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1 Dii buipiↄ tò we, kɛ́ à Isaili pↄ́ aa Kanaa bùsu zĩkaa dↄ̃oↄ yↄ̃òɛ, 2 i zĩ dada ń gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ aa Kanaa zĩ dↄ̃ yãapiↄnɛ. Buipiↄn kɛ: 3 Filitɛ̃ↄ kía gbɛ̃ↄn sↄoↄ. Kanaaↄ ń Sidↄ̃deↄ ń Ivi pↄ́ kú Libã bùsu sĩ̀sĩdeu za Baali Ɛɛmↄ gbɛzĩ e à gɛ̀ pɛ̀ Amata bↄlɛwaↄ. 4 À ń tó we, kɛ́ à Isailiↄ yↄ̃ò à gwa tó aaↄ a yã́ pↄ́ á dà Mↄiziɛ, a dìlɛ ń deziↄnɛ kũa. 5 A yã́i tò Isailiↄ ku sãnu ń Kanaaↄ ń Itiↄ ń Amↄleↄ ń Pɛliziↄ ń Iviↄ ń Yebusiↄ. 6 Aa ń nɛnↄɛↄ sɛ̀ nↄ ũ, mɛ́ aa ń nɛnↄɛↄ kpã̀sã buipiↄ nɛgↄ̃ɛↄwa, ↄ̃ aa zↄblè ń tã́aↄnɛ.
Ɔniɛli
7 Isailiↄ yã́ pↄ́ Dii yeio kɛ̀. Dii ń Lua yã́ sã̀ńgu, ↄ̃ aa zↄblè Baaliɛ ń Asetaatio. 8 Ɔ̃ Dii pↄ fɛ̃̀ńzi à ń ná Mɛsↄpↄtami bùsu kí Kusã Lisataiũɛ a ↄzĩ, ↄ̃ aa zↄblèɛ̀ wɛ̃̀ swaaↄ̃. 9 Kɛ́ aa wiilɛ̀ Diiwa, ↄ̃ à suabana dìlɛnɛ́, ↄ̃n Kalɛbu dãuna Kenazi nɛ́ Ɔniɛli ũ. Ɔ̃mɛ ń bↄ́. 10 Dii Nisĩna dìɛ̀, ↄ̃ à dↄ̀aa Isailiↄnɛ zĩ guu. Dii Mɛsↄpↄtami bùsu kí Kusã Lisataiũ nàɛ̀ a ↄzĩ, ↄ̃ à gbãamↄ̀ɛ̀. 11 Ɔ̃ an bùsu gↄ̃̀ dↄdↄa wɛ̃̀ bla e Kenazi nɛ́ Ɔniɛli gɛ̀ gàò.
Ehudu
12 Isailiↄ ɛ̀a yã́ pↄ́ Dii yeio kɛ̀ lↄ, ↄ̃ Dii tò Mↄabuↄ kí Ɛgɛlↄni gbãamↄ̀nɛ́ vãi pↄ́ aa kɛ̀pi yã́i. 13 Ɛgɛlↄni Amↄniↄ ń Amalɛki buiↄ nàwa, ↄ̃ aa mↄ̀ lɛ̀lɛ Isailiↄwa aa wɛ̃́lɛ daminalikpɛde* sì. 14 Isailiↄ zↄblè Mↄabuↄ kí Ɛgɛlↄniɛ e wɛ̃̀ bao plasai. 15 Ɔ̃ aa wiilɛ̀ Diiwa, ↄ̃ à suabana dìlɛnɛ́, ↄ̃n Gela nɛ́ Ehudu, Bɛ̃yãmɛɛ bui ũ. Ɔzɛɛdeɛ. Isailiↄ aà zĩ̀ falubↄi Mↄabuↄ kí Ɛgɛlↄniɛ. 16 Ehudu fɛ̃na lɛkpɛpla pì, a gbã̀a kà gã̀sĩsuu do. A nà a gbala ↄplaawa a ula zíɛ, 17 ↄ̃ à gɛ̀ falubↄ̀ɛ̀. Ɛgɛlↄni sↄ̃ à mɛ̀kpa maamaaɛ. 18 Kɛ́ Ehudu ń gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ falu sɛ̀ mↄ̀òↄ falu kpàwà aa làa, aalɛ tá, ↄ̃ Ehudu a gbɛ̃́piↄ gbàɛ. 19 Ɔ̃ à ɛ̀a tã́a pↄ́ kú Giligali saɛ, à sù kíapiwa à mɛ̀: Má asiiyã vĩ mà onɛ. Ɔ̃ kípi mɛ̀: À to mà yãma, ↄ̃ aà ìwa pↄ́ kuaànↄↄ bↄ̀lɛ. 20 Ɛgɛlↄni zↄ̃lɛa ado kpɛ́ musu kpɛa niɛu, ↄ̃ Ehudu sↄ̃̀aàzi à mɛ̀: Má yã́ pↄ́ bↄ̀ Lua kĩ́i vĩ mà onɛ. Kɛ́ kípi fɛ̀lɛ a kìlau, 21 ↄ̃ Ehudu a fɛ̃na ga wò a ↄplaa gbalawa ń ↄzɛɛo, à aà zↄ̃̀ò a gbɛɛu. 22 Ɔ̃ fɛ̃na gɛ̃̀ aà gbɛɛu ń a páo píi e à gɛ̀ bↄ̀ kpɛ. Ehudu i fɛ̃napi woo, ↄ̃ nísi kũ̀aawà. 23 Ehudu bↄ̀ kpɛɛlɛ, à kpɛa musupi zɛ́ tà, à kilidàu.
24 Aà bↄa gbɛa Ɛgɛlↄni ìwaↄ mↄ̀, aa è kpɛapi zɛ́ taa, wà kilidàu, ↄ̃ aa mɛ̀: Àlɛ bĩ́ikpɛkɛ kpɛa niɛ guu yã̀ mↄↄↄ? 25 Aalɛ aà dã́, aalɛ aà dã́ e aa bílikɛ̀. Kɛ́ aa è i zɛwɛ̃nɛ́o, ↄ̃ aa kili sɛ̀ aa wɛ̃̀, aa sù ń dii è wúlɛa zĩ́lɛ gɛ̀. 26 Gↄↄ pↄ́ aalɛ gɛ̃gɛ̃ màa, Ehudu bàalɛ̀ à dↄ̀ tã́apiↄzi à tà Seila. 27 Kɛ́ à kà we, a tò wà kuupɛ̀ Ɛflaiũ bùsu sĩ̀sĩdeu, ↄ̃ Isailiↄ pìlaaànↄ gbɛ̀sĩsĩↄwa, Ehudu mɛ́ dↄaaa. 28 A ònɛ́: À tɛmazi, asa Dii á ibɛɛ Mↄabuↄ nàɛ́ á ↄzĩɛ. Aa tɛaàzi, ↄ̃ aa Yuudɛ̃ buakĩi pↄ́ ì gɛ́ Mↄabu bùsuu sì, aai wei gbɛ̃e bùa lↄo. 29 Zĩbeezĩ aa Mↄabuↄ dɛ̀dɛ gbɛ̃ↄn ↄ̀aasↄsↄo lɛɛ kwi (10.000) taawa, an gbɛ̃e i bↄo. 30 Gↄↄ bee Isailiↄ gbãamↄ̀ Mↄabuↄnɛ, ↄ̃ an bùsu gↄ̃̀ dↄdↄa e wɛ̃̀ basiiↄ̃.
Samɛgaa
31 Aà gbɛa Anata nɛ́ Samɛgaa Filitɛ̃ↄ dɛ̀dɛ gbɛ̃ↄn ↄ̀aa àaↄ̃ ń zù zĩkɛna totobↄo, à Isailiↄ suabà lↄ.
* 3:13 Yeliko.