Ọ bụru gụbe Chileke kẹ nna mu phẹ bẹ mu ekele bya aja ajaja; noo kẹle i meru gẹ mu maru iphe bya emee g'ike dụ mu; bya emee nta-a; gẹ mu maru iphe ono, ẹphe arwọ ngu sụ g'i mee g'ẹphe maru ono; mbụ i meru; a maru iphe, eze rwọru lẹ nrwọ.”
“Sụ-a; ọ kwa nta-a bẹ obu etsu mu mini. ?Bụ gụnu bẹ mu e-pfu? ?Bụ gẹ mu sụ Nna mu g'ọ dzọo mu lẹ nta-a? Tụswekwa! Ọ kwa iphe, abya eme nta-a bẹ mu byadoru.”
Ọo ya bụ Chileke, bụ iya meru mgboko mee iphemiphe, nọ iya l'ime. Ọo ya bụ Nnajịuphu, nwe igwe nweru alị; tẹme ọphu oobujeduru l'ụlo, nemadzụ gude ẹka kpụa.