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2 Ishmael kɛ nyumuhi nyɔngma nɛ piɛ e he ɔ hia klaate wo Gedalia he, nɛ a gbe lɛ.
3 Israel bi tsuo nɛ ngɛ Gedalia ngɔ ngɛ Mizpa, kɛ Babilonia ta buli nɛ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, Ishmael gbe mɛ tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ.
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5 nyumuhi nyingmi kpaanyɔ komɛ je Shekem, Shilo, kɛ Samaria kɛ ba. Nɛ a ma a, a sɛ a kpɛnihi, nɛ a hía a he tadehi, nɛ a je blɔ nɛ a plaa mɛ nitsɛmɛ a he. A hɛɛ niye ní bɔ, kɛ tsopa kɛ e he via ngɛ a dɛ mi kɛ ma Yawɛ we ɔ.
6 Ishmael, Netania bi ɔ je Mizpa ya kpee mɛ; benɛ e yaa a tsuo, e ngɛ ya foe ngɛ blɔ ɔ nɔ. Benɛ e kɛ mɛ ya bua a, e de mɛ ke, “Nyɛɛ ba waa ho Ahikam bi Gedalia ngɔ ya.”
7 Benɛ a ba su ma a mi pɛ, Ishmael kɛ e we bi ɔmɛ gbe mɛ, nɛ a sake a gbogboe ɔmɛ kɛ wo vu ko mi.
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9 Vu ɔ nɛ Ishmael sake nihi tsuo nɛ e gbe ɔ a gbogboe ɔmɛ kɛ wo mi ɔ, jamɛ a vu ɔ, Matsɛ Asa lɛ tsua. Matsɛ ɔ tsua vu nɛ ɔ be mi nɛ Israel matsɛ, Baasha ba tua lɛ ɔ. Vu nɛ ɔ mi lɛ Netania bi Ishmael sake ni gbogboe ɔmɛ kɛ wo tɔ ɔ nɛ.
10 Jehanɛ Ishmael nuu nihi tsuo nɛ piɛ ngɛ Mizpa a kɛ je. Matsɛbiyi ɔmɛ, kɛ nihi tsuo nɛ tatsɛ Nebuzaradan ngɔ kɛ wo Ahikam bi Gedalia dɛ mi po, Ishmael nuu mɛ, nɛ e kɛ mɛ pue nɔ kɛ yaa Amon bi ɔmɛ a zugba a nɔ.
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12 a ngɔ a ta buli ɔmɛ tsuo kɛ nyɛɛ e se konɛ a kɛ lɛ ya hwu ta. A ya na lɛ ngɛ taku agbo ɔ nɛ ngɛ Gibeon ɔ kasa nya.
13 Benɛ ni ɔmɛ nɛ Ishmael nuu ɔ na Karea bi Yohanan, kɛ asafoatsɛmɛ ɔmɛ nɛ piɛ e he ɔ, a nya.
14 Kɛkɛ nɛ mɛ tsuo pɛpɛɛpɛ a tu fo kɛ ba Yohanan ngɔ.
15 Se Ishmael kɛ e we bi kpaanyɔ komɛ lɛɛ a je Yohanan dɛ mi, nɛ a tu fo kɛ ho Amon bi ɔmɛ a zugba a nɔ ya.
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17 A ye Babilonia bi ɔmɛ gbeye, ejakaa Netania bi Ishmael gbe Ahikam bi Gedalia, nɔ nɛ Babilonia matsɛ ɔ nitsɛ ngɔ to a nya kaa amlaalo ɔ. Enɛ ɔ he je ɔ, a plɛ a hɛ mi ngɔ ka Egipt blɔ, konɛ a tu fo kɛ je Babilonia bi ɔmɛ a nya. Benɛ a yaa a, a ya to si ngɛ Kimham, ngɛ Betlehem kasa nya.