17 Yawɛ ke, “Nihi nɛ tsukɔɔ a he, nɛ a peeɔ a he klɔuklɔu kɛ haa wɔ jami, nɛ a toɔ slɛnɛɛ kɛ yaa abɔɔhi a mi ya yeɔ kpotoo lo, kɔkue, kɛ níhi nɛ a hiee ɔ, a nyagbe maa pee gbeye.
Kɛkɛ nɛ i de ke, “Kpaoo, Nyɔmtsɛ Yawɛ, i ble we ye he; kɛ je ye jokuɛwi a si hluu kɛ ba su be nɛ ɔ mi tsuo ɔ, nɔ́ ko nɛ lɛ nitsɛ e gbo, loo lohwe ko tsɔtslɔɔ mi ɔ, i yi hyɛ; jehanɛ hu, lo nɛ a hiɔ yɛ ye nya mi hyɛ.”
Yawɛ ligbi ɔ nɛ ngɛ gbeye ɔ ma; a maa na e mi mi fumi nɛ nya wa a, kɛ e hɛdɔ ɔ. Je ɔ tsuo hɛ mi ma kpata; a ma kpata yayami peelɔ tsuaa yayami peelɔ hɛ mi.