Then Absalom sent a message to Joab asking him to send him to the king, but Joab was not willing to come to him. So he sent a second message to him, but he still was not willing to come.
 Ɨtuʼ layn achi ali-a wu tum na ghɨ jaŋ Jowàb yì tum ŋweyn sɨ̂ fòyn. Ghɨ ndu bè, Jowàb ɨ leʼ na yi n-gvì wì. Wu fi tum ɨ kfeynsɨ, ghɨ ndù Jowàb ɨ fi leʼ kɨ leʼ.