Samuyɛli Singena.
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Samuyɛli a falan yi rali Isirayila birin ma. Isirayila kaane yi mini Filisitine yɛngɛdeni. E yi e malan Ebeni-Eseri dɛxɔn ma, Filisitine yi malanxi Afeki yi. 
Filisitine yi e ganla ti yɛngɛ sodeni Isirayila kaane yɛtagi, yɛngɛn yi fɔlɔ. Filisitine yi Isirayila kaane nɔ, e yi muxu wuli naanin faxa na yɛngɛni. 
Muxu ɲɛɲɛne so waxatin naxan yi gali malandeni, Isirayila fonne yi a fala, e naxa, “Nanfera Alatala bata a lu to Filisitine xa en nɔ? Awa, en siga! En sa Alatalaa Layiri Kankiraan tongo Silo yi. En nun na xa mini, a yi en nakisi en yaxune fangan ma.” 
Nayi, e yi muxune rasiga Silo yi, ne yi fa Alatalaa Layiri Kankiraan na, Sɛnbɛn Birin Kanna naxan dɔxi maleka gubugubu kanne xun na. Saraxarali Heli a dii firinne, Xofini nun Finexasi yi Alaa Layiri Kankiraan xali. 
Alatalaa Layiri Kankiraan so gali malandeni waxatin naxan yi, Isirayila birin yi sɔnxɔ gbeeni te, bɔxɔn yi xuruxurun. 
Filisitine yi na mɛ e yi maxɔdinna ti, e naxa, “Nanse sɔnxɔ sɔnxɔ xui ito ra Heburu kaane malandeni?” E to a kolon a Alatalaa Kankiraan bata so, 
Filisitine yi gaxu. E naxa, “Alana nde bata so e gali malandeni! Gbalo feen bata en li naxan munma yi liga en na nun! 
Gbalona en xa! Nde en nakisɛ alani itoe ma naxanye Misiran kaane ɲaxankataxi kiin birin yi tonbon yireni? 
Ɛ sɔbɛ so, ɛ findi xɛmɛne ra Filisitine! Xa na mi a ra, ɛ findima nɛn Heburu kaane konyine ra alo e yi ɛ konyiyani kii naxan yi. Ɛ tan xɛmɛne xa yɛngɛn so sɔbɛɛn na!” 
Nayi, Filisitine yi yɛngɛn nakeli, e yi Isirayila kaane nɔ, birin yi a gi a konni. Na yi findi kala gbeen na. Isirayila sofaan muxu wuli tonge saxan yi faxa. 
Alaa Kankiraan yi xali, Heli a dii firinne yi faxa, Xofini nun Finexasi. 
Na lɔxɔn yɛtɛni, xɛmɛna nde yi a gi yɛngɛn ma Bunyamin bɔnsɔnni Silo yi. A a dugine yibɔ sununi, a burunburunna sa a xunni. 
A fɛ, Heli yi dɔxi gbɛdɛni kiraan dɛxɔn. A a yɛɛ rakoɲinma bayo a bɔɲɛn yi dinma Alaa Kankirana fe ra. Xɛmɛn somatɔɔn taani, a yi na feen xibarun nali, taan birin yi gbelegbele. 
Heli to na sɔnxɔ sɔnxɔ xuiin mɛ, a yi maxɔdinna ti, a naxa, “Nanse sɔnxɔ xui ito ra?” Xɛmɛn yi fa Heli fɛma mafurɛn. 
Heli bata yi ɲɛɛ tonge solomanaanin ɲɛɛ solomasɛxɛ sɔtɔ, a yɛɛne bata yi danxu fefe. 
Xɛmɛn yi a fala Heli xa, a naxa, “N baxi kelideni yɛngɛn nin, n nan n gixi to yɛtɛɛn nin.” Heli yi a maxɔdin, a naxa, “Nanse ligaxi n ma diina?” 
Xɛraan yi yabin ti, a naxa, “Isirayila kaane bata e gi Filisitine yɛɛ ra, na findixi kala gbeen nan na en ma ganla ma. Mɔn, i ya dii firinne, Xofini nun Finexasi bata faxa. Filisitine bata Alaa Kankiraan tongo.” 
Xɛrana Alaa Kankirana fe fala waxatin naxan yi, Heli yi bira a xanbiramaan na taan so dɛɛn dɛxɔn. A kɔɛɛn yi gira, a faxa, bayo a yi belebele, a mɔn bata yi fori. A bata yi kitin sa Isirayila yi ɲɛɛ tonge naanin. 
A mamuxuna, Finexasi a ɲaxanla fudikanna nan yi a ra. A yi wama a bari feni. A yi Alaa Kankiraan tongo feen mɛ, e nun a taɲe nun a xɛmɛn faxa fena, a yi a felen, a diin bari. Dii barin tɔrɔne yi a nɔ. 
A yi faxama waxatin naxan yi, ɲaxanla naxanye yi a dɛxɔn ma, ne yi a fala a xa, e naxa, “I nama gaxu amasɔtɔ i bata dii xɛmɛn bari.” Koni a mi a mɛ, a mi sese fala. 
A yi a diin xili sa Ikabodi, a naxa, “Binyen bata ɲan Isirayila yi.” A na falaxi Alaa Kankiraan tongo feen nan ma e nun a taɲe nun a xɛmɛn ɲan fena. 
A yi a fala, a naxa, “Binyen bata ɲan Isirayila yi bayo Alaa Kankiraan bata tongo.” 
