Manyadali

17 Nyumu ko hi si ngɛ Efraim yoku ɔmɛ a nɔ nɛ a tsɛɛ lɛ ke Mika. 2 Ligbi ko ɔ, e de e yayo ke: “Sika hiɔ 1,100 nɛ a ju ngɛ o dɛ nɛ o gbiɛ nɔ ngɛ he nɛ i nu ɔ, hyɛ! sika hiɔ ɔ ngɛ ye dɛ. Imi lɛ i wo.” Kɛkɛ nɛ e yayo de ke: “Yehowa nɛ jɔɔ ye binyumu ɔ.” 3 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e kpale ngɔ sika hiɔ 1,100 kɛ ha e yayo, se e yayo de ke: “Bɔ fɛɛ bɔ nɛ ji ɔ, ma tsu sika hiɔ nɛ ngɛ ye dɛ ɔ he kɛ ha Yehowa konɛ ye binyumu ɔ nɛ kɛ pee amaga nɛ a hlɔ kɛ dade amaga. Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, i kpale kɛ ngɛ mo hae.”

4 Benɛ e kpale sika hiɔ ɔ kɛ ha e yayo ɔ, e yayo ngɔ sika hiɔ 200 kɛ ha sika hiɔ ga ní tsulɔ. Sika hiɔ ga ní tsulɔ ɔ pee amaga nɛ a hlɔ kɛ dade amaga; nɛ a kɛ mɛ ya ma Mika we ɔ mi. 5 Mika nɛ ɔ ngɛ we kɛ e mi mawuhi, nɛ e pee efɔd kɛ terafim amagahi,* nɛ e wo e binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti nɔ kake osɔfo* konɛ e sɔmɔ kaa osɔfo ha lɛ. 6 Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, matsɛ ko be Israel. Nɔ fɛɛ nɔ peeɔ nɔ́ nɛ da ngɛ lɛ nitsɛ e hɛ mi.*

7 Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, niheyo ko ngɛ Yuda weku ɔ mi ngɛ Betlehem ngɛ Yuda. Levi no ji lɛ, nɛ e hi lejɛ ɔ be saii. 8 Nyumu ɔ je Betlehem ma a mi ngɛ Yuda konɛ e ya hla he ko nɛ e hi. Benɛ e ngɛ blɔ nɔ kɛ yaa a, e ba su Efraim yoku ɔmɛ a nɔ ngɛ Mika we ɔ mi. 9 Kɛkɛ nɛ Mika bi lɛ ke: “Jije o je?” E ha heto ke: “Levi no ji mi, nɛ i je Betlehem ngɛ Yuda, nɛ i ngɛ blɔ nɔ kɛ yaa hla he ko nɛ ma hi.” 10 Nɛ Mika de lɛ ke: “Hii ye ngɔ, nɛ́ o sɔmɔ kaa tsɛ* kɛ osɔfo kɛ ha mi. Daa jeha a, ma ha mo sika hiɔ nyɔngma, kɛ tadehi, kɛ o nya mi ngma.” Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, Levi no ɔ sɛ we ɔ mi. 11 Levi no ɔ kplɛɛ kaa e kɛ nyumu ɔ maa hi si, nɛ niheyo ɔ ba pee kaa e binyumu ɔmɛ a kpɛti nɔ kake. 12 Jehanɛ hu ɔ, Mika wo Levi no ɔ osɔfo* konɛ e sɔmɔ kaa osɔfo ha lɛ, nɛ e hi Mika we ɔ mi. 13 Kɛkɛ nɛ Mika de ke: “Jehanɛ ɔ lɛɛ i le kaa Yehowa maa pee mi kpakpa, ejakaa Levi no ba pee ye we osɔfo.”