Jehanɛ, i susu ye nine nya ní tsumi ɔmɛ tsuo a he, kɛ dengme nɛ i gbo ngɛ a he ɔ, nɛ i na kaa lɛ tsuo peeɔ yaka. E ngɛ kaa nɔ́ nɛ nɔ ko ngɛ fo tue kɛ ngɛ kɔɔhiɔ se nyɛɛe kɛkɛ; se nami ko be he.
Nɔmlɔ nɛ ɔ ma ba pee ní lelɔ oo, e ma ba pee kuasia oo, mɛnɔ lɛ le? Se kɛ̃ ɔ, níhi tsuo nɛ i ngɔ nile kɛ gbo a he dengme ngɛ je nɛ ɔ mi ɔ, lɛ nɛ ma ba ye. Enɛ ɔ hu ji yaka nɔ́ ko.
Hyɛ, nɔ́ nɛ i na kaa e hi, nɛ e sa kɛkɛ ji kaa nɔmlɔ nɛ ye ní, nɛ e nu ní, nɛ e na bua jɔmi. Wami be bɔɔ nɛ Mawu ha nɔmlɔ ngɛ je nɛ ɔ mi ɔ, dengme tsuo nɛ e gbo ɔ, e ye e mi ngɔɔmi; e blɔ fa mi nɔ́ ji lɔ ɔ nɛ.
Mɛnɔ lɛ le nɔ́ nɛ hi ha nɔmlɔ ngɛ e wami be bɔɔ nɛ ɔ mi? Nɔmlɔ wami pi nɔ́ ko kulaa; e ngɛ kaa nini nɛ bee kɛ yaa. Mɛnɔ ma nyɛ ma de nɔ ko nɔ́ nɛ maa ba ngɛ je ɔ mi ngɛ e gbenɔ se?
Níhi nɛ dɛ ngɛ je nɛ ɔ mi ɔ, a kpɛti kake ji kaa haomi baa nihi tsuo a nɔ fiee nɛ slɔɔto be mi; dali jio, yayami peeli jio. Daa nɛ ɔ, yayami kɛ godo hyi nimli adesahi a tsui mi ngɛ je ɔ mi. Kɛkɛ a gbo tlukaa.
Mɛni he je nyɛ puɛɔ sika kɛ heɔ nɔ nɛ be nyɛ tɔe? Mɛni he je nyɛ ngɔɔ nyɛ ní tsumi mi hiɔwo kɛ heɔ nɔ́ nɛ tɔɛ nɔ? Nyɛɛ bu mi tue saminya nɛ nyɛɛ pee nɔ nɛ i ngɛ dee ɔ; kɛkɛ nyɛ maa ye ní kpakpahi nɛ nyɛ bua maa jɔ nyɛ he.
Mɛni se nami ngɛ amaga he? E ji nɔ́ ko kɛkɛ nɛ nɔmlɔ adesa pee, nɛ lakpa pɛ e toɔ. Mɛni se nami ngɛ he ha nɔ nɛ pee lɛ ɔ, kaa e maa ngɔ e hɛ kɛ fɔ e nɔ; mawu nɛ nyɛ we munyu tete po nɛ e tuɔ ɔ!
Nyɛ ko gbo ngma nɛ puɛɔ ɔ he dengme. Mohu ɔ, nyɛ hla ngma nɛ hii si kɛ yaa neneene. Enɛ ɔ ji nɔ́ nɛ Nɔmlɔ Bi ɔ ma ha nyɛ ɔ nɛ, ejakaa Tsɛ Mawu ɔ nɛ hla lɛ.”