Yonatan, ni ji Maŋtsɛ Saul kromɔbi lɛ, ji nuu ko ni yɔɔ ekãa waa. David wie akɛ Yonatan he yɛ oya fe okropɔŋ ni ehe wa fe jata. Gbi ko lɛ, Yonatan na Filistibii asraafoi komɛi yɛ gɔŋ ko nɔ. Ekɛɛ mɔ ni hiɛ etawuu nibii lɛ akɛ: ‘Ja Yehowa ehã wɔ okadi ko dani wɔkɛ amɛ baayanɔ. Kɛ́ Filistibii lɛ kɛɛ wɔ akɛ wɔba lɛ, belɛ eji okadi ni tsɔɔ akɛ wɔkɛ amɛ ayanɔ.’ Be ni Filistibii lɛ na amɛ lɛ, amɛbolɔ akɛ: ‘Nyɛkwɔa kɛbaa ni wɔnɔa!’ No hewɔ lɛ, amɛyi enyɔ lɛ amɛkwɔ kɛtee gɔŋ lɛ nɔ ni amɛye asraafoi 20 anɔ kunim.

Kulɛ Yonatan ji mɔ ni baaye maŋtsɛ yɛ epapa sɛɛ, ejaakɛ lɛ ji Saul kromɔbi. Shi Yonatan le akɛ, Yehowa ehala David koni lɛ eye maŋtsɛ. Kɛ̃lɛ, enɛ hãaa Yonatan mli afu. Moŋ lɛ, Yonatan kɛ David batsɔmɔ nanemɛi ni bɛŋkɛ amɛhe kpaakpa. Yonatan wo David shi akɛ ebaabu ehe ni ebaafã ehe, ni David hu wo lɛ shi akɛ  ebaafee nakai nɔŋŋ ehã lɛ. Yonatan kɛ etade yuu lɛ, eklante lɛ, egãi lɛ, kɛ ehɛfiinɔ lɛ hã David koni David ana akɛ esumɔɔ esane.

Be ni David joɔ foi koni Saul akagbe lɛ lɛ, Yonatan tee David ŋɔɔ ni eyakɛɛ lɛ akɛ: ‘Kaashe gbeyei. Feemɔ ekãa. Yehowa ehala bo akɛ maŋtsɛ, ni mipapa po le nakai.’ Ani obaasumɔ ni oná naanyo kpakpa tamɔ Yonatan?

Yonatan kɛ ewala wo oshara mli shii abɔ koni eye ebua enaanyo David. Ele akɛ Maŋtsɛ Saul miitao agbe David. No hewɔ lɛ, ekɛɛ Saul akɛ: ‘Kɛ́ ogbe David lɛ, ofee esha, ejaakɛ efeko efɔŋ ko.’ Shi Saul mli fu Yonatan. Afii komɛi asɛɛ lɛ, Saul kɛ Yonatan fɛɛ gboi yɛ ta mli.

Yɛ Yonatan gbele sɛɛ lɛ, David yatao ebinuu ko ni atsɛɔ lɛ Mefiboshet. Be ni David na lɛ lɛ, ekɛɛ lɛ akɛ: ‘No mli lɛ, opapa ji minaanyo kpakpa. No hewɔ lɛ, makwɛ bo owala gbii abɔ fɛɛ. Obaahi mimaŋtsɛ shĩa lɛ, ni obaaye nii yɛ mikpɔlɔ lɛ he.’ David hiɛ kpaaa enaanyo Yonatan nɔ.