1 Matsɛmɛ
17 Jehanɛ ɔ, Eliya,* Tishbeno ɔ nɛ je Gilead ɔ de Ahab ke: “Be abɔ nɛ Yehowa, Israel Mawu ɔ, nɔ nɛ i sɔmɔɔ lɛ* ɔ ngɛ nɛ ɔ, ngɛ jeha nɛ ɔmɛ a mi ɔ, bɔ́ aloo hiɔmi ko be nɛe kaa ja i de ke e nɛ!”
2 Yehowa de lɛ ke: 3 “Moo je hiɛ ɔ nɛ o kɛ o hɛ mi nɛ tsɔɔ puje he blɔ, nɛ́ o ya laa o he ngɛ Kerit Dɔgba a* mi, ngɛ Yordan puje he blɔ. 4 Moo nu pa a mi nyu, nɛ ma fã kuakualabitehi konɛ a ba ha mo niye ní ngɛ lejɛ ɔ.” 5 Oya nɔuu nɛ e pue nɔ kɛ ho, nɛ e ya pee kaa bɔ nɛ Yehowa de ɔ; e ho nɛ e ya hi Kerit Dɔgba a* he, ngɛ Yordan puje he blɔ. 6 Nɛ kuakualabite ɔmɛ ba haa lɛ abolo kɛ lo mɔtu, kɛ abolo kɛ lo gbɔkuɛ, nɛ e nuɔ pa a mi nyu ɔ. 7 Se ligbi komɛ a se ɔ, nyu ɔ ba ta pa a mi, ejakaa hiɔmi nɛ́ ngɛ zugba a nɔ.
8 Kɛkɛ nɛ Yehowa de lɛ ke: 9 “Moo te si nɛ o ho Sidonbi ɔmɛ a ma nɛ ji Zarefat ɔ mi ya, nɛ́ o ya hi lejɛ ɔ. Hyɛ! Ma fã yalɔyo ko ngɛ lejɛ ɔ konɛ e ha mo niye ní.” 10 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e te si nɛ e ho Zarefat ya. Benɛ e ba su ma a agbo ɔ nya a, e na yalɔyo ko nɛ e ngɛ lɛ́ nya buae. Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, e tsɛ yo ɔ, nɛ e de lɛ ke: “I kpa mo pɛɛ, ha mi nyu bɔɔ ngɛ kplu mi nɛ ma nu.” 11 Benɛ yo ɔ yaa konɛ e ya yɛ nyu ɔ ba ha lɛ ɔ, e tsɛ yo ɔ, nɛ e de lɛ ke: “I kpa mo pɛɛ, ngɔɔ abolo kake kɛ piɛɛ he ba ha mi.” 12 Kɛkɛ nɛ yo ɔ de ke: “Be abɔ nɛ Yehowa o Mawu ɔ ngɛ nɛ ɔ, i be abolo, nɔ́ pɛ nɛ i ngɛ ji mamu dɛ kɔkɔ kake ngɛ buɛ ngua mi, kɛ nu bɔɔ ko ngɛ tɔ nyafii mi. Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, i ngɛ lɛ́ bɔɔ ko nya buae kɛ yaa nɛ ma kɛ ya pee nɔ́ ko kɛ ha i kɛ ye binyumu ɔ. Ke wa ye ta a, wa ma gbo kɛ hwɔ.”
13 Kɛkɛ nɛ Eliya de lɛ ke: “Koo ye gbeye. Yaa nɛ o ya pee kaa bɔ nɛ o de ɔ. Se kekleekle ɔ, mo ya ngɔ nɔ́ nɛ ngɛ ɔ kɛ pee abolo lokotoo nɛ o ngɔ ba ha mi. Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, o ma nyɛ maa pee nɔ́ ko kɛ ha o kɛ o binyumu ɔ. 14 Ejakaa nɔ́ nɛ Yehowa, Israel Mawu ɔ ngɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: ‘Mamu ɔ nɛ ngɛ buɛ ngua a mi ɔ be tae, nɛ nu nɛ ngɛ tɔ nyafii ɔ mi ɔ hu be tae kɛ yaa si ligbi nɛ Yehowa ma ha nɛ hiɔmi maa nɛ kɛ pue zugba a nɔ.’” 15 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, yo ɔ ho nɛ e ya pee kaa bɔ nɛ Eliya de ɔ, nɛ e kɛ Eliya, kɛ e we mi bimɛ ɔmɛ ye ní ligbihi babauu. 16 Mamu ɔ nɛ ngɛ buɛ ngua a mi ɔ tɛ, nɛ nu ɔ ngɛ tɔ nyafii ɔ mi ɔ hu tɛ kaa bɔ nɛ Yehowa de kɛ gu Eliya nɔ ɔ.
17 Ní nɛ ɔmɛ a se ɔ, yo ɔ nɛ ji wetsɛ ɔ binyumu ɔ ba nu hiɔ, nɛ e hiɔ ɔ mi ba wa hluu kɛ ya si be nɛ e wui mumi hu. 18 Kɛkɛ nɛ yo ɔ de Eliya ke: “Oo anɔkuale Mawu ɔ nɔmlɔ, mɛni yayami i pee mo?* Anɛ o ba nɛ́ o ba kai mi ye tɔmi konɛ o gbe ye binyumu ɔ lo?” 19 Se e de yo ɔ ke: “Ha mi o binyumu ɔ.” Kɛkɛ nɛ e ngɔ jokuɛ ɔ ngɛ yo ɔ kɔni bɔkɔ mi, nɛ e wo lɛ kɛ ho hiɔwe tsu ɔ mi he nɛ e ngɛ ɔ ya, nɛ e ngɔ lɛ kɛ ya fɔ lɛ nitsɛ e sa a nɔ. 20 E kpa ngmlaa kɛ tsɛ Yehowa ke: “Oo Yehowa ye Mawu, anɛ o gbe yalɔyo nɛ i ba to lɛ ɔ binyumu ɔ, konɛ o kɛ haomi nɛ ba e nɔ lo?” 21 Kɛkɛ nɛ e kpa e mi, nɛ e bu jokuɛ ɔ nɔ si etɛ, nɛ e kpa ngmlaa kɛ tsɛ Yehowa ke: “Oo Yehowa ye Mawu, i kpa mo pɛɛ, ha nɛ jokuɛ ɔ wami* nɛ kpale kɛ ba e mi.” 22 Yehowa bu Eliya ní bimi ɔ tue, nɛ jokuɛ ɔ wami* kpale kɛ ba e mi, nɛ e te si.* 23 Eliya ngɔ jokuɛ ɔ nɛ e kɛ lɛ kple si kɛ je hiɔwe tsu ɔ mi kɛ ba we ɔ mi, nɛ e ngɔ lɛ kɛ ba ha e nyɛ ɔ; nɛ Eliya de ke: “Hyɛ, o binyumu ɔ ngɛ wami mi.” 24 Kɛkɛ nɛ yo ɔ de Eliya ke: “Kpaako i na kaa Mawu nɔmlɔ ji mo niinɛ, nɛ Yehowa munyu nɛ o tuɔ ɔ ji anɔkuale.”