18 «Alɩwaatʋ ndʋ tɩ-taa, Yuuda ɖɩɣa nɛ Izrayɛɛlɩ ɖɩɣa, pakaɣ kpɛndʋʋ nɛ pɔɖɔ,+ nɛ pa-tɩŋa pakaɣ lɩnʋʋ hayo kiŋ ɛjaɖɛ taa nɛ pasʋʋ ɛjaɖɛ nɖɩ maaha mɩ-cɔzɔnaa se ɖɩkɛ pa-ñɩm yɔ ɖɩ-taa.+

16 «Nɛ ña yɔ, ɛyʋ pɩyalʋ, kpaɣ ɖaʋ nakʋyʋ nɛ ŋma kɩ-yɔɔ se: “Yuuda nɛ Izrayɛɛlɩ ñɩma mba ɛ nɛ wɛ pɛwɛɛ yɔ* pa-ñɩŋgʋ.”+ Nɛ ŋkpaɣ ɖaʋ lɛɛkʋ nɛ ŋma kɩ-yɔɔ se: “Yosɛɛfʋ ñɩŋgʋ, Efrayim ɖaʋ, ɛ nɛ Izrayɛɛlɩ ɖɩɣa kpeekpe ŋga ɛ nɛ kɛ pɛwɛɛ yɔ* pa-ñɩŋgʋ.”+

19 heyi-wɛ se: “Tɔm tʋnɛ Kɩbaɣlʋ Kɩlɩm Yehowa yɔɔdʋʋ: ‘Mankaɣ kpaɣʋ Yosɛɛfʋ ɖaʋ, ŋgʋ kɩwɛ Efrayim nesi taa yɔ, nɛ Izrayɛɛlɩ cejewe wena ɛ nɛ yɛ pɛwɛɛ yɔ, nɛ mɛnkpɛndɩ-wɛ Yuuda ɖaʋ yɔɔ; nɛ mankaɣ labʋ nɛ ɩpɩsɩ ɖaʋ kʋɖʋmʋʋ,+ nɛ pakaɣ pɩsʋʋ kʋɖʋm me-nesi taa.’”

11 Nɛ Yuuda samaɣ nɛ Izrayɛɛlɩ samaɣ pakaɣ kpɛndʋʋ nɛ pɛwɛɛ nɔɔ kʋɖʋmaɣ taa,+ nɛ pakaɣ pa-tɩ lɩzʋʋ ñʋʋdʋ kʋɖʋm nɛ palɩɩ ɛjaɖɛ taa, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ Yizreyɛɛlɩ+ kɩyakʋ kaɣ kɛʋ kɩyakʋ sɔsɔʋ.