Samuyɛli Firindena.
18.
Dawuda yi yamaan malan naxanye yi a fɔxɔ ra, a yi sofa kuntigine dɔxɔ naxanye muxu kɛmɛne nun muxu wuline xun na. 
Dawuda yi yamaan fɔxɔ singen nasiga Yowaba ma a yamarin bun, a yi a fɔxɔ firinden nasiga Abisayi ma a yamarin bun, Seruyaa dii xɛmɛn Yowaba tada. Dawuda yi a fɔxɔ saxanden nasiga Itayi Gati kaan ma a yamarin bun. Mangan mɔn yi a fala yamaan xa, a naxa, “N fan wama siga feni ɛ fɔxɔ ra.” 
Koni, yamaan yi a fala a xa, e naxa, “I mi sigama. Bayo xa nxu nxu gi, yaxune mi nxu yatɛma, hali nxu fɔxɔ kedenna faxa, e mi na yatɛma. Koni, i tan dangu nxu tan sofa muxu wuli fu ra. Nanara, a lan i lu taani, i nɔɛ nxu maliyɛ dɛnaxan yi.” 
Mangan yi e yabi, a naxa, “Naxan nafan ɛ ma, n na nan ligama.” Sofane yi minima kɛmɛ kɛmɛ yɛɛn nun wuli wuli yɛɛn ma waxatin naxan yi, mangan yi ti taan so dɛɛn na. 
Mangan mɔn yi a fala Yowaba nun Abisayi nun Itayi xa, a naxa, “N bata ɛ mafan, ɛ nama fe ɲaxi yo liga Abisalomi ra, n ma diina.” Sofane birin yi a xuiin namɛ na yamarin fiyɛ kuntigine ma. 
Dawudaa sofane yi mini siga Abisalomi a ganla yɛngɛdeni, yɛngɛn so Efirami fɔtɔnna nin. 
Dawudaa ganla yi Abisalomi a ganla nɔ, e yi muxu wuli mɔxɔɲɛ faxa e ra na lɔxɔni. 
Yɛngɛn yi so yamanan birin yi. Naxanye faxa fɔtɔnni, ne yi wuya dangu naxanye faxa yɛngɛni. 
Na waxatini, Abisalomi yi mini Dawudaa walikɛne ma. Abisalomi bata yi te sofanla fari. Sofanla yi so wari bili gbeen yiine bun, Abisalomi xunna yi kankan wari yiine longonna ra. A lu bɔxɔn nun kuyen tagi, sofanla yi mini a bun. 
Xɛmɛna nde to na to, a fa na fala Yowaba xa, a naxa, “N bata Abisalomi to singanxi wariin bun.” 
Koni, Yowaba yi a fala xɛmɛn xa, a naxa, “I a to nɛn? Nanfera i mi a faxa keden na? N yi gbeti gbanan fu soɛ nɛn i yii e nun tagixidina nde.” 
Koni na xɛmɛn yi a fala Yowaba xa, a naxa, “Hali i gbeti gbanan wuli keden so n yii, n mi tinɲɛ fe ɲaxin ligɛ mangana dii xɛmɛn na, bayo nxu birin a mɛ nɛn manga yamarini ito fima i tan nun Abisayi nun Itayi ma, a naxa, ‘Ɛ xaxili lu Abisalomi xɔn, muxu yo nama fe ɲaxin liga a ra.’ 
Xa n yi na liga alo n mi sese mɛxi, n yi bɔnɔma n niini nɛn, mangan yi n ma wulen kolonma nɛn, bayo sese mi luxunɲɛ a ma. Nayi, i tan yɛtɛɛn mi yi n xun mafalɛ.” 
Yowaba yi a yabi, a naxa, “N mi n ma waxatin kalama i tan xɔn.” A yi tanba saxan tongo, a sa e sɔti Abisalomi kankeni a ɲɛɲɛn singanxin na. 
Sofa banxulan fuun naxanye yi Yowabaa yɛngɛ so seene maxalima, ne yi Abisalomi rabilin, e yi a raɲan. 
Na xanbi ra, Yowaba yi xɔtaan fe alogo yɛngɛn xa dan. Nayi, Dawudaa sofane yi xɛtɛ Abisalomi a ganla fɔxɔ ra. 
E yi Abisalomi tongo, e yi a woli yili gbeen na fɔtɔnni, e gɛmɛ gbegbe malan a fari. Na waxatini, Abisalomi a sofane yi e gi, birin yi siga a konni. 
Abisalomi yi kɛndɛ waxatin naxan yi, a bata yi banxi gbeen ti Manga lanbanni, bayo a yi a mirima nɛn, a naxa, “Dii xɛmɛ mi fa n yii, n xinla luyɛ naxan yii.” Nanara, a yi na banxin xili sa a yɛtɛ xun ma, naxan mɔn xili bama han to a Abisalomi a banxina. 
Aximaasi, Sadɔki a dii xɛmɛn yi a fala Yowaba xa, a naxa, “Tin, n xa n gi n sa a fala mangan xa Alatala kitin naxan nagidixi a ma, a yi a so a yaxune yii.” 
Yowaba yi a fala a xa, a naxa, “Xibaru faɲi rali mi i ra to, lɔxɔ gbɛtɛ i sa xibaru faɲin naliyɛ, koni to i mi a xalɛ, bayo mangana dii xɛmɛn bata faxa.” 
Yowaba yi a fala Kusi kaana nde xa, a naxa, “Siga, i naxan toxi, sa na fala mangan xa.” Kusi kaan yi a xinbi sin Yowaba bun ma, a yi a gi. 
Aximaasi, Sadɔki a dii xɛmɛn mɔn yi a fala, a naxa, “Sese liga, tin, n fan xa n gi Kusi kaan fɔxɔ ra.” Yowaba yi a fala, a naxa, “N ma diina, nanfera i waxi i gi feni? Na mi findima xibaru faɲi ra i tan xa.” 
Aximaasi mɔn yi a fala, a naxa, “Hali fefe liga, n waxi n gi feni.” Yowaba yi a fala a xa, a naxa, “Awa, i gi!” Aximaasi yi a gi mini Yurudɛn mɛrɛ yi kirani, a sa dangu Kusi kaan na. 
Dawuda yi dɔxi dɛ firinne tagi. Kantan muxun yi siga yinna xun tagi, a yi a yɛɛn nasiga, a yi xɛmɛna nde kedenna to fɛ a giyɛ. 
Kantan muxun yi gbelegbele, a yi a fala mangan xa. Mangan yi a yabi, a naxa, “Xa a kedenna nan a ra, a fama xibaru faɲin nan na.” Na xɛraan yi masoma, 
kantan muxun mɔn yi muxu gbɛtɛ fan to gixi. A gbelegbele dɛ kantanna ra, a naxa, “Muxuna nde fan kedenna fama a giyɛ.” Mangan yi a fala, a naxa, “Na fan faan xibaru faɲin nan na.” 
Kantan muxun yi a fala, a naxa, “Muxu singen luxi alo Aximaasi na a ra, Sadɔki a dii xɛmɛna.” Mangan yi a fala, a naxa, “Xɛmɛ faɲin nan a ra, a fama xibaru faɲin nan na.” 
Aximaasi yi gbelegbele, a yi a fala mangan xa, a naxa, “I nuwali.” A yi a xinbi sin mangan yɛtagi, a yɛtagin yi lan bɔxɔn ma, a yi a fala, a naxa, “Barikan bira Alatala xa, i ya Ala, naxan i yɛngɛ faane soxi i yii, mangana, n kanna.” 
Mangan yi a maxɔdin, a naxa, “Abisalomi yiyalan?” Aximaasi yi a yabi, a naxa, “N tan i ya walikɛɛn mayimaxa gbeen to nɛn Yowaba nxu nun i ya walikɛna nde rafa waxatin naxan yi, koni n mi yi a kolon fefe yi a ra.” 
Mangan yi a fala, a naxa, “I masiga, i ti be.” Aximaasi yi a masiga, a lu tixi. 
Kusi kaan fan yi fa. A yi a fala, a naxa, “Mangana, n kanna, n baxi xibaru faɲin nan mɛdeyi, bayo Alatala bata i ya kitin sa to. Naxanye yi i yɛngɛma, a bata ne sa i sagoni.” 
Mangan yi Kusi kaan maxɔdin, a naxa, “Sese mi Abisalomi sɔtɔxi ba?” Kusi kaan yi a yabi, a naxa, “Naxan na banxulanna sɔtɔxi, na xa i yaxune birin sɔtɔ, e nun naxanye birin murutɛxi i xili ma.” 
