17 Chileke bya eworu phẹ dobe l'akpaminigwe g'ẹphe mee g'ìphóró dụ lẹ mgboko.
Mu wowaru ẹko-mini mu dobe l'akpaminigwe; tẹme ọo-bụjeerupho iphe, egoshi ọgbandzu mu lẹ mgboko l'ophu.
?Ị sụjewaru nchi-abọhu l'ọwa-a iphe, oo-me baa? ?Ọzoo karụ gẹregere ụtsu l'ọwa-a ẹka rwuberu iya nụ baa?
Gụbe Chipfu, bụ Nnajịuphu anyi; ẹpha ngu nyịberu anyịbe lẹ mgboko l'ophu. Gụbe onye woru ọdu-biribiri ngu dobe doghaa igwe.
Teke mu leru ẹnya l'igwe l'ophu, bụ iphe, i gude mkpụshi-ẹka ngu mee; mbụkpoo ọnwa mẹ kpokpode, bụchaa iphe, i meru ememe dobe;
Wakwa iphe, Chipfu epfu baa: “Ọ -bụru l'unu a-dụ ike mebyia ọgbandzu, mu l'eswe gbaru; yẹe ọgbandzu, mu l'ẹnyashi gbaru; k'ọphu bụ l'eswe yẹe ẹnyashi taa nwụedu l'orwuberu iya;
Wakwa iphe, Chipfu epfu baa: Ọme mu l'eswe yẹe ẹnyashi ta agbadụru ndzụ; bya atụa ekemu doberu igwe yẹe alị;
Kẹle o noo iphe, Nnajịuphu họtaru anyi zia anyi teke ono, ọ sụru: “Mu họtaru unu g'unu bụru ìphóró ndu abụdu ndu Jiu. G'unu gude ozi ono, Chileke e-shi dzọta ndiphe ono gude jedzuru mgboko mgburugburu.”