Nana Yoase wangaye paa bɔ Sakaria baba Yehoada ɔyɔ mane ye ne, na mmom ohuni ɔwa ne. Mmerɛ bɔ beku Sakaria ne, ɔteane nu kyɛ, “AWURADE ɔ́nea bɔ ɛmɔyɔ ye, ná otua ɛmɔ so kerɛ!”
Nakoso sɛ nandwie ne taa si mmenia, bɔ babɔ ye mene kɔkɔ, nakoso ɔnga ye ndo tuin nu ne, sɛ oku bienzua anaa brasua a, ɔsɛ kyɛ bɛboro nandwie ne nyɔboɛ (beku ye), yeɛ ye mene ne koso bɛ́boro ye nyɔboɛ behũ ye.
Ofikyɛ AWURADE fi ye atenaleɛ berɛ ɔ́ba, kyɛ aseɛ so ama b’amumuyɛɛ ti ɔbaahwe bɛ so. Aseɛ kɔma mogya bɔ bahã bagua so ɔ nwo kɔla ali, na ɔngɔfa bɛ bɔ bahu bɛ wɔ so ne ngɔfea ko.
Na mmom, ɛ́mɔnwu ye kyɛ amba, sɛ ɛmɔku me a, mogya bɔ odi be ɔ yeɛ ɛmɔkɔmaa ɔkɔbɔ ɛmɔ bɔbɔ deinn, kuro he ɔne nu ama bɛ ti so ɔ. Ofikyɛ nahorɛ nu, AWURADE yeɛ ɔsomane me ɛmɔ berɛ kyɛ mmanga sɔ dwirɛ ye amukoraa ngyire ɛmɔ maa ɔhɔ ɛmɔ so anu ɔ.”
Na mmerɛ bɔ supɔ ne aso ama nwuni kyɛ ewoo ne abrabra ye sa nen, besisele bɛ nwo kyɛ, “Aporowaa biala nne ye nwo, biaa he te wudiniɛ. Ɔwɔ nu kyɛ wanya ye ti ngoa wafi ɛpo nu de, nakoso ye bɔne nwo asohwenɛ bɔ oli ye si ngɔma ongonya ngoa.”
Mmeraa ne nwa, “Nnɛsɛkye agyaa, nnɛdi awue, nnɛwua, [nnɛdi adanzewia], nnɛma wɔ nye boro ebie nikye.” Na sɛ mmeraa dwirɛ biala boka so a, babɔ ye porɛ wɔ edwirɛ he anu kyɛ, “Kuro ebiɛngo dwirɛ kyɛ wɔ bɔbɔ wɔ nwo.”
Ofikyɛ, bɔ ɔhane kyɛ, “Nnɛsɛkye agyaa” nen, ye ala yeɛ ɔhane kyɛ, “Nnɛdi awue” ɔ. Na sɛ anzɛkye agyaa, nakoso edi awue a, né ayɛ ebie bɔ wato mmeraa ne ɔ.