But Ittai replied to the king, “As surely as the LORD lives and as my lord the king lives, wherever my lord the king is, whether it means death or life, there I will be as well!”
 Wu n-taŋi tî, Itày ɨ bè sɨ ikàyntɨ̀ sɨ̂ ŋweyn na, “Mɨ n-bê sɨ̂ và samoʼ sɨ izɨyn nɨ̀ Bôbo Fɨyini fìfɨ̀ a fɨ n-chi na mɨ ndù nô mɨ wo ta wà ndû a mbæ̀. À n-ghɨ mɨ sɨ lì ikfɨ sɨ li ma, a yi li kɨ̀ li mɨtì ma ghɨ wi sɨ kasi sɨ a wa ibàm.”