1 Na Kiriat-yearimfoɔ ba bɛfaa AWURADE adaka no de foro kɔɔ Abinadab fie, kokoɔ no so, na wɔdwiraa ne ba Eleasa sɛ ɔnhwɛ AWURADE adaka no so.
Israelfoɔ ahonu wɔ Mispa
2 Na adaka no baa Kiriat-yearim no, ɛkyɛree wɔ hɔ; ɛdii mfirinhyia aduonu. Na Israel fie nyinaa dii abooboo hwehwɛɛ AWURADE akyiri kwan.
3 Na Samuel ka kyerɛɛ Israel fie nyinaa sɛ: Sɛ mode mo akoma nyinaa resane aba AWURADE nkyɛn a, ɛnneɛ monyi ananafoɔ anyame ne Astarot no mfiri mo mu, na monsiesie mo akoma mma AWURADE, na monsom ɔno nko ara, na ɔbɛyi mo Filistifoɔ nsam.
4 Ɛnna Israelfoɔ no yii Baalim ne Astarot, na wɔsomm AWURADE nko ara.
5 Na Samuel kaa sɛ: Monhyia Israel nyinaa mmra Mispa, na memmɔ AWURADE mpaeɛ memma mo.
6 Na wɔbɛhyiaa wɔ Mispa, na wɔsaa nsuo hwie guu AWURADE anim, na wɔdii abuada da no, na wɔkaa no ɛhɔ sɛ: Yɛayɛ AWURADE bɔne. Na Samuel buu Israelfoɔ atɛn Mispa.
7 Na Filistifoɔ tee sɛ Israelfoɔ akɔhyia Mispa no, Filistifoɔ asafohene foro baa Israel so. Na Israelfoɔ teeɛ no, wɔsuroo Filistifoɔ no.
8 Na Israelfoɔ no ka kyerɛɛ Samuel sɛ: Nnyae osu a woresu afrɛ AWURADE yɛn Nyankopɔn ama yɛn no, na ɔnnye yɛn Filistifoɔ nsam.
9 Na Samuel faa odwanten ba a ɔnum de no bɔɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ mu maa AWURADE; na Samuel su frɛɛ AWURADE maa Israel, na AWURADE gyee no so.
10 Na Samuel rebɔ ɔhyeɛ afɔdeɛ no, Filistifoɔ no twe pinii sɛ wɔne Israel rebɛko, na AWURADE paepaee aprannaa akɛseɛ guu Filistifoɔ no so da no, na ɔkaa wɔn gui maa wɔtotɔe Israel anim.
11 Na Israel mmarima firii adi firii Mispa kɔpamm Filistifoɔ no, na wɔkunkumm wɔn ara kɔsii Bet-kar ase.
12 Ɛnna Samuel faa ɔboɔ baako de sii Mispa ne Sen ntam, na ɔtoo no din Eben-eserkaa sɛ: Ɛha na AWURADE aboa yɛn abɛsie.
13 Na wɔbrɛɛ Filistifoɔ no ase, na wɔankɔ so amma Israel hyeɛ mu bio; na AWURADE nsa daa Filistifoɔ so Samuel nna nyinaa mu.
14 Na wɔdanee nkuro a Filistifoɔ agye no Israel nsam no maa Israel, ɛfiri Ekron kɔsi Gat, na ɛho asase nso, Israel gyee Filistifoɔ nsam. Na asomdwoeɛ baa Israelfoɔ ne Amorifoɔ ntam.
Samuel atemmuo adwuma
15 Na Samuel buu Israel atɛn ne nkwa nna nyinaa.
16 Na afe afe biara na ɔkyini kɔ Betel ne Gilgal ne Mispa, na ɔbu Israel nyinaa atɛn nkuro yi nyinaa mu.
17 Na ɔsane ba Rama, na ɛhɔ na na ne fie wɔ, na ɔbu Israel atɛn hɔ; na ɔsii afɔrebukyia wɔ hɔ maa AWURADE.