1 Samuel
8:1 Na Samuel nyinyinii no, ɔmaa ne mma no yɛɛ atemmufoɔ
wɔ Israel so.
8:2 Na n’abakan din de Yoel; ne nea ɔto so abien no din, .
Abia: na wɔyɛ atemmufoɔ wɔ Beer-Seba.
8:3 Na ne mma no anante n’akwan so, na wɔdanee wɔn ho kɔhwehwɛɛ mfasoɔ, na
gyee adanmude, na wɔkyinkyim atemmu.
8:4 Afei Israel mpanimfoɔ nyinaa boaboaa wɔn ho ano, na wɔbaa
Samuel de kɔmaa Rama, .
8:5 Na ɔka kyerɛɛ no sɛ: Hwɛ, woabɔ akwakoraa, na wo mma no nnante wo mu
akwan: afei yɛ yɛn ɔhene mmu yɛn atɛn sɛ amanaman nyinaa.
8:6 Nanso asɛm no annye Samuel, bere a wɔkae sɛ: Ma yɛn ɔhene ma ɔmmu atɛn no
yɛn. Na Samuel bɔɔ AWURADE mpaeɛ.
8:7 Na AWURADE ka kyerɛɛ Samuel sɛ: Tie ɔman no nne wɔ
deɛ wɔka kyerɛ wo nyinaa, ɛfiri sɛ wɔmpoo wo, na wɔn na mmom wɔn
apo me, na manni wɔn so hene.
8:8 Sɛdeɛ nnwuma a wɔayɛ firi da a me
ɔde wɔn firii Misraim de bɛsi ɛnnɛ, deɛ wɔde ayɛ adwuma no
wogyaw me, na wɔsom anyame foforo, saa ara na wɔn nso yɛ ma wo.
8:9 Afei montie wɔn nne, nanso monkasa tia denneennen
kyerɛ wɔn, na kyerɛ wɔn ɔhene a ɔbɛdi hene no suban
wɔn.
8:10 Na Samuel kaa AWURADE nsɛm nyinaa kyerɛɛ ɔman a wɔbisaa wɔn no
no yɛ ɔhene.
8:11 Na ɔkaa sɛ: Yei bɛyɛ ɔhene a ɔbɛdi hene no suban
wo: Ɔbɛfa wo mma, na wayi wɔn ama ne ho, ama ne de
nteaseɛnam, na wɔayɛ n’apɔnkɔsotefo; na ebinom betu mmirika adi ne de anim
nteaseɛnam.
8:12 Na ɔbɛma no asahene wɔ mpempem so, na wahyɛ no asahene
aduonum; na ɔde wɔn besi n’asase so, na wɔatwa n’atwa, .
na wayɛ n’ako nnwinnade, ne ne nteaseɛnam nnwinnade.
8:13 Na ɔbɛfa mo mma mmaa akɔyɛ nnɔkɔnnɔkɔwadeɛ, na wɔayɛ aduannoafoɔ, .
na wɔayɛ paanootofo.
8:14 Na ɔbɛfa mo mfuo ne mo bobe nturo ne mo ngodua nturo, .
wɔn mu nea eye sen biara mpo, na ɔde ma ne nkoa.
8:15 Na ɔbɛfa mo aba ne mo bobe nturo mu nkyem du mu baako na ɔde ama
ne mpanimfoɔ ne ne nkoa.
8:16 Na ɔbɛfa mo nkoa mmarima ne mo mmaawa ne mo
mmerante a wɔn ho yɛ fɛ sen biara, ne mo mfurum, na momfa wɔn nyɛ n’adwuma.
8:17 Ɔbɛfa mo nguan no mu nkyekyɛmu du, na moayɛ ne nkoa.
8:18 Na mobɛteɛm saa da no ɛnam mo hene a mobɛyɛ no nti
apaw wo; na AWURADE rentie wo da no.
8:19 Nanso ɔman no ampene so sɛ wɔbɛtie Samuel nne; na wɔn nso
ɔkaa sɛ: Dabi; na mmom yɛbɛnya ɔhene wɔ yɛn so;
8:20 Na yɛn nso yɛayɛ sɛ amanaman nyinaa; na ama yɛn hene abu atɛn
yɛn, na momfi adi kan, na monko yɛn akodi.
8:21 Na Samuel tee ɔman no nsɛm nyinaa, na ɔtetee mu
AWURADE aso.
8:22 Na AWURADE ka kyerɛɛ Samuel sɛ: Tie wɔn nne, na ma wɔn a
ɔhene. Na Samuel ka kyerɛɛ Israel mmarima no sɛ: Mo biara monkɔ ne de nkyɛn
kuropɔn.