kʼe̩ fʼekpo ba tʼuma o̩la, alu kʼe̩ batʼata-ma o̩la le̩, kʼama ki chʼamatama ku ma che e̩wñ ñwu mi. Ekpo ki chebatʼuma o̩la le̩ chʼutodu ugugu atama ku ma je̩ ogbegbele̩, gbogbo nyʼo̩hio̩gu-ma.
owñ le̩ pitii akʼunyi Jihofa; tak owñ le̩ anʼojima-wñ, i la agugu añwʼoda ñw amone̩ oj ede-wñ le̩, i lañʼachʼatama oj ede-wñ, ohi ure̩do̩ la adʼagbagba ama meji.
Kwane̩ kʼe̩ gwu, O o̩monobule̩ Zayo̩n, todu omi aje̩ ñw igba-we̩ ki chʼebije naño̩ je̩ ñw etikpa-we̩ ki chʼebije̩-ikpa; tak uwe̩ agwʼamone̩ ojoji ojoji wewe ye̩ge̩ye̩ge̩, tak uwe̩ akʼile e̩wñ ku ma je̩ jo̩ ñw Jihofa, kpʼidu-ma ñwOndu o̩gbo̩ ile̩-i du.
Go, i ate̩gu wa dab idu kwʼuwobi Jo̩rdan kʼi ako̩bʼo̩do̩ ki gbiti le̩; todu naje̩ ñw ma ra kwʼugbo-wñ achi-gili; oñ nadʼo̩da-wñ ñw e̩ne̩ kʼomi achi. Todu e̩ne̩ dab omi? E̩ne̩ ñʼadʼ iko ñw mi? E̩ne̩ chʼadidala kʼi adago o̩gba-mi?
Taku Jihofa ka ñwu Samiue̩l kakini, Gbogbo nyʼe̩gba e̩ deku So̩l kade? Abu kʼu ko̩ eje̩ ñw u chʼonu Israe̩l? Fʼekpo ba nyʼigba-we̩ e̩ko̩, kʼe̩ lo. Nakpʼe̩ nyʼugbo Je̩si, e̩ne̩ Be̩tle̩he̩m le̩; todu u fʼonu li ñw o̩la-mi ef amo̩ma-wñ.
Taku Samiue̩l mʼuli ekpo du, i la mʼu du danyʼoji-wñ, oñ i dʼalu kʼalu-wñ, i kakini, I cheka kʼO̩jo̩ fʼekpo ba tʼuwe̩ oji kʼe̩ mud e̩nuto̩gba e̩wñ o̩gu-wñ de̩ n?
Iko le̩ Jihofa fʼo̩lo̩pu abo Lifai date̩ ku ma nʼakpati alo e-Jihofa kʼi kpe̩, ku ma ki dago jʼo̩gba Jihofa ku ma che e̩wñ ñw u, ku ma la de̩nyo̩ ñw one̩ ef odu-wñ, gbogbo tʼeñini.
Todu Acho̩na-we̩ le̩ owñ chʼo̩ko̩-we̩, Jihofa ki nʼe̩wñ du oñ odu-wñ ko̩; E̩ne̩ Kiafo̩ e-Israe̩l chʼe̩ne̩ ki agbʼe̩ tane̩, todu ma la dʼodu-wñ ko̩ O̩jo̩ e-o̩gbo̩ ile̩ du.
Oñ E̩laija, e̩ne̩ Tishbi, kʼi dʼef abo ku ma ge̩ne̩ Gilead, ka ñw Ehab kakini, Oji Jihofa, O̩jo̩ Israe̩l, e-kʼu dago o̩gba wñ-i: Eli achi n, omi alo̩ agbagba o̩do̩-i n, chai e̩gba kʼu ka.
Taki awatu, e̩gba kʼadaba e̩re̩ amatama ku ma nʼakpati Jihofa kʼi chʼOndu ile̩ du, tunyʼomi Jo̩rdan, mak omi Jo̩rdan le̩ amuko̩da meji, owñ chʼomi ki acha kwʼate̩ wa, i la agba dago ugbo okate logoo.