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21 Jehanɛ ɔ, Israel nyumu ɔmɛ kã kita nɛ ɔ ngɛ Mizpa. A de ke: “Wa ti nɔ ko nɔ ko kɛ e biyo be nyumu ko nɛ e je Benyamin hae nɛ e ngɔ kaa e yo.” 2 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, ni ɔmɛ ba Betel nɛ a ba hi si ngɛ lejɛ ɔ ngɛ anɔkuale Mawu ɔ hɛ mi kɛ ya si gbɔkuɛ, a kpa ngmlaa nɛ a fo ya wawɛɛ. 3 Nɛ a bi ke: “Oo Yehowa, Israel Mawu, mɛni he je nɛ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ ba ngɛ Israel? Mɛni he je nɛ e sa kaa mwɔnɛ ɔ, wɛtso kake nɛ laa ngɛ Israel?” 4 Nɛ e nɔ jena a, ni ɔmɛ te si mla nɛ a ma afɔle sami la tɛ ngɛ lejɛ ɔ, nɛ a sã sami afɔlehi kɛ tue mi jɔmi afɔlehi.

5 Kɛkɛ nɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ bi ke: “Israel wɛtso ɔmɛ tsuo a kpɛti te nɛɛ lɛ e kuɛ kɛ bɛ nɛ e ba da Yehowa hɛ mi?” Ejakaa a kã kita agbo kaa nɔ fɛɛ nɔ ko nɛ e kuɛ kɛ bɛ Yehowa ngɔ ngɛ Mizpa a, a maa gbe lɛ kokooko. 6 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, Israel bi ɔmɛ ye aywilɛho ngɛ nɔ́ nɛ ba a nyɛminyumu Benyamin nɔ ɔ he je. A de ke: “Mwɔnɛ ɔ, a po Israel wɛtso kake kɛ fɔ he. 7 Amlɔ nɛ ɔ nɛ wa kã Yehowa kita kaa waa kɛ wa biyihi be mɛ hae nɛ a ngɔ kaa a yihi ɔ, mɛni e sa nɛ waa pee konɛ waa na yihi kɛ ha ni nɛmɛ nɛ piɛ ɔ?”

8 A bi ke: “Israel wɛtso ɔmɛ a kpɛti te nɛɛ lɛ e kuɛ kɛ bɛ Yehowa ngɔ ngɛ Mizpa?” E ba lɛ kaa nɔ ko nɔ ko ji Yabesh Gilead kɛ bɛ he nɛ asafo ɔ bua a he nya ngɛ ɔ. 9 Benɛ a kane ni ɔmɛ ɔ, a na kaa nihi nɛ a ngɛ Yabesh Gilead ɔ a ti nɔ ko nɔ ko be lejɛ ɔ. 10 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, Israel asafo ɔ tsɔ nyumuhi nɛ a ngɛ he wami wawɛɛ ɔ a kpɛti nihi 12,000 kɛ ho lejɛ ɔ ya. A fã mɛ ke: “Nyɛɛ ya nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ klaate nɛ ya gbe nihi nɛ a ngɛ Yabesh Gilead ɔ. Yihi kɛ jokuɛwi po, nyɛɛ gbe mɛ. 11 Nɔ́ nɛ e sa kaa nyɛɛ pee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: Nyɛ kpata nyumu fɛɛ nyumu, kɛ yo fɛɛ yo nɛ e kɛ nyumu ná bɔmi hyɛ ɔ hɛ mi.” 12 Ngɛ nihi nɛ a ngɛ Yabesh Gilead ɔ a kpɛti ɔ, a na yihewi 400 nɛ a ji yomiyohi, nihi nɛ a kɛ nyumu ná we bɔmi hyɛ. Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, a kɛ mɛ ba sito he ɔ ngɛ Shilo nɛ ngɛ Kanaan zugba a nɔ ɔ.

13 Kɛkɛ nɛ Israel asafo ɔ tsuo tsɔ nɛ a kɛ tue mi jɔmi sɛ gbi ya ha Benyamin bi ɔmɛ nɛ a ngɛ Rimon tɛ sa a nɔ ɔ. 14 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, Benyamin bi ɔmɛ kpale kɛ ba ngɛ jamɛ a be ɔ mi. A ngɔ yi ɔmɛ nɛ a baa a yi ngɛ Yabesh Gilead yi ɔmɛ a kpɛti ɔ kɛ ha mɛ, se yihi nɛ a ná a sui mɛ. 15 Kɛkɛ nɛ ni ɔmɛ ye aywilɛho ngɛ nɔ́ nɛ ba Benyamin nɔ ɔ he je, ejakaa Yehowa ha nɛ mi gbami ba Israel wɛtso ɔmɛ a kpɛti. 16 Nikɔtɔmahi nɛ a ngɛ kpe ɔ mi ɔ bi ke: “Akɛnɛ a kpata yihi nɛ a ngɛ Benyamin ɔ tsuo a hɛ mi he je ɔ, mɛni e sa kaa waa pee konɛ wa ná yihi kɛ ha nyumuhi nɛ piɛ ɔ?” 17 A ha heto ke: “E sa nɛ Benyamin bi nɛ a yi ná wami ɔ nɛ a ná gbosi ní, konɛ Israel wɛtso ko nɛ ko laa. 18 Se wa be he blɔ kaa wa maa ngɔ wa biyi ɔmɛ kɛ ha mɛ nɛ a ngɔ kaa a yihi, ejakaa Israel bi ɔmɛ kã kita ke: ‘Nɔ nɛ ma ha Benyamin yo ɔ, á gbiɛ lɛ.’”

19 Kɛkɛ nɛ a de ke: “Hyɛ! A yeɔ gbijlɔ ko kɛ haa Yehowa daa jeha ngɛ Shilo ngɛ Betel yiti je ngɛ blɔ ngua a nɛ kuɔ kɛ je Betel kɛ yaa Shekem ɔ puje he blɔ, ngɛ Lebona woyi je.” 20 Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, a fã Benyamin nyumu ɔmɛ ke: “Nyɛɛ ya nɛ nyɛ ya wo ka ngɛ wai ngmɔ ɔmɛ a mi. 21 Nɛ ke nyɛ na Shilo yihewi* ɔmɛ nɛ a je kpo kɛ ba ngɛ a si bɔlemi do ɔ doe ɔ, nyɛ ti nɔ fɛɛ nɔ nɛ je kpo kɛ je wai ngmɔ ɔmɛ a mi kɛ ba nu yo ngɛ Shilo yihewi ɔmɛ a kpɛti, nɛ nyɛɛ kpale nyɛ se kɛ ho Benyamin zugba a nɔ ya. 22 Nɛ ke e ba kaa a tsɛmɛ ɔmɛ aloo a nyɛminyumu ɔmɛ ba bi wɔ he sane ko ɔ, wa ma de mɛ ke, ‘Nyɛɛ na mɛ mɔbɔ ha wɔ, ejakaa wa nyɛ we nɛ waa na yihi kɛ ha a ti nɔ fɛɛ nɔ ngɛ ta mi, nɛ akɛnɛ pi nyɛ nitsɛmɛ nyɛ suɔmi mi nɛ nyɛ je kɛ ha mɛ yihi he je ɔ, nyɛ yi fɔ.’”

23 Enɛ ɔ he ɔ, Benyamin nyumu ɔmɛ pee jã pɛpɛɛpɛ, nɛ a ti nɔ fɛɛ nɔ ngɔ yo kɛ je yi ɔmɛ nɛ a ngɛ doe ɔ a kpɛti kɛ ho. Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, a kpale a se kɛ ho a gbosi ní ɔ he ya, nɛ a kpale ya po a ma amɛ nɛ a hi a mi.

24 Kɛkɛ nɛ Israel bi ɔmɛ gbɛ kɛ je lejɛ ɔ jamɛ a be ɔ mi, nɛ a ti nɔ fɛɛ nɔ ho e wɛtso kɛ e weku mi ya, nɛ a je lejɛ ɔ, nɛ a ti nɔ fɛɛ nɔ ho e gbosi ní he ya.

25 Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, matsɛ ko be Israel. Nɔ fɛɛ nɔ ngɛ nɔ́ nɛ da ngɛ lɛ nitsɛ e hɛ mi* pee.