40 Oñ e̩no̩ga-ikpemuteʼka lewʼugbo-wñ agbo̩ko̩bʼo̩, i kʼokuku nyane̩ aka ñw u kakini, Iche̩wñ ki dʼuwe̩ e̩do̩, uwe̩ neke je̩ ñw o̩la-mi fe̩.
Tak abu ku ma le wʼugbo o̩wo̩ amone̩ le̩, e̩ne̩ʼka te̩ wʼugbo-wñ akʼokuku nyʼane̩ ñw u kakini,
I ki wane̩ abʼoji Joab kpʼabo unyi ata-wñ chaka ma; e̩ne̩ kʼo̩la-wñ awʼe̩ño̩, abe̩k e̩ne̩ kʼi chʼe̩ne̩ ikpemute, abe̩k e̩ne̩ kʼi anʼo̩kpa lule̩, abe̩k e̩ne̩ kʼugbada agwoda jʼane̩, abe̩k e̩ne̩ kʼuje̩wñ anyarʼu kʼi we edʼef abo unyi Joab in.
Oñ abu kʼi dʼe̩re̩ tʼo̩na alo, e̩ne̩ʼka fule wa kʼokuku nyane̩ ñw u atʼowñ ene kakini, Akone̩wñ, uwe̩ e̩ne̩nyo̩, e̩wñ nache todu kʼu naje̩ iñmi ogbegbele̩ o̩gu?
Abu kʼi la mʼokuku-wñ ko̩ nyʼane̩, i nʼomu lile kwa kakini, Ondu, e̩ ki fʼadure kide̩ lo manyu ñwu ma n. Tak abu kʼi fʼe-kide̩ ka i mʼolu du.
Tak i chejugbolo kwʼugbo ma le jiji dabalu kʼone̩ arikpolo okuta; tak i mʼokuku ko nyane̩ achadua,
amakpejufo̩ adabi agane̩, amachika alule̩, o̩la ame̩no̩ga ikpemute afe̩, amajeti la agbo̩la, ma kʼabo ki ku kwane̩, ma ño̩ jʼUche̩nyo̩ rʼame̩nale.
Taku Jihofa fʼonu le̩ gwʼo̩ga, oñ i mud e̩no̩ga ikpemute gbogbo mʼo̩jo̩ uku-wñ. I la gugu ef unyi kʼi chʼe̩date̩ ojoji. Jotam o̩ma onu le̩ la nʼo̩da abo unyi-wñ, owñ nʼajo̩ amone̩ ane̩ le̩ aka.
E̩gbale̩ abo̩ga ikpemute me̩le̩ jʼalaku: oñ ma ka ñw o̩la-ma kakini, E̩wñ chi kʼawa gugu emi gbogbo tak a ku?
E̩wñʼka do̩mo̩ ki firu Jihofa? Iko kʼu da le̩ nadabi wʼugbo we̩, owñ chʼiko-i o̩do̩ omune̩ oñ Sara ane̩ o̩ma e̩ne̩ke̩le̩.
E̩wñ ki chi de̩ kʼu natʼokuku-mi kpe̩ ñw Ata,
(Todu So̩lo̩mo̩n fʼakpata ebije ikpa ro̩, ujiji-wñ chʼo̩hiba me̩lu, unabe̩-wñ chʼohiba me̩lu, o̩gba-wñ la chʼohiba me̩ta, oñ i dʼu dago alumeji ologbo le̩; tak i kwodago oji-wñ, oñ i te̩kpe̩ akʼokuku nyʼane̩ eju abo ujeju Israe̩l le̩ chaka; i la fʼo̩wo̩-wñ nadala rʼojale.)
Abu kʼejumomi-wñ achʼo i fʼo̩wo̩-wñ nadala kadʼo, i ka ñw u kakini, I dʼumi e̩do̩; o̩la-we̩ ki fe̩.