1 KAUN-O ahpw ketin poaronehla soukohp Nadan rehn Depit. Nadan eri patohla rehn Depit oh patohwan, “Mie ohl riemen me kin koukousoan nan kahnimw ehu; emen ira me kepwehpwe, a emen me semwehmwe.[a] 2 Eri, me kepwehpweo naineki kou oh sihpw tohto, 3 a me semwehmweo naineki sihmpwultehmen, ihte me e pwainda, me e kin apwahpwalih oh kakairada ni imwe mpen nah seri kan. E kin kamwengehki pein eh tungoal kisin mwenge kan, e kin kanimpile sang nan pein nah kepen nimpil kan, oh e kin sikesikekih. E kin wiahki likamwete emen nah serepein. 4 Rahn ehu, aramas en keiru men pa leledong ni imwen ohl kepwehpweo. Ohl kepwehpwe menet sohte men kemehla emen nah mahn ako pwe en kamadipwehki aramas en keiruwo; e ahpw kihsang nein ohl semwehmweo nah sihmpwulo, oh kemehla pwe en kamadipwehki mehn keiruwo me mihmi ni imweo.”

5 Ni Depit eh karongehda met e ahpw engiengda kowahlap pahn ohl kepwehpweo oh mahsanihong Nadan, “I kahukihla KAUN-O me ketin ieias, me soangen aramas me wiahda soangen tiahk wet, uhdahn konehng en kamakamala! 6 E pahn kapwurehla pahn pak pahieu uwen me e kihsangehro, pwehki soangen tiahk loallap wet me e wiahda.”

7 Nadan ahpw patohwanohng Depit, “Iei komwi me aramaso. Oh iet me KAUN-O, Koht en Israel, mahsanih, ‘I kasapwiluhkada en nanmwarkien Israel oh kapituhkala sang rehn Sohl. 8 I kihong uhk eh wehi oh eh pwoud kan; I wiahkinuhkala nanmwarkien Israel oh Suda. Oh ma met sohte itar, I pahn kihong uhk soahng kei me laudsang oh mwahusang pak riepak. 9 Eri a, dahme ke mwamwahlkihki ei kosonned akan? Dahme ke wiahkihdahki dihp wet mwohn silangi? Pwe kowe me kemehla Uraia nan mahwen; kowe me mweidohng mehn Ammon kan en kemehla; ke ahpw ale eh pwoud oh pwoudikihda. 10 Iei me, erein dih koaros, ekei rehn kadaudokomw kan pahn mehla suwed pwehki omw mwamwahlkiniehla oh kihsang en Uraia eh pwoud oh pwoudikihda. 11 I kahukihla me I pahn kahredohng uhk apwal sang nan omw peneinei. Ke pahn pein kilang met ni ei pahn adihasang uhk omw pwoud kan oh kihong emen tohrohr; e ahpw pahn wiahda rehrail nsenen pwopwoud ni rahn pwe aramas akan en ese.[b] 12 Pwe ke dipadahr ni rir, ahpw I pahn kapwaiada mepwukat ni sansal mwohn mesen mehn Israel koaros.’ ”

13 Depit eri patohwan, “Iet ngehi aramas dipan emen me dipadahr ong KAUN-O.”

A Nadan ahpw sapeng, patohwan, “KAUN-O ketin mahkohng komwi. Komw sohte pahn sipalla. 14 Ahpw pwehki omwi ketin kauwehla wahun KAUN-O ni omwi ketin wiahda met, sapwellimomwi serio pahn mehla.” 15 Nadan eri patopatohla ni imweo.

KAUN-O ahpw ketikihong soumwahu laud ehu seri me en Uraia eh pwoudo naitikihong Depit. 16 Depit eri peki rehn Koht pwe serio en mwahula. E ahpw sohla konote mehkot, oh nipwong koaros e kin ketilong nan sapwellime pere oh kin poaridiong nan taht wonohn ie. 17 Sapwellime lapalap akan en tehnpeseo ahpw kin patohla reh oh song en peki en ketida sang nan tahto, ahpw e so mwahn kupwure irail, oh sohte mwahn iang irail konote mehkot. 18 Eri, mwurin wihk ehu, serio ahpw mehla, oh sapwellime lapalap ako sohte men patohwan pakairkihong duwen mehlao. Pwe re nda, “Ni serio eh momour, Depit sohte kin ketin sapeng kitail ni atail kin men patohwan lokaiaiong. Ia duwen atail pahn patohwanohng me sapwellime serio melahr? E kakete ketin wiahda mehkot sapwung.”

19 A ni Depit eh ketin tehkada duwen ar wie mwengmwengininginpene, e mwahngihada me serio melahr. Ih eri keinemwe rehrail, “Dah, serio melahr?”

A re sapeng, patohwan, “Ei maing, e melahr.”

20 Depit eri ketida sang nan tahto, lokipilda, koasoanehda piten tapwi, oh wilianda sapwellime likou kan. Ih eri ketila nan tehnpas en KAUN-O pwe en ketin wia sapwellime kaudok. Ni eh ketin sapahldohng nan tehnpeseo, e mahsanih re en kaunopadahng konote, e ahpw ketidi nin tehpel oh konot. 21 Sapwellime lapalap ako ahpw patohwanohng, “Maing, se sohte patohwan wehwehki met. Ni serio eh momour, komw kin ketin tentenihrki oh kin ketin kaikaisihsol. A met, ni eh melahr, komw ketida oh wie konokonot.”

22 Depit ahpw ketin sapeng irail, mahsanih, “Ei, mehlel; I kaisihsol oh sengiseng nindokon serio eh momour; pwe I kihkihong me KAUN-O pahn ketin kupwuramwahwih ie oh sohte mweidohng serio en mehla. 23 Ahpw met, ni eh melahr, dahme I pahn kaisihsolki? Kak I en kapwurehiong mour rehn serio? Ehu rahn I pahn kohla reh, ahpw ih e sohte mwahn kak kohdo rehi.”

24 Depit eri ketin kansenamwahwihala eh pwoud Padsipa. E ahpw tuhwong oh wiahda nsenen pwopwoud. Liho eri naitikihada pwutak emen, me Depit ketikihong ede Solomon. KAUN-O ahpw ketin loalloale kisin pwutako, 25 oh mahsanihong soukohp Nadan en kihong eden pwutako Sedidaia,[c] pwehki KAUN-O eh ketin loalloale.