17 Ama, amo̩maye, abu kʼa chedaru bʼume̩ te̩ iko re-i, e-eju ede i che, i chʼe-e̩do̩ n, a chʼe̩do̩chacha ololo tule todu kʼa li eju-me̩, e̩ño̩-wñ che wa nana.
todu dagba u ma dʼane̩ ef o̩re̩la n, u muda dʼugbo me̩, ef afu-mi ayo̩ abu kʼu nali alu ku me̩ tala jo̩ iko iko kpai alu kʼe̩do̩-ekono-me̩ chemane̩ efu Kraisti.
Ama fa-i abu ku Timoti kwʼugbo me̩ wʼugbo wa-i, kʼi la fʼuche̩nyo̩ e-e̩do̩ ekono kpʼufe̩do̩-me̩ kpʼalu ku me̩ nʼurewa-wa ki nyo̩ ache e̩gba du, ku me̩ la ñeju eli wa alu kʼa ñeju e-me̩, je̩ rʼuwa,
Amo̩maye, i dʼumi e̩do̩ kʼame̩ ki chʼugbodu-wñ n, todu u te̩tañwʼibe-mi tane̩ o̩gbe̩nugbe̩ kʼu nawʼugbo me̩, todu kʼu ño̩ nʼe̩ro ef ume̩ dab ef abo uche̩ichi ki bo̩. Ma muda kpʼo̩na nyʼumi gbogbo tʼeñini-i.
O O̩jo̩, O̩jo̩-mi uwe̩ che, natejane̩ we̩ ejugbogbo, alugbe̩-we̩ akpa onugo-mi; uwe̩ kʼomi ma li n, elu-mi muda, dabe̩ne̩ kʼoj ane̩ e̩gba kʼi ku te̩ ugbo kʼomi ma de̩ n.
Tak i ka ñw u kakini, E̩do̩-mi lebʼuwe̩ e̩gba kʼe̩ne̩ le̩ murida bʼo̩kogu-wñ te̩ aledʼuwe̩ n? Iko ku ma agba o̩ko̩ de̩? Iko ku ma agba e̩wñ o̩la kpʼuche̩ o̩lif kpʼuche̩ achiwebe̩te̩ma, kpʼame̩wño̩re̩ egini kpʼamokuno̩ kpʼamadu aboke̩le̩ kpʼamadu abobule̩ le̩ de̩?
Todu abu kʼuwe̩ kpʼe̩no̩la-we̩ alo tʼo̩gba agboji, e̩ nache alu du kʼe̩ neke che kʼe̩ ñʼo̩la-we̩ kpʼowñ ru ej o̩na le̩, tode̩gba kʼi afʼuwe̩ nyʼugbo akajo̩, kʼakajo̩ le̩ la mʼe̩ du ñw idegeli tak idegeli le̩ mʼe̩ du rikpolo tef unyiuga.