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Saulu íbɛlɛsɛa ń Davidio
1 Kɛ́ Davidi yã'ò ń Sauluo a làa, ↄ̃ Yonatãa gbɛ̃kpàaànↄ, a yeaàzi lá azĩa wɛ̃niwa. 2 Za zĩbeezĩ ↄ̃ Saulu aà dìlɛ a bɛ, i wei aà ta a mae bɛ lↄo. 3 Yonatãa yãyèaànↄ, kɛ́ a yeaàzi lá azĩa wɛ̃niwa yã́i. 4 Ɔ̃ à a ulada pↄ́ á daa bↄ̀ à aà gbà ń a zĩka'ulao ń a fɛ̃ndao ń a sáo ń a asanao. 5 Gua pↄ́ Saulu Davidi gbàɛu zĩkai píi, ì saasɛɛ, ↄ̃ à aà dìlɛ zĩgↄ̃ↄ gbɛ̃zↄ̃ↄ ũ. Aà yã́ ì kɛ gbɛ̃́piiɛ naɛ ń Saulu ìwaↄ píi.
6 Kɛ́ zĩgↄ̃ↄ lɛ́ su Davidi Filitɛ̃pi dɛa gbɛa, nↄɛↄ bↄ̀ Isaili wɛ̃́lɛↄ guu píi, aa gɛ̀ dai ń kí Saululɛ, aalɛ lɛsi, aalɛ ↄ̃wã, aalɛ gã̀alɛ, aalɛ pↄnakɛ, aalɛ sɛ̃́sɛ̃napa. 7 Aalɛ lɛsi, aalɛ dↄkↄ̃ɛ, aalɛ ↄ̃wã, aalɛ mɛ:
Saulu gbɛ̃́ↄ dɛ̀dɛ ↄ̀aa sↄoɛ (1.000),
Davidi sↄ̃ ↄ̀aasↄsↄo lɛɛ kwi (10.000).
8 Yã́pi kɛ̀ Sauluɛ ĩ́i maamaaɛ, ↄ̃ aà pↄ pà à mɛ̀: Wà ↄ̀aasↄsↄo lɛɛ kwi kpà Davidiwa, mapi sↄ̃ ↄ̀aa sↄonaɛ. Kpala mɛ́ gↄ̃̀ aà si sa. 9 Za zĩbeezĩ ↄ̃ à wɛdↄ̀ɛ̀.
10 Kɛ́ a gu dↄ̀, ↄ̃ Lua tò Saulu tã́a pãsĩpi dɛ̀dɛ, àlɛ yãyaaa'o a kpɛ́u, ↄ̃ Davidi a mↄↄna sɛ̀, àlɛ lɛ́ lá ìↄ kɛ gↄↄpiiwa. Saulu a sↄ̃na kũa, 11 ↄ̃ à aà gbã̀ò à mɛ̀: Má Davidi paò mà naaa ń gĩoɛ. Ɔ̃ Davidi azĩa ɛ̃̀ɛ̀ gɛ̃n pla. 12 Saulu ì vĩakɛ Davidiɛ, kɛ́ Dii kuaànↄ mɛ́ à pãkpàazi yã́i. 13 Ɔ̃ à Davidi yà à aà dìlɛ zĩgↄ̃ gbɛ̃ↄn ↄ̀aa sↄoↄ gbɛ̃zↄ̃ↄ ũ. Ɔ̃mɛ ìↄ dↄaaanɛ́ zĩlau. 14 Gu pↄ́ à gɛ̀u píi ì saasɛɛ, kɛ́ Dii kuaànↄ yã́i. 15 Kɛ́ Saulu è ìↄ saasɛ, ↄ̃ à vĩakɛ̀ɛ̀ dɛ yãala. 16 Isailiↄ ń Yudaↄ sↄ̃ aa ye Davidizi ḿpiiɛ, kɛ́ ìↄ dↄaanɛ́ zĩlau yã́i.
17 Ɔ̃ Saulu òɛ̀: Má a nɛnↄɛ sɛ̃́ia Mɛlabu kpama nↄ ũ. Nɛgↄ̃nkɛa kɛ, ní zĩkamɛɛ Diiɛ. Asa Saulu làasookɛ̀ à mɛ̀: Má ↄkãwào, Filitɛ̃ↄ mɛ́ aa aà dɛ. 18 Ɔ̃ Davidi òɛ̀: Dén ma ũi? Deↄn ma bɛdeↄ ń ma mae buiↄ ũ kɛ́ mà gbasa mà gↄ̃ n nɛ́ zã́ ũi? 19 Kɛ́ Mɛlabu kà wà kpa Davidiwa, ↄ̃ Saulu aà kpà Mɛↄla gbɛ̃́ Adiɛliwa.
20 Saulu nɛnↄɛ Mikali ye Davidizi. Kɛ́ wà yã́pi ò Sauluɛ, à kɛ̀ɛ̀ na 21 à mɛ̀: Má aà kpawàɛ, i gↄ̃ɛ̀ bai ũ, Filitɛ̃ↄ i aà dɛ. Ɔ̃ a ò Davidiɛ: Ńyↄ̃ ma nɛ́ pãle e ǹ sɛ sa. 22 Ɔ̃ a ò a ìwaↄnɛ: À yã'o Davidiɛ asii guu, à oɛ̀ aà yã́ kàmagu, mɛ́ ma ìwaↄ yeaàzi píi. Aà ma nɛnↄɛ sɛ́. 23 Aà ìwaↄ yã́pi kã̀ Davidiɛ a swã́wa, ↄ̃ a ònɛ́: Gↄ̃a kíanɛ zã́ ũ á yã́ àa nɛe? Táaa taasiden ma ũ. 24 Kɛ́ Saulu ìwaↄ sù, aa Davidi yã́pi sɛ̀lɛ sìuɛ̀. 25 Ɔ̃ Saulu mɛ̀: À oɛ̀ má ye ã̀nsue pↄeio, sema aà tↄsimɛɛ ma ibɛɛ Filitɛ̃ↄwa, i sumɛɛ ń ń gyafↄↄo mɛ̀n basↄo. Àlɛ e Filitɛ̃ↄ aà dɛɛ.
26 Kɛ́ ìwapiↄ yã́pi dàu a sìu Davidiɛ, gↄ̃a kíanɛ zã́ ũ kɛ̀ɛ̀ na sa. E nↄpi sɛgↄↄ àↄ gɛ́ kái, 27 Davidi ń a zĩgↄ̃ↄ fɛ̀lɛ gɛ̀ Filitɛ̃ↄ dɛ̀dɛ gbɛ̃ↄn ↄ̀aa do, ↄ̃ à sù ń ń gyafↄↄo, a kpà kíawa píi, kɛ́ à e gↄ̃ aà nɛ́ zã́ ũ yã́i. Ɔ̃ Saulu a nɛ́ Mikali kpàwà nↄ ũ. 28 Kɛ́ Saulu è màa, a dↄ̃̀ kɛ́ Dii kú ń Davidioɛ, mɛ́ a nɛ́ Mikali yeaàzi, 29 ↄ̃ aà vĩakɛaɛ̀ kã̀fĩ, à gↄ̃̀ aà ibɛɛ ũ e à gɛ̀ gàò. 30 Gↄↄ pↄ́ Filitɛ̃ kíaↄ bↄ̀lɛ gɛ̀ zĩkai, Davidi ì saasɛ dɛ Saulu ìwa kĩniↄlaɛ, ↄ̃ à tↄbↄ̀ maamaa.