Joova -o -she Samiɛlë bɛn -nda

Tɛyisɛ -kɔkɔɛ Eli -o -pɔn ˈˈve san ˈˈkɛmuën ˈba -le ˈba -ye tɛyisɔ tɛyisɔɛn ˈla. ˈBa ˈhɛn ˈˈkɛ maan ˈe -le Ɔfni, nanmɛ Fineasë. -Ba ˈˈho Joova kɛ kue ˈˈkɛ mii, nanmɛ -ba ˈlɔ ˈbɛn ˈˈnɔn kɛ tsabiɛ ˈˈba. Izraɛlësɔ ˈˈba, -ba sɛ ze tɛ ˈyɛ Joova ˈze, Ɔfni ˈle, Fineasë -man -ba nannan ˈe -bo gbɛgbɛ ˈˈkɛ nɔn. -Kɛ ˈyi -ba -le ˈe -bɔ, Eli -o -lɔɛ, ˈe maan -o ˈˈman ˈe nɛn bɛn mii ˈˈdzhu. Joova ˈo fɔn mmiɛ -hunlɔ ˈze mmiɛ pa -le ˈe ze ˈˈpɛn e?

Dubɛ Samiɛlë -o -le -bitshɔ, ˈe maan -o ˈˈle ˈe kɔ Ɔfni ˈle, Fineasë -man ˈnun. Joova -o -yɛ Samiɛlë dzhi bɛn ˈla. -Beshekɛbi ˈkö nɛn, Samiɛlë -wɔ nɔn la, -o -tɛn bu ˈkö ˈˈyɛ ˈo ˈˈkpɛ. -O ɲɛn fɔn -tshuo -fë -ze Eli -shɔ ˈlö, ˈakö ˈwoayo: ‘Nansɛ -bu kpɛ ˈmɛn.’ ˈE maan Eli ˈwoayo: ‘ˈMɛn ˈˈkpɛ bu, -nɛn ze ˈˈla lɔ.’ Samiɛlë -o -nɔn -la gbɛ, ˈe -nunmën -o kiɛ -tɛn bu ˈkökö ˈˈyɛ ˈpɛ. Samiɛlë -o -nɔn -tɛn bu ˈˈyɛ, ˈe tshun ˈˈkɛhan fɛɛn nɛn, Eli -o -hɛɛn ˈkun Joova maan ˈˈwɔ kɛ ˈˈkpɛ. -E -le -ze -o -she Samiɛlë -nda ˈkun kɛ sɛ ˈe bu ˈˈyɛ tɛn ˈpɛ, kɛ dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘Dzhu bɛn Joova, bu -kalösɛɔ -wɔ ˈe tɛn.’

Samiɛlë -o -ze la lɔ. ˈAkö -o -tɛn bui ˈpɛ -yɛ ˈo ˈˈkpɛ: ‘Samiɛlë! Samiɛlë!’ -O -shuo ˈe ˈˈmɛn: ‘Dzhu bɛn, bu -kalösɛɔ -wɔ ˈe tɛn.’ Joova -o -she kɛ bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘-Nɛn ze -shi Eli -nda ˈkun ˈmɛn -bë nɔn bɛn -kan ˈo ˈle, ˈo -wolasɔ ˈˈba ˈama. ˈEkun, -o -lɔɛ ˈkun ˈo ˈˈve ˈˈba, -kɛ ˈkɛ ˈyi -ba -le tɛyisɔɛn ˈla, -e -le ˈe ˈpuɛn, ˈe maan -o ˈˈman ˈe nɛn -kɛke -le.’ ˈE kiee -e -nɔn -gba, Samiɛlë -o -ze -tshuo tɛyisɔɛn ˈe ˈmimi ˈˈkɛ, kɔ -wɔ nɔn ˈe -le lëfɛn ˈkpakpa ˈnun. ˈE maan bɛn ˈyi Joova -o -she kɛ -nda, ˈo nɔn ze -shi tɛyisɛ -kɔkɔɛɔ ˈyi -nda, -e -ko ˈo pɔɛ dzhi -kpe ˈnun. Eli kpɛ kɛ ˈakö -o -bie kɛ: ‘Mɛn -bi, ˈˈɲan -kɛ bɛn maan Joova -o dzhu -ze -bu -tɛn? Dzhui ˈkpakpa ˈze ˈmɛn tɛn.’ ˈAkö Samiɛlë -o dzhu ˈe ˈkpakpa -ze Eli -tɛn.

Samiɛlë -wɔ nɔn mi sɛ, Joova -o pa bokan kɛ. Izraɛlë ˈˈmaan fɛn, tsabiɛ ˈkpakpa -ba -lɔɛ ˈkun Samiɛlë maan Joova kɛ -ɲɛn -nɔn ˈkun ˈkɛ -le -ketebosɛ, nanmɛ jijë -giman.