo kiafo̩ du manyʼuwe̩.
Ra tod oji-me̩, O, abo Be̩njamin, kwʼalumeji Je̩rusale̩m! Me̩ fʼo̩kakachi fa Te̩koa, ku me̩ la dʼujiwe dago Be̩t-ha-ke̩re̩m; todu e̩bie̩ne̩ dʼo̩wo̩ ate̩ anyope go, kpʼe̩wñ ekpabie̩ lile.
Taku ma takpa kwane̩ odudu, oñ ma le dufu nyʼaje̩tachi Te̩koa: oñ abu ku ma dufu alo, Jiho̩shafat kwane̩ dago, i kakini, Me̩ gbʼomu-mi, O Juda, kpʼame̩ ku me̩ dodo Je̩rusale̩m: me̩ ki dʼo̩la Jihofa O̩jo̩-me̩ rʼochochi, tak ame̩ adago kpaka; me̩ ki dʼo̩la amakache̩-wñ rʼochochi tak i ara ñwu me̩.
Tak i kwʼo̩mo̩ le, oñ i fʼE̩laisha, o̩ma Shafat, li abu kʼi do̩mo̩ aluche̩. Amokuno̩ kʼoli uno̩lo̩ nʼuma o̩lo̩ eji eji ugbo me̩gweji jʼo̩gba-wñ. Owñ la dʼugbo e̩ke̩gweji-ma le̩. Tak E̩laija lale ugbo-wñ, oñ i mʼukpo ko ro̩ bʼo̩ oji ma.
Taku Joab fʼone̩ kpe̩ nyi Tekoa, oñ i du onobule̩ kʼi chʼanibeʼka wa, oñ i ka ñw u kakini, Agba, e̩ fʼakpaine̩ che dabe̩ne̩ kʼe̩ deku, e̩ la mʼe̩wñ eku ko nyʼo̩la, o̩ko̩ nagbabʼe̩-i, e̩ ki la dʼekpo kulu o̩la-we̩ n, e̩ ki dabe̩ne̩ kʼonobule̩ kʼi adeku e̩ne̩-wñ ki ku kpo̩kpe̩;
Oñ abu kʼi alule̩ etʼohimini Galili, i fʼamo̩maye meji li, Saimo̩n ku ma do̩ ko̩ iPita kpʼAnduru, o̩maye-wñ; ma jʼarʼiga ef ohimini; todu ma chʼamekwuji.