¹ Hunnoube: Mahougbe doukon yetɔ ya? Oh! no Izraɛlvi yigni koukan abrahamutɔ, le akɔta Benjamintɔ. ² Mahou ningbe doukon yetɔ, ciyi djeside o. Minegnan enounci hlinhlinlɔ nouso Elieci, leciyi konouho non mahou kpankɔ Izraɛl. ³ Ahouétɔ, ohou egnonnoudetɔwo, ogban avosakpetɔwo, gnidekè yikpɔtɔ, yi de djidjikɔ lahouun? ⁴ Vɔa hunɖe Mahou noci ni? Hunhin agbetɔ kotokoun amandre ci ne djeklo le hunkɔnon vodoun(baal). ⁵ Nin nin le fifiɔ ekpɔtɔ deka, sɔto cancan menouvevetɔ me. ⁶ Neto menouveve melɔ, negbegni edɔyo, nenelɔ menouveve negbegni menouveve. Yi neto edɔ womelɔ, negbegni menouvevewo, nenelɔ edɔ negbegni edɔ wo. ⁷ Hunɖe yi? Enouci Israɛl le djidjikɔ, yi nehoueo, vɔa cancan lɔ houè, yi amekpèlɔwo sindji. ⁸ Sibe ohlin no: Mahou sɔ nanwo gbongbon enoumansɔyɔnou, hunkouvi non agbekpɔ hundewo eto non ogbese hundewo, kaka vavagbe. Yi davidi noube: ⁹ Non ekplon yotɔ agni emontrenou nonwo, edɔ, mon noukpɔkpɔ egnidjedjetɔ, koudo fintou! ¹⁰ Hunkouviyoto nedo vivici non ogbegbekpɔnouwo, non kpɔhoui hotɔ nenon concon. ¹¹ Yinoube: non wadjangni yiwanou yi ohlon a?Oh vɔa sɔto gingin yotɔ melɔ dedekpɔkpɔ linon yiyélɔmetɔwo, non nouhoun aɖo yomé. ¹² Non djondjon wotɔ gni dɔkoun non yiyélɔlɔ, yi gbɔdjogbɔdjɔ yotɔ dɔkou non yiyemetɔwolɔ, dede yilavahi non ova trɔ djime kéhunkéhun. ¹³ Hunlenounoukɔ non mio djimayɔsetɔwom hungni apotru djiman yɔsetɔwotɔ, hunle edɔ cigni kanfoukɔ. ¹⁴ Yi ne hinbe nantoutou enouhouan no meciwo yile koukan yignime akpeci asɔhlin medewogan. ¹⁵ Non gbegbewotɔ gni caca non yiyélɔ dede trɔtrɔva yotɔ lanon do, ningni ninnia wolɔ agbedekale ekouwodome? ¹⁶ No non hunkɔ gbinwo kɔlɔ kehunkehun kɔnon; yi non ekelɔ kɔlɔ, alouièviocan kɔnon. ¹⁷ Vɔa non alouèvi dého hinlɔ yiyɔ; osɔ alouevi gblegblebou sɔtenoci lɔ, yrca, lakpɔ ale to ekeyetɔ ome. ¹⁸ Ne kpeci laklogo alouv imewo o, non oklogo, nan gnanbe non ryɔ yigni ekelɔ, vɔa ekelɔ yi le eyɔhin? ¹⁹ Olava noube : one alouèvilɔwe, non wavado nouho negni. ²⁰ Gnanwoyɔ, odewo su sɔkoudo djime sinsin ci, yi eyɔ okpɔtɔli sɔ to yɔseme hungbetasi yɔdeki non egoyiyiwo, vɔa von; ²¹ No non mahou netasi alouèvi wolɔ neledjava tasi yɔ can we. ²² No asiyɔyɔ non gnongnon koudo hunkouvi tintin mahoutɔ: hunkouvi tintin daade meciyo yi djangnigbɔ yi gnongnon mahoutɔ dod eyɔgbɔ non okpɔtɔ le gnongnonlɔme; nrgni nenewolɔ, olavadewosu. ²³ Nen wotɔ onekpɔtɔle djime sinsin mewolɔ olavaɖonouwo nonwo; no mahou sinhin yi lagbe donouwo nonwo. ²⁴ Non, oso acilɔ, yi odonouyo non acilɔ, ninnin olavadonouwo non woci. ²⁵ Yin nin djibe nonviwo mian hlonbe enouhlahla yon, non migbevakpɔbe hunnougnantɔ, yignibe Israel no edjisinsinme, kaka non djimanyɔsetɔwo kéhunkéhun adome. ²⁶ Yi Israel kéhunkéhun lakpɔ hlingan sibe leci ohlindo hlingantɔ laqo sion. ²⁷ Yi lavagni ekacca yignin koudowo, gacime nan va de nouvoui yotɔ su. ²⁸ Ci kan mahou gnonlɔ lɔ, ogni kétɔ sɔ koudomianci, vɔa sɔ koudo cancancilɔ, olonyo sɔkoudo yedowoci. ²⁹ No enounan nan koudo yɔyɔ mahoutɔ netrɔnonwo. ³⁰ Sibe leci nonyi mégbe tonousese non non Mahou voyi yi sɔto tonou manse wotɔme yi miyɔ menouveve. ³¹ Ninya yi ogbe tonou sese viene yisɔto menouveve ciyi owenonnmitɔ, yocan wayɔ menouveve. ³² No mahou tou agbetɔ desiade no tonsu maseme, akpeci awa menouveve non amesiame. ³³ Ler cicitome non dɔkoun koudo enougnangnan mahoutɔ! Mede nemonnon noudjo kodjo dodoyrtɔ cowo, yi mede nrmonnon nougbe emonyetɔwocowo! no. ³⁴ Mede yi djesi sousou ahouetɔ eyɔ lɔtɔ, alo medeyi kplindinou? ³⁵ Medeyidi degni, yi latrɔ avayɔ? ³⁶ Yiyɔ sɔto yedji yi yetɔ yigni enouwokéhunjéhun huncikɔkouè deyini tegbe! evame!