1 Samuel 4:1-22
4 Samuel munyu ya su Israel tsuo.
Kɛkɛ nɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ je kpo kɛ ho konɛ a kɛ Filisti bi ɔmɛ nɛ ya hwu ta; a ya to si ngɛ Ebenezer kasa nya, nɛ Filisti bi ɔmɛ hu to si ngɛ Afek.
2 Filisti bi ɔmɛ gba ta konɛ a kɛ Israel nɛ ya kpe, se níhi ya yɛ nɔ saminya ngɛ ta a mi, nɛ Filisti bi ɔmɛ ye Israel nɔ kunimi, nɛ a gbe nyumuhi maa pee 4,000 ngɛ ta nga a nɔ.
3 Benɛ ni ɔmɛ kpale kɛ ho sito he ɔ ya a, Israel nikɔtɔma amɛ de ke: “Mɛni he je nɛ Yehowa ngmɛ blɔ nɛ Filisti bi ɔmɛ ye wa nɔ kunimi* mwɔnɛ ɔ? Nyɛ ha nɛ wa ya ngɔ Yehowa somi daka a kɛ je Shilo konɛ e hi wa ngɔ nɛ e he wa yi wami kɛ je wa he nyɛli ɔmɛ a dɛ mi.”
4 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, ni ɔmɛ tsɔ nyumuhi kɛ ho Shilo ya, nɛ a ya tloo Yehowa tabohiatsɛ ɔ, nɔ nɛ hii si ngɛ matsɛ sɛ nɔ ngɛ kerubhi a yi nɔ* ɔ somi daka a kɛ je lejɛ ɔ kɛ ba. Eli binyumu enyɔ ɔmɛ nɛ ji Hofni kɛ Finehas hu ngɛ anɔkuale Mawu ɔ somi daka a he ngɛ lejɛ ɔ.
5 Benɛ Yehowa somi daka a ba su sito he ɔ pɛ ɔ, Israel bi ɔmɛ tsuo kpa ngmlaa wawɛɛ, nɛ lɔ ɔ ha nɛ zugba mimiɛɛ.
6 Benɛ Filisti bi ɔmɛ nu ngmlaa a he ɔ, a de ke: “Mɛni he je nɛ ngmlaa nɛ nya wa nɛ ɔ ngɛ pɛe ngɛ Hebri bi ɔmɛ a sito he ɔ?” Nyagbenyagbe ɔ, a ná le kaa Yehowa Daka a ba su sito he ɔ.
7 Filisti bi ɔmɛ ye gbeye, ejakaa a de ke: “Mawu ba sito he ɔ!” Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a de ke: “Wa yi ta pɛ, ejakaa nɔ́ ko kaa kikɛ nɛ ɔ bɛ hyɛ!
8 Wa yi ta pɛ! Mɛnɔ ma he wa yi wami kɛ je Mawu kpetekpleenyɛ nɛ ɔ dɛ mi? Mawu ɔ nɛ e gu blɔ slɔɔtohi a nɔ kɛ gbe Egipt bi babauu ngɛ nga a nɔ ɔ ji nɛ ɔ nɛ.
9 Nyɛɛ pee kã nɛ nyɛɛ pee nyumuhi, nyɛ Filisti bi, konɛ nyɛ ko sɔmɔ Hebri bi ɔmɛ kaa bɔ nɛ a ngɛ nyɛ sɔmɔe ɔ. Nyɛɛ pee nyumuhi nɛ nyɛɛ hwu ta!”
10 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Filisti bi ɔmɛ hwu ta a, nɛ a ye Israel nɔ kunimi, nɛ nɔ fɛɛ nɔ tu fo kɛ ho e bo tsu mi ya. Nihi nɛ a gbe ɔ hiɛ wawɛɛ nitsɛ; a gbe Israel ta buli nɛ a nyɛɛɔ nane 30,000.
11 Jehanɛ se hu ɔ, a kpɔ̃ Mawu Daka a, nɛ Eli binyumu enyɔ ɔmɛ nɛ ji Hofni kɛ Finehas gbo.
12 Benyamin nyumu ko tu fo kɛ je ta nga a nɔ kɛ ba su Shilo jamɛ a ligbi ɔ kɛ e he tadehi nɛ gba kɛ e yi mi zu.
13 Benɛ nyumu ɔ ba su ɔ, Eli hii si ngɛ sɛ nɔ ngɛ gbɛjegbɛ ɔ tue nɛ e ngɛ mlɛe, ejakaa e ngɛ tsui yee wawɛɛ ngɛ anɔkuale Mawu ɔ Daka a he. Nyumu ɔ ho ma a mi ya nɛ e ya bɔ amaniɛ, nɛ ma a tsuo bɔni ya fomi.
14 Benɛ Eli nu ya a he ɔ, e bi ke: “Mɛni he je nɛ ngmlaa nɛ ɔ ngɛ pɛe ɔ?” Jamɛ a nyumu ɔ nɔuu kɛ oya yemi ba nɛ e ba bɔ Eli amaniɛ.
15 (Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, Eli ye jeha 98, nɛ e hɛngmɛ ɔmɛ pueɔ si ngɛ nɔ kɛkɛ, se e hyɛ we nɔ́.)
16 Kɛkɛ nɛ nyumu ɔ de Eli ke: “Imi ji nɔ nɛ je ta nga a nɔ kɛ ba a nɛ! Mwɔnɛ ɔ pɛ nɛ i tu fo kɛ je ta nga a nɔ kɛ ba.” Kɛkɛ nɛ Eli bi lɛ ke: “Ye binyumu, mɛni ya nɔ?”
17 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nɔ nɛ ba bɔ amaniɛ ɔ de ke: “Israel tu Filisti bi ɔmɛ a nya fo, nɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ a kpɛti nihi fuu gbo; jehanɛ hu ɔ, mo nitsɛ o binyumu enyɔ ɔmɛ, Hofni kɛ Finehas gbo, nɛ a kpɔ̃ anɔkuale Mawu ɔ Daka a kɛ je.”
18 Benɛ e wo anɔkuale Mawu ɔ Daka a nɔ ta pɛ, kɛkɛ nɛ Eli tsɔ kɛ je e sɛ ɔ nɔ ngɛ agbo ɔ kasa nya kɛ ya nɔ si ngɛ e se, nɛ e kuɛ ku nɛ e gbo, ejakaa e bwɔ nɛ e mi jiɔ. E kojo Israel jeha 40.
19 Hɔ ngɛ e nganyɛ ɔ, nɛ ji Finehas yo ɔ he nɛ e piɛ bɔɔ nɛ e ma fɔ. Benɛ e nu kaa a kpɔ̃ anɔkuale Mawu ɔ Daka a kɛ je, nɛ e ngatsɛ ɔ kɛ e huno ɔ gbo ɔ, e dɔ e mi nɛ e kpatu nu kɔɔmi, nɛ e fɔ.
20 Benɛ e piɛ bɔɔ nɛ e ma gbo ɔ, yi ɔmɛ nɛ a daa si ngɛ e he ɔ de ke: “Koo ye gbeye, ejakaa o fɔ binyumu.” Se e he we nɔ, nɛ e kɛ e juɛmi hu yɛ nɔ.*
21 Se e wo nyumuyo ɔ biɛ ke Ikabod,* nɛ e de ke: “Hɛ mi nyami je Israel kɛ ho nyɔguɛ tso mi ya.” Anɔkuale Mawu ɔ Daka a nɛ a kpɔ̃ kɛ nɔ́ nɛ ba e ngatsɛ ɔ kɛ e huno ɔ a nɔ ɔ he je nɛ e de jã a nɛ.
22 E de ke: “Hɛ mi nyami je Israel kɛ ho nyɔguɛ tso mi ya, ejakaa a kpɔ̃ anɔkuale Mawu ɔ Daka a kɛ je.”
Sisi Ningmahi
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “Mɛni he je nɛ Yehowa ye wa nɔ kunimi?”
^ Baiblo komɛ de ke “kpɛti.”
^ Aloo “e kɛ e tsui hu fɔ we nɔ.”
^ E sisi ji, “Jije Hɛ Mi Nyami ɔ Ngɛ?”
