Wole Isirɛla mɔgɛnu, hakɛ-tigi anubɛ ko-yogoma-kɛlɛnu le wole la. Gbalo ye wo kuma. Wola hakɛ ye tala wo lasɛgila wo kɔma. Wo ara wo ban Mari la, Isirɛlata Alla-sɛnimɛ, kɔni. Wo ara wo kan-kɔ sɔ a la.
Siriya minnu bi tele-bɔɛ wara la anubɛ Filisiti minnu bi tele-yigi wara la, wonu bara anu dɛ sa-a-ma fagba, Isirɛla mɔgɛnu dɔn-koe la. Kɔnɔ hali wo, wo ti a ma, Marita fondo-bɔɛ ni ban. Ha bi, Mari kɔɛn kɔrɔbinɛ anu tɔrɔ-koe la.
Ita fondo-bɔɛ rawuya sibolo-gbɛrɛnu ma. Anu ma i lɔn. Anu ti ile matara. Sibolo-gbɛrɛ wonu denu ya male, Yakoba kegeyɛnu kasara ka ma lato dogbe! Wonu denu ya mala nyamanɛ fanan kasara.
Mari ko wole, Yerusalɛm mɔgɛnu bara wo ban a la, ado wo ye tola tala le tun. Wo sa wo yɛ lasɛgila. Woletɔ a ko a ye wo dan labirala ka wo tɔrɔ. A ko wola koe min nakɔlɔn-kɔlɔnnɛ a burɔ, a ti ke wo birala-a-rɔ tun.
A ko wole, ata mɔgɛnu bara hakɛ-su fila kɛ. A fɔlɔtɛ, wo ya wo kan-kɔ sɔ ale Mari la, ale min bi tenke-nyimɛ la wo ye, kɔni. A fila nyɔgɛ, wo ara bila bɛsi-gbɛrɛkɛnu fɛ minnu manɛ iko mɔgɛ wa yi kɛ bɔnku-daga-ratiinɛnu tɔ.
“Mɔgɔ-telennɛ wa don ko-yogoma-kɛ rɔ, n si gbɛrɛ lasigi a ye, a ni faga. Ni i ma wo tigi makawandi, a si faga a sɔn-yogomɛ wola ko la. N ti n miri a sɔn-nyimɛ wo ma tun muk, ado n si i bira wo yili la.
Ka wo kan-kɔ sɔ n na, wo nɔrɔnɛ wo ma fatifati! Wo si to gbele-gbelenna ka a tɛgɛ dunɛ wo ma min siginɛ wo kuma kɔnɔ mɔgɔ-wo-mɔgɔ ti dunɛ wo bɔ wo kuma.
“Wole karagbɛlɛnu bara wola kun-tigi faga wola koninteya-dogonnɛ la. Wo ara ban wola mansɛnu fagala kelen-kelenyɛ ma kɔnɔ anu do-wo-do ma nde, Mari manyinika dɛnbɛni-koe la.”
Min tenbira wo la, ma Mari Yisa nyɛrɛ fɔlɔn ya kisi-koe min nabɔ gbɛ rɔ ma ye, ni ma ma ma tole masɔ kisi-ko-wɛ wo la, ma kunyɛ si bɔ a rɔ kama? Minnu ya a lamɔɛn, wonu ya a yira ma la ko tonyɛ le.
“Sɔli kɛ mɛ n bolo mansɛ la, n bara nimisa ala ko la bawo a ara a kan-kɔ sɔ n na ka nna kumɛnu tinya.” Samuwɛli yisi kɔrɔtɔra a ma ha a kira Mari madiyala.