1 Nna ɔɖe mpia awu rɛtɛa ɔbɔrɛ

i Bozra ɔmagɛ̃ ame i Edom ɔto ɔba?

Nna ɔɖe mpia arapia tagbraa kɛrɛa,

fiɛ ɔsɛ ɔto ɔnene ku ɔ̃ ɔle siare?

"Mme loɖe, mme nto loɖe ika i iɖeiso ame,

mba ɔle loaɖi."

2 Be ɔso fɔ arapia ɔrɛtɛ,

lɛ mma nto makã wainabi ɔkpɛ awe?

3 "Wũ ɔnɔwɛ̃ me lonene wainabi i kakakɔ̃;

kuwɛ̃ iibɔrɛ i nɖebi ame ɔbuai me.

Lonene ma i wũ sikpã ame

fiɛ losɛ i ma iso lɛ wainabi i wũ sikpã teterea ame.

Ma ima lotatara ifere wũ arapia

ne wũ awu ɔɖuɖu ɔpie ima ne.

4 Alasɔ loɔsɛ iyi nɛ loati ma Edomse kuso i wũ ɔtu ame,

fiɛ ikɔ nɛ loaɖi wũ maturi ɔɔba iabo.

5 Lonyɔ pelepele, ɣɛɛ kuwɛ̃ na ɔ̃abuai me,

lokpɛ̃ so nnya sɔ kuwɛ̃ na ɔ̃apuãra me.

Ne ɔso wũ mɔmɔ kɔrɔ̃ lokpadzɛ̃ iɖeiso ibɔ me,

fiɛ wũ mɔmɔ sikpã teterea lola me.

6 Lonene nɖebi i wũ sikpã ame;

lotã marɛ̃ i wũ sikpã teterea ame

ne losu ma ima lowiri i karɔ̃ ne."

7 Loaka Bosate kayiribielea lote.

Loale Bosate i ɔ̃ arabarara,

i ara ɔɖuɖu wa ɔ̃ɔbara ɔtã bo kanya.

Aĩ, ara sɛɛ gbodzoo ɔ̃ɔbara

ɔtã Israel iyo,

i ɔ̃ nnyainyɔ gu kayiribielea gbodzoo iti.

8 Ɔɣɛ sɔ, "Gbaã ne wũ maturi maɖe,

mabi ma loibasɔsɔla me maɖe";

ne ɔso ɔkpese ma Ɖidze.

9 I ma anyɛwe ɔɖuɖu ame ne, ɔ̃ wũ ɔwe anyɛ lɛ ma,

ne Ɣaa kpabo wɔ lote sɔ ɔpia i ma kɔrɛ ɔɖi ma ne.

Ɔfɔ ma iki i ɔ̃ kuɖɔɛ gu ɔ̃ kayiribielea ame.

Ɔkɔlɛ ma kato fiɛ ɔsore ma

i kokowi ayi ɔɖuɖu ame.

10 Ɣɛɛ mata maya wũ iso

fiɛ matã ɔ̃ Siwarã Sekelea ɔkpɛ̃ so nnya.

Ne ɔso ɔfiriki ɔkpese ma tsirise

ne ɔ̃ mɔmɔ ɔkpɛ̃gu ma ne.

11 Kere ne ɔ̃ maturi ɔnyigi kokowi ayi,

manyigi Mose gu ɔ̃ maturi ɔwi.

Ne makarɛ sɔ, "Lɛ i nwɔ lokɔ Israel ɔkigu i ɔpo ame,

ku ɔ̃ masɛrɛrerɔ̃ ikuri kɔdze pia?

Lɛ i nwɔ lotã ɔ̃ Siwarã Sekelea

ɔwe i ma ndɛ̃ pia?

12 Nna lotã ɔ̃ kɔrɔ̃ ku ɔle siare

ɔpia Mose kuɖearɔ̃ ɔle,

ɔɣɛ ndu ndɛ̃ i ma katɔ̃,

si ɔsu ɔtã so iyere daaro?

13 Nna lokɔ ma ɔkigu i ndu kuwodorokɔ̃ ame?

Mase lɛ ipɔngɔ i karɔ̃ ga nfere kakpa awe,

ne maitura i kuira iso ne.

14 Lɛ manantsuĩ akuri wa loso akɛlɛ kagbolomi ame awe ne,

kumɛɔ Bosate Siwarã ɔtã ma mana iwarã ne.

Kumɛgɔgbe akɔ fɔ maturi

si asu apia fɔ iyere kuwarɛ ne."

15 Ɖi anɔ bɔrɛgu i kato si anyɔ ara

abɔrɛgu i fɔ sigaraiyara kɔlɛa, sekelea ku kulɛ iso.

Lɛ i fɔ ɔdzini gu fɔ ɔle siare pia?

Fɔ isoinyɔ gu nnyainyɔ ɔɔre kama i bo kɔrɛ.

16 Ɣɛɛ fɔ nɖe bo Ɔse,

atoasɔ Abraham iiɣe bo

ɣee Israel iinya bo ɔɖiite kɔraa ne;

fɔ, Bosate ne, fɔ nɖe bo Ɔse lo,

fiɛ fɔ iyere nɖe bo Fɔdze ta kokowi.

17 Bosate, be ɔso atã bosɛnɛkɛ̃ i fɔ siri iso?

Be ɔso atã bo situ ɔgbogboro fiɛ boisito bonigã-ɔ?

Ala fɔ maɖabo iti ne, kpese ba,

ala fɔ kumele gɔ aɖi sɔ kuɖe fɔ kaɖekɔ̃ ɔso ne kpese ba.

18 Fɔ maturi ɔfɔ fɔ kasekelekɔ̃ ɔwi kɛkɛĩ kere,

ɣɛɛ kiniɔ ne bo matsirise ɔba maanene fɔ isɔrɛyo.

19 Boɔba boakpese lɛ maturi ma iso aiɖe sigara anya,

lɛ mma aikpere ku fɔ iyere iso anya,

ɣɛɛ fɔ mare boɖe ta kokowi.