Joab replied, “As surely as God lives, if you had not said this, it would have been morning before the people would have abandoned pursuit of their brothers!”
 Wu n-taŋi tî Jowàb ɨ bèynsɨ̀ ɨ bè sɨ̂ ŋweyn na, “Mɨ n-bê sɨ̂ và fâyn ìzɨyn i Fɨyini fìfɨ̀ a Fɨ n-chi na, wà bû tàŋi tèyn a ghesɨ̀ ghelɨ̀ ghem faŋ nà nyɨŋ kɨ nyɨŋ a wa ibàm nô ta ka ɨtuʼ nî layn.”