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Davidi kua Nↄbu
1 Davidi bↄ̀ we, ↄ̃ Yonatãa ɛ̀a tà bɛ. 2 Kɛ́ Davidi lɛ́ gɛ́ sa'onkia Aimɛlɛki kĩ́i Nↄbu, Aimɛlɛkipi bↄ̀ gɛ̀ daiaàlɛ. Vĩa aà kũ̀, ↄ̃ à aà là à mɛ̀: Bↄ́mɛ tò ń bɛ ndo gbɛ̃e kunnↄo ni? 3 Davidi wèwà à mɛ̀: Kí mɛ́ zĩdàmɛɛ, à mɛ̀ másu to gbɛ̃e yã́ pↄ́ a dìlɛmɛɛ à ma zĩ kɛi dↄ̃o. Ɔ̃ wa gudↄ̀kↄ̃ɛ ń ma ìwaↄ aa dↄaamɛɛ. 4 Blɛ kpele ń vĩ la tiai? Ma gba pɛ̃ɛ mɛ̀n sↄo ge pↄ́ pↄ́ ń vĩ píi lé. 5 Ɔ̃ sa'onkiapi mɛ̀: Pɛ̃ɛ pã kuo, sema pↄ́ pↄ́ wa kàlɛ Luaɛ bàasio. Tó n gbɛ̃́ↄ gbãlɛa nↄɛ yã́ musuo,* má kpama. 6 Ɔ̃ Davidi òɛ̀: Màaɛ, wá wázĩa kũa nↄɛↄ yã́ musu, lá wi kɛ wà gbasa da zĩkazɛuwa. Ma gbɛ̃́ↄ pↄ́ↄ gbãlɛao. Baa gↄↄ pↄ́ wálɛ pↄeã táa'o, aaliↄ gbãlɛao, belenkɛ tá pↄ́ wálɛ o gbã. 7 Ɔ̃ sa'onkiapi Lua pɛ̃ɛ sɛ̀ a kpàwà, asa pɛ̃ɛe ku weo, sema pↄ́ pↄ́ wa kàlɛ Luaɛpi.† Wì pɛ̃ɛpi sɛ Dii aɛɛ, ↄ̃ wì a lɛũkpakɛ ń pɛ̃ɛ dafuo.‡
8 Saulu ìwae ku we gↄↄpi, aà tↄ́n Doegu. Ɛdↄũ buiɛ, aàpi mɛ́ Saulu sãdãnki ũ. 9 Ɔ̃ Davidi Aimɛlɛki là à mɛ̀: Ń sↄ̃na ge fɛ̃nda vĩ laa? Mi e ma a fɛ̃nda ge gↄ̃kɛbↄe sɛ̀o, asa kí zĩpi dàmɛɛ zɛazɛaɛ. 10 Sa'onkiapi wèwà à mɛ̀: Filitɛ̃ pↄ́ ń dɛ̀ Ela guzulɛu Goliati fɛ̃nda gwa kɛ. A ku sa'o'ula kpɛ, zwãa fĩfĩwa. Tó ń yei, sɛ́, asa a pãle ku la lↄo, sema bee. Ɔ̃ Davidi mɛ̀: Kpaa, a sáa kuo.
Davidi ĩ́andekɛkɛa
11 Davidi bàalɛ̀ Sauluɛ zĩbeezĩ, à tà Gata kí Akisi kĩ́i. 12 Ɔ̃ Akisipi ìwaↄ òɛ̀: Isaili bùsu kí Davidin weo lò? Aàpi ↄ̃ wì ↄ̃wã wì lɛsi aà yã́ musuo lò? Wì mɛ:
Saulu gbɛ̃́ↄ dɛ̀dɛ ↄ̀aa sↄoɛ (1.000),
Davidi sↄ̃ ↄ̀aasↄsↄo lɛɛ kwi (10.000).
13 Yã́pi Davidi kũ̀ gbãa, àlɛ vĩakɛ Akisiɛ maamaa.§ 14 Ɔ̃ à azĩa lìlɛ, àlɛ ĩ́andekɛ kɛ ń wáa. À ↄgbɛ gàlɛgalɛ bĩ́ibↄlɛ gbaↄwa, a tò lɛ́'i dà a lɛkpɛa. 15 Ɔ̃ Akisi ò a ìwaↄnɛ: À gwa! Gbɛ̃́piá ĩ́andeɛ. Bↄ́yãi a aà sɛ̀ a mↄoai? 16 Ĩandeↄ kɛ̃̀sãaɛ, ↄ̃ a gbɛ̃́pi sɛ̀ a mↄoa aà ĩ́andekɛ kɛmɛɛa? A e gɛ̃ ma uao.*
* 21:5 Lev 15.18 † 21:7 Mat 12.3-4 ‡ 21:7 Bↄa 40.22-23 § 21:13 Soũ 56 * 21:16 Soũ 34