15 Inyi wɔ axwɛwɛwa, sɛ ɔdɛ yɔ ɔdɔgɔsɛ ovu kifu. Ɛta pɛɛ sɛ tɛ odzi kɛlɛɔmayɛ ɔdɔgɔsɛ kɛbhlatɔ tili!
No ti zhiesi nɛ kemikpɛkpɛm, pɔ nɔ nyɛna wɔnɔ ɔfufɔɛ mɛ kɛdzyɔgo nɛ ovunɔ, anɛ kɛxwɛdɛdɛm kɔ Apalete.
“Anɔnyanɔ atɛ ba na axwɛ dɛ kɔ baka tɛabha. Aba ɖɔ teli adɛ teli, klɛ aba mɔ ɔhwɛ kɔ teli adɛ teli. Ɔtɛ bɔɔ na axwɛ dɛ kɔ Kpaya anɛ Ehoeyi.
enu anɔ gɛ akpɛ atɔkpum tabha, ataa dzrɔ nɛ tirikpo shu abhɛtɛ.
Pɔ evunɔ kibui nɛ wɔ shu sɛ: Ɔtɛ shɛnahwɛ wɔ tɛɖuɖɔ tutɔpu nɛ shu.
Nɛ kɛtɔkpum gɛganɛ kabha wuwu, banɔ gelee ɔhaglɔ ɖuɖɔ na ba yɔ,
Ɔtsɔnɛ gɛ nɔ tɛ plu shu ɔganɔ batɔ tɛta kɔ kibui gbɛagba sɛ tɛ nɔ yɛkɛ tɛdɛdɛmɛnɔ mumɔ kɔ wũnɔ adzyalɛ, tɛdɛdɛmɛnɔ nɛ ɔhaglɔ globoo, denɔ idzyi nɛ mɛ.
Klɛ kɛnɛ kɛlɛ nu mɛ kpayakuklu: sɛ wɔnɔ tɛɖuɖɔ nɛ yuku gbɛgba tsodzini gbɛgba anɛ́ kɛbuititi anɛ̀ ishumdzudzu vɛvɛ,
Alasɛ isifu sɛ kibenɔ nɛ gɛ ɛba ɛtɛ ba mɔ nɔ anasɛ gɛ ɛpɛɛ sɛ tɛ nɔ za, klɛ nɔ tɛ bɔ mɔ mɛ anasɛ gɛ nɔ pɛɛ sɛ tɛ ɛza. Isifu sɛ ebla pɛpɛɛ, kabhawuwlãnkɛ, obulo gɛganɛ mumɔ, kɛdɔ wuwlãnkɛ, kɛdɔ kukula, aglɔ shuibui ɖɛɖɔ, ishu fifeke anɛ aglɔ shu zizi.
“Anɔnyanɔ gɛ aɖɔ yaka anɛ yeni adɛ mɛ klɛ adɛ na kɔ mayɛ tɛdzidzi, anɔnyanɔ gɛ aɖɔ yɛ eyianyɛ anɛ yɛ eyiadzɛ adɛ mɛ klɛ adɛ na kɔ mayɛ tɛdzidzi,
Kɔ kpayaxwɛdɛ nɛ Saɖis busɔlɛɔha nɛ mɛ sɛ: Ebuia alɛ nu agɛ evunɔ Kpaya ɛfufɔɛ tigene anɛ awɛ̃wɛ̃ tegene nɛ ayɛ. Inyi wɔ ebui bhɛbhɛtɛ, kinyi dzyɔgo lɛ wɔ ahwɛ sɛ ɔlɛ nɛ ɛkpã, pɔ otsi.
Inyi wɔ ebuibhɛbhɛtɛ, wɔ kɛxwɛwɛwa gɛganɛɛ anɛ wɔ kanyɛtsitsi. Inyi sɛ ɔtɛ bɔ kɔ atɔkpum gɛganɛelete nɛ amɛ, klɛ ɔtɛ feke bagɛ asɛ be nu banɔkpɛkpɛ pɔ pɛ be di nu nɛ odi, klɛ ɔtɛ mɔ sɛ be nu betroni.
Alasɛ kibenyɛbe tɛ bu zɛ hu Kpaya ahwɛ nɛ wɔnɔɛ tɔkpu, badzya mɔ, klɛ kana kɛ lɛ, alasɛ wɔnɔ tɛyɛyɛkɛŋa nɛ kii she trɔ, klɛ tɛɖuɖɔ nɛ gɛ lɛ anɔnyanɔa hwɛ kɔ yɛɔhayɛ nɛɛ she trɔ.
Onugɛ anɔteli adɛ dɛmɛnɛ Apalete—ba ba ɖɔɛbui akpɛ yɛ. Ba, O Apalete!
So, gɛ ɔdɛ yɛkɔ nɛ lɛmɛ—sɛ ovuifu ɔdɔgɔsɛ ɔyɔ so— ɛba pi wɔ tɛ̃ nɛ mɛ onugbu mɛ.