1 Matsɛmɛ 3:1-28
3 Salomo kɛ Farao nɛ ji Egipt matsɛ ɔ so gba si himi somi. E ngɔ Farao biyo, nɛ e kɛ lɛ ba David Ma a mi kɛ ya si benɛ e gbe lɛ nitsɛ e we ɔ, kɛ Yehowa we ɔ mami nya, nɛ́ e fia gbogbo kɛ wo Yerusalem he.
2 Se loloolo ɔ, ni ɔmɛ sãã afɔle ngɛ hehi nɛ ya hiɔwe* ɔ, ejakaa kɛ ba si jamɛ a be ɔ, a ná we nɛ a ma we ko kɛ ha Yehowa biɛ ɔ lolo.
3 Salomo ya nɔ nɛ e suɔ Yehowa kɛ gu e tsɛ David blɔ tsɔɔmi ɔmɛ a se nɛ e nyɛɛ ɔ nɔ, se e sãã afɔlehi, nɛ e haa nɛ afɔle sami la su ku jeɔ ngɛ hehi nɛ ya hiɔwe ɔ.
4 Matsɛ ɔ ho Gibeon ya konɛ e ya sã afɔle ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, ejakaa lejɛ ɔ ji he nɛ ya hiɔwe nɛ he biɛ pe kulaa.* Salomo sã sami afɔlehi 1,000 ngɛ jamɛ a afɔle sami latɛ ɔ nɔ.
5 Yehowa je e he kpo kɛ tsɔɔ Salomo ngɛ nlami mi nyɔ mi ngɛ Gibeon, nɛ Mawu de lɛ ke: “Mo bi mi nɔ́ nɛ o suɔ nɛ ma pee ha mo.”
6 Kɛkɛ nɛ Salomo de ke: “O je suɔmi agbo nɛ se pui kpo kɛ tsɔɔ o sɔmɔlɔ David, nɛ ji ye tsɛ ɔ, ejakaa e kɛ anɔkuale yemi, kɛ dami, kɛ tsui nɛ da nyɛɛ ngɛ o hɛ mi. O ya nɔ nɛ o je suɔmi agbo nɛ se pui nɛ ɔ kpo kɛ tsɔɔ lɛ kɛ ba si mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ, kɛ gu binyumu nɛ o ha lɛ nɛ e hi e matsɛ sɛ ɔ nɔ ɔ nɔ.
7 Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, Yehowa ye Mawu, o wo o sɔmɔlɔ ɔ matsɛ ngɛ ye tsɛ David se, pohu i ji niheyo,* nɛ i be níhi a si kpami.*
8 O sɔmɔlɔ ɔ ngɛ o we bi nɛ o hla a kpɛti, nimli babauu nɛ a be nyɛe maa le a yibɔ aloo a kane mɛ.
9 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, mo ha o sɔmɔlɔ ɔ tue bumi tsui konɛ e kɛ kojo o we bi ɔmɛ, nɛ́ e le slɔɔto nɛ ngɛ kpakpa kɛ yayami a kpɛti, ejakaa mɛnɔ ma nyɛ maa kojo o we bi babauu* nɛ ɔ?”
10 Nɔ́ nɛ Salomo bi nɛ ɔ sa Yehowa hɛ mi.
11 Kɛkɛ nɛ Mawu de lɛ ke: “Akɛnɛ o bi nɔ́ nɛ ɔ, nɛ́ o bi we wami se kɛmi* aloo ní nami aloo o he nyɛli a gbenɔ,* se mohu o bi níhi a sisi numi konɛ o kɛ kojo he je ɔ,
12 ma pee nɔ́ nɛ o bi ɔ. Ma ha mo juɛmi kɛ nɔ́ sisi numi tsui nɛ́ nihi nɛ a sɛ o hlami ɔ ná we eko hyɛ, nɛ o se hu nɔ ko be náe, gblegbleegble.
13 Jehanɛ hu ɔ, níhi nɛ o bi we ɔ, ma ha mo, ní nami kɛ hɛ mi nyami tsuo, nɛ matsɛ ko kɛ mo be sɔe ngɛ o wami ligbi ɔmɛ tsuo a mi.
14 Nɛ ke o nyɛɛ ye blɔ ɔmɛ a nɔ, kɛ gu ye blɔ tsɔɔmi ɔmɛ kɛ ye kita amɛ a nɔ nɛ o maa ye ɔ nɔ kaa bɔ nɛ o tsɛ David pee ɔ, imi hu ma ha nɛ o wami se maa kɛ.”*
15 Benɛ Salomo hɛ tsɛ ɔ, e yɔse kaa nlami nɛ e nla. Kɛkɛ nɛ e ho Yerusalem ya nɛ e ya da si ngɛ Yehowa somi daka a hɛ mi, nɛ e sã sami afɔlehi kɛ tue mi jɔmi afɔlehi, nɛ e ngmɛ e sɔmɔli ɔmɛ tsuo okplɔɔ.
16 Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, tuutuu yihi enyɔ komɛ ba matsɛ ɔ ngɔ nɛ a ba da si ngɛ e hɛ mi.
17 Kekleekle yo ɔ de ke: “Ye nyɔmtsɛ, i kpa mo pɛɛ, i kɛ yo nɛ ɔ ngɛ we kake mi, nɛ benɛ i fɔ ɔ, e ngɛ we ɔ mi.
18 Benɛ i fɔ se ɔ, ligbi etɛne ɔ nɔ ɔ, yo nɛ ɔ hu fɔ. Wɔ ni enyɔ ɔmɛ pɛ lɛ wa ngɛ; nɔ kpa ko piɛɛ we wa he ngɛ we ɔ mi.
19 Nyɔ mi ɔ, yo nɛ ɔ binyumu ɔ gbo, ejakaa e hwɔ e nɔ.
20 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nyɔ mi kpɛti ɔ, e te si nɛ e wo ye binyumu ɔ ngɛ ye kasa mi be mi nɛ o mawayo ɔ ngɛ mahe mi, nɛ e kɛ lɛ fɔ e gugue mi, nɛ e ngɔ e binyumu nɛ e gbo ɔ kɛ fɔ ye gugue mi.
21 Mɔtu benɛ i te si nɛ ma ha ye binyumu ɔ nyɔ ɔ, i na kaa e gbo. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, i hyɛ lɛ saminya mɔtu ɔ, nɛ i na kaa tsa pi ye binyumu ɔ nɛ i fɔ ɔ.”
22 Se yo kaketsɛ ɔ de ke: “Dɛbi, ye binyumu ɔ ji nɔ nɛ hɛ ngɛ ɔ nɛ, nɛ o binyumu ɔ ji nɔ nɛ gbo ɔ nɛ!” Se kekleekle yo ɔ ngɛ dee ke: “Dɛbi, o binyumu ɔ ji nɔ nɛ gbo ɔ nɛ, nɛ ye binyumu ɔ ji nɔ nɛ hɛ ngɛ ɔ nɛ.” Bɔ nɛ a sã nya ngɛ matsɛ ɔ hɛ mi ji nɛ ɔ nɛ.
23 Nyagbenyagbe ɔ, matsɛ ɔ de ke: “Nɔ nɛ ɔ ngɛ dee ke, ‘Ye binyumu ɔ ji nɔ nɛ hɛ ngɛ ɔ nɛ, nɛ o binyumu ɔ ji nɔ nɛ gbo ɔ nɛ!’ nɛ nɔ nɛ ɔ hu ngɛ dee ke, ‘Dɛbi, o binyumu ɔ ji nɔ nɛ gbo ɔ nɛ, nɛ ye binyumu ɔ ji nɔ nɛ hɛ ngɛ ɔ nɛ!’”
24 Matsɛ ɔ de ke: “Nyɛ ha mi klaate.” Nɛ a kɛ klaate ba ha matsɛ ɔ.
25 Kɛkɛ nɛ matsɛ ɔ de ke: “Nyɛ gba jokuɛ ɔ nɛ e hɛ ngɛ ɔ mi enyɔ, nɛ nyɛɛ ngɔ fã kɛ ha yo kake nɛ nyɛɛ ngɔ fã hu kɛ ha yo kake.”
26 Oya nɔuu nɛ yo ɔ nɛ e binyumu ji jokuɛ ɔ nɛ e hɛ ngɛ ɔ kpa matsɛ ɔ pɛɛ, ejakaa e mi mi sã lɛ ngɛ e binyumu ɔ he. E de ke: “I kpa mo pɛɛ, ye nyɔmtsɛ! Moo ngɔ jokuɛ ɔ nɛ e hɛ ngɛ ɔ kɛ ha lɛ! Koo gbe lɛ!” Se yo kaketsɛ ɔ ngɛ dee ke: “E be ye nɔ́ pee, nɛ e be mo hu o nɔ́ pee! Ha nɛ a gba e mi enyɔ!”
27 Kɛkɛ nɛ matsɛ ɔ de ke: “Nyɛɛ ngɔ jokuɛ ɔ nɛ e hɛ ngɛ ɔ kɛ ha kekleekle yo ɔ! Nyɛ ko gbe lɛ, ejakaa lɛ ji jokuɛ ɔ nyɛ.”
28 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Israel tsuo nu bɔ nɛ matsɛ ɔ kojo sane ɔ ha a, nɛ matsɛ ɔ he pee mɛ nyakpɛ,* ejakaa a na kaa Mawu ha lɛ juɛmi konɛ e kɛ ye dami sane.
Sisi Ningmahi
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “he nɛ ya hiɔwe ngua.”
^ Aloo “jokuɛ nyumuyo.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “i li bɔ nɛ a jeɔ kpo kɛ bɔ nɛ a baa mi ha.”
^ Baiblo komɛ de ke, “o we bi nɛ a sane he wa.” Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “o we bi nɛ a jiɔ.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “ligbihi fuu.”
^ Aloo “a klaa.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “o ligbi ɔmɛ a se maa kɛ.”
^ Ngɛ Hebri gbi mi ɔ, “nɛ a ye matsɛ ɔ gbeye.”