7 Ŋɩɩ nɛ Sɔɔl pɩɛsɛba, “Bɛnjamɩŋ doho nɩaa, má jegile nɩɩ, Jesi bile jaŋ wuo pɩma ŋmaŋkaanɩŋ arɩ tɩɩnɛnɛɛ bagɩsɩŋ? Ʋ jaŋ sɛɩ a leŋ dɩ ma ŋaa laalɩyuoroo bʋɩba arɩ zɔlɔba sɩpaalaaraa?
Ŋɩɩ nɛ Devit kɛŋ ʋ laalɩyuoroo kala kpaa, dɔnsʋŋ bʋɩba, dɔnsʋŋ ma zɔlɔba, a lɩɩsɛ kʋhɩasɩŋ ba bibemba.
Wʋhɛɛrʋ kʋbala nɛ fa hɛ nɩmɛ baa yɩrɛ Sɛba. Ʋ ŋaa Bikiri nanʋala nɛ, aŋ ŋaa Bɛnjamɩŋ doho nʋʋ. Ʋ ŋmʋʋ banyile, aŋ kpɩa goŋ a bʋl, “La nɩsɩŋ tuo Jesi nanʋala Devit lɛ. Iziral tɩmma, má leŋ la mɩɩra mʋ la dɩɩsɩŋ.”
Iziral tɩmma-la kala sɩ na dɩ kuoro bɩ ba teeŋ jegile nɩɩ, ba ma bʋl: “La dɩ Jesi nanʋala Devit doho nɩaa bɩ wɩɩ pɛ. Iziral tɩmma, má leŋ dɩ la mɩɩra mʋ la dɩɩsɩŋ, ka dɩ Rihobuam bibeŋ ʋ nɩaa.” Ŋɩɩ nɛ Iziral tɩŋŋaa mʋ ba dɩɩsɩŋ.
Bɛnjamɩŋ doho nɩaa arɩ Juda doho nɩaa dɔnsʋŋ ma fa kɔ Devit teeŋ nɛ dɩ-duo-la lɛ ʋ sɩ faa.
Devit kuoru gentine nagɛ tɩa ba sɩ kere lo nɛ, ama arɩ ba sɩ yie keri tɩa lo ka gentine bɩra tɔsɛ a nɛŋ ŋɩɩ, ŋɩɩ tɩtɩa nɛ kuori-falɩŋ jaŋ lɩɩ Devit doho nɩaa tʋɔŋ.
Tapʋlɩɩ-la nɛ yie, kuoru-la sɩ jaŋ lɩɩ Jesi gentine lɛ jaŋ chɩŋ a nagɛ tuuta nɩaa teeŋ, tinteyee jaŋ kɔ ʋ teeŋ a zilu.
Wɩɩ na-kala Devit sɩ ŋaa vɛŋ woruŋ nɛ, bɛɛ wɩaa La TƖƖNA chɩŋ ʋ harɩŋ nɛ.
Chɛŋ-falɩŋ gbiele-la tapʋl-lɩamɩŋ chɛɛŋ ma, Devit dɩhɔnʋŋ ha bɩra pɩŋ pɛɩ nɛ. Ŋɩɩ nɛ Sɔɔl pɩɛsɛ ʋ nanʋala Jonataŋ, “Bɛɛ nɛ tɩɩ Jesi bile bɩ kʋdiilee leriŋ kɔ, dɩa arɩ jɩnɩŋ kala?”
Ʋ sɩ bʋl ŋɩɩ Sɔɔl baanɩŋ guu sii Jonataŋ nyuŋ woruŋ, ʋ bʋl, “Ŋ ŋaa ha-bii-balɩŋ dɩgɩlaa sɩ bɩ wɩaa ka nɩɩ bii nɛ. Mɩ jɩma ŋ pɛ Jesi nanʋala lɛ nɛ. Ŋ saa joŋ hɩɩsɩŋ hɛ ŋ tɩtɩa arɩ ŋ naaŋ-la sɩ lʋlʋŋ lɛ nɛ ŋɩɩ.
Ŋɩɩ nɛ Sɔɔl pɩɛsʋ, “Bɛɛ nɛ tɩɩ ŋ dɩ Jesi nanʋala vʋʋrɛ mɩ wɩaa, ŋ paala pʋ kʋdiilee a joŋ tokobiiŋ pʋ, aŋ ha chɛ Wɩa teeŋ dɩ ŋ na wɩɩ-la Wɩa sɩɩ chɛ ʋ ŋaa a pʋ? Ŋɩɩ leŋ ʋ vɩamɛ aŋ bɩbagɩlɛ dɩ ʋ kpʋmɛ.”
Dɩ Dʋɛg, Ɛdɔm tɩɩna-la ma fa chɩŋ Sɔɔl tɩntɩnnɩ-hɩasɩ-la tʋɔŋ nɩmɛ. Ʋ bʋl, “Mɩ fa na Jesi nanʋala Devit nɛ, bʋa-la lɛ ʋ sɩ kɔ Ahitub nanʋala Ahɩmɛlɛk teeŋ Nɔb lɛ.
Ŋɩɩ nɛ Nabal pɩɛsɛ Devit tɩntɩnna-la, “Kʋbɛɛ nɛ Devit? Kʋbɛɛ nɛ Jesi nanʋala deeŋ? Tapʋlaa deemba tɩntɩnnaa yʋga nɛ a lɩɩ fa kɩkagɛ ba nɩhɩasɩŋ lɛ.