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;
Todu, me̩ gʼudo̩ ku ma do̩ me̩ le̩, amo̩maye, kakini, I chʼame̩no̩fili likpa o̩re̩la wewe n, i chʼame̩nukpahiu wewe n, i chʼabo ku ma bi ma lʼeju O̩jo̩ wewe n:
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.
I la awatu ka kʼabo uche̩ichi abe̩k ojane̩ ki ma je̩ re̩ Ne̩biukadne̩za, onu Babilo̩n-i n, kʼi ma jʼakʼo̩lo̩-ma tʼofe oli uno̩lo̩ onu Babilo̩n-i n, u la anʼo̩kwochageli kpʼo̩kpo̩ta, kpʼe̩wñ ibi bʼudu ñw abo uche̩ichi le̩, Jihofa aka-i, gbogbo tak u nʼo̩wo̩-wñ fʼuma lie̩ kpa.
Me̩ fʼama na ñw Me̩roz, onuche̩ Jihofa ka-i, me̩ fʼama e̩rikoko na ñw abo ku ma dodo ef uwñ, todabu ku ma ma wa gbutu ñw Jihofa n, ku ma ma gbutu ñw Jihofa bʼame̩nugbiti le̩ ma n.
Oñ Je̩hoyada, o̩ma Paseya, kpai Me̩shulam, o̩ma Be̩so̩deya, fʼAlaku Igbele le̩ ñwo̩che; ma kʼigbo-wñ jo̩, oñ ma kʼo̩lugbana-wñ dago kpai ukodo-wñ kpai ugbo̩lo̩ oli ku ma du rʼo̩na-wñ.
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.