Arca da aliança
A Arca da Aliança era o símbolo mais sagrado de Israel — representava a presença de Deus no meio do seu povo. Sobre ela brilhava a glória do Senhor entre os querubins.
Filisiti bete bɛ tɔ bɛ san bɛ ma tà bɩtà ma Isareli bete. Gɛtɛ akpa fɔ ɩɩ mɛ ɔtan fɔ, Filisiti bete be di Isareli bete boo koro, gɛ be wolo bɛnɩ ɩgbaa ɩnyɔɔ (4,000). Ɔya gɛtɛ bɩtà bʋʋ bɛtàlɛ fɔ be biri bɛ ba gɛsarakʋn fɔ gaanɩ fɔ, Isareli bɛndɩrɛ be lila booko-booko alan, <<Anʋn na ba, gɛ Yahwe ɛ yɛ Filisiti bete be di tii koro ǹdò? Ɩ yɛ taà ma ka Yahwe Dikola dɩɩ dɩdaka fɔ ti ye Silo tɩ ba, fɔ Yahwe ɛ̀ɛ̀ fɩya ma ɛtɩ, fɔ èè tiri tɩ ye tɩɩ bɛkyʋnlɛ baalɔ yaanɩ.>>
Okoro bɛ sa bɛnɩ Silo, gɛ bɛ ma ka Yahwe-Kpatakpɩrɩ gɛtɛ è si gigyu-bɩya gii koro Kerubi ɛbɛ boo getite fɔ wo Dikola dɩɩ dɩdaka fɔ bɛ ba. Fɔ Eli bebi-tenibi bɛnyɔɔ Hofini, ma Finehasi bɛ̀ sa dʋkɔbɛ ma Dikola dɩɩ dɩdaka fɔ.
Ɔkʋna gɛtɛ Yahwe Dikola dɩɩ dɩdaka fɔ di be gyu bɔɔ gɛsarakʋn fɔ, Isareli powu ɛ gbɛrɛ afala-dɩrɛ, gɛtɛ gɛtʋnkwaa gi kpenti. Gɛtɛ Filisiti bete bɛ nʋn afala fɔ, be lila alan, <<Anʋn yaafala gɛ Hebere bete bɛɛ gbɛrɛ bɔɔ gɛsarakʋn lɛ?>>
Gɛtɛ Filisiti bete bɛ nʋn alɛ Yahwe Dikola dɩɩ dɩdaka di be gyu Hebere bete bɔɔ gɛsarakʋn fɔ, gɩsaa gi gyu bɛ gepepe, gɛ bɛ dɔ̀ alan, <<Ekpen e be gyu bɔɔ gɛsarakʋn, ti ku! Ade nyayɩ yaakɩ yiinudu iin te sere nya. Ti ku! Ɛnyan nan to tɩ e ye bekpen ma ɔkɛma nyabɛ baalɔ yaanɩ? Ɛbɛ n di bekpen gɛtɛ be di Egyipiti bete gyerebi kperen-kperen otonkuma waanɩ fɔ. Filisiti bete, i yela kin-kin! I yela giteni, nka gɛlɛ yaà bɛ mɛ Hebere bete bɔɔ bɛdɩ̀ anlɛ gɛtɛ bɛ mɛ tɩɩ bɛdɩ̀ fɔ. I yela giteni fɔ yàà kpà!>>
Okoro Filisiti bete bɛ kpà, gɛ be di Isareli bete boo koro gɛ baanɩ-kamasɛ e serenti e ma gyu wɔ dɩyan-kwo daanɩ. Isareli bɛnɩ be muru akpa fɔ yaanɩ. Gɛ bɛnɩ gɛtɛ be ku fɔ bɛ̀ ba disepekyi ma ɩgbaa-ton (30,000). Filisiti bete bɛ labɩrɩ Yahwe Dikola dɩɩ dɩdaka fɔ, gɛ be wolo Eli bebi-tenibi bɛnyɔɔ Ofini, ma Finehasi.
Yahwe wowurufa wʋ ba Asidodi bɛnɩ, ma ɛbɛ gɛtɛ bɛ̀ gbɛma dʋkɔ fɔ boo koro. Ɛ yɛ gɩsaa gi gyu bɛ, gɛ ɛ yɛ beserelɛ be sere-sere ditele fɔ dɩɩ bɛnɩ ma ɛbɛ gɛtɛ be silin bɛ be tuma fɔ powu. Gɛtɛ Asidodi bete be we ade gɛtɛ i sere fɔ, bɛ dɔ̀ alan, <<Isareli wokpen dɩdaka nyadɩ dɩn nan nɩ sara taakʋn nfan. Yema ekpen fɔ ɛ ka owurufa tii koro gɛ ɛ ka owurufa tiikpen Dagon mɔ wo koro.>> Okoro be kpèlè Filisiti begyu-dɩrɛ powu be tuma, gɛ be lila bɛ alan, <<Lan gɛ taà mɛ Isareli bete bookpen dɩdaka fɔ?>>
Be tiri wuunyun alan, <<Ɩ yɛ taà ka Isareli wokpen dɩdaka fɔ tɩ san Gati.>> Okoro bɛ ka Isareli wokpen dɩdaka fɔ bɛ san.
Mɔ ye ɔya gɛtɛ Dɩdaka fɔ dɩ ma gyu Gati fɔ, Yahwe wowurufa wʋ tɔ ditele dɩtɔkɔ dii koro gɛ be gyu gɩsaa-dɩrɛ. Ɛ yɛ beserelɛ be sere-sere ditele fɔ dɩɩ bɛnɩ powu, bɛndɩrɛ ma bebi powu. Okoro bɛ ka Wurubwarɛ Dikola dɩɩ dɩdaka fɔ bɛ san Ekiron.
Gɛtɛ Wurubwarɛ Dɩdaka fɔ dɩ̀ bɔ dii gyu Ekiron fɔ, Ekuron bete bɛ gbɛrɛ afala bɛ dɔ̀ alan, <<Bɛ ka Isareli wokpen dɩdaka fɔ bɛ ba nfan, bàà be wolo ɛtɩ ma tɩɩ bɛnɩ. Okoro be kpèlè Ekiron begyu be tuma gɛ bɛ dɔ̀ bɛ alan, <<Ɩ ka Isareli wokpen dɩdaka fɔ ɩ san. I birima dɩ ɩ san dɩɩlɛ, nka gɛlɛ fɔ daà be wolo ɛtɩ ma tɩɩ bɛnɩ.>> Yema diku dɩ yɛ gɩsaa-dɩrɛ gi gyu ditele fɔ daanɩ, yema Wurubwarɛ wowurufa-dɩrɛ wʋ ba boo koro.
Gɛtɛ Yahwe Dikola dɩɩ dɩdaka fɔ dɩ sara Filisiti bete bɔɔ gɛtʋnkwaa gaanɩ bebon kwarankɩ wʋʋ gama fɔ, Filisiti bete be kpèlè boo bekpente ma bɔɔ bɛsɔmalɛ, gɛ be lila bɛ alan, <<Lan gɛ taà mɛ ma Yahwe Dɩdaka fɔ? I wùlà tɩ anlɛ gɛtɛ taà birima dɩ tɩ san dii geyekʋn.>>
Be tiri wuunyun alan, <<Gengyi yaà birima Isareli wokpen Dɩdaka fɔ ɩ san fɔ, ɩ kara ka dɩ ɩ san tuntun, ɩ ka ade-kpen yɩɩ gɛkakyɛ yii gedi gɩɩ gɛtɛ̀ ɩ fɩya ma ɛdɩ. Gɛlɛ fɔ, yaà wura geyeba gɩɩ gɛkya, gɛ yaà nyɩnla ade gɛtɛ yii koro gɛ wowurufa wʋʋ ba yii koro.>>
Okoro bɛ mɛ gɛlɛ. Bɛ ka bɛkwɔ-nanɩ bɛnyɔɔ fɔ gɛtɛ be de abi fɔ, gɛ bɛ ban bɛ bɛ marama tiiramisan fɔ, gɛ bɛ kpaara baabi fɔ bɛ ma sa bɛnan boo dikwo daanɩ. Bɛ ka Yahwe dɩdaka fɔ bɛ gyaga tiiramisan fɔ wo koro fɩya ma begbele gɛtɛ bɛ ka sɩka-sɩya bɛ mɛ fɔ ma sɩka-sɩya wanyan gɛtɛ bɛ mɛ yɩ anlɛ beserelɛ fɔ, bɛ sa dɩdakabi fɔ daanɩ. Gɛ Bɛkwɔ fɔ bɛ ka osele fɔ tɩɩn bɛ bʋn ma Beti-Semesi, gɛtɛ bɛn falɩ dɩbɩyan abɛɛ ɔlɔgyɩ. Gɛ Filisiti wo-ise yii bɛndɩrɛ fɔ bɛ tɛrɛma bɛ gɛlɛɛ ma ye Beti-Semesi wɔbalan waanɩ.
Waanɩ fɔ Beti-Semesi bete bee belen baamɔrɔ dɩtagba fɔ daanɩ. Gɛtɛ bɛ bʋma bʋnʋn, gɛ be we Yahwe dɩdaka fɔ, wʋ mɛ bɛ ɔsɛ gepepe. Tiira-mɩ-san fɔ ɛ ma gyu Yosuwa gɛtɛ e ye Beti-Semesi fɔ woli waanɩ, gɛ wu yela dʋkɔbɛ dɩtaa-dɩrɛ dɩkɩ dɩɩpɩ. Bɛnɩ fɔ be kebi tiiramisan fɔ wo-iyon bɛ sa ɔtan gɛ bɛ ka bɛkwɔ fɔ bɛ tɛ gekuma gii gedi bɛ tɛ Yahwe. Lefi bete bɛ warama Yahwe Dɩdaka fɔ fɩya ma dɩdakabi gɛtɛ sɩka-sɩya wanyan ɩ̀ sa daanɩ fɔ bɛ gyaga dɩtaa-dɩrɛ fɔ dii koro. Duwi dɩtɔkɔ Beti-Semesi bete bɛ tɛ Yahwe gekuma gii gedi, ma gedi gɩɩ gɛtɛ̀ kperen-kperen.
Okoro Kiriyati-Yarim bete bɛ waran bɛ bɛ ka Yahwe Dikola dɩɩ dɩdaka fɔ bɛ bʋn bɛ san Abinadabi wɔ dɩkpaara odon wuu koro. Gɛ bɛ sʋrʋ Abinadabi wobi Eleyasa bʋnɔ gɛtɛ ɛ̀ɛ̀ nya Yahwe Dikola dɩɩ dɩdaka fɔ.
Yahwe Dikola dɩɩ dɩdaka fɔ dɩ sara Kiriyati-Yarim bɩkyan kpekpesi. Dɩ sara dʋkɔ bɩkyan dikpilin bilin. Gɛ Isareli bete powu be wula be kpele Yahwe.
Duwi dɩkɩ bɛ bɛ dɔ̀ egyu Dafidi alan, <<Yahwe e hira Obedi-Edom, ma wɔ dɩkpaara dɩɩ bɛnɩ powu, ma gɩnyan-kamasɛ gɛtɛ ɛ̀ ba fɔ, Wurubwarɛ Dikola dɩɩ dɩdaka fɔ dii koro.>> Ɛwʋ gɛ Dafidi ɛ san ɛ ma ka Wurubwarɛ Dikola dɩɩ dɩdaka fɔ e ye Obedi-Edom dɩkpaara, gɛ ɛ ka dɩ ɛ ba wo ditele-dɩrɛ fɔ daanɩ ɔsɛ waanɩ. Gɛtɛ ɛbɛ gɛtɛ bè tola Yahwe Dikola dɩɩ dɩdaka fɔ be dugba bɩsɩrɩ kooron fɔ, Dafidi ɛ ka ɛkwɔ-teni ma dɩkwɔ dɩtan gɛtɛ dɩ̀ ba ayo ɛ tɛ Yahwe gedi. Dafidi ɛ sa gɛgba tinlɛ diboro fututu, gɛ e lèn ma wɔkɛma powu Yahwe bʋnʋn ɛ ka sa wɔ gebù. Gɛlɛ wuu koro Dafidi ma Isareli bete fɔ powu, bɛ ka ɔsɛ wafala yɩɩ gɛgbɛrɛ, ma akantan yɩɩ gɛfʋ̀n bɛ ka Yahwe Dikola dɩɩ dɩdaka fɔ bɛ ba Yerusalem.
Ɛwʋ gɛ egyu-dɩrɛ Solomon e kpèlè Isareli bɛndɩrɛ, ma Isareli wo-ifoli yɩɩ bɛndɩrɛ, ma Isareli wo-itunu yɩɩ bɛndɩrɛ e tuma, gɛtɛ bàà ka Yahwe Dikola dɩɩ dɩdaka fɔ be ye Siyon, Dafidi Ditele bɛ ba Dikwo-dɩrɛ fɔ daanɩ. Isareli bɛnɩ powu be be tuma egyu-dɩrɛ Solomon wakʋn ɔsɛ wuu gedi wʋʋya waanɩ gɛtɛ wù di Isareli bete boobon kwarankɩfɛ gɛtɛ bee kpèlè Etanim waanɩ.
Gɛtɛ Isareli bɛndɩrɛ fɔ powu be be gyu fɔ, gedi gɩɩ bɛtɛlɛ fɔ be kukuru Dikola dɩɩ dɩdaka fɔ bɛ san Dikwo-dɩrɛ fɔ daanɩ. Gɛ gedi gɩɩ bɛtɛlɛ ma Lefi bete bɛ nɩ ka getuma gɩɩ Dɩyan dii dikwo fɔ, ma anyan fɩrɩnfɩrɩn-kurumakyɛɛ fɔ powu bɛ ba. Gɛ egyu-dɩrɛ Solomon, ma Isareli bete powu gɛtɛ be tuma wakʋn Dikola dɩɩ dɩdaka fɔ dɩɩ bʋnʋn fɔ, be wolo bɛyɛran, ma bɛkwɔ-teni kpekpesi gɛtɛ an talɩ a kalan bɛ tɛ gedi.
Gɛ Gedi gɩɩ bɛtɛlɛ fɔ bɛ ka Yahwe Dikola dɩɩ dɩdaka fɔ bɛ ma sɩ̀ dii gɛsarakʋn gamɩ, Ɔkʋn-dɩrɛ Wʋʋkʋn-dɩrɛkʋn fɔ daanɩ. Gɛ bɛ ka dɩ bɛ sɩ̀ Kerubi ɛbɛ baa banban yɩɩ gatɩn. Kerubi ɛbɛ fɔ bɛ yɛrɛba baabanba be tin ɔkʋn gɛtɛ Dɩdaka fɔ dɩ̀ dɔ fɔ, gɛ wu tin dɩ, ma dii-iyon-tonlɛ-tolalɛ fɔ powu. Iyon fɔ ɩ̀ ba abo, gɛtɛ gengyi à yela Ɔkʋn-fɩrɩnfɩrɩnkʋn fɔ, gbɛma Ɔkʋn-dɩrɛkʋn fɔ, aà talɩ a we yɩ, mɔ gengyi à sa okòro fɔ, an nan we yɩ. Gɛ ɩ̀ sa dʋkɔbɛ bè ye ma ǹdò. Gɩnyankɩ gɩn ma Dɩdaka fɔ daanɩ fɩya ma ataa-pansan-pansan anyɔɔ, gɛtɛ Mose ɛ ka ɛ sa daanɩ Horebi wodon wuu koro fɔ, ɔkʋn gɛtɛ Yahwe ɛ ta dikola ma Isareli bete ɔkʋna gɛtɛ be ye Egyipiti gɛtʋnkwaa gaanɩ wʋʋ gama fɔ.
Ɔya gɛtɛ gedi gɩɩ bɛtɛlɛ fɔ be ye Ɔkʋn-fɩrɩnfɩrɩnkʋn fɔ, dɩkpaba di be tin Yahwe Dikwo-dɩrɛ fɔ. Gɛ gedi gɩɩ bɛtɛlɛ fɔ bɛn talɩ mɛ bɔɔ gʋtʋn dɩkpaba fɔ dii koro, yema Yahwe gingyebi gɩ yɔn ma Yahwe Dikwo-dɩrɛ fɔ.