1 Sɔɔlu u mɔwɑ wɔ̃ɔ * wɔ̃ɔ - Ye bɑ yoruɑ Heberum sɔɔ, yɑ ǹ dɛɛrɛ. sɑnɑm mɛ u bɑndu di Isirelibɑ sɔɔ. Ye u bu kpɑrɑ wɔ̃ɔ yiru, 2 yerɑ u tɔnu nɔrɔbun subɑ itɑ (3.000) ɡɔsɑ be sɔɔ. Ben nɔrɔbun subɑ yiru (2.000) yɑ wɑ̃ɑ kɑ wi Mikimɑsiɔ, Betɛlin ɡuurun berɑ ɡiɑ. Tɔnu nɔrɔbu (1.000) bɑ mɑɑ wɑ̃ɑ kɑ Yonɑtɑm Gibeɑɔ, Bɛnyɑmɛɛn temɔ. Mɑ u derɑ tɔn be bɑ tie bɑ wurɑ ben yɛnusɔ.

3 Gibeɑ miyɑ Yonɑtɑm u Filisitibɑn tɑbu kowo wuuru ɡɑru wɔri u kɑmiɑ. Mɑ Filisiti be bɑ tie bɑ yen bɑɑru nuɑ. Yerɑ Sɔɔlu u derɑ bɑ kɔbɑ so Isirelin tem kpuro sɔɔ bɑ nɛɛ, i de Heberubɑ kpuro bu bɑɑru ye nɔ. 4 Yerɑ Isirelibɑ kpuro bɑ nuɑ mɑ Sɔɔlu u Filisitibɑn tɑbu kowo be kɑmiɑ sere ben mɔru seewɑ. Yerɑ n derɑ Isireli be kpuro bɑ mɛnnɑ Sɔɔlun mi ye u bu sokɑ Giliɡɑliɔ. 5 Mɑ Filisitibɑ bɑ mɑɑ mɛnnɑ bu kɑ Isirelibɑ tɑbu ko. Bɑ tɑbu kɛkɛbɑ mɔwɑ nɔrɔbun subɑ tɛnɑ (30.000) kɑ mɑɑ mɑɑsɔbu nɔrɔbun subɑ nɔɔbɑ tiɑ (6.000). Ben tɑbu kowobu bɑ ǹ ɡɑrirɔ. Bɑ dɑbiwɑ nɡe yɑni sɛɛri nim wɔ̃kun ɡoorɔ. Mɑ bɑ nɑ bɑ sɑnsɑni ɡirɑ Mikimɑsiɔ, Bɛti Afɛnin sɔ̃ɔ yɑri yeru ɡiɑ. 6 Sɑnɑm mɛ Isirelibɑ bɑ wɑ mɑ bɑ ǹ kurɔ, domi Filisitibɑ bɑ bu sɛ̃ke, mɑ bɑ dɑ bɑ kukuɑ kpee wɔrusɔ, kɑ ɑwĩi sɔɔ, kɑ kpee bɑɑbɑ sɔɔ, kɑ wɔrusɔ, sere kɑ dɔkɔ kpirinɔ. 7 Isirelibɑ sɔɔ, ɡɑbu bɑ mɑm dɑ sere Yuudɛnin ɡuruɔ Gɑdi kɑ Gɑlɑdin temɔ.

Adɑmɑ Sɔɔlu u wɑ̃ɑ Giliɡɑliɔ. Be bɑ kɑ nùn wɑ̃ɑ mi kpuro bɑ bɛrum soore bɑ diirumɔ. 8 Bɑ tɛ mi, bɑ kuɑwɑ sɔ̃ɔ nɔɔbɑ yiru nɡe mɛ Sɑmuɛli u Sɔɔlu burɑ, ɑdɑmɑ Sɑmuɛli u ǹ nɛ. Yerɑ tɔmbɑ yɑrinɑm toruɑ. 9 Yen sɔ̃nɑ Sɔɔlu u nɛɛ, bu yɑɑ sɑbenu tɑmɑ u kɑ yɑ̃ku dɔ̃ɔ mwɑɑrɑruɡinu ko kɑ mɑɑ siɑrɑbun yɑ̃kunu. Mɑ u yɑ̃ku dɔ̃ɔ mwɑɑrɑruɡii te kuɑ kɑ win tii. 10 Sɑɑ ye u yɑ̃ku te kuɑ u kpɑ kese, yerɑ Sɑmuɛli u kurɑmɑ mɑ Sɔɔlu u yɑrimɑ u nùn sennɔ dɑ. 11 Sɑmuɛli u nɛɛ, mbɑn sɔ̃nɑ ɑ yenin bweseru kuɑ.

Sɔɔlu u wisɑ u nɛɛ, nɑ wɑ tɔmbɑ yɑrinɑmɔ mɑ ɑ ǹ nɛ sɑɑ ye ɑ burɑ. Filisitibɑ wee, bɑ mɑɑ mɛnnɛ Mikimɑsiɔ. 12 Mɑ nɑ bwisikɑ nɑ nɛɛ, Filisitibɑ bɑ koo mɑn wɔrimɑ Giliɡɑli mini, nɑ ǹ mɑɑ Gusunɔ somiru kɑnɛ. Yen sɔ̃nɑ nɛn tii nɑ yɑ̃ku te kuɑ.

13 Mɑ Sɑmuɛli u nɛɛ, ɡɑri bɔkɔn kookoosɑ ɑ kuɑ mi. A ǹ Gusunɔ wunɛn Yinnin woodɑ mɛm nɔɔwɛ ye u nun wɛ̃. À n dɑɑ ye mɛm nɔɔwɑ, Yinni Gusunɔ u koo rɑɑ de wunɛn bweseru tɑ n bɑndu dii Isirelibɑ sɔɔ sere kɑ bɑɑdommɑɔ. 14 Adɑmɑ tɛ̃ wunɛn bɑndu tɑ ǹ mɑɑ tɛɛmɔ. Yinni Gusunɔ u koo ɡoo kɑsu wìn dɑɑ yɑ nùn wɛ̃re kpɑ u nùn ko win tɔmbun kpɑro. Domi wunɛ, ɑ ǹ win woodɑ mɛm nɔɔwɛ.

15 Mɑ Sɑmuɛli u seewɑ u doonɑ Giliɡɑlin di. Yerɑ Sɔɔlu kɑ win tɑbu kowo be bɑ tie bɑ mɑɑ dɑ Gibeɑɔ, Bɛnyɑmɛɛn temɔ. Mɑ u bu ɡɑrɑ mi. Ben ɡeerɑ kuɑ tɔnu nɑtɑn (600) sɑkɑ. 16 Sɔɔlu kɑ win bii Yonɑtɑm kɑ tɔn be bɑ kɑ bu wɑ̃ɑ sɑnnu, bɑ ben sɑnsɑni ɡirɑ Gibeɑ mi. Adɑmɑ Filisitibɑn sɑnsɑni yɑ wɑ̃ɑ Mikimɑsiɔ. 17 Filisitibɑn tɑbu kowobun wuunu itɑ yɑ yɑrɑ ben sɑnsɑnin di yɑ Isirelibɑ wɔrɑɑ dɑ. Wuu teerɑ dɑ Ofɑrɑn swɑɑɔ Suɑlin temɔ. 18 Mɑ yiruserɑ Bɛti Horonin swɑɑ swĩi. Mɑ itɑserɑ mɑɑ dɑ Bɛnyɑmɛɛn tem nɔɔ burɑ yerɔ wɔwɑ ɡɑɑn bɔkuɔ mi purukɑnu rɑ n wɑ̃ɑ ɡbɑburun berɑ ɡiɑ.

19 N deemɑ sekobu sɑri Isirelibɑn tem kpuro sɔɔ domi Filisitibɑ bɑ nɛɛ, bɑ ǹ wure bu tɑkobibɑ ko ǹ kun mɛ yɑɑsi. 20-21 Yen sɔ̃nɑ Isirelibɑ bɑ rɑ de Filisitibɑn mi bu kɑ ben nɑɑ tebonun yɑri nɔɔ derɑ, kɑ ben dɑ̃kunu kɑ ben ɡbɛ̃ɛ kɑ ben tebonu kɑ mɑɑ ben nɑɑ kpɑrɑ dɛkin nɔɔ sɛ̃nu. 22 Yen sɔ̃nɑ tɑbun sɑnɑm mɛ sɔɔ, tɔn be bɑ wɑ̃ɑ Sɔɔlu kɑ win bii Yonɑtɑm mi, ben ɡoo kun tɑkobi mɔ, ǹ kun mɛ yɑɑsɑ. Sɔɔlu kɑ win bii Yonɑtɑm tɔnɑwɑ bɑ yebɑ mɔ.

23 Mɑ Filisitibɑn tɑbu kowobun wuu teeru ɡɑrɑ yɑrɑ tɑ dɑ Mikimɑsiɔ, berɑ mi ɡuunu yiru nu yinnɑ. N deemɑ miyɑ bɑ rɑ kɑ sɑre.