Yawɛ kɛ Israel so ngɛ Moab zugba a nɔ
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3 Nyɛ na gbenɔ hiɔ gbeyegbeye ɔmɛ, okadi ɔmɛ, kɛ nyakpɛ ní nguangua amɛ nɛ Yawɛ pee ɔ.
4 Se kɛ ba si mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ, e ha we nɛ nyɛɛ nu níhi nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ kpe ɔ a sisi lolo.
5 Jeha nyingmi eywiɛ sɔuu Yawɛ kpaka nyɛ kɛ gu nga kplanaa a nɔ; nyɛ heha ní gba we ngɛ nyɛ he, nɛ nyɛ tokota amɛ hu tsɔ we.
6 Nyɛ na we abolo nɛ nyɛɛ ye, nɛ nyɛ na we wai, loo dã nɛ nya wa ko nɛ nyɛɛ nu; se Yawɛ ha nyɛ nyɛ hiami ní ɔmɛ, bɔ nɛ pee nɛ e kɛ tsɔɔ nyɛ kaa lɛ ji nyɛ Mawu ɔ nɛ.
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9 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛɛ ye somi ɔ mi munyu ɔmɛ tsuo a nɔ pɛpɛɛpɛ, bɔ nɛ pee nɛ nyɛɛ ye manye ngɛ nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ nɛ nyɛ maa pee mi.
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11 yihi, jokuɛwi, kɛ nyɛ nibwɔhi nɛ gbaa lɛ́, nɛ a yaa pa ha nyɛ ɔ tsuo ngɛ hiɛ ɔ.
12 Nyɛ ba hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ, konɛ nyɛɛ fua ngɔ fɔ somi nɛ Yawɛ, nyɛ Mawu ɔ kɛ nyɛ ngɛ soe ɔ nɔ, nɛ nyɛɛ pɛtɛ níhi nɛ sa nɛ nyɛ tsu ngɛ mi ɔ a he.
13 Nyɛ ngɛ enɛ ɔ pee konɛ Yawɛ kɛ nyɛ nɛ da si kaa lɛ nitsɛ e ma, nɛ e pee nyɛ Mawu, kaa bɔ nɛ e wo nyɛɛ kɛ nyɛ nɛmɛ Abraham, Isak, kɛ Yakob si ɔ.
14 Somi nɛ ɔ, pi nyɛ kɛkɛ nɛ Yawɛ kɛ ngɛ soe, nɛ e mi ní tsumi ɔmɛ hu, pi nyɛ kɛkɛ nɛ a ngɛ kɛ ha.
15 Se e kɛ wɔ tsuo nɛ ngɛ soe ɔ nɛ; wɔ ni nɛmɛ nɛ wa daa si ngɛ e hɛ mi mwɔnɛ ɔ, kɛ wa nina nɛ a fɔ we mɛ lolo ɔ tsuo.
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17 Nyɛ na a musu ní hiemi ní ɔmɛ, amagahi nɛ a kɛ tso, kɛ tɛ, kɛ sika hiɔ, kɛ sika tsu pee ɔ.
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19 Nyɛɛ hyɛ saminya nɛ nyɛ nihi tsuo nɛ nyɛ ngɛ somi munyu nɛ ɔmɛ nue mwɔnɛ ɔ ngɛ hiɛmɛ nɛ ɔ, nyɛ ti nɔ ko kó mlɔɔ e he kaa ke e pee lɛ nitsɛ e tsui wami nya ní ɔ, e maa hi ha lɛ ligbi ko. Ke nɔ ko pee ja a, nyɛ tsuo nyɛ hɛ mi ma kpata, nɔ kpakpa, kɛ nɔ yayami tsuo nɛ slɔɔto ko be mi.
20 Yawɛ be nɔ nɛ tue wa nɛ ɔ he yayami ngɔe kɛ pa lɛ. Niinɛ, Yawɛ mi mi ma fu wawɛɛ kɛ wo lɛ, nɛ gbiɛmihi tsuo nɛ a ngma ngɛ womi nɛ ɔ mi ɔ maa ba e nɔ kɛ yaa si Yawɛ ma kpata e hɛ mi kulaa kɛ pi si.
21 Yawɛ ma je e hɛ kɛ pi lɛ, nɛ e maa gbla e tue. Gbiɛmihi tsuo nɛ a ngma ngɛ Yawɛ mlaa womi nɛ ɔ mi, nɛ a to kɛ ha nihi nɛ ma tɔ̃ somi nɛ ɔ nɔ ɔ maa ba e nɔ.
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24 Ke e ba mi ja a, je ɔ tsuo ma bi si ke, ‘Mɛni he je nɛ Yawɛ pee e zugba a kikɛ nɛ ɔ?
25 Mɛni he je e mi mi fu wawɛɛ kikɛ nɛ ɔ?’ Heto nɛ a ma na ji, ‘Nɔ́ he je nɛ e ba ja a ji kaa Yawɛ ma a yi somi nɛ a kɛ lɛ, a nɛmɛ a Mawu ɔ so ɔ nɔ. Lɛ ji nɔ nɛ kpaka mɛ kɛ je Egipt ɔ nɛ.
26 A ya sɔmɔ mawu kpahi nɛ a ja we hyɛ, mawuhi nɛ Yawɛ wo mɛ mlaa ke a ko ja kɔkɔɔkɔ ɔ.
27 Enɛ ɔ he nɛ Yawɛ mi mi fu e ma a, nɛ e kɛ haomi ɔmɛ tsuo nɛ a ngma ngɛ womi nɛ ɔ mi ɔ ba a nɔ ɔ nɛ.
28 Yawɛ mi mi wo la wawɛɛ nitsɛ, nɛ e kɛ mi mi la nɛ nya wa nɛ ɔ hia mɛ kɛ je a zugba a nɔ, nɛ e sake mɛ ngɔ pue ma se zugba ko nɔ, nɛ lejɛ ɔ a ngɛ kɛ mwɔɔ.’
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