18 Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɛzɩma mbʋ́ ɛyáa sakɩyɛ kʋndʋʋnɩ mbʋ́ pʋwɛ kedeŋa yɔɔ yɔ, ḿbʋ́ ɖɔɖɔ mɔnkɔŋ kʋndʋʋ.
Ei! Đɛkɛ kɩmɛlɛmɩŋ Krɩstʋ yɔɔ nɛ mɩ mɩkɛ lɔŋsɩnɖaa mɩ nɛ ɩ mɩ-kpɛndʋʋ taa! Đɛkɛ ajamaa nɛ mɩkɛ ɖoŋ tɩnaa! Patakpaɣ-ɖa payaa pʋyʋ nɛ piyele pasaŋ-mɩ!
Mbʋ́ maaɖʋwa yɔ, pʋ-yɔɔ yem malaba-pʋ yaa we? Yaa ma-lɩmaɣza ana, ɛyáa lɩmaɣza akɛnaa se maapɩzɩ mɛwɛnɩ nɔsɩ naalɛ tɔm kʋɖʋmtʋ yɔɔ?
Mbʋ́ malakɩ yɔ, mɛwɛɣ pɩ-labʋ yɔɔ se manɖɩɣ nʋmɔʋ mbá pañɩnɩɣ se pehiɣ mbʋ́ paawana nɛ pakʋndɩ se pa-tʋmɩyɛ labʋ wɛ ɛzɩ ɖa-ñɩnɖɛ yɔ.
Pʋwɛɛ se mankʋndɩ. Ŋgʋ́, kʋndʋʋ fɛyɩ ɖeu. Lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, mɛnkɛdɩɣ-mɩ mbʋ́ Kɩpaɣlʋ yeba nɛ mana nɛ mbʋ́ ɛwɩlɩ-m ɖozee taa yɔ pʋ-tɔm.
Mɔyɔɔdaa ɛzɩ mɛnkɛ kɩmɛlɛŋ yɔ: ɛlɛ́, miyebina nɛ mɔyɔɔdɩ ḿbʋ́. Mɩ pɩɩmʋnaa se ɩlʋ mɔ-yɔɔ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, paa mɛntɛkɛ pʋyʋ yɔ, mbá ɩkpakaɣ-wɛ se pɛkɛ Krɩstʋ tiyiyaa sɔsaa yɔ, pa-taa nɔɔyʋ takɩlɩ-m pʋyʋ.
Peeɖe ecosi-m se: lootiye nɖɩ́ ɖɩ-taa ŋwɛɛ yɔ, ɖɩɖɔ-ŋ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ñɛ-ɛjandʋ taa mawɩlɩɣ mon-ɖoŋ tɩŋa payɩ. Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, pɩkɩlɩ ɖeu se mankʋndɩ nɛ ma-laŋɩyɛ tɩŋa mɛ-ɛjandʋ yɔɔ nɛ Krɩstʋ ɖoŋ wɛɛ mɔ-yɔɔ.
Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, pɩkpaɣʋnɩ lɛɛlɛɛyɔ yɔ, ɖɩɩtasɩɣ nɔɔyʋ sɩm ɛsɛ yɔɔ. Paa ɛsɛ yɔɔ ɖɩɩsɩm Krɩstʋ yɔ, lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, ɖɩsɩm mbʋ́ ɛkɛnaa kpem yɔ.
Pʋwɛ ɛzɩ pamaʋ Ɛsɔtɔm Takayaɣ taa yɔ. Pamawa se: «Paa weyi ɛkɔŋ sɩbʋ ɛzɩ ñɩtʋ wɩlʋʋ yɔ nɛ e-koboyaɣ tɩŋa tɛ ɛzɩ hɛtʋ tɔʋ yɔ.