1 M̀bie kiʼɛ ŋa, Minnwi lāa ŋgwa pi? Minthɛ paʼa a lɔ mbɔ nɛnnɛ! Nthɛ ŋa mmu nduthɔ a ŋoŋ Ishrae, ndaaŋoŋ Abrahaŋ, mbɔ ŋgia ŋgwrɛiŋoŋ Bɛnjamɛiŋ.

2 Minnwi lɔ njiʼi ndāa ŋgwa pi ŋa a ni nchuʼɔ nɛ. Pəɨ lɔ njiʼi nji nnu haʼaŋ Ŋwaʼaŋlɨ Minnwi chhu nthɛ Elaija nɛ, ŋkwaŋ haʼaŋ a ni ndɨ̄gəɨ Minnwi ŋa a fɛ njɔ́ ni Ishrae nɛ? 3 “Taathɔ, pugu jwi pa njəɨlɨʼɨ pɔ, nshāʼa pa lɨʼɨ fɛʼiŋgiɛŋ yɔ, a wuʼɔ mbiʼi mmu təʼɨ a, pugu tāʼa nu njwi a ŋkaa mu.”

4 Ndɔ Minnwi ni ŋkhwɛ̄ ghɔ pi ŋa? “Ǹūʼɔŋ khwachəɨ ŋkaŋ ŋgwa haʼaŋ pugu lɔ njiʼi ŋgaʼo ki ntuʼu noŋ yugu shhɨ nnwi ŋa pi mɛ̄iŋ ni Baa nɛ nɔ nyaŋ.”

5 A wuʼɔ ŋkwaŋ haʼaŋ a pɔ ndwɛ nɛ, mbɨgəɨ ŋgwa pɔ ŋa Minnwi chuʼɔ vugu ntɔgɔ pi ŋkuoŋ pwapuŋ yi. 6 Ndɔ ti nɔ haʼaŋ a tɔgɔ pi ŋkuoŋ pwapuŋ Minnwi nɛ, a lɔ nuʼuŋ mbɔ nthɛ pi pa fàʼa haʼaŋ pi fāʼa, ä mbɔ nɛnnɛ, paʼa pwapuŋ lɔ nuʼuŋ mbiʼi pwapuŋ.

7 Yie pɔ pi ŋa kiʼɛ? Ŋgwa Ishrae shini ndɔ mfāʼo yaoŋ haʼaŋ pugu ki tāʼa nu nɛ, ndɔ pa ŋgwa haʼaŋ pi chuʼɔ vugu nɛ fāʼo, ndɔ pi fɨ̄nɨ njùʼɔ pɨgəɨ ŋgwa. 8 Wuʼɔ nɔ haʼaŋ pi nāʼaŋ nɛ,

11 Nɛnnɛ m̀bie ŋa, puoŋ Ishrae ni ŋkɔ̄rɔ nnɛ, pi nɔ gū nu ŋkɨna shhɛ? Minthɛ paʼa a lɔ njiʼi mbɔ nɛnnɛ! Ntɔgɔ ŋkuoŋ phɨ yugu lūgu nu thɔ ni pa ŋgwa taoŋ nduoŋ, nnɛ nɔ chwīe nu pa ŋgwa Ishrae fāʼo kighɨʼə. 12 Ä mbɔ ŋa phɨ pa ŋgwa Juu thɔ pi ni fàʼo ni ŋgwa ŋkuoŋ mbhi, ä mbɔ ŋa pou yugu moŋ jijwɛ pɔ pi fàʼo ni pa ŋgwa taoŋ nduoŋ, kaŋ ŋkuoŋ mbhi shi mfāʼo pi fɨʼɨ yi nɛiŋ kiʼɛ ndɨɨ ŋa pugu lɨnaoŋ fɨʼɨ pa ŋgwa Juu haʼaŋ Minnwi chuʼɔ ŋa pugu piŋ nɛ.

13 Ndwɛ ǹchrā pi ni pəɨ ŋa pəɨ pa ŋgwa taoŋ nduoŋ nɛ. Nɔ haʼaŋ Minnwi chuʼɔ a nɔ ŋgaŋ ntaoŋ Jishɔ ni pa ŋgwa taoŋ nduoŋ nɛ, ŋ̀gaʼo fàʼa a ghɔ, 14 nnɛ ŋa minthɛ ǹchwīe pa ŋgwa laʼa pigi, mbɔ pa ŋgwa Juu, fāʼo kighɨʼə nnɛ ŋa moŋ yichəɨ ŋkwaŋ shɛndaoŋ minthɛ ŋ̀kwe pichəɨ shɨna pugu. 15 Nthɛ ŋa ä mbɔ ŋa ndɨɨ ŋa Minnwi ni ndāa vugu nɛ, Ju, Minnwi, chīni ŋggì pugu pa ŋgwa ŋkuoŋ mbhi, a shi mbɔ pi nɛiŋ ndɨɨ ŋa Minnwi shi mbiŋ vugu nɛ? A shi mbɔ chɔmbhi ni pa ŋgwa ŋa pugu ni mbɔ yi khu moŋ Jijwɛ nɛ. 16 Fǔoŋ thɔ brɛi ŋa pi fɛ nɔ yaoŋ fɛ́ nɛ mbɔ yi taoŋtaoŋ, a nōoŋ ŋa ŋguoŋ brɛi ghɔ yi taoŋtaoŋ, ndɔ ti ŋǐeŋ thɨ mbɔ yi taoŋtaoŋ, kaŋ pa mbhɔthɨ ghɔ pi taoŋtaoŋ.

17 Ndɔ pichəɨ pa mbhɔthɨ pei llɔ ŋkuoŋ thɨ Abrahaŋ, pi pəʼɨ vugu mfuʼu, mbɔ pichəɨ pa ŋgwa Ishrae. Nchīni vəɨ ŋa pəɨ pa ŋgwa taoŋ nduoŋ, mbɔ pa mbhɔthɨ olive ŋa a ghà ŋkuʼɔ kuʼɔ gha moŋ ŋkǔnu nɛ. Nnɛ ndwɛ, pəɨ ŋkaa pəɨ chhɔ mfāʼo mbɔrɔ haʼaŋ Minnwi ni ŋkāʼa Abrahaŋ nɔ ghɔ nɛ, nthɔ mfāʼo njru llɔ ŋkuoŋ ŋǐeŋ ŋkiɛŋ thɨ olive Minnwi. 18 Nɛnnɛ kiʼɛ, kiʼi nchɨ̄ʼə pa ŋgwa pɛ haʼaŋ pi pəʼɨ vugu nɔ pa mbhɔthɨ mfuʼu nɛ. A nthɛ ɔ kie pi nɛiŋ nōoŋ noŋ yɔ? Ɔ wuʼɔ mbɔ pi mbhɔthɨ, ɔ lɔ njiʼi ntuo ŋǐeŋ thɨ, a tuo ŋǐeŋ thɨ ntuo ghɔ. 19 Nnɛ kaŋ ɔ shi nchhu ŋa, “Pi ni mbəʼɨ pichəɨ pa mbhɔthɨ mfuʼu nnɛ ŋa pi chīni a ŋkuoŋ thɨ ghɔ.” 20 Yie ghɔ nnu shini. Pi ni njaʼa vugu mfuʼu nthɛ ki piŋ yugu, ndɔ ɔ wuʼɔ mbɔ ŋkuoŋ ghɔ ntɔgɔ pi ŋkuoŋ piŋ yɔ. Nnɛ kiʼi māʼaŋ ntintaʼo, fāʼo pɔ́gɔ. 21 Nthɛ ŋa ä mbɔ ŋa Minnwi shini ndɔ mfāʼo kwoshɨnɨ mbɨŋ pa Juu haʼaŋ pugu pɔ nɔ mbhɔthɨ ŋa a ni mbɔ mbɨŋ thɨ llɔ nɔ njɛ̄ yi nɛ, kaŋ mbaʼa a yiʼi mfāʼo kwoshɨnɨ mbɨŋ ghɔ.

22 Yəɨ kiʼɛ fɨʼɨ ŋkwaŋ haʼaŋ Minnwi ŋgaŋ kwoshɨnɨ mbɨnɨ mbɔ ŋoŋ tɨtɨnɨ nɛ njəɨ. A ŋoŋ tɨtɨnɨ ni ŋgwa pɛ ŋa pugu gū moŋ phɨ nɛ, ndɔ nōoŋ kwoshɨnɨ vɛ nɔ haʼaŋ ɔ ŋgə̄ɨ shhɨ moŋ kwoshɨnɨ yi, kiɛŋ nɛnnɛ kaŋ pi shi njaʼa ghɔ mfuʼu ŋkaa ghɔ. 23 Ndɔ njiʼi nthɛ pi pugu, pugu mieŋ ki ghə̄ɨ shhɨ moŋ ki piŋ yugu, Minnwi pɨnɨ nuʼuŋ nchīni vugu, nthɛ ŋa Minnwi fāʼo njɨ nɔ pɨnɨ nu nchīni vugu ŋkamuʼɔŋ. 24 Nthɛ ŋa ä mbɔ ŋa pi ni njaʼa ghɔ llɔ ŋkuoŋ thɨ olive haʼaŋ a ni ŋkuʼɔ kuʼɔ gha moŋ ŋkǔnu nɛ, nchīni ghɔ ŋkuoŋ thɨ olive haʼaŋ pi pi phi nɛ, mbɔ yaoŋ ŋa a shiʼa njiʼi mbɔ pi nnɛ nɛ, ti ɔ pīʼi ŋa pi shi mbɨnɨ nchīni pa ŋgwa Juu mbɔ ya mbhɔthɨ llɔ ŋkuoŋ thɨ olive phi ghɔ pi fɨʼɨ yi nɛiŋ?

25 Ǹtāʼa nu ŋa pəɨ ji nnu lə̄ɨŋ yei ŋa Minnwi nōoŋ nɛ, ma pa lǐŋ paŋ, nnɛ ŋa kiʼi pəɨ shi mbīʼi nu ni noŋ pəɨ ŋa pəɨ pɔ pi pa ghaŋ shiethɔ. Pi ni fɨ̄nɨ njùʼɔ pichəɨ pa ŋgwa Ishrae nɔ kuo ndɨɨ, ti ŋgə̄ɨ nchəɨŋ fɨʼɨ ndɨɨ ŋa fɨʼɨ ŋgwa taoŋ nduoŋ haʼaŋ a pie ŋa pugu thɔ njəɨ Minnwi kwo thɔ njəɨ Minnwi nɛ. 26 Nɛnnɛ, ŋguoŋ ŋgwa Ishrae shi mfāʼo lūgu nu, wuʼɔ nɔ haʼaŋ pi nāʼaŋ ŋa,

28 Llɔ nɔ ŋgei pwa pishaʼakhɔ, pa ŋgwa Juu pa mbɨ̄na Minnwi nthɛ vəɨ, mbɔ pa ŋgwa taoŋ nduoŋ. Llɔ nɔ ŋgei ŋgwa ŋa Minnwi chuʼɔ, pugu pa taannu Minnwi nthɛ pi pa ŋkhu tǎa pugu. 29 Nthɛ ŋa Minnwi shiʼa mfɛ fɛ́ ni ŋoŋ, ŋgɛ̄ vi mbɨnɨ ŋkwri njùʼɔ yi. 30 Nthɛ ŋa wuʼɔ nɔ haʼaŋ pəɨ ni mbɔ ghaŋ tɨnɨthɔ ni Minnwi yichəɨ ndɨɨ nɛ, ndɔ ndwɛ pi nōoŋ kwoshɨnɨ ni pəɨ nthɛ tɨnɨthɔ yugu, 31 nɛnnɛ ndwɛ, pugu ŋkaa pugu ni mfāʼo tɨnɨthɔ nnɛ ŋa ntɔgɔ ŋkuoŋ kwoshɨnɨ ŋa pi nōoŋ ni pəɨ nɛ, minthɛ pi nōoŋ kwoshɨnɨ ni pugu ndwɛ. 32 Nthɛ ŋa Minnwi chaʼa ŋguoŋ ŋgwa ghao mfɛ mbhɔ tɨnɨthɔ, nnɛ ŋa minthɛ a nōoŋ kwoshɨnɨ ni ŋguoŋ ŋgwa ghao.

33 Yo, fɨʼɨ nthɨŋkwo fàʼo pugu shiethɔ ni lɨna Minnwi ghaʼo pi fɨʼɨ yi nɛiŋ! A nthɛ a ji gɔ̌ ŋkwaŋ haʼaŋ Minnwi ghà ndīi nnu nɛ! A nthɛ a ji gɔ̌ pa shɛndaoŋ pi? 34 Wuʼɔ nɔ haʼaŋ Ŋwaʼaŋlɨ Minnwi chhu nɛ,

36 Nthɛ ŋa ŋguoŋ yaoŋ ghao llɔ pi mbhɔ yu ndɔ ntɔgɔ pi mbhɔ yu, ndɔ mbɔ pi nɔ fɛ nu ndighaʼo ghɔ. Ndighaʼo pɔ ghɔ ki ndugwi yi! A yie.