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9 O paŋgii 12 niŋ, koŋ cho ni, paŋgii Ada* ve malɔ 13,+ paale leŋ waŋnda ndaa nɔ ma tosa nyɛ masaa dimi wo ni.+ O paale leŋ choo, yaamɔɔwaa Chuuwa wa kɔl le Chuuwa nyɛpalaa tusioo choo. Kɛ mi sɔɔŋ siŋgaŋ, mi Chuuwa yam wanaa ndaa tul nda leyɛ wa.+ 2 Mi Chuuwa chuuŋgiaŋ diompilɛ o chieeŋ ndaŋ bɛndoŋ niŋ, o tandala Masaa Ahasilɔɔ+ wa masaleŋ choo laŋ niŋ kpou, le ma sɔŋga a yaamɔɔwaa ndaa. Kɛ waŋndo o pilɛ bɛɛ nɔla nda simul te. Kanifuule, mi siooŋii bɛnduei bii waŋnda kpou le Chuuwa.+ 3 Nduyɛ mi laŋgbaa kalla o tandalaŋ niŋ kpou, wanaa wa hɔlte masaa wa,+ masaa ŋbuŋgaa, a wanaa wa walta masaa tosaa wa kpou toolu Chuuwa. Kanifuule, siooŋnde wa nda le Mɔdikai. 4 Mi Mɔdikai simnuŋ wana kpaaya bɛndoo+ o chiɛi lemasaa niŋ. Nduyɛ, mi tɔɔ ndɔɔ tiu o tandala masaa wa masaleŋ choo laŋ niŋ kpou. Kanifuule, Mɔdikai wa hiouwɔɔ lachi a kpaayaa sɔlaa.
5 Mi Chuuwa diu diu yaamɔɔwaa ndaa kpou a mɔɔŋ faŋndoŋ, nduyɛ ma basu nda tɛɛ. Nyɛ o nyɛ ndaa yeema tosaa a wanaa tul nda leyɛ wa, ndu nda tosal nda ni.+ 6 O chiee bɛndoo Susaŋ* niŋ,+ mi Chuuwa dii puaa 500. 7 Ma dii vɛlɛ Paasiaŋdata, Dalifɔŋ, Asipeta, 8 Poluata, Adalia, Aluidata, 9 Pamasita, Aluisai, Aluidai, a Viasata. 10 Hemaŋ po Hamɛdata wo, yaamɔɔnɔ Chuuwa+ ndoo nɔ puaa haa ni, nduyɛ a wa ŋwaŋ tɔ. Ma diu nda kpou, kɛ a chue nyɛm ndaŋ te.+
11 O paale leŋ choo, ma huŋ doonuŋ masaa kona a wanaa nda dii o chiee bɛndoo Susaŋ* niŋnda okɔɔ.
12 Mi masaa dimul Ɛsita laa ndɔ aa: “Chuuwa dii niŋ puaa 500 o chiee bɛndoo Susaŋ* niŋ, a Hemaŋ puaa nduaa tɔ wa kpou. Yiyaŋndɔ niko a wanaa nda diu o tandala cheleŋ cho o masale nileŋ bɛŋgu wa.+ Yɛɛ cheleŋ ŋ yeema yɛ vɛlɛ? Dimul la mi tosal num! Nyɛ o nyɛ ŋ yeema pɛ mi tosal num, I cho ndu tosa.” 13 Mi Ɛsita muli aa: “Te o bɛnda pɛ a num fallo masaa,+ ke vɛlɛ Chuuwa a cho Susaŋ* nanuŋ nda kpaayaa ma tosa vɛlɛ siɔdii mɛɛ nda tosa nuaa hau yɛ.+ Nduyɛ ma landu puaa tɔ wa Hemaŋ nda o yɔmnde choo.”+ 14 Okoŋ mi masaa dimi le ma tosa lende, nduyɛ ma yonda ndi o Susaŋ* niŋ kpou. Ma landu vɛlɛ puaa tɔ waa Hemaŋ nda o yɔmnde choo.
15 Mi Chuuwa o Susaŋ* niŋ chuuŋgiaŋ vɛlɛ diompilɛ o paŋgii Ada ve niŋ malɔ 14,+ ma dii puaa 300 loŋ. Kɛ a chue nyɛm ndaŋ te.
16 Mi Chuuwaa wa o tandala masaa wa masaleŋ choo laŋ niŋnda bɛɛ chuuŋgiaŋ diompilɛ le ma sɔŋga le yoomula ndalaŋ.+ Ma dii yaamɔɔwaa ndaa,+ wanaa tul nda leyɛ wa 75,000. Kɛ a chue nyɛm ndaŋ te. 17 O paŋgii Ada ve niŋ malɔ 13 suɛi hei yɔŋnuŋ ni. Ma pɛŋgi o paale 14 choo, nduyɛ ma siiŋguu paale leŋ paale kɔl kɛndɛ a paale bɔŋaŋ diaa nyɛdiaa bɛndoo.
18 Mi Chuuwa o Susaŋ* niŋ chuuŋgiaŋ diompilɛ o paale 13+ a o paale 14 choo,+ okoŋ ma pɛŋgi o paale 15 choo, nduyɛ ma siiŋguu paale leŋ paale kɔl kɛndɛ a paale bɔŋaŋ diaa nyɛdiaa bɛndoo. 19 Le sabu koŋ, mi Chuuwaa wa o sɔndɔkɔltaŋ nda siiŋguu paale 14 o paŋgii Ada ve niŋ paale kɔl kɛndɛleŋ,+ a paale diaa nyɛdiaa bɛndoo. Mi ndaa tosa dunyɛi o paale leŋ choo, nduyɛ ma keŋnaŋ nyɛdiaa vellaa velle.+
20 Mi Mɔdikai+ poonyiaa sɔɔŋ muŋ, mbo yɔŋ yaula laŋ o Chuuwa lo, a wa o tandala Masaa Ahasilɔɔ wa masaleŋ choo laŋ niŋ kpou. A wa kpɛɛluŋ nda a Chuuwaa wa landaŋ nda. 21 Mbo dimul nda le ma biilu paale 14 a paale 15 iwɔsi o iwɔsi o paŋgii Ada ve niŋ. 22 Kanifuule, o palɛi keŋ choo Chuuwa sɔla baŋaŋndo yaamɔɔwaa ndaa o ba ni. Nduyɛ o paŋgii keŋ niŋ kɔl tambɛi ndaa simnuŋ nyaaloo ni, mi chaŋnda ndalaŋ+ la simnuŋ paale kɔl kɛndɛ leŋ. Ndaa nɔ ma siiŋguu palɛi keŋ palɛi kɔl kɛndɛi a palɛi bɔŋaŋ diaa nyɛdiaa bɛndoo. Nduyɛ mi ndaa keŋnaŋ nyɛdiaa vellaa velle, mi ndaa ke vɛlɛ wanaa bala fonduaa nyɔɔŋ.
23 Mi Chuuwa hiau lachi a dunyɛi nda kandu keŋ nde biiloo vɛlɛ a nyɛ Mɔdikai poonyial nda wo tosaa. 24 Kanifuule, mi Hemaŋ+ po Hamɛdata wo, Akakaitiinɔɔ,+ yaamɔɔnɔ Chuuwa kpou ndoo kɛɛsiaa le Chuuwa basɔɔ tɛɛ.+ Mbo wuu kooŋ+ le nda kɔltaŋ laasiaa, nduyɛ mbo tɛɛmbuu nda. 25 Kɛ mɛɛ Ɛsita hiŋ naa masaa chua, mi masaa dimi ma poonyiaa aa:+ “Tuu wɔɔŋ ndoo nɔ le Chuuwa wo,+ o miiŋgu ndupila o lebol.” Okoŋ, ma landu ndu a puaa nduaa o yɔmnde choo.+ 26 Le sabu koŋ nda veelu palɛi hei ni aa Puluim,* koŋ cho ni kooŋ.+ Le mɛɛ Mɔdikai yɔŋgu nda nɛi chɔmaa o yaulaŋ niŋ, nduyɛ ma cha nyɛ yɔŋnuŋ nda a suɛi hei okɔɔ wo yɛ, 27 mi Chuuwa cha maa nda ni, chuauwaa ndaa ni, a wana o wana tol nda kɔɔli,+ kalaŋ ndaa i wa ni le palɛi ŋiiŋnde hei biiloo iwɔsi o iwɔsi a teleŋ wa o hɛliaa wo, nduyɛ ma tosa nyɛ o nyɛ wa o poonyiaŋ o yaulaŋ niŋ a nda okɔɔ. 28 Nda a chuauwaa ndaa mamaa ndaa nɔ mi ndaa loonuŋ a palɛi hei o yuŋgu kɛ kɛ niŋ, tanda kɛ kɛ, a o chiee bɛndu kɛ kɛ niŋ. Palɛi Puluim nde hei ndii nɔ mi ndii hiou lachi a Chuuwa waa tɛɛŋ, nduyɛ mi wanaa fula o pulale ndaleŋ choo wa kpou ndaa hiou lachi a loonɔŋndo a ndi okɔɔ.
29 Okoŋ mi Ɛsita lanɔɔ masaa, chua Abihee wo, a Mɔdikai Chuunɔɔ soliŋ kpaaya ndaa kpeku ma poonyiaa yauwo, le nyɛ dimiŋ o yau diiŋ ndɔɔ niŋ a Puluim okɔɔ wo kindilaa. 30 Ma yɔŋ yaulaŋ ndaŋ o Chuuwa lo kpou, o tandala 127+ Masaa Ahasilɔɔ+ wa choo laŋ niŋ. Diomnda kɔl nyulu laŋ a diomnda tonyalaŋ nda poonyiaa o yaulaŋ ndaŋ niŋ ni. 31 A tosa hei le chɔmndo maa a cho wa palɛi Puluim nde hei biyɔɔ a teleŋ kpeekpei nda nɔ le ndi biyɔɔ wo, a mɛɛ Mɔdikai Chuunɔɔ nda Ɛsita lanɔɔ masaa dimul nda le tosaa yɛ.+ Nduyɛ maa kalaŋ ndaa i wa ni le mi nda a chuauwaa ndaa biilu palɛi hei,+ ma bii sumndo,+ okoŋ ma nyɔɔlu Mɛlɛka o piɛileŋ niŋ.+ 32 Nduyɛ mi nyɛ Ɛsita dimi wo chɛlaŋ a sɔɔŋ wa a Puluim+ okɔɔ woŋ. Okoŋ, ma poonyiaa muŋ o yauwo niŋ.