Mawu kɛ he wami kpetekpleenyɛ tsuɔ ní ngɛ wa mi, nɛ e peeɔ níhi nɛ hiɛ babauu kɛ be nɔ kɛ haa wɔ, níhi nɛ wa be nyɛe ma bi, kɛ ní nɛmɛ nɛ wa juɛmi sui he po.
“Imi ji Mawu klɔuklɔu nɛ hii hiɔwe kɛ yaa neneene ɔ nɛ. I hii he klɔuklɔu ngɛ hiɔwe lokoo; se nɔ nɛ baa e he si ngɛ e mumi mi, nɛ e tsui mi tsɔ ɔ, i kɛ lɛ hiɔ si; i woɔ e mumi kã, konɛ e ngɔ e hɛ ngɔ fɔ ye nɔ, nɛ e na wami he.
Nyɔmtsɛ, nihi tsuo maa wo o hɛ mi nyami! Nihi tsuo ma de ke o kle; ejakaa mo pɛ ji nɔ klɔuklɔu. Nihi tsuo nɛ ngɛ je ɔ mi ɔ maa ba nɛ a ma ba ja mo; ejakaa dami sane nɛ o ngɛ yee ɔ, nɔ tsuaa nɔ na paa!”
Se mo Yawɛ, moo lɛɛ o ngɛ ye se kpɛii kaa tatsɛ kpanaa; ni nɛmɛ nɛ ngɛ mi yi mi wae ɔ be mi nyɛe. Zo maa gbe mɛ daa, ejakaa a be nyɛe maa pee nɔ́ ko nɔ́ ko. A zo ɔ hu nɔ ko hɛ be nɔ jee gblegbleegble.
Hɛ kali eywiɛ ɔmɛ a ti nɔ tsuaa nɔ ngɛ pɛli ekpa, nɛ a mi mi je kɛ kpo nɔ je tsuo hɛngmɛ sɔuu. Nɛ nyɔ kɛ pia tsuo ɔ, a hii lae nɛ a kpa we ke, “Klɔuklɔu, klɔuklɔu, klɔuklɔu ji Nyɔmtsɛ Mawu Ope, nɔ nɛ ngɛ sa a, nɛ e ngɛ amlɔ nɛ ɔ, nɛ́ e maa ba a.”
Lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ta tue ha nɔ́ nɛ Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ, Israel Mawu, hewamitsɛ ɔ ngɛ dee ɔ: “Ma ye ye he lue ngɛ nyɛ he nyɛli ɔmɛ a nɔ, konɛ nyɛ ko ba gba ye nya hu.
“Mɛnɔ lɛ je Bozra ngɛ Edom zugba a nɔ kɛ ma nɛ ɔ? Mɛnɔ lɛ dla e he saminyayoo kɛ tade tsu, nɛ e ngɛ kɔsɔe wawɛɛ kɛ he wami kɛ ma nɛ ɔ?” “Imi Yawɛ, kpɔlɔ nɛ nine si wa a, i ngɛ dee kɛ ngmlaa ke i ye kunimi oo, i ye kunimi.”