“Se anɛ mo Mawu, o kɛ nɔmlɔ adesa ma nyɛ maa hi zugba nɛ ɔ nɔ niinɛ lo? Mo, nɛ hiɔwe kɛ hiɔwe se lokoo po kpi mo ɔ, kɛ maa pee kɛɛ nɛ we nɛ i po nɛ ɔ maa kpe mo?
Bɔ nɛ Yawɛ ngɛ dee ji nɛ ɔ nɛ: “Hiɔwe ji ye matsɛ sɛ, nɛ zugba ji nɔ́ nɛ i kɛ ye nane maa nɔ. Mɛni tsu nyɛ maa ma ha mi mɔ, nɛ jije ye he jɔɔmi he ngɛ?
Ye nine nya níhi ji ni nɛ ɔmɛ tsuo, lɔ ɔ he ɔ, ye níhi ji mɛ tsuo. Nihi nɛ baa a he si, nɛ a naa a he yayami nɛ a tsakeɔ a tsui, nihi nɛ yeɔ mi gbeye, nɛ a buɔ mi tue ɔ, mɛ ji nihi nɛ i suɔ.
Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ ɔ ke, “Ma tsɔ ye tsɔlɔ ɔ, nɛ e ma ya dla blɔ ngɔ to mi. Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ nɛ nyɛ ngɛ blɔ hyɛe ɔ maa ba e we ɔ tlukaa. Tsɔlɔ ɔ nɛ nyɛ hla kaa nyɛ maa na a maa ba, nɛ e ma ba fiɛ ye somi ɔ.”