12 “Pɔ be tsre balɛ asɛ, ‘Itsre nɔ kɛgba sɛ, iti nyi nɔ.’
Pɔ anɔ nɛ gɛ adɛmɛ Kpaya bui Kpaya enyi anɔ alɛlɛ.
Pɔ, Kpaya kesikpɛkpɛ nɛna nɛ keli gɛganɛɛ, gɛ ba da kɛlɛ adɛda nɛ gɛ ba ŋlɔmɛ atrɔ yɛabha sɛ: “Apalete nɛ enyi bagɛ be nu yayɛalɛ,” klɛ, “Anɔnyanɔ gɛ ebu Apalete nɛ nyi aɖɔ, alasɛ tɛ etsodzi nɛ kɛtɔkpu mɛ gɛganɛe de.”
Mɛ ibhoshi nɛ nu mɛ olimɛ, ɛnyi lɛ klɛ lɛ za mɛede.
Bu nyi sɛ Kpaya ataa ta batɔ nɛ bagɛ ba bhɛtɛ buzizi. Ata batɔ nɛ kpayanɔ nɛ gɛ ba bhɛtɛ yɛ tɛpɛpɛɛ.
Pɔ ɔtsyɔnɛ gɛ nɔ nyi Kpaya— pɛnɔ Kpaya yenyi nɔ—kɛlɛ kɛdzi sɛ nɔ tsyina kede kpɛ bagɛ ba ma kemi anɛ bagɛ ku eshutukubui ɛkpãzɛza? Nɔ pɛɛ sɛ tɛ nɔ flodzi banɔ dzidzi kɔalɛ?
“Kɛlɛe de mɛ tieti gugɔɛ nɛ tsya ba ba. Ɔkɛlɛ ba ɖɔ asɛ, ‘Apalete! Apalete!’ ‘Danɛ opupu nɛ ɔkɔ lɔ!’
“Kɛlɛ so nɔ za nɛ awɔ̃, alasɛ no tinyi kiwi nɔɔ ɔdɔgɔsɛ ɔɖɔ nɛ mɛ.
Kibelɛlɛ gɛ buvu elete alɔ klɛ ada kedunu, nɔ bɔ lɔ kititi nɛ ɔtɔ nɔ zɔ bho opupu klɛ nɔ bɔ zɔ kpɛtɔkpuesi sɛ, ‘Apalete, danɛ buvu nɛ ɔkɔ lɔ.’ “Pɔ ebe tsre nɔ sɛ, ‘Ɛtɛ nyi nɔ ɔdɔgɔsɛ ɔkɛlɛ gɛ nɔ de.’