Siri hobi Bɛnën Adadë, -o köe tshun -kpe ˈnun fɛn ˈkun ˈo nɔn bɛn -kan Izraɛlësɔ ˈˈba. ˈE maan ˈe ˈkpakpa nɛn, -ketebosɛ Elize -o -le -ze Siri hobiɔ -o ˈsɛ ˈsɛ ˈˈkan Izraɛlë hobiɔ ˈˈpɔn. ˈEyɛ fɛn, Bɛnën Adadë -o dzhui ˈkun ˈo -bë ˈpɔn Elize ze ˈo ˈˈmaan fɛn ˈlö. -O -tɛɛn ˈkun Elize kɛ hɔn -kɔɛ ˈkö -a ˈˈkpɛ Dotanën fɛn, -e -le -ze -o -ɲɛn ˈo -nsafɔ ˈˈba ˈɲɔn mmiɛ nɔn ze ˈpɔn kɛ.

-Beshekɛbi ˈkö nɛn maan Siri -nsafɔ ˈˈba -ba -tsɛ Dotanën -kɔɛɛ fɛn. ˈE kiee -e -nɔn -gba ˈɲɔn Elize -kalösɛɔ -o -nɔn -hën ˈkun -nsafɔ ˈˈba mmiɛ pie -kën -kɔɛɛ, -e -ko ˈo pɔɛ dzhi, ˈakö -o -ko ˈhö dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘Kë maan ˈa -le -le ˈe e, Elize?’ Elize -o -she kɛ bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘ˈBa ˈwɛn ˈba hɔn tsa -nunmën, -ba -sɛ -hën ˈba ˈwɛn ˈba hɔn mmiɛ -nunmën.’ ˈEnɛɛnbɔ, Joova -o -le -ze Elize -kalösɛɔ kɛ -hën gbɔngɔ ˈle, gbɔngɔ -tobi ˈama ˈˈyɛ -kën -kui ˈˈkɛ ˈfɔn ˈlö.

Siri -nsafɔ ˈˈba, -ba -nɔn köe ˈkun ˈba ˈpɔn Elize, Elize -o -ye ˈsaka ˈˈyi kpɛ Joova: ‘Joova ee, -mɛn bu dzhu ˈˈnën, -le ˈze -ba ˈˈman pa -miɛn -hën.’ ˈEnɛɛnbɔ ˈakö -nsafɔ ˈˈba, -ba ˈˈman pa -kɛke mii -hën, -ba ˈpa ˈˈlɔ -bo ˈyi -ba hɔn. Elize -o -she mmiɛ bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘-E ˈˈle -kɔɛ ˈˈyi fɛn maan -e bie ˈkun ˈmun -bë, ˈmun -da ˈmɛn -nunmën, tsabi ˈwɛn -mɔn ˈˈkö, ˈmɛn nɔn ˈmun ze ˈo -shɔ.’ -Ba -da Elize -nunmën ˈvɛtsuun -ba -tsɛ Samari -kɔɛɛ fɛn, ˈe -bɔ maan Izraɛlë hobiɔ -o hɔn.

ˈBa hinmɛ ˈˈkɛ ˈe nɔn gba, -ba hɔn -bo fë -kɔ. Izraɛlë hobiɔ, -o -bie Elize bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘ˈMɛn -kuën ˈba -aniin?’ Elize ˈo sɛ sɛ -kɔ ˈeyɛ nɛn köe ˈkun ˈo -le mmiɛ -kɛ, ˈe maan -o ˈˈle. -O dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘-Bu ˈˈman ˈba -kun. Ze ˈba -kashi, ˈakö ˈbu fɔn ˈba -hunlɔ ˈze ˈba ze.’ Hobiɔ, -o -le -ze -a to -ka -kpe ˈkö -ze mmiɛ -she. ˈE -nunmën ˈakö -o -fɔn mmiɛ -hunlɔ -ze mmiɛ -ze.

Jezabɛlë -o -pɔn -bi shimuɛn ˈkö -a ˈˈkpɛ Atali, -o -le ˈo -ye ˈo ˈpuɛn kɔ kɛ ˈnun. Jida hobi ˈkö maan ˈo -nɔn Atali -le shi. Hobiɔ -o -nɔn -wuö, ˈba biɛn sɛnbi ˈkö maan ˈo kiɛ hobi. ˈE maan Atali biɛn sɛnbiɔ -o -nɔn -wuö, Atali -o -ko ˈokö ˈpanɛn, ˈakö -o -mɔn -kɔɛ -shi fɛn. ˈEyɛ -nunmën, -o köe ˈkun ˈo -kun tsabiɛ ˈba ˈwɛn ˈba sɛ ˈˈkiɛ hobi ˈkpakpa. ˈO ˈkökögbɛ ˈo biɛnbiɛ ˈˈba, -o -kuën mmiɛ. Tsabiɛ ˈˈba ˈkpakpa, -ba -hën kɛ -fuë.

Tɛyisɛ -kɔkɔɛ Joadë ˈle, ˈo shi Jozabɛtë -man -ba -lɔ ˈkun -kɛ ˈyi Atali kɛ -le, -e -le ˈe ˈpuɛn -kpe ˈnun. ˈEyɛ -e -le -ze, -ba -nɔn kɛ biɛnbi ˈˈtshɔ ˈkö -a ˈˈkpɛ Joasë pö -zösɔn -kɔkɔɛɛ ˈla. ˈE -bɔ maan -ba -kpë -pɔn kɛ, -kɛsɛ -ba -lɔ ˈkun ˈeyɛ ˈe sɛ -le ˈze ˈba -kan bɛn ˈbɔbɔ.

Joasë -o -nɔn -she ˈgbömën -nso, Joadë -o -le -ze -kɔɛɛ fɛn ˈpayɔ ˈˈba ˈle, Levitë ˈˈba ˈama -ba -ya, ˈakö -o -she mmiɛ bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘ˈMun tshuotshuo fɛn -zösɔn -kɔkɔɛɛ ˈe mimi ˈˈkɛ nɛn, nanmɛ ˈmun ˈˈman tsako mii -hunlɔ fɔn ˈze -o ˈˈman -wun.’ ˈE -nunmën -o -ko Joasë Jida hobi, ˈakö -o -nɔn hobi -kɛɛn -ko kɛ. Tsabiɛ ˈˈba, -ba -mɔn ˈhö ˈˈyi ko fɛn: ‘Bu hɛnpuɛɛn ˈe -du lɔ oo, hobi!’

Atali -o -nɔn -tɛn ˈhö ˈyi tsabiɛ ˈˈba -ba ko, -o -tshuo -fë -ze -zösɔn -kɔkɔɛɛ nɛn ˈlö. -O -nɔn -hën hobi ˈpɔpɔɛɔ, -o -ko ˈhö dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: “-Kɔɛbosɔ! ˈYi gbɛkpo -mun -le man?” -Kɔɛɛ fɛn ˈpayɔ ˈˈba, -ba -pɔn kɛ, -ba tën kɛ bu -ɲɛn -boe nɛn, ˈakö -ba -kuën kɛ. Atali -o -le -ze tsabiɛ ˈˈba, mmiɛ -le -kɛpuɛn -kpe ˈnun -sɛsɛ.

Joadë -o bokan tsabiɛ ˈˈba -ze ˈba ˈle, Joova -man -ba -ko ˈmɛn, -ba dzhui ˈkun Joova ˈmikö maan ˈba ˈsɔn. Joadë -o -le -ze -a gba -sɔn ˈyi -ba -kpë ˈla -sɔn Baalë, nanmɛ -a puö -ka ˈba ˈwɛn -ba -puö ˈɲɔn -ba -sɔn. -O -ko tɛyisɔ ˈle, Levitë ˈˈba ˈama ˈɲɔn mmiɛ nɔn -le -giman -zösɔn -kɔkɔɛɛ ˈla ˈze tsabiɛ ˈˈba mmiɛ nɔn -bë ˈe ˈla -bë ˈsɔn Joova ˈpɛ. -O -ko tsabiɛ ˈɲɔn mmiɛ nɔn -kpë -zösɔn -kɔkɔɛɛ ˈe mimii nɛn, ˈɲɔn tsabiɛ ˈba ˈwɛn -e ˈˈbie ˈkun ˈba -wun ˈe ˈla, -ba ˈˈman nɔn -wun. ˈEyɛ -nunmën, Joadë ˈle, -kɔɛɛ fɛn ˈpayɔ ˈˈba ˈama -ba -nɔn Joasë -ze -kpɔ lɔ hobi -mmeshaa fɛn. ˈEyɛ, -e lë Jidasɔ ˈˈba dzhi -kpe ˈnun. Nanmɛ -yeɛ, ˈba sɛ sɛ ˈsɔn Joova gbɛgbɛ ˈnun, ˈekun Atali ˈˈman pa ˈe -bɔ, nanmɛ tsako mii ˈˈman pa Baalë ˈsɔn ˈˈmaan fɛn. Pɔɛ ˈyi Joadë -o ˈˈle, ˈkun -e -le bokan tsabiɛ -kpe ˈnun, -mun -koe hɛn dzhi e?