18 Ŋɩɩ nɛ Gɩdɩɔŋ pɩɛsɛ Zɛba arɩ Zalɩmʋna, “Nɩbɛɛ ba doho nɛ ma kpʋ Tabɔ lɛ?” Ba bʋl, “Ba nagɛ ŋɩɩ ŋ sɩ naga nɛ, ba kʋŋkala nagɛ kuoru-bii nɛ.”
Kuoro pɩɛsɛba, “Ɛɛ nɛ baal-la nagɛ?”
Nʋʋkala ka nyɩɛ wɩaa nɛ ʋ naambie teeŋ, a kɛŋ nii-sɩma nyɩnyɩsɛ dɔŋɔ.
Ŋ nɛ ŋaa wɩɩpɔsʋŋ nagʋa dɩɩrɩŋ arɩ wɩɩpɔsʋŋ nadiiŋ dɩɩrɩŋ. Peel-la ba sɩɩ yɩrɛ Tabɔ arɩ peel-la ba sɩɩ yɩrɛ Hɛmɔŋ, ba tʋɔŋ tɔrɔ nɛ ba yɩɩ yɩɩlaa a dɩdɛnnɩŋ.
Ba fa vɔɔ gɛrɩpɛlɩɛɛ biisiŋ nɛ ba tɩnsɩŋ lɛ aŋ bɛ nyu-bɛllɩŋ sɩɩ biegu. Ba kala nagɛ Babɩlɔŋ nɩaa laalɩyuoroo janɩŋ torukoba nɩhɩasɩŋ nɛ, a lɩɩ Babɩlɔŋ tinteeŋ.
Nɩaa deemba yie gʋgʋrɩmɛ wɩaa, a dʋdɔŋ nɩaa, baa to ba tʋɔbɩɩŋ bɔŋŋɔɔ harɩŋ nɛ, a bibigisi ba tɩtɩa lɛ, a kɛŋ nii-sɩma a nyɩsa lɩlaa nɩaa kɩaa.
Ba sɩ bʋla pɩ Sɩsɛra arɩ Abɩnʋam nanʋala Barak jɩla hɔŋ peel-la ba sɩɩ yɩrɛ Tabɔ lɛ nɛ,
Ŋɩɩ nɛ ʋ tɩma yɩrɛ Abɩnʋam nanʋala Barak sɩ lɩɩ Kɛdɛs sɩ hɛ Nafɩtalɩ tinteeŋ lɛ, ʋ kɔ ʋ bʋla pʋ, “La TƖƖNA Iziral tɩŋŋaa Wɩa sɩ, ‘Mʋ tʋɔsɛ nɩaa bʋɩ fii Nafɩtalɩ arɩ Zebuluŋ doho nɩaa tʋɔŋ a laa ba sɩpaaŋ dɩ ma mʋ peel-la ba sɩɩ yɩrɛ Tabɔ.
Ʋ ha bɩra mʋ Pɛnɩɛl ma a ŋmoo ʋ dɩɩ-leŋii-la a lo, aŋ kpʋ baala-la sɩ hɛ taŋ-la lɛ.
Gɩdɩɔŋ bʋl, “Ba kala ŋaa mɩ naambiiriŋ nɛ, mɩ naaŋ tɩtɩa bii-lʋlaa nɛ, La TƖƖNA sɩ weye yɩrɩŋ lɛ, dɩ ma nɛ fa bɩ ba kpʋa, mɩ ma bɩ jaŋ kpʋma.”
Dɩ taŋ-la ba sɩɩ yɩrɛ Sʋkɔf kpagɛ nɩmɛ. Gɩdɩɔŋ mʋ a bʋla pɩ Sʋkɔf nɩaa, “Má pɩ mɩ laalɩyuoro-la kʋdiilee mʋa, ba lɔlɔ nɛ, ka mɩ haa kikiri Zɛba arɩ Zalɩmʋna sɩ ŋaa Midiaŋ tɩŋŋaa kuoroo.”