Gbalɔ ɔ ya nɔ nɛ e de ke, “Bɔ sami la tɛ nɛ ɔ mi ma gba enyɔ, nɛ e mi la zu ɔ ma kpa pue si. Nɛ enɛ ɔ maa pee okadi nɛ o kɛ maa na kaa Yawɛ lɛ tu munyu kɛ gu ye nɔ.”
Nyɛɛ bu nɔ́ nɛ imi Yawɛ, i ngɛ dee ɔ tue! Gbali nɛ sɛɛɔ lakpa nlami ɔ, i kɛ mɛ ná. A sɛɛɔ kikɛmɛ a nlami nɛ ɔmɛ, nɛ a kɛ lakpa yemi, kɛ fiami kpataa ye ma a nane. I tsɔ we mɛ, nɛ i fa we mɛ ke a ya tsu nɔ́ ko kaa kikɛ nɛ ɔ; a he be se nami ko kulaa kɛ ha ma a. Imi, Yawɛ lɛ i de.”
Amaga amɛ de we nɔ́ ko nɛ juɛmi ngɛ mi; klaali ɔmɛ lɛɛ lakpa munyuhi sɔuu a tuɔ. Ni komɛ hu tsɔɔ nlamihi a sisi, nɛ a kɛ sisiɔ nyɛ kɛ woɔ nyɛ bua kɛkɛ. Enɛ ɔ ha nɛ ma a tsuo ngɛ lalaalo woe kaa tohi, nɛ a ngɛ nɔ́ nae, ejakaa a be hyɛlɔ.
“O nyɛminyumu nɛ ji o nyɛ muklii mi bi, loo o binyumu, loo o biyo, loo o yo nɛ o suɔ lɛ, loo o huɛ nɛ nyu bi ngɛ nyɛ kpɛti po ma nyɛ maa mlɔɔ mo nɛ o ma ya ja mawu kpahi nɛ mo, loo o nɛmɛ ja we hyɛ.