1 Dawuda yi yamaan malan naxanye yi a fɔxɔ ra, a yi sofa kuntigine dɔxɔ naxanye muxu kɛmɛne nun muxu wuline xun na. 2 Dawuda yi yamaan fɔxɔ singen nasiga Yowaba ma a yamarin bun, a yi a fɔxɔ firinden nasiga Abisayi ma a yamarin bun, Seruyaa dii xɛmɛn Yowaba tada. Dawuda yi a fɔxɔ saxanden nasiga Itayi Gati kaan ma a yamarin bun. Mangan mɔn yi a fala yamaan xa, a naxa, “N fan wama siga feni ɛ fɔxɔ ra.” 3 Koni, yamaan yi a fala a xa, e naxa, “I mi sigama. Bayo xa nxu nxu gi, yaxune mi nxu yatɛma, hali nxu fɔxɔ kedenna faxa, e mi na yatɛma. Koni, i tan dangu nxu tan sofa muxu wuli fu ra. Nanara, a lan i lu taani, i nɔɛ nxu maliyɛ dɛnaxan yi.” 4 Mangan yi e yabi, a naxa, “Naxan nafan ɛ ma, n na nan ligama.” Sofane yi minima kɛmɛ kɛmɛ yɛɛn nun wuli wuli yɛɛn ma waxatin naxan yi, mangan yi ti taan so dɛɛn na. 5 Mangan mɔn yi a fala Yowaba nun Abisayi nun Itayi xa, a naxa, “N bata ɛ mafan, ɛ nama fe ɲaxi yo liga Abisalomi ra, n ma diina.” Sofane birin yi a xuiin namɛ na yamarin fiyɛ kuntigine ma.

6 Dawudaa sofane yi mini siga Abisalomi a ganla yɛngɛdeni, yɛngɛn so Efirami fɔtɔnna nin. 7 Dawudaa ganla yi Abisalomi a ganla nɔ, e yi muxu wuli mɔxɔɲɛ faxa e ra na lɔxɔni. 8 Yɛngɛn yi so yamanan birin yi. Naxanye faxa fɔtɔnni, ne yi wuya dangu naxanye faxa yɛngɛni.

9 Na waxatini, Abisalomi yi mini Dawudaa walikɛne ma. Abisalomi bata yi te sofanla fari. Sofanla yi so wari bili gbeen yiine bun, Abisalomi xunna yi kankan wari yiine longonna ra. A lu bɔxɔn nun kuyen tagi, sofanla yi mini a bun. 10 Xɛmɛna nde to na to, a fa na fala Yowaba xa, a naxa, “N bata Abisalomi to singanxi wariin bun.” 11 Koni, Yowaba yi a fala xɛmɛn xa, a naxa, “I a to nɛn? Nanfera i mi a faxa keden na? N yi gbeti gbanan fu soɛ nɛn i yii e nun tagixidina nde.” 12 Koni na xɛmɛn yi a fala Yowaba xa, a naxa, “Hali i gbeti gbanan wuli keden so n yii, n mi tinɲɛ fe ɲaxin ligɛ mangana dii xɛmɛn na, bayo nxu birin a mɛ nɛn manga yamarini ito fima i tan nun Abisayi nun Itayi ma, a naxa, ‘Ɛ xaxili lu Abisalomi xɔn, muxu yo nama fe ɲaxin liga a ra.’ 13 Xa n yi na liga alo n mi sese mɛxi, n yi bɔnɔma n niini nɛn, mangan yi n ma wulen kolonma nɛn, bayo sese mi luxunɲɛ a ma. Nayi, i tan yɛtɛɛn mi yi n xun mafalɛ.” 14 Yowaba yi a yabi, a naxa, “N mi n ma waxatin kalama i tan xɔn.” A yi tanba saxan tongo, a sa e sɔti Abisalomi kankeni a ɲɛɲɛn singanxin na. 15 Sofa banxulan fuun naxanye yi Yowabaa yɛngɛ so seene maxalima, ne yi Abisalomi rabilin, e yi a raɲan.

16 Na xanbi ra, Yowaba yi xɔtaan fe alogo yɛngɛn xa dan. Nayi, Dawudaa sofane yi xɛtɛ Abisalomi a ganla fɔxɔ ra. 17 E yi Abisalomi tongo, e yi a woli yili gbeen na fɔtɔnni, e gɛmɛ gbegbe malan a fari. Na waxatini, Abisalomi a sofane yi e gi, birin yi siga a konni. 18 Abisalomi yi kɛndɛ waxatin naxan yi, a bata yi banxi gbeen ti Manga lanbanni, bayo a yi a mirima nɛn, a naxa, “Dii xɛmɛ mi fa n yii, n xinla luyɛ naxan yii.” Nanara, a yi na banxin xili sa a yɛtɛ xun ma, naxan mɔn xili bama han to a Abisalomi a banxina.

19 Aximaasi, Sadɔki a dii xɛmɛn yi a fala Yowaba xa, a naxa, “Tin, n xa n gi n sa a fala mangan xa Alatala kitin naxan nagidixi a ma, a yi a so a yaxune yii.” 20 Yowaba yi a fala a xa, a naxa, “Xibaru faɲi rali mi i ra to, lɔxɔ gbɛtɛ i sa xibaru faɲin naliyɛ, koni to i mi a xalɛ, bayo mangana dii xɛmɛn bata faxa.” 21 Yowaba yi a fala Kusi kaana nde xa, a naxa, “Siga, i naxan toxi, sa na fala mangan xa.” Kusi kaan yi a xinbi sin Yowaba bun ma, a yi a gi. 22 Aximaasi, Sadɔki a dii xɛmɛn mɔn yi a fala, a naxa, “Sese liga, tin, n fan xa n gi Kusi kaan fɔxɔ ra.” Yowaba yi a fala, a naxa, “N ma diina, nanfera i waxi i gi feni? Na mi findima xibaru faɲi ra i tan xa.” 23 Aximaasi mɔn yi a fala, a naxa, “Hali fefe liga, n waxi n gi feni.” Yowaba yi a fala a xa, a naxa, “Awa, i gi!” Aximaasi yi a gi mini Yurudɛn mɛrɛ yi kirani, a sa dangu Kusi kaan na.

24 Dawuda yi dɔxi dɛ firinne tagi. Kantan muxun yi siga yinna xun tagi, a yi a yɛɛn nasiga, a yi xɛmɛna nde kedenna to fɛ a giyɛ. 25 Kantan muxun yi gbelegbele, a yi a fala mangan xa. Mangan yi a yabi, a naxa, “Xa a kedenna nan a ra, a fama xibaru faɲin nan na.” Na xɛraan yi masoma, 26 kantan muxun mɔn yi muxu gbɛtɛ fan to gixi. A gbelegbele dɛ kantanna ra, a naxa, “Muxuna nde fan kedenna fama a giyɛ.” Mangan yi a fala, a naxa, “Na fan faan xibaru faɲin nan na.” 27 Kantan muxun yi a fala, a naxa, “Muxu singen luxi alo Aximaasi na a ra, Sadɔki a dii xɛmɛna.” Mangan yi a fala, a naxa, “Xɛmɛ faɲin nan a ra, a fama xibaru faɲin nan na.” 28 Aximaasi yi gbelegbele, a yi a fala mangan xa, a naxa, “I nuwali.” A yi a xinbi sin mangan yɛtagi, a yɛtagin yi lan bɔxɔn ma, a yi a fala, a naxa, “Barikan bira Alatala xa, i ya Ala, naxan i yɛngɛ faane soxi i yii, mangana, n kanna.” 29 Mangan yi a maxɔdin, a naxa, “Abisalomi yiyalan?” Aximaasi yi a yabi, a naxa, “N tan i ya walikɛɛn mayimaxa gbeen to nɛn Yowaba nxu nun i ya walikɛna nde rafa waxatin naxan yi, koni n mi yi a kolon fefe yi a ra.” 30 Mangan yi a fala, a naxa, “I masiga, i ti be.” Aximaasi yi a masiga, a lu tixi. 31 Kusi kaan fan yi fa. A yi a fala, a naxa, “Mangana, n kanna, n baxi xibaru faɲin nan mɛdeyi, bayo Alatala bata i ya kitin sa to. Naxanye yi i yɛngɛma, a bata ne sa i sagoni.” 32 Mangan yi Kusi kaan maxɔdin, a naxa, “Sese mi Abisalomi sɔtɔxi ba?” Kusi kaan yi a yabi, a naxa, “Naxan na banxulanna sɔtɔxi, na xa i yaxune birin sɔtɔ, e nun naxanye birin murutɛxi i xili ma.”