1 Samuel 11:1-15
11 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Nahash, Amon no ɔ kuɔ kɛ ba, nɛ e ba to si konɛ e kɛ Yabesh nɛ ngɛ Gilead ɔ nɛ hwu ta. Yabesh nyumu ɔmɛ tsuo de Nahash ke: “O kɛ wɔ nɛ so, nɛ wa ma sɔmɔ mo.”
2 Nahash, Amon no ɔ de mɛ ke: “Loko i kɛ nyɛ maa so ɔ, ja nyɛ pee nɔ́ nɛ ɔ: ja a ta nyɛ tsuo nyɛ hiɔ nɔ hɛngmɛ ɔmɛ. Ma pee nɔ́ nɛ ɔ kɛ pue Israel tsuo hɛ mi si.”
3 Yabesh nikɔtɔma amɛ ha lɛ heto ke: “Ha wɔ ligbi kpaago konɛ wa nyɛ nɛ waa tsɔ tsɔli kɛ ya Israel zugba a nɔ tsuo. Kɛkɛ ɔ, ke nɔ ko be nɛ ma kpɔ̃ wɔ ɔ, lɛɛ wa ma ha yi.”
4 Pee se ɔ, tsɔli ɔmɛ ba Saul ma Gibea a mi, nɛ a tu munyu nɛ ɔmɛ nɛ ni ɔmɛ nu, nɛ ni ɔmɛ tsuo fo ya boboobo.
5 Se Saul nyɛɛ e lohwe lɛlɛɛ ɔmɛ a se kɛ je ngmɔ mi kɛ ma, nɛ Saul bi ke: “Mɛni ngɛ ni ɔmɛ pee? Mɛni he je nɛ a ngɛ ya foe ɔ?” Nɛ a bɔ lɛ Yabesh nyumu ɔmɛ a sane ɔ.
6 Benɛ Saul nu munyu nɛ ɔmɛ ɔ, Mawu mumi ɔ wo lɛ he wami, nɛ e mi mi fu wawɛɛ nitsɛ.
7 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e ngɔ na ku enyɔ nɛ e poo a mi kpɔ nya kpɔ nya, nɛ e tsɔ tsɔli nɛ a kɛ ya Israel zugba a nɔ tsuo, nɛ e de ke: “Nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ e be Saul kɛ Samuel a se nyɛɛe ɔ, e sa nɛ e hyɛ blɔ kaa a maa pee e nahi kikɛ nɛ ɔ!” Kɛkɛ nɛ Yehowa he gbeye pue ni ɔmɛ a nɔ nɛ a pee kake kɛ je kpo kɛ ba.*
8 Kɛkɛ nɛ e kane mɛ ngɛ Bezek, nɛ e ná Israel nyumuhi 300,000 kɛ Yuda nyumuhi 30,000.
9 Jehanɛ ɔ, a de tsɔli ɔmɛ nɛ a ba a ke: “Nɔ́ nɛ nyɛ ya de nyumuhi nɛ a ngɛ Yabesh nɛ ngɛ Gilead ɔ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ, ‘Hwɔɔ ke pu ɔ nya wa a, a ma he nyɛ yi wami.’” Kɛkɛ nɛ tsɔli ɔmɛ ba nɛ a ba bɔ Yabesh nyumu ɔmɛ amaniɛ, nɛ a bua jɔ kɛ be nɔ.
10 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Yabesh nyumu ɔmɛ de ke: “Hwɔɔ ɔ, wa ma ha yi, konɛ nyɛɛ pee wɔ nɔ́ fɛɛ nɔ́ nɛ nyɛ susu kaa e hi ngɛ nyɛ hɛ mi.”
11 E nɔ jena a, Saul gba ni ɔmɛ a mi ngɔ wo kuu etɛ mi, nɛ mɔtu hwɔɔmi be* ɔ, a ya sɛ sito he ɔ kpɛti nɛ a gbe Amon bi ɔmɛ hluu kɛ ya si be nɛ pu nya wa. Ni nɛmɛ nɛ a yi na wami ɔ gbɛ fĩa, nɛ o be ni enyɔ nae nɛ a bla ngɛ he kake.
12 Kɛkɛ nɛ ni ɔmɛ de Samuel ke: “Mɛnɔmɛ nɛ a ngɛ dee ke, ‘Saul lɛ maa ye wa nɔ matsɛ lo?’ ɔ. Ngɔɔ nyumu ɔmɛ kɛ ha nɛ waa gbe mɛ.”
13 Se Saul de ke: “A ko gbe nyumu ko mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ, ejakaa mwɔnɛ ɔ, Yehowa kpɔ̃ Israel.”
14 Pee se ɔ, Samuel de ni ɔmɛ ke: “Nyɛɛ ba nɛ waa ho Gilgal ya nɛ wa ya ma matsɛ yemi ɔ nɔ mi.”
15 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ni ɔmɛ tsuo ho Gilgal ya, nɛ a ya wo Saul matsɛ ngɛ Gilgal, ngɛ Yehowa hɛ mi. Kɛkɛ nɛ a sã tue mi jɔmi afɔlehi ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, ngɛ Yehowa hɛ mi, nɛ Saul kɛ Israel nyumu ɔmɛ tsuo nya kɛ bua jɔmi babauu.
Sisi Ningmahi
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “a je kpo kɛ ba kaa nyumu kake.”
^ Kɛ je maa pee makɛ ngmlɛ 2 kɛ ya si mɔtu ngmlɛ 6.
