I la che̩wñ kʼe̩ ka ef e̩do̩-we̩ kakini, E̩wñ chi kʼe̩wñ-i wa bʼumi ma ta? Todu udu kʼe̩ fe̩ ki tabale oñ ma fʼeti ukpo-we̩ dago, kʼagbe̩re̩-we̩ ki li e̩wñ akpulu.
Todu abu ki Jihofa aka ugbo unyi onu Juda de̩ kakini: Uwe̩ che Gilead ñw mi, dabe̩ne̩ kʼochigene Le̩bano̩n, omi muda adʼuwe̩ chʼaje̩tachi, ewo, ewo kʼone̩ ma dodo ef uwñ n.
O abo̩gba-i, me̩ ki go o̩la Jihofa. Omi te̩tachʼaje̩tachi ñw abo Israe̩l? Abe̩k ane̩ ugbo ki chubi gbe̩m? E̩wñ chi kʼamone̩-mi kakini, Awa mujada tane̩ me̩, awa ñʼawʼugbo-we̩ ge̩ n?
Ama la ka n kakini, Ugbo Jihofa kʼi ko wa kwʼoj ane̩ Ijipti wa de̩ ta? Owñ ki ne̩ wa le ef aje̩tachi, ane̩ o̩go̩ uwo o̩go̩ o̩kpe̩ kpai ura ura, oj ane̩ ugbo kʼomi ma lo̩ n kpai oj ane̩ e̩chubi gbe̩m, oj ane̩ ugbo kʼe̩ne̩ du ma le n, ugbo kʼe̩ne̩ du ma dodo n? E̩ne̩ du tene abe̩le̩ n.
Ama alugbe̩ nakpa amone̩ o̩mo̩ waa, oñ amone̩ le̩ kʼeñmini nyu Mose̩s o̩la, ma kakini, E̩wñ chi kʼe̩ ko wa kwʼIjipti wa kʼe̩ nʼalugbe̩ akpa wa kpai amo̩ma-wa kpai ame̩wñ ukpa-wa-i?
Ame̩nojima-wñ akpʼabuko̩lo̩-ma nyʼakpʼomiofo wa; ma lewa alu obuga, ma li omiofo n, ma mudabi kpʼotube̩-ma ofo; anyo̩ fʼuma mu, ibe-ma mudajugu nyʼomune̩, ma la kʼe̩wñ bʼo̩la-ma oji ma.
Dagba i chʼabio̩ma ef amo̩maye-wñ, afu olodudu, owñ chʼiñmi ki Jihofa añmi awa, ki akwʼaje̩tachi awa; e̩bi omi-wñ la agbe̩, obuga-wñ lañʼagbe̩ ge̩; i año̩ e̩wñ akoko du kʼi jʼef e̩wñ eku-wñ o̩me̩me̩le̩ le̩.
Todu O̩jo̩-wñ, ki che Jihofa ki nʼe̩wñ du, tu Juda kpʼIsrae̩l no̩ chʼo̩yaukuo̩ko̩ n; dagba ane̩-ma chaka ko̩ ñw udu ku ma fe̩ nyʼE̩ne̩ Kiafo̩ e-Israe̩l le̩.