Ngmakpami be bɔ sami
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3 Ngɔɔ kɛ ya osɔfo nɛ ngɛ sɔmɔe jamɛ a be ɔ ngɔ, nɛ o de lɛ ke, ‘Mwɔnɛ ɔ, i ngɛ odase yee ngɛ Yawɛ, ye Mawu ɔ hɛ mi kaa i ba su zugba a nɛ Yawɛ wo wa nɛmɛ si ke e kɛ ma ha wɔ ɔ nɔ.’
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5 Mo de ngɛ Yawɛ hɛ mi ke, ‘Aram no si kpalɔ ji ye nɛ̃. E kɛ nihi bɔɔ pɛ nɛ ho Egipt ya; e ya to nubwɔ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, se a ba pee ma agbo nɛ he wa saminya.
6 Egipt bi ɔmɛ pee wɔ yayami; a wa wɔ yi mi, nɛ a ye wɔ nyɔguɛ wawɛɛ.
7 Kɛkɛ nɛ wa fa kue kɛ tsɛ Yawɛ, wa nɛmɛ a Mawu ɔ, nɛ e bu wa gbi tue. E na wa haomi kɛ dengme gbomi, kɛ yi mi nɛ a ngɛ wɔ wae ɔ.
8 Yawɛ ngɔ e he wami kɛ kɔni si wami nɛ ngɛ gbeye kɛ je wɔ kɛ je Egipt. E pee okadihi, kɛ nyakpɛ níhi babauu.
9 Jehanɛ, e kɛ wɔ ba su hiɛ ɔ, nɛ e ha wɔ zugba nɛ hi, nɛ baa ní saminya nɛ ɔ.
10 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i ngɔ zugba nɛ mo, Yawɛ ngɔ ha mi ɔ mi kekleekle niba ní ɔ eko kɛ ba.’
11 Mo nya ngɛ ní kpakpahi nɛ Yawɛ ha o kɛ o we ɔ he. Ha nɛ Levi no, kɛ nubwɔ nɛ kɛ mo ngɛ ɔ nɛ a piɛ o he kɛ nya.
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13 de Yawɛ, o Mawu ɔ ke, ‘I je ní klɔuklɔu ɔmɛ tsuo kɛ je ye we ɔ mi, nɛ i ngɔ ha Levi bi, nibwɔhi, awusahi, kɛ yalɔyihi ngɛ mlaa nɛ o wo mi ɔ nya; i tɔ̃ we ekoeko, nɛ ye hɛ ji eko nɔ hulɔ.
14 Benɛ i ngɛ kɔmɔ yee ɔ, i yi mi dlami nyɔngma mi kake ɔ eko; benɛ ye he tsɔ we ɔ, i ngɔɛ eko kɛ ji ye we ɔ mi; jehanɛ hu, i kɛ eko sɛ̃ bɔ ha gbogboe ko. Niinɛ, Yawɛ, ye Mawu, i bu mo tue. Mlaahi tsuo nɛ o wo mi nɛ kɔɔ mi dlami nyɔngma mi kake ɔ he ɔ, i ye nɔ.
15 Moo je o hi he klɔuklɔu ngɛ hiɔwe ɔ nɛ o hyɛ, nɛ o gbaa o ma Israel. Moo gbaa zugba nɛ hi, nɛ baa ní saminya, nɛ o ngɔ ha wɔ nɛ ɔ nɔ kaa bɔ nɛ o wo wa nɛmɛ ɔmɛ si ɔ.’
Yawɛ nitsɛ e ma
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17 Mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ, e je o nya mi nɛ o de ke Yawɛ ji o Mawu. O wo si kaa o maa bu lɛ tue; o wo si kaa o maa ye e mlaa amɛ tsuo a nɔ; nɛ o wo si hu kaa nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ nɛ e fa mo ke o pee ɔ, o maa pee.
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19 E ma ha nɛ o pee ma ngua a pe ma amɛ tsuo. O ma je e yi, nɛ o maa wo e hɛ mi nyami. Nɛ o maa pee lɛ Yawɛ, o Mawu klɔuklɔu ɔ nitsɛ, e ma kaa bɔ nɛ e wo si ɔ.”