“Yawɛ Mawu nɛ ngɛ hiɔwe lee! O kle, nɛ o he ngɛ gbeye. O yeɔ anɔkuale, nɛ o yeɔ o siwo nɔ. Nihi nɛ suɔ mo, nɛ a peeɔ níhi nɛ o fa ke a pee ɔ, o naa mɛ mɔbɔ.
I yeɔ ye si womi nɔ kɛ haa nimli akpeakpe, nɛ i ngɔɔ a he yayami kɛ tɔmi ngɔ paa mɛ. Se kɛ̃ i gblaa bimɛ kɛ bibimɛ a tue hluu kɛ ya siɔ yi nɔ etɛne kɛ eywiɛne bimɛ ngɛ a tsɛmɛ kɛ a nɛmɛ a yayamihi a he.”
O jeɔ o suɔmi nɛ se pui gblegbleegble ɔ ngɔ tsɔɔ ni akpeakpe. Se kɛ̃ ɔ, o kɛ tsɛmɛ a tɔmi gblaa bimɛ a tue. Mawu nɛ kle, nɛ ngɛ he wami ji mo; o biɛ ji Yawɛ Tabohiatsɛ.
I fa kue ha Yawɛ, ye Mawu ɔ, nɛ i jaje ye ma a he yayami. I de ke, “Nyɔmtsɛ Mawu, o kle agbo, nɛ o he ngɛ gbeye. O yeɔ o siwo nɔ, nɛ o naa nihi nɛ suɔ mo, nɛ yeɔ o mlaa amɛ a nɔ ɔ mɔbɔ.
‘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.’
“Nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ ngɔɔ ye mlaa amɛ nɛ e yeɔ a nɔ ɔ, e suɔ mi; nɛ nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ suɔ mi ɔ, Tsaatsɛ maa suɔ lɛ. Jehanɛ imi hu ma suɔ lɛ, nɛ ma ha nɛ e le mi saminya.”
I ná nɛ ma a na juɛmi daa kikɛ nɛ ɔ, nɛ a wo ye hɛ mi nyami be tsuaa be, nɛ a ye ye mlaa amɛ tsuo a nɔ, konɛ nɔ́ tsuaa nɔ́ nɛ hi ha mɛ kɛ a nina kɛ ya neneene!’
Nyɛ na nɛ nyɛɛ le kaa Yawɛ, nyɛ Mawu ɔ, lɛ pɛ ji Mawu, nɛ e yeɔ anɔkuale. E maa ye e somi nɔ, nɛ e ma je e suɔmi nɛ ngɛ daa a kpo kɛ tsɔɔ yi nɔhi akpe abɔ nɛ suɔ lɛ, nɛ a yeɔ e mlaa amɛ a nɔ ɔ,
Nɔ nɛ ke a ngɛ lɛ kae ɔ, e toɔ e tsui si, nɛ e ngmɛɛ we e hemi kɛ yemi he ɔ, á gbaa lɛ. Ejakaa ke e nyɛ gblee ka a mi ɔ, neneene wami nɛ Mawu wo si kaa a ma ha nihi nɛ suɔ lɛ ɔ, e nine maa su nɔ.