19 Nyɛ deɔ ke Mawu gblaa bimɛ a tue ngɛ a tsɛmɛ a he yayamihi a he. Dɛbi! Ha nɛ Mawu ɔ nɛ gbla yayami peeli ɔmɛ nitsɛmɛ a tue, konɛ a na kaa a he yayami ɔmɛ a he lɛ a ngɛ a tue gblae ɔ nɛ.
Ko kpla si ha mɛ, nɛ ko ja mɛ hulɔ; ejakaa imi Yawɛ, o Mawu ɔ, a kɛ mi plee we nɔ́ he. I gblaa ni nɛmɛ nɛ nyɛɛ mi ɔ, kɛ a bimɛ, kɛ a bibimɛ a tue hluu kɛ yaa si yi nɔ etɛne kɛ eywiɛne bimɛ a nɔ.
Nyɛɛ hyɛ nɛ nyɛɛ gbe a bimɛ ɔmɛ; nyɛ bɔni a hɛ mi kpatami koo! Matsɛ ɔ binyumu ɔmɛ ma gbo ngɛ a nɛmɛ ɔmɛ a he yayami ɔmɛ a he. Ke pi ja a, a ma ba te si ekohu; a maa ye je ɔ nɔ, nɛ a maa po mahi ha a he.”
Bɔ nɛ e pee mo ɔ, pee lɛ ja nɔuu ngɔ to nane mi. Níhi nɛ e pee ɔ, pee lɛ ja totoe enyɔ ngɔ to nane mi. Dã nɛ e futu ha mo ɔ, mo futu dã nɛ nya wa kaa ja totoe enyɔ ngɔ wo e kplu ɔ mi ha lɛ.
“Jehanɛ, waa ngɔ lɛ kaa nyumu nɛ ɔ hu ngɛ binyumu ko. Binyumu nɛ ɔ na bɔ nɛ e tsɛ ɔ ngɛ, kɛ e yayamihi nɛ e ngɛ pee ɔ tsuo; se e ye gbeye, nɛ e ya wo we e tsɛ ɔ nane.
Jamɛ a be ɔ mi ɔ, ye ma a maa na slɔɔto nɛ ngɛ dalɔ kɛ yayami peelɔ a kpɛti; nyɛ maa na slɔɔto nɛ ngɛ nɔmlɔ nɛ sɔmɔɔ mi, kɛ nɔ nɛ sɔmɔ we mi ɔ a kpɛti.” Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ lɛ de.
Imi lɛɛ a pɔ mi nu nɛ a wo mi matsɛ mohu, se mwɔnɛ ligbi nɛ ɔ, i pee kaa nɔ nɛ be he wami. Kikɛmɛ a Zeruya binyumu nɛ ɔmɛ a sane wa pe mi. Yawɛ nɛ wo yayami peelɔ ɔ hiɔ bɔ nɛ sa lɛ!”
E ji o pee nɔ́ nɛ hi jinɛ i ko na o he bua jɔmi. Se akɛnɛ o ya pee we nɔ́ nɛ hi ɔ, yayami buu si ngɛ o sinya a nya kaa lohwe dikalɔ nɛ e miɔ nɛ e maa tu mla mo. Se, hyɛ nɛ o ye yayami ɔ nɔ.”
‘Imi, Yawɛ, ye mi mi fu we mla, nɛ ye mɔbɔ nami hiɛ babauu; i ngɔɔ tɔmi kɛ yayami ngɔ paa. Se kɛ̃, i ha we nɛ yayami peeli yeɔ a he; mohu i kɛ tsɛmɛ a tɔmihi a he hiɔwo ɔ gblaa bimɛ kɛ bibimɛ a tue hluu kɛ ya siɔ yi nɔ etɛne, kɛ eywiɛne bi a nɔ.’