18 mbá peyebi toovenim nʋmɔʋ nɛ peheyiɣ ɛyáa se Ɛsɔ tɛm-ɖʋ fezuu nɛ sɩɖaa taa yɔ. Ḿbʋ́ labɩna nɛ nabɛyɛ lesi pe-lidaʋ.
Ecosi-wɛ se: «Tɩʋ ŋgʋ́ man-Caa weyi ɛwɛ ɛsɔdaa yɔ, ɛtɔsɔ-kʋ yɔ, pɔkɔŋ-kʋ kpɛzʋʋ.
Peeɖe Yesu cosi-wɛ se: «Ɩcɛtɩɣ mɩ-tɩ yem, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɩtanɩɩ Ɛsɔtɔm tɔbʋʋ, ɩtasɩ ɖɔɖɔ e-ɖoŋ.
Mbá paba wɛ ɛzɩ ɛwaɣ ŋgá kɔ-yɔɔ pee tɔlaa yɔ, panɩɣ-tʋ lɛ, petisi kpaagbaa nɛ laŋhʋlʋmɩyɛ. Ɛlɛ́, paayeki se tɩlabɩ-wɛ tʋmɩyɛ camɩyɛ. Pɛwɛɣnɩ lidaʋ tɩ-yɔɔ alɩwaatʋ pazɩ nɛ pʋkɔɔ pɩtakɩɣ-wɛ lɛ, pɔlɔ-kʋ.
Ɛlɛ́, yee Ɛsɔ cɔlɔ pɩlɩnaa yɔ, ɩɩpɩzɩɣ ɩɖɩɣ-wɛ nʋmɔʋ. Ɩkpa mɩ-tɩ ɖeu nɛ pɩtaakɔɔ puyozi mɩ nɛ Ɛsɔ!» Ɛyɔɔdɩ ḿbʋ́ lɛ, tɔm hʋyaa tisi ɛ-tɔm.
Pʋwɛɛ kpem se tayʋʋ ɛwɛɛ ḿbʋ́ mɩ-hɛkʋ taa nɛ papɩzɩ patɩlɩ mbá pɔɖɔkʋʋ pa-tɩ yɔ.
Yee ɖisusuu se Krɩstʋ sɩba nɛ efe lɛ, pɩlabɩ ɛzɩma mɩ-taa lɛlaa ñɔtɔŋ se sɩɖaa eefeŋ?
Mɩ nɛ Krɩstʋ ifemna nɛ ɩlɩɩnɩ sɩɖaa taa. Yee ḿbʋ́, ɩñɩnɩ mbʋ́ pʋwɛ ɛsɔdaa ɖenɖe ɛcaɣ Ɛsɔ cɔlɔ lone kɩbanɖɛ taa yɔ.
nɛ ŋwɛnɩ lidaʋ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ ḿbʋ́ nɛ ña-lɩmaɣza caɣ a-ɖeɖe. Nabɛyɛ lɩmaɣza taacaɣ a-ɖeɖe nɛ pa-laŋa wɛɛ kpɩzɩŋ nɛ lidaʋ ŋgʋ́ paawɛna yɔ kɩla asayʋʋ.
Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, liidiye laɣzaɣ sʋzʋʋ ɛyʋ ɛzaɣ́tʋ tɩŋa taa. Liidiye laɣzaɣ kakpa nabɛyɛ nɛ pele lidaʋ nʋmɔʋ nɛ pa-maɣmaɣ pasʋzɩ pa-tɩ wɩzasɩ ndɩ ndɩ taa.
Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, nabɛyɛ tɔŋaɣ se pɛwɛnɩ pɩtɛ lɛɣtʋ ńdʋ́ ḿbʋ́ nɛ pele lidaʋ nʋmɔʋ. Ɛsɔ ɛlabɩ-mɩ lootiye.
Tɔzɩ ɛyáa tɔm ńdʋ́ nɛ ŋheyi-wɛ Ɛsɔ ɛsɩndaa se pataayoo tɔm pee yɔɔ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, you ŋ́gʋ́ kɩɩwazɩɣ pʋyʋ, ɛlɛ́, kʋɖʋzʋʋ mbá pewelesiɣ-kʋ yɔ.
Pʋwɛɛ se ŋɖɩɣ-wɛ nʋmɔʋ nɛ pataapɩzɩ pɔyɔɔdɩ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, poyozuu hɔŋ taa ɛyáa tɩŋa payɩ nɛ pawɩlɩɣ mbʋ́ pɩtamʋna yɔ se pehiɣ kɛzɛɣa.
pɩnzɩ nɩɩnaza taa. Pʋ-yɔɔ man-pana kpanɩ-wɛ nɛ mɔntɔŋ se poyotuu yem. Pɔtɔsɔɔlɩ se patɩlɩ ma-nʋmɔŋ.
Man-taabalaa! Mɩ-taa lɛ, nɔɔyʋ pɩzɩɣ ele toovenim nʋmɔʋ taa, nɛ lɛlʋ pɩsɩnɩ-ɩ nʋmɔʋ ŋ́gʋ́ kɩ-taa.
Pɩtɛ ɛyáa ḿbá, ɖɛ-hɛkʋ taa palɩnaa, ɛlɛ́, pataakɛ ɖa-ñɩma siŋŋ. Toovenim lɛ, yee paakɛ ɖa-ñɩma yɔ, paawɛ ɖɛ-hɛkʋ taa. Pɩlabɩ ḿbʋ́ se ɛyáa ɛna se patɩŋa pataakɛ ɖa-ñɩma siŋŋ.