1Nba, Amonine mangan Naxasi yi fa Yabɛsi-Galadi taan nabilin. Yabɛsi taan xɛmɛne birin yi a fala a xa, e naxa, “Layirin xa xidi en tagi, nxu findi i ya konyine ra.”
2Amonin mangan Naxasi yi e yabi, a naxa, “Na bata fan, n bata tin lanna xa so en tagi, koni fɔ ito xa liga: N xa ɛ birin yiifari ma yɛɛne sɔxɔnɲɛ ayi, n yi Isirayila birin nayagi.”
3Yabɛsi taan fonne yi a fala a xa, e naxa, “Xii solofere fi nxu ma, alogo nxu xa xɛrane rasiga Isirayila bɔxɔn birin yi. Xa muxe mi fa nxu rakisideni, nxu nxu yɛtɛ so i yii.”
4Xɛrane to siga Gibeya yi, Sɔli a taani, e feni itoe dɛntɛgɛ yamaan xa, birin yi a wuga xuini te.
5Sɔli yi kelima xɛɛn ma e nun a ɲingene, a maxɔdinna ti, a naxa, “Nanfera yamaan birin wugama?” E yi Yabɛsi kaane falan yɛba a xa.
6Sɔli to falani ito mɛ, Alaa Nii Sariɲanxin yi godo a ma sɛnbɛni, a yi xɔlɔ kati!
7A yi ɲinge firin tongo, a yi e yisɛgɛ a dungin dungin na, a xɛrane rasiga, a e xa ne xali Isirayila bɔxɔn birin yi. E naxa, “Naxan yo mi bira Sɔli nun Samuyɛli fɔxɔ ra na kanna ɲingene ligama ikiini.” Yamaan yi gaxu Alatala yɛɛ ra, e yi e malan alo muxu kedenna.
8Sɔli yi e tɛngɛ Beseki yi, Isirayila xɛmɛne muxu wuli kɛmɛ saxan, Yuda xɛmɛne muxu wuli tonge saxan.
9Xɛraan naxanye fa, e yi a fala ne xa, e naxa, “Ɛ sa ito fala Yabɛsi-Galadi muxune xa, ɛ naxa, ‘Benun sogen xa xɔlɔ tila ɛ kisin sɔtɔma nɛn.’ ” Xɛrane to fa na fala Yabɛsi muxune xa, e yi ɲaxan.
10E yi a fala Amoni kaane xa, e naxa, “Nxu nxu yɛtɛ soma nɛn ɛ yii tila, ɛ yi nxu raba ɛ waxɔn kiini.”
11Na xɔtɔn bode, Sɔli yi a ganli taxun dɔxɔde saxan. E so Amoni gali malandeni kɔɛ dɔnxɛn na. E yi Amonine faxa han sogen yi xɔlɔ. Muxu ɲɛɲɛne yi xuya ayi hali muxu firin mi lu e bode fari.
12Yamaan yi a fala Samuyɛli xa, e naxa, “Nde yi a falama a Sɔli nama lu en xun na? Fa na muxune ra, nxu xa e faxa!”
13Koni Sɔli yi a fala yamaan xa, a naxa, “Muxu yo mi faxama to lɔxɔni, bayo Alatala bata Isirayila rakisi to.”
14Na xanbi ra, Samuyɛli yi a fala yamaan xa, a naxa, “Ɛ fa be, en siga Giligali yi alogo en mɔn xa Sɔli a mangayana fe fala.”
15Yamaan birin yi siga Giligali yi. E yi Sɔli findi mangan na Giligali yi Alatala yɛtagi. E bɔɲɛ xunbeli saraxane ba Alatala yɛtagi mɛnni. Sɔli nun Isirayila yamaan birin yi ɲaxaɲaxan gbeen naba.
