San ˈˈtɛn ˈˈkɛdzhi -ba -le ˈe ˈyi Joova -o dzhu

Nabukodonozɔ -o -nɔn Jidasɔ tën -ze Babilɔnën, ˈakö -o -she ˈo -kalösɛ ˈkö -a ˈˈkpɛ Ashpönazë -nda ˈkun kɛ -tsɛ mmiɛ fɛn. Nabukodonozɔ -o -she Ashpönazë -nda ˈkun kɛ -tsɛ mmiɛ ˈla nɔn sankɛtɛn ˈba ˈwɛn mmiɛ -pɔn dzhankɛshu, nanmɛ mmiɛ bɛn lɔ. ˈA ˈˈkë ˈba -ka ˈvɛtsuun ˈgbömën ˈˈkɛhan ˈɲɔn ˈba nɔn sɛ ˈˈkiɛ Babilɔnën tsabiɛ -kaka. ˈA ˈˈkë ˈba ˈkun -a -le -ka kë, ˈkun -a -le -ka lɛlɛ, nanmɛ ˈba ˈˈko Akadiɛn, bu ˈˈyɛ maan -a ˈˈka Babilɔnën -kɔɛɛ fɛn. ˈEyɛ -nunmën, -ka ˈyi hobiɔ -wɔ -shɛ maan -e bie ˈkun ˈba -shi. Sankɛtɛn ˈba ˈˈwɔ, ˈba tën maan ˈba -le, Daniɛlë, Anania, Mishaɛlë, nanmɛ Azariasë. Ashpönazë -o -ko mmiɛ Babilɔnën ˈhɛn, ˈe maan ˈe -le: Bɛlshaza, Shadrakë, Meshakë, nanmɛ Abɛdë Nego. -Ka ˈyi -a bë ˈˈkë ˈba ˈe -bɔ, ˈe -le ˈze ba ˈpa ˈsɔn Joova e?

Sankɛtɛn ˈˈkɛdzhi ˈba ˈˈwɔ, -ba -yɛ ˈla gbɛkpo ˈkun ˈba -le ˈe ˈyi Joova -wɔ ˈˈdzhuɔ. -Ka ˈkɛ ˈyi hobiɔ -wɔ -shɛ, -ba -lɔ ˈkun ˈkɛ tën -yeɛ, -e ˈˈbie ˈkun ˈba -shi ˈe, ˈekun Joova kuee, -e ˈˈman ˈba yi -bɔsɔ ˈze. ˈEyɛ fɛn, -ba -she Ashpönazë bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘-Han bu dzhu ˈˈnën, -ka ˈkɛ ˈyi hobiɔ -wɔ -shɛ, -bu ˈˈman nɔn ˈeyɛ ˈhan ˈze.’ Ashpönazë -o -she mmiɛ bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘ˈMun ˈsɛ ˈˈman -ka -shi ˈɲɔn mɔn sɛ lo, hobiɔ wɔ sɛ ˈe -hën, ˈo -kun ˈmɛn!’

-Akunda ˈkö -e -bë Daniɛlë ˈwɛn’an, ˈakö -o -she ˈo ˈwɛn ˈˈwɔ mmiɛ fɛn ˈtsɛ bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘-Han bu dzhu ˈˈnën, ze ˈhan -kabiɛn ˈle, ˈsö -man mikö ˈvɛtsuun lë ˈˈkɛnwun. ˈEyɛ -nunmën ˈbu -hën ˈkun ˈhan -ba, nanmɛ ˈba ˈwɛn ˈˈba hobiɔ -kaa -shɛ, ˈbu -hën ˈkun ˈba -ba ˈba -ye.’ ˈBa fɛntsɛsɛɔ -o -nɛɛn fɛn.

ˈE lë ˈˈkɛnwuin -e -nɔn -kɔ, Daniɛlë ˈle, ˈo kɛ ˈˈkɛhan ˈba ˈama, -ba -lë dzhu -hën sankɛtɛn ˈfan ˈˈba. Dzhi -e lë Joova -kpe ˈnun, ˈekun -ba -tɛn kɛ ˈmɛn bɛɛn. -O -ze Daniɛlë bɛnlɔ ˈɲɔn ˈkɛ nɔn sɛ lɔ bɛn ˈˈɲɛn latɔ ˈla.

-A -nɔn kë ˈba -kaa gbɛ, Ashpönazë -o -nɔn sankɛtɛn ˈˈba -ze Nabukodonozɔ hian. Hobiɔ ˈle, sankɛtɛn ˈba ˈama -ba -she -zɔ, ˈakö -o -hɛɛn ˈkun Daniɛlë, Anania, Mishaɛlë, nanmɛ Azariasë -man -yeɛ, mmiɛ bɛn lɔ sankɛtɛn ˈfan ˈˈba ˈhɛn. -O -nɔn mmiɛ ˈɲɔn mmiɛ nɔn sɛ -le -giman ˈo -sɔɛn ˈla. ˈEtënnɛn, hobiɔ -o -sɛ dzhu ˈkun ˈo -le -kɛ, ˈba maan -wɔ ˈbie. Joova -o -le -ze mmiɛ -lɔ bɛn -kpe ˈnun -hën hobiɔ kɛ bɛnlɔsɔ ˈˈba.

-Kɛsɛ Daniɛlë, Anania, Mishaɛlë nanmɛ Azariasë -man -ba hɔn ˈˈman fë fɛn, -e ˈˈɲan ˈba hɛn ˈkun -ba -le Joova ˈo tsabiɛ. Nɛn bu -ee, ˈbu -shi Joova ˈmɛnkö dzhi -kɛsɛ bu yi ˈle, bu nɛn -man -ba ˈsɛ ˈˈman bu dzhi e?