1 Samuel 4 in Boko

1 Isailiↄ bↄ̀lɛ gɛ̀ Filitɛ̃ↄwa zĩu. Aa bòokpà Ɛbɛnɛzɛɛ, Filitɛ̃ↄ sↄ̃ Afɛki.

2 Filitɛ̃ↄ zĩ'ↄpòo aa gɛ̀ò Isailiↄwa. Kɛ́ zĩ gbãakũ̀, ↄ̃ Filitɛ̃ↄ Isailiↄ blè, aa ń dɛdɛ zĩlau we gbɛ̃ↄn ↄ̀aa bao (4.000) taawa.

3 Kɛ́ Isailiↄ sù ń bòou, an gbɛ̃zↄ̃ↄↄ mɛ̀: Bↄ́yãi Dii tò Filitɛ̃ↄ wá blé gbãi? Wà gɛ Dii bàakuawanↄ kpagolo sɛ́ Silo wà suò àↄ kúwanↄ, kɛ́ aàli wá bↄ wá ibɛɛↄ ↄzĩ.

4 Ɔ̃ aa gbɛ̃́ↄ zĩ̀ Silo aa gɛ̀ Dii bàakuańnↄ kpagolo sɛ̀ sùò. Ɔ̃mɛ Dii Zĩgↄ̃de kiblekĩi ũ malaika gã̀sĩadeↄ zãnguo. Ɛli nɛ́ gbɛ̃ↄn plaↄ Ɔfini ń Finɛasio kú ń kpagolopio we.

5 Kɛ́ wà kàò Isailiↄ bòou, aa kã̀a wiiwa ḿpii e tↄↄlɛ dèe.

6 Kɛ́ Filitɛ̃ↄ wiipi mà, aa mɛ̀: Bↄ́ wii gbãa mɛ́ dↄ Ɛbɛluↄ bòoui? Kɛ́ aa dↄ̃̀ Dii kpagolo mɛ́ pìla ń bòou,

7 vĩa ń kṹ aa mɛ̀: Diie pìla ń bòouɛ. Yã́ gìwáɛ sa! Yã́ bee taa i kɛ yãao.

8 Yã́ gìwáɛ! Démɛ a wá bↄ dii gbãapi ↄzĩi? Diipi mɛ́ yãmↄ̀ Egipiↄnɛ guwaiwaiu.

9 Wá Filitɛ̃ↄ wà sↄ̃dilɛ wà gↄ̃ɛkɛkɛ. Tó wi kɛ màao, wá zↄble Ɛbɛluↄnɛ lá aalɛ blewɛ̃ɛwaɛ. Wà gↄ̃ɛkɛkɛ, wí zĩkańnↄ.

10 Ɔ̃ Filitɛ̃ↄ fɛ̀lɛ Isailiↄwa ń zĩo aa ń fú, ↄ̃ an baade bàalɛ̀ tà a bɛ, an dɛdɛa kɛ̀ zài. Filitɛ̃ↄ ń kɛ̀sɛdeↄ dɛ̀dɛ gbɛ̃ↄn ↄ̀aasↄsↄo lɛɛ baakwi (30.000).

11 Aa Lua kpagolo sì mɛ́ Ɛli nɛ́ gbɛ̃ↄn plaↄ Ɔfini ń Finɛasio gàga.

12 Bɛ̃yãmɛɛ bui gbɛ̃e bↄ̀ zĩlau, à bàalɛ̀ gɛ̀ Silo zĩbeezĩ. À a pↄkasaↄ ga kɛ̃̀kɛ̃, à bùsukà a miu.

13 Kɛ́ à kà, à Ɛli lè zↄ̃lɛa kìlau zɛ́ saɛ, àlɛ gudã, asa aà sↄ̃ daa doũo Lua kpagolo yã́i. Kɛ́ gbɛ̃́pi gɛ̃̀ wɛ̃́lɛu, à baokpà wɛ̃́lɛdeↄnɛ, ↄ̃ aalɛ ↄ́ↄlↄ ḿpii.

14 Kɛ́ Ɛli wiipi mà à mɛ̀: Búbua bee bↄ̀ máɛ? Ɔ̃ gbɛ̃́pi kɛ̀ kpakpa à gɛ oɛ̀.

15 Ɛli zi kà wɛ̃̀ basↄo plasai, aà wɛ́ gↄ̃̀ sùii, àlɛ gu'e lↄo.

16 Ɔ̃ gbɛ̃́pi òɛ̀: Tia ma bↄ zĩlau, ma bↄ za we ń bao gbãɛ. Ɔ̃ Ɛli aà là à mɛ̀: Bↄ́mɛ kɛ̀ wei ma gbɛ̃́?

17 Baokpanapi wèwà à mɛ̀: Isailiↄ bàalɛ̀ Filitɛ̃ↄnɛ, ↄ̃ Filitɛ̃ↄ ń dɛdɛ dasidasi. N nɛ́ gbɛ̃ↄn plaↄ Ɔfini ń Finɛasio gàga lↄ. Filitɛ̃piↄ Lua kpagolo sìmá lↄ.

18 Kɛ́ à Lua kpagolo yã'ò, Ɛli bↄ̀ a kìlau à lɛ̀lɛ kpaanla wɛ̃́lɛ bĩ́ibↄlɛ saɛ, ↄ̃ aà waa gbòo à gà, asa à zikũ̀ mɛ́ gbɛ̃́ kã́aɛ. À dↄ̀aa Isailiↄnɛ e wɛ̃̀ blaɛ.

19 Ɛli nɛ́ Finɛasi na nↄsia, à kà nɛ'ia. Kɛ́ à Lua kpagolo sia bao mà ń a zãde gaao ń a zã́ gaao, ↄ̃ à kùlɛ à nɛ'ì, asa nↄwãwã mↄ̀wàɛ.

20 Kɛ́ àlɛ kãsãnkɛ, gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ aa aà kṹkũaↄ òɛ̀: Ńsu to vĩa n kũo, n nɛ'ì gↄ̃ɛ ũ. Ãma i wemáo, i ń yãdao.

21 Ɔ̃ à tↄkpà nɛ́piɛ Ikabodu à mɛ̀: Isailiↄ gawi kↄ'ɛ̀, asa wà Lua kpagolo sìmáɛ, mɛ́ aà zãde ń aà zã́o gàga lↄ.

22 À mɛ̀: Isailiↄ gawi kↄ'ɛ̀, asa wà Lua kpagolo sìmáɛ.