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6 Yehowa Aɖakaɣ+ kaacaɣ Filistii mba egeetiye taa fenasɩ lʋbɛ. 2 Filistii mba yaa cɔjɔnaa nɛ tɩyaa+ nɛ pɔpɔzɩ-wɛ se: «Ɛbɛ pɩwɛɛ se ɖɩla Yehowa Aɖakaɣ? Iheyi-ɖʋ ɛzɩma pɩwɛɛ se ɖɩpɩsɩnɩ-kɛ ko-lone taa yɔ.» 3 Pocosi se: «Ye ɩpɩsɩɣnɩ Izrayɛɛlɩ tɛ Ɛsɔ Yehowa ɛgbɛyɛ ɖʋʋ aɖakaɣ yɔ, ɩtaapɩsɩnɩ-kɛ nɛ ɩtɩkpɛndɩnɩ haɖɛ naɖɩyɛ. Pɩpɔzʋʋ kpem se ɩkpaɣ wɛɛ ɖɔʋ haɖɛ+ nɛ ɩkpɛndɩnɩ-kɛ nɛ ɩpɩsɩnɩ-ɩ. Pi-ɖeke pɩkaɣnɩ yebu nɛ mɩ-yɔɔ cɛ, nɛ ɩkaɣ tɩlʋʋ mbʋ pʋyɔɔ ɛhɔm mɩ-nɩŋgbaŋʋʋ mbʋ yɔ.»* 4 Peeɖe pɔpɔzaa se: «Wɛɛ ɖɔʋ haɖɛ nɖɩ pɩwɛɛ se ɖitiyina?» Pocosi se: «Ɛzɩ Filistii mba kɩbaɣlaa ɖɔʋ yɔ,+ itiyini sika tɔbʋlutiye 5 nɛ sika holaa 5, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ asɛyʋʋ kʋɖʋmʋʋ ŋgʋ kɩtalɩnɩ mɩ-taa paa weyi nɛ mɩ-kɩbaɣlaa. 5 Pɩwɛɛ se ilu mɩ-tɔbʋlutiye lɛzɩŋ nɛ mi-holaa+ mba pɛwɛɛ nɛ pɔkɔŋnɩ asɛyʋʋ ɛjaɖɛ taa yɔ pɛ-lɛzɩŋ, nɛ pɩwɛɛ se ɩɖʋ hɩɖɛ Izrayɛɛlɩ tɛ Ɛsɔ. Pʋtɔma yɔ ɛkaɣ pasʋʋ nɩŋgbaŋʋʋ hɔm mbʋ ɛkɔnɩ* mɩ nɛ mɩ-ɛsɔ nɛ mɩ-ɛjaɖɛ mɩ-yɔɔ yɔ.+ 6 Ɛbɛ yɔɔ pɩwɛɛ se iyele nɛ mɩ-laŋa sʋʋ kpɩzɩŋ ɛzɩ Ejipiti nɛ Farawɔɔ paayebu nɛ pa-laŋa sʋʋ kpɩzɩŋ yɔ?+ Alɩwaatʋ ndʋ Ɛsɔ kɔnɩ-wɛ kaɖɛ yɔ,+ peyebi Izrayɛɛlɩ mba nɛ pɛɖɛɛ.+ 7 Lɛɛlɛɛyɔ lɛ, ɩñɔɔzɩ kɛɛkɛɛ kɩfalʋʋ nɛ naŋ halɩñɩŋ 2 weyi ɩwɛnɩ newee nɛ wiɖiyi patɩɖʋ-ɩ sʋʋtʋ ɖaʋ nakʋyʋ tɛɛ yɔ. Pʋwayɩ lɛ, ɩɖɩ naŋ halɩñɩŋ ɛnɩ nɛ kɛɛkɛɛ, ɛlɛ ɩpɩsɩnɩ newee ɖɩɣa. 8 Ɩkpaɣ Yehowa Aɖakaɣ nɛ ɩsɩɩ-kɛ kɛɛkɛɛ yɔɔ, nɛ ɩkpaɣ sika wondu ndʋ ɩwɛɛ nɛ itiyiɣni-i se pɩkɛ wɛɛ ɖɔʋ haɖɛ yɔ nɛ ɩɖʋ-tʋ aɖakaɣ cikpelaɣ nakɛyɛ taa nɛ ɩsɩɩ-kɛ kɔ-cɔlɔ.+ Pʋwayɩ lɛ, iyele-kɛ nɛ kɛɖɛɛ 9 nɛ ɩcɔŋna: Ye kakpaɣ habɩyɛ nɛ kakpaɣ Bɛtɩ-Semɛɛsɩ,+ ka-maɣmaɣ ke-egeetiye taa yɔ, ɖɩnɛ ɛlɛ ɛnʋ labɩnɩ-ɖʋ kɩdɛkɛdɩm sɔsɔm mbʋ. Ɛlɛ ye pɩtɩkɛ mbʋ yɔ, ɖɩkaɣ naʋ se pɩtɩkɛ ɛnʋ hɔmnɩ ɖa-nɩŋgbaŋʋʋ; mbʋ pɩtalɩ-ɖʋ yɔ pɩlabɩ kɩlabʋ.»

10 Ɛyaa mba pala ɛzɩ peheyuu-wɛ yɔ. Pakpaɣ naŋ halɩñɩŋ 2 weyi ɩwɛnɩ newee yɔ nɛ paɖɩnɩ kɛɛkɛɛ, nɛ paɖɩɣ newee kalakʋ taa. 11 Nɛ pasɩɩ Yehowa Aɖakaɣ kɛɛkɛɛ yɔɔ, ka nɛ aɖakaɣ cikpelaɣ ŋga paɖʋ ka-taa sika holaa nɛ pɔ-tɔbʋlutiye lɛzɩŋ yɔ. 12 Nɛ naŋ halɩñɩŋ kpaɣ habɩyɛ tʋɖʋɖʋ nɛ iwokini Bɛtɩ-Semɛɛsɩ.+ Ɩwɛɛ habɩyɛ kʋɖʋmɖɩyɛ nɖɩ ɖɩ-yɔɔ, iwiliɣ nɛ ɩɖɔŋ; ɩtɩhɛyɩ nesi kɩbanzɩ yɔɔ yaa nɩmɩyɛ yɔɔ. Alɩwaatʋ ndʋ tɩ-taa payɩ lɛ, Filistii mba kɩbaɣlaa kaawɛɛ nɛ pɔɖɔŋ ɩ-wayɩ nɛ pɔkɔɔ patalɩ ɖooo Bɛtɩ-Semɛɛsɩ kamaɣ yɔɔ. 13 Bɛtɩ-Semɛɛsɩ mba kaawɛɛ nɛ pakʋŋ blee fɛɛʋ* taa. Pakʋsɩ pɛ-ɛsa nɛ pana Aɖakaɣ lɛ, pa-taa la leleŋ siŋŋ. 14 Kɛɛkɛɛ talɩ Bɛtɩ-Semɛɛsɩ tʋ Yozuwee hayɩm taa nɛ kɩsɩŋ peeɖe, kaaʋ sɔsɔʋ nakʋyʋ cɔlɔ. Nɛ pafaɣ kɛɛkɛɛ ɖaŋ, nɛ pakpaɣ naŋ halɩñɩŋ+ ɛnɩ nɛ palaa Yehowa kɩlaʋ kɩñaɣzʋʋ.

15 Leevi mba+ tisi Yehowa Aɖakaɣ nɛ aɖakaɣ cikpelaɣ ŋga kaawɛ kɔ-cɔlɔ yɔ, ŋga ka-taa paaɖʋ sika wondu yɔ, nɛ pasɩɩ-sɩ kaaʋ sɔsɔʋ ŋgʋ kɩ-yɔɔ. Bɛtɩ-Semɛɛsɩ+ ñɩma laa kɩlaŋ kɩñaɣzɩŋ nɛ kɩlaŋ lɛɛŋ Yehowa, kɩyakʋ ŋgʋ ki-wiye.

16 Filistii mba kɩbaɣlaa 5 na mbʋ lɛ, papɩsɩ Ekrɔɔnɩ kɩyakʋ ŋgʋ ki-wiye. 17 Nɛ sika tɔbʋlutiye lɛzɩŋ weyi Filistii mba tiyinaa se pɩkɛ wɛɛ ɖɔʋ haɖɛ Yehowa yɔ, ɛnɩ yɔ:+ Asɩdoodi+ ñɩŋgʋ kʋɖʋmʋʋ, Gaazaa ñɩŋgʋ kʋɖʋmʋʋ, Askelɔɔnɩ ñɩŋgʋ kʋɖʋmʋʋ, Gaatɩ+ ñɩŋgʋ kʋɖʋmʋʋ, nɛ Ekrɔɔnɩ+ ñɩŋgʋ kʋɖʋmʋʋ. 18 Nɛ sika holaa ñʋʋ mʋnɩ Filistii mba tɛtʋ ndɩ ndɩ ndʋ kɩbaɣlaa 5 tɩnɩ-tʋ yɔ tɩ-tɩŋa tɩ-ñʋʋ—tɛtʋ sɔsɔtʋ ndʋ pɔcɔzɩ-tʋ kolonzi nɛ tɛtʋ cikpetu ndʋ tɩfɛyɩnɩ kolonzi yɔ.

Nɛ kaaʋ sɔsɔʋ ŋgʋ kɩ-yɔɔ paasɩ Yehowa Aɖakaɣ yɔ, kɩkɛ aseɣɖe pʋyʋ halɩ nɛ sɔnɔ Bɛtɩ-Semɛɛsɩ tʋ Yozuwee hayɩm taa. 19 Ɛlɛ Ɛsɔ kʋ Bɛtɩ-Semɛɛsɩ taa abalaa, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ pɔcɔnɩ Yehowa Aɖakaɣ. Ɛkʋ samaɣ taa ɛyaa 50 070* nɛ ɛyaa paɣzɩ caɣʋ kʋñɔwiye, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ Yehowa kʋ pa-taa ɛyaa sakɩyɛ.+ 20 Nɛ Bɛtɩ-Semɛɛsɩ abalaa pɔzɩ se: «Akaɣ pɩzʋʋ nɛ ɛsɩŋ Yehowa, Ɛsɔ kiɖeɖeu+ ɛnʋ ɛ-ɛsɩndaa, nɛ ɛkʋyʋʋ ɖɔ-cɔlɔ lɛ, a-cɔlɔ ɛkaɣ wobu?»+ 21 Nɛ petiyi ɛyaa Kiriyatɩ-Yeyarim+ mba cɔlɔ se peheyi-wɛ se: «Filistii mba pɩsɩnɩ Yehowa Aɖakaɣ. Itii nɛ ɩkpaɣ-kɛ nɛ ɩkpanɩ mɩ-cɔlɔ.»+