8 Abɩsaɩ fɩɛlɛ bʋla pɩ Devit, “Jɩnɩŋ La TƖƖNA joŋ ŋ dʋndɔmɔ Sɔɔl hɛ ŋ nɩsɩŋ lɛ nɛ. Leŋ dɩ mɩ joŋ mɩ timiŋ tɔbʋ a mɛrɛ tinteeŋ bala, bʋlɩa ma dee.”
Ŋɩɩ nɛ Zeruya nanʋala Abɩsaɩ pɩɛsɛ kuoro, “Bɛɛ nɛ tɩɩ va-sʋʋŋ deeŋ tʋtʋʋsɛ kuoro, mɩ nɩhɩaŋ? Leŋ dɩ mɩ mʋ keri ʋ nyuŋ.”
Ŋ bɩ leŋe mɩ jʋʋ mɩ dʋndɔŋŋɔɔ nɩsɩŋ, ama ŋ pɩmɛ wombiiŋ nɛ mɩ gʋgɔllɛ pʋlʋŋ-jaala lɛ.
Ŋɩɩ nɛ Karɩa nanʋala Johanaŋ lʋara bʋla pɩ Gedalia Mɩzɩpa lɛ, “Leŋ dɩ mɩ mʋ kpʋ Nɛtanɩa nanʋala Ɩsɩmɛl, nʋʋkala bɩ jaŋ jɩŋ. Bɛɛ nɛ tɩɩ ʋ jaŋ kpʋŋ a leŋ dɩ Juu tɩmma-la kala sɩ hɛ ŋ teeŋ pɩsɛ, dɩ Juda tɩŋŋaa nɩkaanaa sʋʋ?”
Bɛɛ nɛ tɩɩ ma kɛŋ tʋɔbɩɩŋ bɔŋŋɔɔ a mʋ tɩgɛ La TƖƖNA lɛ? Ʋ jaŋ cheima. Ʋ dʋndɔŋŋɔɔ bɩ jaŋ wuo sii chɩŋ ʋ lɛ bʋlɩa.
Nɩalɩŋ kala sɩ bɩ Wɩa niiŋ wɩaa ka to, ba wʋbɔŋŋɔɔ nyagɛba bil nɛ, ŋɩɩ nɛ Wɩa wuo fá ba nenige.
Bɛɛ nɛ tɩɩ nɩbala wuo kiri Iziral tɩŋŋaa bʋɩ? Koo nɩaa balɩa yuo a dii Iziral tɩŋŋaa bʋɩ fii? Dɩ mɩ-na ba TƖƖNA sɩ kɛŋ doluŋ dee bɩ ba joŋo pa koo dɩ mɩ-na ba Wɩa dee bɩ ba harɩŋ mɩɩra, nʋʋ bɩ wɩɩ wuo ŋaa.
La TƖƖNA fa pɩ Iziral tɩŋŋaa wiese nɛ sɛmɛ na-kala, arɩ ʋ fa sɩ hɛ niiŋ ŋɩɩ a pɩ ba naabalɩmaba. Ba dʋndɔŋ-kala fa bɩ wuo yuo diiba. La TƖƖNA joŋ ba dʋndɔŋŋɔɔ kala a hɛ ba nɩsɩŋ lɛ nɛ ba wuoba.
Juda doho nɩaa arɩ Simioŋ tɩŋŋaa sɩ mʋ yuo Kɛnaŋ tɩŋŋaa arɩ Pɛrɛs tɩŋŋaa, La TƖƖNA jomba hɛ ba nɩsɩŋ lɛ, ba kpʋ nɩaa bʋɩ fii taŋ-la ba sɩɩ yɩrɛ Bɛzɛk lɛ.
Devit fa gɔllɔ fɩfaa tintee-hɩlɩŋ dɩ-duoruŋ arɩ Zɩf tintee-hɩlɩŋ dundollu-la lɛ nɛ. Ka Sɔɔl gɔllɔ chɩchɛʋ tapʋlɩɩ kala. Ama Wɩa bɩ leŋe Devit jʋʋ Sɔɔl nɩsɩŋ.
Devit nɩaa bʋla pʋ, “Tapʋlʋŋ deeŋ wɩaa nɛ La TƖƖNA fa bʋla pɩŋ ŋɩɩ, bʋa-la lɛ ʋ sɩ sɩ, ‘Mɩ jaŋ joŋ ŋ dʋndɔmɔ hɛ ŋ nɩsɩŋ lɛ, dɩ ŋ ŋaaʋ wɩɩ-la kala ŋ sɩ cho.’ ” Ŋɩɩ nɛ Devit sii densi a mʋ lʋara keri Sɔɔl gɛrɩŋ niipiniŋ.
Devit sɩ keri Sɔɔl gɛrɩ-la niipiniŋ dɛrɛ harɩŋ, ʋ tʋɔbɩɩnaa walɩmʋ ʋ sɩ ŋaa ŋɩɩ.
Nʋʋkala tʋɔpʋla arɩ ʋ Wɩa laa diiniŋ sɩ magɛ ŋɩɩ nɛ La TƖƖNA jaŋ timu. Jɩnɩŋ ʋ joŋuŋ hɛ mɩ nɩsɩŋ lɛ nɛ, ama mɩ bɩ chɛ dɩ mɩ joŋ wʋbɔŋ kala a ŋaa nɩɩ-la La TƖƖNA sɩ lɩɩsa ʋ ŋaa kuoro lɛ.
Devit arɩ Abɩsaɩ sii mʋ laalɩyuoro-la leriŋ tɩtaŋɩŋ, dɩ Sɔɔl pɩŋ doŋ ba dɩ-hɔnɩɩ-la tʋtʋɔbaanɩŋ, aŋ joŋ timiŋ pɛ tinteeŋ ʋ nyuŋ, ka Abɩna arɩ laalɩyuoroo pɩna gollu.
Ama Devit ma fɩɛla bʋla pɩ Abɩsaɩ, “Pʋpɔ ŋ sɩ́ ʋ kpʋ. Nʋʋkala tuo sɩ jaŋ kpʋ nɩɩ-la La TƖƖNA sɩ lɩɩsa ʋ ŋaa kuoro, aŋ bɩ cheeriŋ jaŋ laa La TƖƖNA teeŋ.”