Sɑmuɛli I.
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Sɔ̃ɔ teeru bɑ nɑ bɑ Dɑfidi sɔ̃ɔwɑ bɑ nɛɛ, wee, Filisitibɑ bɑ Keilɑ wɔri mɑ bɑ ben dĩɑ ni nu wɑ̃ɑ birɑnu sɔɔ kpuro ɡurɑ. 
Yerɑ Dɑfidi u Yinni Gusunɔ bikiɑ u nɛɛ, kon kpĩ n dɑ n Filisiti be wɔri? Mɑ Yinni Gusunɔ u nùn wisɑ u nɛɛ, oo, ɑ doo ɑ bu wɔri. Kɑɑ bu kɑmiɑ kpɑ ɑ Keilɑ wɔrɑ. 
Adɑmɑ Dɑfidin tɔmbu bɑ nùn sɔ̃ɔwɑ bɑ nɛɛ, bɛsɛ wee, sɑ nɑnde bɑɑ mɛ sɑ wɑ̃ɑ Yudɑn tem sɔɔ. Amɔnɑ sɑ ko n sɑ̃ɑ sɑ̀ n Filisitibɑ wɔrim dɔɔ. 
Yerɑ Dɑfidi u mɑɑ Yinni Gusunɔ bikiɑ u nɛɛ, n doo n Keilɑ ye wɔrɑ? Mɑ Yinni Gusunɔ u nùn wisɑ u nɛɛ, oo, ɑ seewo ɑ dɑ ɑ Filisiti be wɔri. Domi nɑ nun bu nɔmu bɛriɑ. 
Yerɑ Dɑfidi u seewɑ u dɑ Keilɑ mi kɑ win tɔmbu. Mɑ u Filisitibɑ wɔri u bu kɑmiɑ mɑm mɑm, u ben yɑɑ sɑbenu ɡurɑmɑ. Nɡe mɛyɑ u kɑ Keilɑɡii be fɑɑbɑ kuɑ. 
N deemɑ sɑɑ ye, Abiɑtɑɑ, Akimɛlɛkin bii, u dukɑ yɑkurɑmɑ u nɑ u wɑ̃ɑ Dɑfidin mi, u yɑ̃ku kowon yɑbe tɑrɑkpe nɛni te bɑ rɑ kɑ Yinni Gusunɔn kĩru bikie. 
Yen biruwɑ bɑ dɑ bɑ Sɔɔlu sɔ̃ɔwɑ bɑ nɛɛ, Dɑfidi u tunumɑ u wɑ̃ɑ Keilɑɔ. Yerɑ Sɔɔlu u nɛɛ, Gusunɔwɑ u mɑn nùn nɔmu bɛriɑ. Domi u nɑ u tii kɛnusi wuu ɡe ɡɑ ɡbɑ̃rɑru kɑ ɡɑmbo mɔ sɔɔ. 
Yerɑ Sɔɔlu u win tɑbu kowobu kpuro mɛnnɑ bu dɑ bu kɑ Keilɑ wɔri, kpɑ bu Dɑfidi kɑ win tɔmbu tɑrusi. 
Sɑɑ ye sɔɔ, Dɑfidi u nuɑ kɔ̃sɑ ye Sɔɔlu u kĩ u nùn kuɑ. Yerɑ u yɑ̃ku kowo Abiɑtɑɑ sɔ̃ɔwɑ u nɛɛ, ɑ kɑ yɑbe tɑrɑkpe ye nɑ. 
Mɑ Dɑfidi u nɛɛ, Gusunɔ Isirelibɑn Yinni, wee, nɑ nuɑ mɑ Sɔɔlu u swɑɑ kɑsu u kɑ nɑ Keilɑ mini u ye kpeerɑsiɑ nɛn sɔ̃. 
Yinni, ɑ mɑn sɔ̃ɔwɔ, Sɔɔlu u koo nɑ mini kɑ ɡem? Ù n tunumɑ, wuu ɡen wiruɡibu bɑ koo mɑn mwɑ bu nùn nɔmu bɛriɑ? Mɑ Yinni Gusunɔ u nùn wisɑ u nɛɛ, kɑm kɑm, Sɔɔlu u koo nɑ. 
Mɑ Dɑfidi u mɑɑ Yinni Gusunɔ bikiɑ u nɛɛ, wuu ɡen wiruɡibu bɑ koo mɑn mwɑ bu nùn nɔmu bɛriɑ? Mɑ Yinni Gusunɔ u nɛɛ, oo, mɛyɑ bɑ koo nun kuɑ. 
Yerɑ Dɑfidi u seewɑ kɑ tɔmbu nɑtɑn (600) sɑkɑ bɑ yɑrɑ Keilɑn di bɑ dɑ bɑ sirenɛ. Sɑɑ ye sɔɔrɑ bɑ mɑɑ Sɔɔlu nɔɔsiɑ mɑ Dɑfidi sɑri mi. Mɑ Sɔɔlu u ǹ mɑɑ de u wuu ɡe wɔri. 
Yenibɑn biru Dɑfidi u dɑ u kukuɑ ɡbɑburɔ kpee bɑɑ sɔɔ Sifun ɡuurɔ. Mɑ Sɔɔlu u mɑɑ nùn kɑso wɔri nɡe mɛ u rɑ ko bɑɑdommɑ. Adɑmɑ Gusunɔ kun dere u nùn nɔmɑ turi. 
Sɑɑ ye sɔɔrɑ Dɑfidi u ɡiɑ kɑm kɑm mɑ Sɔɔlu u kɑsuwɑ u nùn ɡo. Mɑ u dɑ u wɑ̃ɑ ɡbɑburɔ Sifun dɑ̃ɑ sɔ̃ɔwɔ. 
Yerɑ Yonɑtɑm Sɔɔlun bii u mɑɑ wɑ mɛ, mɑ u seewɑ u dɑ Dɑfidin mi, u kɑ nùn dɑm kɛ̃ u Gusunɔ nɑɑnɛ ko. 
Ye u turɑ mi, u nùn sɔ̃ɔwɑ u nɛɛ, ɑ ku nɑndɑ. Domi Sɔɔlu kun nun nɑɑ turi. Wunɑ kɑɑ bɑndu di Isireliɔ kpɑ nɑ n sɑ̃ɑ wunɛn yiruse bɑn te sɔɔ. Nɛn tundo Sɔɔlun tii, u yɛ̃ mɛ. 
Yerɑ bɑ ɑrukɑwɑni bɔkuɑ Yinni Gusunɔn wuswɑɑɔ. Mɑ Dɑfidi u sinɑ dɑ̃ɑ sɔ̃ɔ mi. Yonɑtɑm u mɑɑ ɡɔsirɑ u dɑ yɛnuɔ. 
Mɑ Sifuɡibu bɑ dɑ Sɔɔlun mi Gibeɑɔ bɑ nùn sɔ̃ɔwɑ bɑ nɛɛ, Dɑfidi u kukuɑ bɛsɛn mi, kpee bɑɑ sɔɔ dɑ̃ɑ sɔ̃ɔwɔ, Hɑkilɑn ɡuurɔ te tɑ wɑ̃ɑ berɑ mi ɡɑ̃ɑnu ku rɑ kpin sɔ̃ɔ yɛ̃sɑn nɔm dwɑru ɡiɑ. 
Tɛ̃ wee, ɑ nùn kɑsu ɑ mwɑ. Ǹ n mɛn nɑ, ɑ nɑ, sɑ ko nun nùn nɔmu bɛriɑ. 
Mɑ Sɔɔlu u bu wisɑ u nɛɛ, Gusunɔ u bɛɛ domɑru kuɑ domi nɑ wɑ i nɛn wɔnwɔndu mɔ. 
Yen sɔ̃, nɑ bɛɛ kɑnɑmɔ, i doo i mɛɛri mi u rɑ sĩ sĩ. Kpɑ i win kuku yenu kpuro mɛɛri, kpɑ i wɑ mi u wɑ̃ɑ. Domi bɑ mɑn sɔ̃ɔwɑ mɑ u bwisi mɔ too. Yen biru kpɑ i nɑ i mɑn sɔ̃ ù n wɑ̃ɑ mi. Kpɑ n se n dɑ n nùn kɑsu, bɑɑ ǹ n Yudɑn bweseru kpuro sɔɔn nɑ kon bukiɑnɑ. 
Mɑ tɔn be, bɑ kuɑ mɛ. Bɑ ɡbiɑ bɑ dɑ Sifuɔ Sɔɔlu u sere nɑ. N deemɑ sɑɑ ye sɔɔ, Dɑfidi kɑ wiɡibu bɑ wɑ̃ɑ Arɑbɑn ɡuurɔ Mɑoniɔ mi ɡɑ̃ɑnu ku rɑ kpin sɔ̃ɔ yɛ̃sɑn nɔm dwɑru ɡiɑ. 
Yen biruwɑ Sɔɔlu u seewɑ kɑ win tɔmbu u dɑ u Dɑfidi kɑsu. Yerɑ ɡɑbɑ nɑ bɑ ye Dɑfidi sɔ̃ɔwɑ. Mɑ u seewɑ min di u dɑ u wɑ̃ɑ ɡuuru ɡɑrun mi Mɑonin ɡbɑburɔ. Ye Sɔɔlu u nuɑ mɛ, yerɑ u Dɑfidi nɑɑ swĩi ɡbɑburu mi. 
Ye u turɑ mi, ɡuu ten bee tiɑ u bɛwe. Mɑ Dɑfidi u mɑɑ wɑ̃ɑ ten bee tiɑɔ kɑ wiɡibu. Adɑmɑ sɑɑ ye sɔɔ, Sɔɔlu kɑ wiɡibu bɑ Dɑfidi kɑ win tɔmbu kooro bure bɑ kpɑ. Yerɑ Dɑfidi u swɑɑ kɑsu u kɑ dukɑ yɑkurɑ. 
Yerɑ sɔmɔ ɡoo u nɑ yɛnun di u Sɔɔlu sɔ̃ɔwɑ u nɛɛ, ɑ de ɑ nɑ fuuku, Filisitibɑ wee, bɑ sun wɔrimɑ. 
Yerɑ Sɔɔlu u ɡɔsirɑmɑ u ɡinɑ Dɑfidi deri u dɑ Filisiti ben mi ɡiɑ. Yen sɔ̃nɑ bɑ yɑm mi sokɑ kpee te tɑ bu burɑnɑ. 
