23 Nwoke ono sụ: “Onye ọwa-a bụ ọkpu ọphu shi l'ọkpu mu; bya abụru ogwẹhu, shi l'ogwẹhu mu. Iphe, ee-ku iya bụ ‘nwanyị’; noo kẹle e shi l'ẹhu nwoke wofuta iya.”
Unu asụ Amasa lẹ mu sụru-a: ‘?Mu lẹ ngu ta abụdu anụ-ẹhu lanụ waa mee lanụ tọo? Ọo gụbedua bẹ mu e-gude dochia ẹnya Jiowabu g'ị bụru ishi ndu ojọgu mu shita ntanụ-a kwasẹru; ọ -dụdu nno; gẹ Chileke gwakwa mu ọchi; mbụ g'o mekwa mu ọphu ka njọ!’ ”
“Unu jịkotakpoo iphe, bụ ndu Shẹkemu sụ phẹ: ‘?Bụ ole karụ unu ree? ?Bụ g'ụnwu Jieru-Balụ ụmadzu ụkporo ẹto l'iri ono bụru onye-ishi unu; tọo ?g'onye lanụ bụru onye-ishi unu?’ Ọzo bụ g'unu nyatakwaphọ lẹ mu bụ ọkpu, shi unu l'ẹhu waa mee unu.”