1 Matsɛmɛ

8 Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, Salomo bua Israel nikɔtɔma amɛ, wɛtsoyi ɔmɛ tsuo, kɛ Israelbi ɔmɛ a tsɛmɛ a we ɔ mi ganɔ ɔmɛ a nya. A ba Matsɛ Salomo ngɔ ngɛ Yerusalem konɛ a ya ngɔ Yehowa somi daka a kɛ je David Ma a mi, nɛ ji Zion nɛ́ a kɛ kuɔ kɛ ba. 2 Israel nyumu ɔmɛ tsuo bua a he nya ngɛ Matsɛ Salomo hɛ mi ngɛ gbijlɔ* ɔ sisi ngɛ Etanim* nyɔhiɔ ɔ, nɛ ji nyɔhiɔ kpaagone ɔ mi. 3 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Israel nikɔtɔma amɛ tsuo ba, nɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ wo Daka a nɔ. 4 A ngɔ Yehowa Daka a, kpe he bo tsu ɔ, kɛ ní klɔuklɔu ɔmɛ tsuo nɛ a ngɛ bo tsu ɔ mi ɔ kɛ kuɔ kɛ ba. Osɔfo ɔmɛ kɛ Levibi ɔmɛ ngɔ ní ɔmɛ kɛ kuɔ kɛ ba. 5 Matsɛ Salomo kɛ Israel asafo ɔ tsuo, nɛ ji ni nɛmɛ nɛ e tsɛ mɛ konɛ a kɛ lɛ nɛ ba kpe ɔ, ba bua a he nya ngɛ Daka a hɛ mi. A ngɔ jijɔhi kɛ nahi babauu nɛ́ a li nya, loo a be nyɛe maa kane kɛ sã afɔle.

6 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, osɔfo ɔmɛ ngɔ Yehowa somi daka a kɛ ya ma e ma he, ngɛ we ɔ mi se tsu ɔ nɛ ji He Klɔuklɔu Pe Kulaa a mi, ngɛ kerub ɔmɛ a pɛli ɔmɛ a sisi.

7 Kerub ɔmɛ gbɛ a pɛli ɔmɛ a mi kɛ ha he nɛ Daka a ngɛ ɔ, nɛ kerub ɔmɛ ha Daka a kɛ e he tso ɔmɛ a nɔ. 8 Tso ɔmɛ ka saminya bɔ nɛ ke nɔ ko ngɛ He Klɔuklɔu ɔ ngɛ se tsu ɔ hɛ mi ɔ, e maa na a nya nɛ je kpo, se a nya ji kpo nɛ a maa na ngɛ kpo ɔ nɔ. Nɛ a ngɛ lejɛ ɔ kɛ ba si mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ. 9 Nɔ́ ko nɔ́ ko be Daka a mi kaa ja tɛ tɛtlɛɛ enyɔ ɔmɛ nɛ Mose kɛ wo mi ngɛ Horeb, benɛ Yehowa kɛ Israelbi ɔmɛ so somi ko be mi nɛ a je Egipt zugba a nɔ kɛ ma a.

10 Benɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ je kpo kɛ je he klɔuklɔu ɔ kɛ ba a, bɔku hyi Yehowa we ɔ tɔ. 11 Bɔku ɔ ha nɛ osɔfo ɔmɛ nyɛ we nɛ a da si nɛ a sɔmɔ, ejakaa Yehowa hɛ mi nyami ɔ hyi Yehowa we ɔ tɔ. 12 Kɛkɛ nɛ Salomo de ke: “Yehowa de ke e maa hi bɔku kpii mi. 13 I nyɛ nɛ i ma we gojoo kɛ ha mo, he ko nɛ maa hi si daa konɛ o hi lejɛ ɔ kɛ ya neneene.”

14 Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, matsɛ ɔ plɛ e he nɛ e bɔni Israel asafo ɔ tsuo jɔɔmi, be mi nɛ Israel asafo ɔ tsuo daa si ɔ. 15 E de ke: “A je Yehowa, Israel Mawu ɔ yi, nɔ nɛ e kɛ lɛ nitsɛ e nya wo ye tsɛ David si, nɛ́ e kɛ lɛ nitsɛ e nine ha nɛ e ba mi, nɛ́ e de ke, 16 ‘Kɛ je ligbi nɛ i ngɔ ye ma Israel kɛ je Egipt kɛ ba a, i hlɛ ma ko ma ko ngɛ Israel wɛtso ɔmɛ tsuo a mi konɛ a ma we ngɛ mi nɛ ye biɛ nɛ hi lejɛ ɔ daa, se i hla David nɛ́ e hyɛ ye ma Israel nɔ.’ 17 Nɛ ngɛ ye tsɛ David tsui mi ɔ, jinɛ e suɔ nɛ e ma we kɛ ha Yehowa, Israel Mawu ɔ biɛ ɔ. 18 Se Yehowa de ye tsɛ David ke, ‘Ngɛ o tsui mi ɔ, o suɔ nɛ o ma we kɛ ha ye biɛ ɔ, nɛ o bɔ mɔde kaa o ná jamɛ a suɔmi ɔ ngɛ o tsui mi. 19 Se pi mo nɛ o maa ma we ɔ, mohu ɔ, mo nitsɛ o binyumu nɛ́ a ma fɔ ha mo ɔ* lɛ maa ma we ɔ kɛ ha ye biɛ ɔ.’ 20 Yehowa ye si nɛ e wo ɔ nɔ, ejakaa i ba ye ye tsɛ David se, nɛ i hi Israel matsɛ sɛ ɔ nɔ kaa bɔ nɛ Yehowa wo si ɔ. Jehanɛ hu ɔ, i ma we ɔ kɛ ha Yehowa, Israel Mawu ɔ biɛ ɔ, 21 nɛ i pee he ko ngɛ lejɛ ɔ nɛ a kɛ Daka a maa ma. Somi nɛ Yehowa kɛ wa nɛmɛ ɔmɛ so be mi nɛ e kɛ mɛ je Egipt zugba a nɔ kɛ ma a ngɛ Daka a mi.”

22 Kɛkɛ nɛ Salomo da si ngɛ Yehowa afɔle sami latɛ ɔ hɛ mi ngɛ Israel asafo ɔ tsuo hɛ mi, nɛ e wo e nine nɔ kɛ ya hiɔwe, 23 nɛ e de ke: “Oo Yehowa, Israel Mawu, Mawu ko be hiɔwe aloo zugba a nɔ kaa mo, ejakaa o yeɔ somi nɔ, nɛ o jeɔ suɔmi nɛ se pui kpo kɛ tsɔɔ o sɔmɔli nɛ́ a kɛ a tsui tsuo nyɛɛɔ ngɛ o hɛ mi ɔ. 24 O ye si nɛ o wo o sɔmɔlɔ David nɛ ji ye tsɛ ɔ nɔ. O kɛ mo nitsɛ o nya lɛ wo si ɔ nɛ, nɛ mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ, o kɛ mo nitsɛ o nine ha nɛ e ba mi. 25 Oo Yehowa, Israel Mawu, amlɔ nɛ ɔ, moo ye si nɛ o wo o sɔmɔlɔ David nɛ ji ye tsɛ ɔ nɔ. O de ke: ‘Ke o binyumu ɔmɛ maa hyɛ a he nɔ saminya nɛ́ a kɛ anɔkuale yemi maa nyɛɛ ngɛ ye blɔ ɔmɛ a nɔ kaa bɔ nɛ o pee ɔ, lɛɛ e be bae kɔkɔɔkɔ kaa be ko maa ba nɛ o nina be Israel matsɛ sɛ ɔ nɔ hie ngɛ ye hɛ mi.’ 26 Oo Israel Mawu, amlɔ nɛ ɔ, i kpa mo pɛɛ nɛ o ha nɛ si nɛ o wo o sɔmɔlɔ David nɛ ji ye tsɛ ɔ nɛ ba mi.

27 “Se anɛ Mawu maa hi zugba a nɔ niinɛ lo? Hyɛ! Hiɔwe ɔ, ee, hiɔwe ɔmɛ a mi hiɔwe ɔ po kpi mo; lɛɛ kɛ e maa pee kɛɛ nɛ we nɛ ɔ nɛ i ma a maa kpe mo! 28 Oo Yehowa, ye Mawu, amlɔ nɛ ɔ, moo bu sɔlemi nɛ o sɔmɔlɔ ɔ ngɛ sɔlee kɛ pɛɛ nɛ e ngɛ kpae kaa o na lɛ mɔbɔ ɔ tue, nɛ́ o bu tsɛmi nɛ o sɔmɔlɔ ɔ ngɛ mo tsɛe kɛ ha yemi kɛ buami kɛ sɔlemi nɛ e ngɛ sɔlee ngɛ o hɛ mi mwɔnɛ ɔ tue. 29 We nɛ ɔ nɛ́ o de ngɛ he ke, ‘Ye biɛ maa hi lejɛ ɔ,’ ha nɛ o hɛngmɛ nɛ hi he nyɔ kɛ pia, konɛ ke o sɔmɔlɔ ɔ plɛ e hɛ mi kɛ tsɔɔ hiɛ ɔ nɛ e sɔle ɔ, o bu tue. 30 Nɛ́ o bu pɛɛ nɛ o sɔmɔlɔ ɔ ma kpa kɛ bi mɔbɔ nami ɔ tue, nɛ ke o ma Israel plɛ a hɛ mi kɛ tsɔɔ hiɛ ɔ, nɛ a sɔle kɛ bi nɔ́ ko ɔ, moo bu tue, nɛ́ o nu ngɛ o hi he ɔ ngɛ hiɔwe; ee, moo nu nɛ o ngɔ kɛ ke.

31 “Ke nɔ ko tɔ̃ e nyɛmi nɔ, nɛ a ha nɛ e kã kita,* nɛ gbiɛmi ba e nɔ, nɛ benɛ gbiɛmi ɔ ngɛ e nɔ ɔ, e ba o we afɔle sami latɛ ɔ hɛ mi ngɛ we nɛ ɔ mi ɔ, 32 moo bu tue ngɛ hiɔwe, nɛ o pee he nɔ́ ko nɛ o kojo o sɔmɔli ɔmɛ, nɛ́ o bu yayami peelɔ ɔ fɔ,* nɛ o kpa nɔ́ nɛ e pee ɔ kɛ bu lɛ nitsɛ e yi, nɛ o wo dalɔ ɔ nguɔ* nɛ o wo lɛ hiɔ ngɛ e dami ɔ nya.

33 “Ke he nyɛlɔ ko ye o ma Israel nɔ kunimi akɛnɛ a ya nɔ nɛ́ a pee yayami kɛ si mo ɔ he je, nɛ a kpale kɛ ba o ngɔ, nɛ a ba wo o biɛ ɔ hɛ mi nyami, nɛ a sɔle, nɛ a kpa mo pɛɛ ngɛ we nɛ ɔ mi kɛ bi mɔbɔ nami ɔ, 34 moo bu tue ngɛ hiɔwe nɛ o ngɔ o ma Israel he yayami ɔ kɛ ke mɛ nɛ o kpale mɛ kɛ ba zugba nɛ o kɛ ha a nɛmɛ ɔ nɔ.

35 “Ke hiɔwe nya nga, nɛ hiɔmi nɛ́ ngɛ yayami nɛ a ya nɔ nɛ a pee kɛ si mo ɔ he je, nɛ a plɛ a hɛ mi kɛ tsɔɔ hiɛ ɔ, nɛ a sɔle, nɛ a wo o biɛ ɔ hɛ mi nyami, nɛ a kpale a se kɛ je a yayami ɔ he akɛnɛ o ba mɛ si* he je ɔ, 36 moo bu tue ngɛ hiɔwe nɛ o ngɔ o sɔmɔli, nɛ ji o ma Israel a yayami ɔ kɛ ke mɛ, ejakaa o maa tsɔɔ mɛ blɔ kpakpa nɛ e sa kaa a nyɛɛ nɔ; nɛ́ o ha nɛ hiɔmi nɛ́ nɛ kɛ pue o zugba nɛ o kɛ ha o we bi ɔmɛ kaa weto ní ɔ nɔ.

37 “Ke hwɔ, loo gbenɔ hiɔ nɛ sãã nɔ, je mi la dɔmi, tsohi a he hiɔ, baalɛhi babauu, loo baalɛhi* nɛ a puɛɔ ní wawɛɛ ba zugba a nɔ; loo ke a he nyɛli ba sa a yi ngɛ ma amɛ nɛ a ngɛ zugba a nɔ* ɔ eko mi, loo haomi kpa ko, loo hiɔ kpa ko ba a, 38 sɔlemi fɛɛ sɔlemi nɛ nɔ ko aloo o ma Israel tsuo maa sɔle, aloo pɛɛ fɛɛ pɛɛ nɛ nɔ ko aloo o ma Israel tsuo ma kpa kɛ bi mɔbɔ nami (ejakaa nɔ fɛɛ nɔ le lɛ nitsɛ e tsui mi haomi) be mi nɛ a wo a nine nɔ kɛ tsɔɔ we nɛ ɔ, 39 moo bu tue ngɛ hiɔwe, ngɛ o hi he ɔ, nɛ́ o ngɔ kɛ ke, nɛ o pee he nɔ́ ko; nɛ́ o wo nɔ fɛɛ nɔ hiɔ ngɛ e ní peepee ɔmɛ tsuo a nya, ejakaa o le e tsui mi (mo pɛ lɛ o le adesa fɛɛ adesa tsui mi nitsɛnitsɛ), 40 konɛ a ye mo gbeye ligbi abɔ nɛ a ngɛ zugba a nɛ o kɛ ha wa nɛmɛ ɔ nɔ ɔ.

41 “Jehanɛ hu ɔ, ke ma se nɔ ko nɛ e pi o ma Israel mi no je ma se lokoo kɛ ba ngɛ o biɛ ɔ he je 42 (ejakaa a maa nu o biɛ ngua a, kɛ o kɔni si wami ɔ, kɛ o nine mi nɛ o kpã a he), nɛ e ba plɛ e hɛ mi kɛ tsɔɔ we nɛ ɔ nɛ e sɔle ɔ, 43 moo bu tue ngɛ hiɔwe, ngɛ o hi he ɔ nɛ́ o pee níhi tsuo nɛ ma se no ɔ ma bi mo ɔ, konɛ nihi tsuo nɛ a ngɛ zugba a nɔ ɔ nɛ a le o biɛ, nɛ a ye mo gbeye kaa bɔ nɛ o ma Israel peeɔ ɔ, nɛ́ a le kaa o biɛ ngɛ we nɛ ɔ nɛ i ma a nɔ.

44 “Ke o tsɔ o we bi ɔmɛ kaa a kɛ a he nyɛlɔ ɔ nɛ ya hwu ta, nɛ a plɛ a hɛ mi kɛ tsɔɔ ma nɛ o hla a, kɛ we nɛ i ma ha o biɛ ɔ, nɛ a sɔle kɛ ha mo Yehowa a, 45 moo bu sɔlemi nɛ a sɔle kɛ pɛɛ nɛ a kpa kɛ bi mɔbɔ nami ɔ tue ngɛ hiɔwe, nɛ o ye a sane ɔ ha mɛ.

46 “Ke a pee yayami kɛ si mo (ejakaa adesa ko be nɛ e pee we yayami), nɛ o mi mi fu mɛ wawɛɛ, nɛ o ngɔ mɛ kɛ wo he nyɛlɔ ko dɛ mi, nɛ a he nyɛli ɔmɛ nuu mɛ nyɔguɛ kɛ ho he nyɛlɔ ɔ zugba nɔ ya, e kɛ jio, e kɛ we jio; 47 nɛ a hɛ ba a he nɔ ngɛ zugba nɛ a nuu mɛ nyɔguɛ kɛ ho nɔ ya a nɔ, nɛ a kpale kɛ ba o ngɔ, nɛ a kpa mo pɛɛ kaa o na mɛ mɔbɔ ngɛ a he nyɛli ɔmɛ a zugba a nɔ, nɛ a de ke, ‘Wa pee yayami, nɛ wa tɔ̃; wa pee yi wu tso ní,’ 48 nɛ a kpale kɛ ba o ngɔ kɛ a tsui tsuo kɛ a klaa* tsuo ngɛ a he nyɛli ɔmɛ a zugba a nɔ, nɛ a plɛ a hɛ mi kɛ tsɔɔ a zugba a nɛ o kɛ ha a nɛmɛ ɔ, kɛ ma nɛ o hla a, kɛ we ɔ nɛ i ma kɛ ha o biɛ ɔ nɛ a sɔle ha mo ɔ, 49 moo bu sɔlemi nɛ a sɔle kɛ pɛɛ nɛ a kpa kaa o na mɛ mɔbɔ ɔ tue ngɛ hiɔwe, ngɛ o hi he ɔ, nɛ́ o ye a sane ɔ ha mɛ, 50 nɛ́ o ngɔ yayami nɛ o we bi ɔmɛ pee kɛ si mo ɔ kɛ ke mɛ, nɛ́ o ngɔ tɔmihi tsuo nɛ a tɔ̃ kɛ si mo ɔ kɛ ke mɛ. O ha nɛ a ní nɛ pee a he nyɛli ɔmɛ mɔbɔ, nɛ́ a na mɛ mɔbɔ 51 (ejakaa a ji o we bi kɛ o weto ní nɛ o ngɔ mɛ kɛ je Egipt, kɛ je dade silemi flɔɔnɔɔ mi kɛ ba). 52 Moo bu pɛɛ nɛ o sɔmɔlɔ ɔ ma kpa kaa o na lɛ mɔbɔ ɔ tue, nɛ be fɛɛ be nɛ o ma Israel ma kpa pɛɛ kaa o na mɛ mɔbɔ ɔ, moo bu tue.* 53 Ejakaa Nyɔmtsɛ Matsɛ Yehowa, mo lɛ o hla mɛ kɛ ha o he kaa o weto ní ngɛ nihi nɛ a ngɛ zugba a nɔ tsuo a kpɛti kaa bɔ nɛ o de kɛ gu o sɔmɔlɔ Mose nɔ be mi nɛ o ngɔ wa nɛmɛ ɔmɛ kɛ je Egipt kɛ ma a.”

54 Benɛ Salomo gbe sɔlemi tsuo nɛ e sɔle kɛ pɛɛ tsuo nɛ e kpa Yehowa kɛ bi mɔbɔ nami ɔ nya pɛ ɔ, e te si ngɛ Yehowa afɔle sami latɛ ɔ hɛ mi, he nɛ jinɛ e kplã si nɛ e wo e nine nɔ kɛ ya hiɔwe ngɛ ɔ. 55 Kɛkɛ nɛ e te si da si, nɛ e kɛ gbi nɛ he wa jɔɔ Israel asafo ɔ tsuo, nɛ e de ke: 56 “A je Yehowa yi, nɔ nɛ e ha e ma Israel he jɔɔmi he kaa bɔ nɛ e wo si ɔ. Si kpakpahi tsuo nɛ e wo kɛ gu e sɔmɔlɔ Mose nɔ ɔ, kake ngmelu po be nɛ e bɛ mi. 57 Yehowa wa Mawu ɔ kɛ wɔ nɛ hi si kaa bɔ nɛ e kɛ wa nɛmɛ ɔmɛ hi si ɔ. E ko kua wɔ, nɛ e ko si wɔ hulɔ. 58 E dɔ wa tsui kɛ ba e ngɔ konɛ waa nyɛɛ e blɔ ɔmɛ tsuo a nɔ, nɛ́ waa ye e kita amɛ, e blɔ tsɔɔmi ɔmɛ, kɛ e kojomi ɔmɛ nɛ e fã wa nɛmɛ ɔmɛ kaa a ye nɔ ɔ nɔ. 59 Nɛ munyu nɛ ɔmɛ nɛ i tu kɛ kpa Yehowa pɛɛ kɛ bi mɔbɔ nami ɔ nɛ su Yehowa wa Mawu ɔ ngɔ nyɔ kɛ pia, konɛ e ye e sɔmɔlɔ ɔ kɛ e ma Israel a sane ha mɛ bɔ nɛ e he maa hia ligbi fɛɛ ligbi, 60 konɛ nihi tsuo nɛ a ngɛ zugba a nɔ ɔ nɛ a le kaa Yehowa ji anɔkuale Mawu ɔ nɛ. Nɔ kpa ko be hu! 61 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, nyɛɛ kɛ nyɛ tsui tsuo nɛ ha Yehowa wa Mawu ɔ, kɛ gu nyɛɛmi nɛ nyɛ maa nyɛɛ ngɛ e blɔ tsɔɔmi ɔmɛ a nya a nɔ, nɛ́ nyɛ maa ye e kita amɛ a nɔ kaa bɔ nɛ nyɛ pee mwɔnɛ ɔ.”

62 Enɛ ɔ se ɔ, matsɛ ɔ kɛ Israelbi ɔmɛ tsuo nɛ a piɛɛ e he ɔ sã afɔle ngua ngɛ Yehowa hɛ mi. 63 Salomo sã tue mi jɔmi afɔlehi ha Yehowa: E kɛ nahi 22,000 kɛ jijɔhi 120,000 sã afɔle. Kikɛ ji bɔ nɛ matsɛ ɔ kɛ Israelbi ɔmɛ tsuo plɛ kɛ bli Yehowa we ɔ nya. 64 Jamɛ a ligbi ɔ, e biɔ nɛ matsɛ ɔ nɛ pee yale ɔ kpɛti ɔ nɛ ngɛ Yehowa we ɔ hɛ mi ɔ klɔuklɔu, bɔ nɛ pee nɛ e sã sami afɔlehi, ngma afɔlehi, kɛ tue mi jɔmi afɔlehi a he zɔ ɔmɛ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, ejakaa akɔblee afɔle sami latɛ ɔ nɛ ngɛ Yehowa hɛ mi ɔ klee we kulaa kɛ ha sami afɔle ɔmɛ, ngma afɔle ɔmɛ, kɛ tue mi jɔmi afɔle ɔmɛ a he zɔ ɔmɛ. 65 Jamɛ a be ɔ, Salomo kɛ Israel tsuo, nimli* babauu nitsɛ nɛ je Lebo Hamat* hluu kɛ ya si Egipt Dɔ* ɔ nya a ye gbijlɔ ɔ ngɛ Yehowa wa Mawu ɔ hɛ mi ligbi 7, nɛ a kpale ye ligbi 7 ekohu, nɛ tsuo pee ligbi 14. 66 E nɔ jena a,* e wo ni ɔmɛ blɔ, nɛ a jɔɔ matsɛ ɔ, nɛ a je kɛ ho a wehi a mi ya kɛ nyami, kɛ tsui nɛ hyi tɔ kɛ bua jɔmi ngɛ kpakpa tsuo nɛ Yehowa pee e sɔmɔlɔ David kɛ e ma Israel ɔ he je.