1 Samuel 5:1-12
5 Benɛ Filisti bi ɔmɛ kpɔ̃ anɔkuale Mawu ɔ Daka a, a kɛ je Ebenezer kɛ ba Ashdod.
2 Filisti bi ɔmɛ ngɔ anɔkuale Mawu ɔ Daka a kɛ ba Dagon we* ɔ, nɛ a kɛ ba ma Dagon kasa nya.
3 E nɔ jena mɔtu mla benɛ Ashdod bi ɔmɛ te si ɔ, o nɛ Dagon nɛ fɔɔ si ngɛ zugba nɛ e hɛ mi bu si ngɛ Yehowa Daka a hɛ mi. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a wo Dagon nɔ nɛ a kɛ lɛ ya ma e ma he ɔ ekohu.
4 E nɔ jena mɔtu mla benɛ a te si ɔ, o nɛ Dagon nɛ fɔɔ si ngɛ zugba nɛ e hɛ mi bu si ngɛ Yehowa Daka a hɛ mi ekohu. A poo Dagon yi kɛ e nine enyɔ ɔmɛ tsuo, nɛ e yi kɛ e nine ɔmɛ pueɔ si ngɛ sinya kpoku ɔ nɔ. E he nɛ ngɛ kaa pa mi lo* ɔ pɛ lɛ piɛ nɛ nɔ́ ko kɔ we he.
5 Enɛ ɔ he je nɛ kɛ ba si mwɔnɛ ɔ, Dagon osɔfo ɔmɛ kɛ nihi tsuo nɛ a sɛɔ Dagon we ɔ ngɛ Ashdod ɔ, nyɛɛ we Dagon we ɔ sinya kpoku ɔ nɔ ɔ nɛ.
6 Yehowa nine jiɔ ngɛ Ashdod bi ɔmɛ a nɔ, nɛ e kɛ kokoo* hao nihi nɛ a ngɛ Ashdod kɛ e zugba kpɔ ɔmɛ a mi ɔ.
7 Benɛ Ashdod nyumu ɔmɛ na nɔ́ nɛ ngɛ nɔ yae ɔ, a de ke: “Nyɛ ko ha nɛ Israel Mawu ɔ Daka a nɛ hi wa ngɔ hu, ejakaa e* kɛ wɔ kɛ wa mawu Dagon to ní wawɛɛ.”
8 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a tsɔ kɛ ya tsɛ Filisti ma nɔ yeli ɔmɛ tsuo nɛ a ba bua a he nya, nɛ a bi mɛ ke: “Mɛni e sa kaa waa pee Israel Mawu ɔ Daka a?” A he nɔ ke: “Nyɛ ha nɛ a ngɔ Israel Mawu ɔ Daka a kɛ ho Gat ya.” Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a ngɔ Israel Mawu ɔ Daka a kɛ ho lejɛ ɔ ya.
9 Benɛ a ngɔ kɛ ho lejɛ ɔ ya a, Yehowa te si kɛ wo ma a, nɛ e ha nɛ sawale nu mɛ wawɛɛ. E fiaa nihi nɛ a ngɛ ma a mi ɔ ní, kɛ je nɔ nyafii nɔ kɛ ya si nɔmlɔ ngua nɔ, nɛ kokoo puɛ ngɛ a he.
10 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, a ngɔ anɔkuale Mawu ɔ Daka a kɛ ho Ekron ya, se benɛ anɔkuale Mawu ɔ Daka a ba su Ekron pɛ kɛkɛ nɛ Ekron bi ɔmɛ hia ngmlaa ke: “A ngɔ Israel Mawu ɔ Daka a kɛ ba wa ngɔ konɛ a kɛ ba gbe waa kɛ wa we bi ɔmɛ!”
11 Kɛkɛ nɛ a tsɔ kɛ ya tsɛ Filisti ma nɔ yeli ɔmɛ tsuo nɛ a ba bua a he nya, nɛ a de ke: “Nyɛɛ ngɔ Israel Mawu ɔ Daka a kɛ ho; nyɛ ha nɛ e kpale kɛ ho e hi he ya nɛ e ko ba gbe waa kɛ wa we bi ɔmɛ.” Ejakaa gbenɔ he sawale nu ma a tsuo; anɔkuale Mawu ɔ nine jiɔ wawɛɛ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ,
12 nɛ nihi nɛ a gbo we ɔ, kokoo puɛ ngɛ a he. Nɛ ngmlaa nɛ ma a ngɛ kpae kaa a ye bua mɛ ɔ ya su hiɔwe tɔɔ.
Sisi Ningmahi
^ Aloo “jami he.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “Dagon.”
^ Aloo “tslɔɔ ko nɛ fuu nɔ abɔɔmi yami he.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “e nine.”
