Joab replied to the king, “May the LORD your God make the army a hundred times larger right before the eyes of my lord the king! But why does my master the king want to do this?”
 Jowàb ɨ bè sɨ̂ ŋweyn na, “Mɨ n-jêm na Bôbo Fɨyini fyafɨ ni sugèyʼsɨ ateynsɨ dvɨ ghɨ na taŋ lè ɨ̀tu ta ka wà yeyn sɨ a wa ngeŋ. Mɨtì wà n-kɨŋ sɨ ni iwo nâ yèynì bòm ghà?”