1 Samuɛli.
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Wa ò Davidiɛ wà mɛ̀: Gwa, Filitɛ̃ↄ lɛ́ zĩka ń Kɛiladeↄ, aalɛ ń pↄ́wɛnaↄ naaa. 
Ɔ̃ Davidi gbɛ̀a Diiwa à mɛ̀: Mà gɛ́ lɛ́lɛi Filitɛ̃piↄwa yã̀? Ɔ̃ Dii òɛ̀: Gɛ́ lɛ́lɛimá, ní Kɛiladeↄ misi. 
Ɔ̃ Davidi gbɛ̃́ↄ òɛ̀: Lá vĩa lɛ́ wá kṹ Yuda bùsuu la, wá fↄ̃ gɛ́ zĩkai ń Filitɛ̃ↄ Kɛilae? 
Davidi ɛ̀a gbɛ̀a Diiwa lↄ, ↄ̃ Dii òɛ̀: Fɛlɛ gɛ́ Kɛila, asa má Filitɛ̃ↄ nanɛ n ↄzĩɛ. 
Ɔ̃ Davidi gɛ̀ Kɛila ń a gbɛ̃́ↄ, à zĩkà ń Filitɛ̃ↄ, ↄ̃ à ń pↄtuoↄ sìmá. À Filitɛ̃ↄ dɛ̀dɛ dasidasi, à Kɛiladeↄ mìsi. 
Kɛ́ Aimɛlɛki nɛ́ Abiataa bàalɛ̀, àlɛ gɛ́ Davidi kĩ́i yãa, a a sa'o'ula kũaɛ, ↄ̃ à gɛ̀ò Kɛila. 
Kɛ́ Saulu mà Davidi gɛ̀ Kɛila, à mɛ̀: Lua gìaàziɛ, ↄ̃ à aà nàmɛɛ ma ↄzĩ, asa à azĩa kàka wɛ̃́lɛ bĩ́ideuɛ. 
Saulu a zĩgↄ̃ↄ kã̀aa píi aa gɛ koezↄ̃ Davidi ń a gbɛ̃́ↄzi Kɛila. 
Kɛ́ Davidi mà Saulu lɛ́ vãikpaaĩanↄ, ↄ̃ a ò sa'ona Abiataaɛ aà mↄ́ ń sa'o'ulao. 
Ɔ̃ Davidi mɛ̀: Dii Isailiↄ Lua, mapi n zↄ̀blena, má mà Saulu lɛ́ zɛwɛɛlɛ à mↄ Kɛila à wɛ̃́lɛɛ beepi dúuzↄ̃ ma yã́i. 
Kɛiladeↄ ma kpawà yã̀? Saulu a mↄ la lá má màwa yã̀? Dii Isailiↄ Lua, o mapi n zↄ̀blenaɛ. Ɔ̃ Dii òɛ̀: A mↄ́. 
Ɔ̃ Davidi aà là lↄ: Kɛiladeↄ ma kpawà ń ma gbɛ̃́ↄ yã̀? Ɔ̃ Dii mɛ̀: Aa á kpawàɛ. 
Ɔ̃ Davidi ń a gbɛ̃́ↄ fɛ̀lɛ, aa kà gbɛ̃ↄn ↄ̀aa àaↄ̃ taawa. Kɛ́ aa bↄ̀ Kɛila, ↄ̃ aa gɛ̀ gu pↄ́ aa yei. Kɛ́ Saulu mà Davidi bↄ̀ Kɛila, i gɛ́ we lↄo. 
Davidi ku zɛgikĩiↄu gbáau Zifi bùsu gbɛ̀sĩsĩdeu. Lá gu lɛ́ dↄ Saulu ìↄ aà wɛɛ, ãma Lua i Davidi naɛ̀ aà ↄzĩo. 
Gↄↄ pↄ́ Davidi ku Zifi bùsu líkpɛu, a mà Saulu ń aà gbɛ̃́ↄ lɛ́ mↄ́ a dɛi. 
Ɔ̃ Saulu nɛ́ Yonatãa fɛ̀lɛ gɛ̀ Davidi lè za líkpɛpiu, à aà gbà sↄ̃ ń Lua tↄ́o. 
A òɛ̀: Ńsu to vĩa n kũo, asa ma mae a e ↄkãmao. Ḿmɛ ńyↄ̃ kible Isailiↄwa, mapi sↄ̃ míↄ dɛ n plaade ũ. Ma maepi bee dↄ̃ se. 
Ɔ̃ aa yãyè ń kↄ̃o ḿpla Dii aɛ. Davidi ku líkpɛu we, ↄ̃ Yonatãa tà bɛ. 
Bee gbɛa Zifideↄ gɛ̀ Saulu lè Gibɛa aa mɛ̀: Davidi ulɛa wá bùsu sɛ̃gbãu. A ku líkpɛu Hakila sĩ̀sĩpↄlɛu Yɛsimↄ gɛↄmidↄkĩi oi. 
Kí, gↄↄ pↄ́ ń yei píi, mↄ we, wí aà kpama. 
Ɔ̃ Saulu mɛ̀: Dii báaadaágu, kɛ́ a ma wɛ̃nagwà yã́i. 
À tá, í ɛa sↄukɛ. À gu pↄ́ ì gɛ́u gbɛagbɛa ń gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ aa aà èↄ, asa má mà wà mɛ̀ aà ↄ̃nↄá ↄ̃nↄ no. 
À gbɛagbɛa kɛ́ à e à aà ulɛkĩiↄ dↄ̃ píi, í ɛa mↄ ma le mà a sã́asã ma, mí gɛ́ánↄ. Tó a kú á bùsuu weɛ, má kpálɛkɛaàzi Yuda buiↄ guu píiɛ. 
Ɔ̃ aa dàzɛu aa dↄ̀aa Sauluɛ Zifi. Gↄↄ bee sↄ̃ Davidi ń a gbɛ̃́ↄ ku Maↄni gbáau sɛ̃ pↄ́ kú Yɛsimↄ gɛↄmidↄkĩi oiu. 
Kɛ́ Saulu ń a gbɛ̃́ↄ lɛ́ mↄ́ kpálɛkɛiaàzi, à a baomà, ↄ̃ à pìla gbɛpiwa, a ku Maↄni gbáau. Kɛ́ Saulu mà, ↄ̃ à pɛ̀lɛaàzi Maↄni gbáau we. 
Sauluↄ bɛ gbɛ̀sĩsĩ kpɛle, Davidiↄ bɛ a kpɛla, aalɛ olo'olobo aalɛ bàalɛ Sauluɛ. Gↄↄ pↄ́ Saulu ń a gbɛ̃́ↄ lɛ́ lia Davidiↄzi aa ń kṹ, 
ↄ̃ gbɛ̃e mↄ̀ baokpà Sauluɛ à mɛ̀: Kɛ kpakpa, Filitɛ̃ↄ mↄ̀ lɛ́lɛi wá bùsuwa. 
Ɔ̃ Saulu zɛ̀ pɛ́lɛa Davidiziɛ, à gɛ̀ Filitɛ̃ↄ lei. A yã́i tò wì mɛ gupiɛ Kↄ̃kpaalɛgbɛ. 
