1 Ɔwi wɔ i Sanbalat ɔnɔ sɔ boto boledza Yerusalem ibere itsue ne, ikpɛ̃ wũ sikpã fiɛ ibo wũ so gbaã. Ɔbara ma Yudase aɣiãra. 2 Ne ɔɣɛ i ɔ̃ malaa gu Samaria makpakpɛ̃dze ikuri anɔmi ame sɔ, "Be i ma Yudase fɛfɛã mamɔ to mabara? Ma ibere mato maaledza? Mato maasɔrɛ ara? Maawo ne ɔro ku iyi iwɛ̃? Mato maawo ata wa ɔtɔ ɔɔpɛ, ɔkuri ɔɖi ɔbɔrɛgu i aku ikpe kame ɔsu ɔtsue ibere?"

3 Tobia Amonse, ɔwe i ɔ̃ kɔrɛ ɔ̃ wũ ɔɣɛ sɔ, "Nnɛ mato matsue ne - si ɔgidi kɔraa ɔya ne iso ne, ɔto ɔ̃abiɛ ma ata ibere ɔfere i karɔ̃!"

4 Ao, bo Ɣaa, kã bo kayiikparama atsue, nɔ kumɛgɔ mato masopara bo. Tã ma aɣiãra si akpese asia i ma mɔmɔ ati iso. Su mapia nrɔɔ̃ lɛ kakpãramɔɛã i kafɔrɔ̃ ame. 5 Daasu ma iɣɛrɛ atsɛ ma ɣee daaɖi ma akpi i fɔ anɔmi ame, alasɔ matia ibere matsuedze i ma anɔmi ame.

6 Ne ɔso bokɛlɛgu ibere itsue katɔ̃, gbɔgbɔɔgbɔ ne ɔɖuɖu ɔbo ne kukɔlɛme ndɛ̃, alasɔ maturi ɔbara karabara ku ma ɔtu ɔɖuɖu.

7 Ɣɛɛ gɔ i Sanbalat, Tobia, ma Arabse, ma Amonse gu Asdod marɛrɛ̃ ɔnɔ sɔ Yerusalem ibere iledza itsue karabara to kasɛ katɔ̃ kukaakɔ ne, fiɛ ka mato matɛ̃ kubiɛkɔ̃ maro ne, mana sikpã gbaã. 8 Ne ɔso mabara kanyakawɛ̃ sɔ ma ɔɖuɖu aata kakpã i Yerusalem iso mapia kukpɔkɔtɔ i ɔ̃ ame. 9 Ɣɛɛ bokparamakayi botã bo Ɣaa ne boɣedza madzuɛ̃se i ngɔi. Maturi magbe ɔla maɔdzuɛ̃ matsirise ifura nɛgbe kasɛ̃ i kakɔme.

10 Tɔtɔ ne, ma Yudase ɔɣɛ sɔ, "Marabaradze ɔle ka ɔto ɔro ɣɛɛ ibere bibiɛa ɔkpese isi gbodzoo gɔ boito boawo ibere ɔledza itsue."

11 Bo matsirise ana ɔɣɛ sɔ, "Maito maatsue kɔraa fiɛ boto boabo i ma ndɛ̃, boɖoe ma iyɔ kere karabara aatuĩ."

12 Ne ma Yudase ma nsi mamatã bo matsirise ɔba maatã bo itsue ɔwi gbodzoo sɔ, "Kakɔi biara mipɛ mifiriki ne, mato maata mabo bo iso."

13 Nnɛgbe ɔso ne, loɖi maturi losese ibere kama isɛ i ibere karɔ̃ isɛ ngɔi mɛ nfere kpawee. Loɣɛ ma lopia i akuri ame i ma ayomaturi kanya ne mato apɛmi, afele gu kuta fiɛ mato madzuɛ̃ mmɔ. 14 Gɔ lonyɔ ara ame kukaakɔ ne, lota loya loɣere makpakpaturi, matɔ̃ɖedze gu maturi tsɔra sɔ, "Midaanigã matsirise. Minyigi sɔ Sate ne ɔsiare gu nwɔ nɖe ifɔ̃ra ɔɖe, si mikpɛ̃ i mi manyii iti, mi mabi gu mi mare gu mi ayo iti."

15 Ɔwi wɔ i bo matsirise ɔnɔ sɔ ka boɣe ma ɔriita i bo iso ne, matsue sɔ Ɣaa ɔɔnina ne ame. Bo ɔɖuɖu ɔkpese bokɛlɛ ibere kɔrɛ, ne ɔbiara ɔkɛlɛgu ɔ̃ karabara katɔ̃.

16 Ita i iyi nɛmɔ iso ne, wũ marɛrɛ̃ kasɛ ɔbara karabara, gɔ i kasɛ tsɔra ɔwe i akpakpɛ̃rapia ame mala afele, akpirafɔra gu kuta. Matɔ̃ɖedze ɔya i Yuda maturi ɔɖuɖu 17 ma nto matsue ibere kama. Ma nto masore ibere itsue ara, ɔsu kɔrɔ̃ kuwɛ̃ mala maɔbara ala karabara, ne ka mato akpakpɛ̃ra i kɔrɔ̃ nyɔare ame ne. 18 Matsuedze ɔbiara ana ɔsara ipɛmi i ɔ̃ iso fiɛ mala maɔbara karabara. Ɣɛɛ ɔturi wɔ nɖe kadadafɛ̃dze ɔwe i wũ kɔrɛ.

19 Kere ne loɣere makpakpaturi, matɔ̃ɖedze gu maturi tsɔra sɔ, "Karabara ɔsi fiɛ kase kakpa, fiɛ bo ɔbiara ɔsame ɔɣɛ i ibere iso dzoroo i ɔ̃ ɔlaa kɔrɛ. 20 Kakɔi karere ga minɔ kadadã silɔ ne, mimɔɛ̃ ɔri miba miasakanyagu bo i mmɔ. Bo Ɣaa to ɔ̃akpɛ̃ kakpã ɔtã bo!"

21 Ne ɔso bokɛlɛgu karabara katɔ̃ ita i kaya gbɔgbɔɔgbɔ isɛ iabo ɔwi wɔ i awãmi sɛ abɔrɛ. 22 Ɔwi wɔmɔ ame ne loɣere maturi ana sɔ, "Ma ɔbiara gu ɔ̃ buaidze si mala maɔwe i Yerusalem ku kasɛ̃, si maaɖe madzuɛ̃se ku kasɛ̃ ame fiɛ ka maabara karabara ku ikpɛnɛ ame." 23 Ne ɔso mme oo, wũ manyii oo, ɣee wũ maɖabo oo gu wũ madzuɛ̃se ma mpia i wũ kɔrɛ ne, boiɖi bo arapia bosɛ. Ɔbiara ɔla akpakpɛ̃ra si ɔsɛ ɔka ndu ana kɔraa.