BƐNKË 9
-Ba -ho -bi sɛnbi ˈkö!
Abraamën ˈle, Sara -man, -ba va -e za -kpe ˈnun. -Ba -fɔn ˈba -sɔn gbɛgbɛ ˈyi -ba -pɔn Uu ˈlö -hunlɔ, ˈakö -ba -bë hɔn ˈdan ˈˈwɛn. ˈE maan Sara -o ˈˈdzhuo ˈe nɛn bɛn mii, ˈekun -o ye Joova wo.
ˈKun Sara -o -yɛ ˈla ˈkun ˈo ˈpɔn -bi, -e -le -ze -o -she Abraamën bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘Mɛn -kalöshi Aga ˈo -nɔn -pɔn -bi ˈnun, ˈe -le kɔ ˈkun -o -nɔn -le mɛn -wo ˈnun.’ -E -nɔn za gbɛ, Aga -o -ho -bi sɛnbi ˈkö. ˈO ˈhɛn maan ˈe -she Ismaɛlë.
-E nɔn za ˈˈtshɔke, Abraamën -o -nɔn -she ˈgbömën 99, nanmɛ Sara -o -nɔn -she ˈgbömën 89, tsabiɛ ˈˈkɛhan -bë -tsɛ mmiɛ nɛn. Abraamën -o -she mmiɛ -nda ˈkun mmiɛ -wɔ ˈɲɛn pu -zakɔɛ ˈkö ˈˈwɛn ˈɲɔn ˈo nɔn ˈze mmiɛ -ka mmiɛ -shi. Tsabiɛ ˈba ˈwɛn ˈba -bë -tsɛ mmiɛ nɛn, -mun -lɔ tsabi ˈkö ˈe -le ˈba? ˈˈWuënsɔ ˈe -le ˈba! -Ba -she Abraamën bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘ˈGbömën ˈyi ˈˈyɛ -bë ˈla, ˈe kie ˈkökö ˈˈyi nɛn, bu ˈle, bu shi -man, ˈmun -bë ho -bi sɛnbi ˈkö.’ Sara -o hɔn ˈdan ˈˈwɛn, ˈakö -wɔ bɛn ˈyi -ba ˈˈdzhuɔ tɛn. -O -mɔn ˈˈɲan, ˈakö -o dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘Mɛn ˈwɛn ˈmɛn -kuö -ba ˈˈyi ˈnun, mɛn sɛ ho -bi gbɛkpo?’
ˈE ˈgbömën ˈˈyɛ -e -nɔn -tsɛ, Sara -o -ho -bi sɛnbi ˈkö, kɔ Joova ˈˈwuënsɛɔ -o -nɔn dzhui ˈnun. Abraamën -o -ko kɛ ˈhɛn Izakë. ˈHɛn ˈˈyɛ, ˈe ˈzɔ maan ˈe -le: “ˈˈƝanmɔn.”
Izakë ˈo ˈgbömën ˈˈkɛbën ˈla -bɔ, Sara -o -hɛɛn ˈkun Ismaɛlë kɛ Izakë mianmian. ˈKun Sara -o -yɛ ˈla ˈkun ˈo sasa ˈo biɛn, -e -le -ze -o -she Abraamën -nda ˈkun kɛ -le ˈze Aga ˈle, Ismaɛlë -man mmiɛ ze. ˈEhɛnnɛn, Abraamën -o ˈˈyɛ ˈla ˈkun ˈo -lee. ˈE maan Joova -o -she Abraamën bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘-Tɛn bɛn ˈyi Sara -wɔ ˈˈdzhuɔ, ˈmɛn ˈtsɛ Ismaɛlë fɛn. ˈE maan Izakë ˈla maan bɛn ˈkɛ ˈyi -mɛn dzhu, ˈe kɔ -le kɔ ˈe nɛn.’
“-Zö woyee ˈla ˈpɛ, -Zöɔ -o -le -ze Sara kɛ sɛ sɛ -ho -bi, [...] ˈekun Sara -lɔɛ ˈkun Tsa ˈwɛn ˈo dzhu bɛn ˈˈyɛ, -wɔ ˈmɛnkö -shɛ.”—Ebrö 11:11.