David ye Israel kɛ Yuda nɔ matsɛ
(<x>100 5:1-10</x>)
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2 Be ko nɛ be ɔ, benɛ Saul ngɛ tsɛ yee ngɛ wa nɔ ɔ, mo lɛ o nyɛɛɔ Israel hɛ mi kɛ yaa kɛ baa. Yawɛ wo mo si kaa mo lɛ o ma ba nyɛɛ e ma Israel ɔ hɛ mi, nɛ o maa ye ganɔ ha mɛ.”
3 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Israel ma nimeli ɔmɛ tsuo ba Matsɛ David ngɔ ngɛ Hebron, nɛ e kɛ mɛ so somi ko ngɛ Yawɛ hɛ mi. A pɔ David nu nɛ a wo lɛ matsɛ ngɛ Israel kaa bɔ nɛ Yawɛ wo si kɛ gu Samuel nɔ ɔ.
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5 Yebus bi ɔmɛ de David ke e be nyɛe maa ba ma a mi. Se kɛ̃ ɔ, David ya ngɔ Zion mɔ ngua a nɛ ba plɛ pee David ma a.
6 David de ke, “Nɔ nɛ maa sɛ hlami kɛ gbe Yebus no ko ɔ, jamɛatsɛ ɔ ma ba pee tatsɛ nɔkɔtɔma!” Kɛkɛ nɛ Yoab, nɛ a tsɛɛ e nyɛ ke Zeruya a, ya pee ja; nɛ a wo lɛ tatsɛ nɔkɔtɔma.
7 David ya hi mɔ ngua a mi; lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a wo lejɛ ɔ biɛ ke David ma.
8 David po ma a kɛ bɔle si; e to ma a sisi kɛ je he nɛ a tloo zu ngɔ pue ɔ ngɛ kpo ɔ beleku je. Yoab dla ma a he nɛ piɛ ɔ.
9 David ya nɔ wawɛɛ nitsɛ, ejakaa Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ kɛ lɛ ngɛ.
David ta buli kpanaa amɛ
(<x>100 23:8-39</x>)
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12 Nɔ nɛ nyɛɛ e se ngɛ katsɛmɛ etɛ ɔmɛ a kpɛti ji Dodo bi Eleazar nɛ je Aho weku ɔ mi ɔ.
13 Ligbi ko ɔ, e piɛ David he nɛ a kɛ Filisti bi ɔmɛ ya hwu ta ngɛ Pas Damim. Eleazar ngɛ akoko ngmɔ ko mi, nɛ e na kaa Israel bi ɔmɛ bɔni fo tumi ngɛ Filisti bi ɔmɛ a nya.
14 Kɛkɛ nɛ e kɛ David ya da ta a nya ngɛ akoko ngmɔ ɔ kpɛti tutuutu, nɛ a kɛ Filisti bi ɔmɛ hwu. Yawɛ ha nɛ a ye kunimi nguaa.
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16 Jamɛ a be ɔ, David ngɛ tɛ puɔ ɔ mi, nɛ Filisti tabo ɔmɛ ekomɛ hu ngɛ Betlehem.
17 Kɛkɛ nɛ David kɛ he hiami bi ke, “Mɛnɔ po ma ya yɛ nyu ngɛ vu ɔ nɛ ngɛ agbo ɔ kasa nya ngɛ Betlehem ma a mi ɔ mi ba ha mi nɛ ma nu?”
18 Katsɛmɛ etɛ ɔmɛ pee nyumu; a ya gu Filisti bi ɔmɛ a kpɛti nɛ a ya yɛ nyu ngɛ vu ɔ mi kɛ ba ha David. Se e kua numi; e plɛ nyu ɔ pue si ha Yawɛ mohu,
19 nɛ e de ke, “Kpaoo, ye Mawu, kaa ma pee nɔ́ nɛ ɔ! Ke i pee ja a, e ngɛ kaa nɔ́ nɛ i nu nihi nɛ ngɔ a wami ngɔ ke nɛ ɔ a muɔ!” Nɛ e kua nyu ɔ numi. Níhi nɛ katsɛmɛ etɛ ɔmɛ pee ji nɛ ɔmɛ nɛ.
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21 Katsɛmɛ “Nyingmi etɛ ɔmɛ” a kpɛti ɔ, lɛ ji nɔ nɛ hɛ mi ngɛ nyami pe mɛ tsuo. E ba pee a hɛ mi nyɛɛlɔ, se e kɛ “Ni etɛ ɔmɛ” sɔɛ.
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23 Benaya nɛ ɔ nɔuu gbe Egipt no oblai ko. Egipt no ɔ hɛɛ akplɔ nɛ ngɛ kaa bo lolɔ gba tso ngɛ e dɛ mi, se Benaya ho nɛ e ya na lɛ kɛ e dɛma tso kɛkɛ. E kpɔ akplɔ ɔ ngɛ e dɛ, nɛ e ngɔ Egipt no ɔ nitsɛ e we akplɔ ɔ kɛ gbe lɛ.
24 Kã peemi níhi nɛ Yehoyada bi Benaya tsu ji nɛ ɔmɛ nɛ. Katsɛmɛ “Nyingmi etɛ ɔmɛ” a ti nɔ kake ji lɛ.
25 E hɛ mi ngɛ nyami pe katsɛmɛ “Nyingmi etɛ ɔmɛ”, se katsɛmɛ “Etɛ ɔmɛ” lɛɛ e na we mɛ. David pee lɛ e we bi a tabo ɔ nyatsɛ.
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