1 Waxatidi to dangu, murutu xaba waxatini, Samisɔn yi siga a ɲaxanla xɔn, yɛxɛɛ diina a yii. A yi a fala, a naxa, “N xa so n ma ɲaxanla banxini.” Koni, a ɲaxanla fafe mi tin a so. 2 A yi a fala Samisɔn xa, a naxa, “N yengi yi a ma a mi rafan i ma, n bata a so i lanfaan yii. Koni, a xunyɛn be, xa i na xɔn, i na tongo a ɲɔxɔn na.” 3 Samisɔn yi a fala, a naxa, “Muxu yo mi n yatɛ kala tiin na iki, xa n fe ɲaxin liga Filisitine ra.” 4 Samisɔn yi siga. A yi sa xulumase kɛmɛ saxan suxu, a yi e xunle xidi e bode ra, a yi xaye xidin xidi e xunle ra. 5 A yi e radɛgɛ, a yi xulumaseene beɲin Filisitine murutu xɛɛne yi, e yi murutu tɔnsɔnne birin gan e nun e manpa bili nakɔne siga han oliwi bili xɛɛne.
6 Filisitine yi muxune maxɔdin, e naxa, “Nde ito ligaxi?” E yi e yabi, e naxa, “Samisɔn, Timana kaan bitanna, bayo a bata a ɲaxanla ba a yii, a yi a so a lanfaan yii.” Filisitine yi siga e sa na ɲaxanla nun a fafe gan. 7 Samisɔn yi a fala e xa, a naxa, “Bayo ɛ tan a ligama i kii nin, n mi diɲɛ fɔ n nan n gbeen ɲɔxɔ.” 8 A yi e yɛngɛ ki faɲi, a yi muxu wuyaxi faxa. Na xanbi ra, a sa dɔxɔ Etami faranna ra.
Samisɔn yi muxu wuli keden faxa
9 Nayi, Filisitine yi sa e malan Yuda kaane xili ma, e yi e sofa ganla ti Lehi rabilinni. 10 Yuda kaane yi e maxɔdin, e naxa, “Nanfera ɛ faxi nxu xili ma?” E yi e yabi, e naxa, “Nxu faxi Samisɔn nan xidideyi, alogo a naxan ligaxi nxu ra, nxu fan xa na liga a ra.” 11 Nayi, Yuda kaan muxu wuli saxan yi siga Etami faran dɛɛn na, e sa a fala Samisɔn xa, e naxa, “I mi a kolon a Filisitine fangan gbo en xa? I nanse ligaxi en na ito ra?” A yi e yabi, a naxa, “E naxan ligaxi n na, n fan na nan ligaxi e ra.” 12 E a fala a xa, e naxa, “Nxu faxi i xididen nin, alogo nxu xa i so Filisitine yii.” Samisɔn yi a fala e xa, a naxa, “Ɛ kɔlɔ n xa a ɛ mi n faxama.” 13 E yi a yabi, e naxa, “Nxu mi i faxama, nxu waxi i xidi feen nan tun yi, nxu yi i so e yii.” E yi a xidi luti nɛnɛ firin na, e yi a ramini faranna ra.
14 Samisɔn to so Lehi yi, Filisitine yi gbelegbele a xili ma. Nayi, Alatalaa Nii Sariɲanxin yi godo a ma. Lutin naxanye yi a yiine ma, ne yi lu alo e ganxin nan yi a ra, e yolon a yiine ra. 15 A yi sofanla nde faxaxin gbɛgbɛ xɔri xinden to biraxi, a yi a tongo, a yi muxu wuli keden faxa na ra. 16 Samisɔn yi a fala, a naxa,
“N na e faxa alo sofanle
sofanla gbɛgbɛ xɔnna ra.
N bata muxu wuli keden faxa
sofanla gbɛgbɛ xɔnna ra.”
17 A to yelin falan tiyɛ, a yi na gbɛgbɛ xɔnna rawoli ayi. E yi mɛnna xili sa gbɛgbɛ xɔri geyana.
18 Min xɔnla yi Samisɔn suxu, a yi Alatala maxandi, a naxa, “I tan nan kisi gbeeni ito fixi i ya walikɛɛn ma. Iki, n fa faxama ige xɔnla nan ma, n faxɛ Ala kolontarene yii ba?” 19 Nayi, fanyen naxan yi Lehi yi, Ala yi na bɔ, igen yi mini. Samisɔn yi a min, a niin mɔn yi yifan a ma. E yi mɛnna xili sa, a En-Hakore*En-Hakore: a bunna nɛɛn fa fala “Tigin muxun xa naxan Ala maxandi.”, mɛnna mɔn Lehi yi han to. 20 Samisɔn yi kitin sa Isirayila yi Filisitine waxatini ɲɛɛ mɔxɔɲɛ.
