17 Abraham kɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ, pʋ-yɔɔ ɛkpaɣ ɛ-pɩɣa ɛgbamɩyɛ Izaakɩ se ɛlaɣ-ɩ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ ɛ́lɛ́ takɩ-ɩ se ɛna ɛ-wayɩ yɔ. Etisaa se ɛlaɣ-kɛ. Ŋgʋ́, ɛɖʋwa se kɔ-yɔɔ ɛkɔŋ tɩŋnaʋ nɛ ɛha-ɩ sayɩnaa.
Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, Ɛsɔ sɔɔlɩ ɛyáa siŋŋ. Pʋ-yɔɔ ɛha ɛ-Pɩyalʋ ɛgbamɩyɛ se weyi ɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ ɛ-yɔɔ lɛ, ɛtaatɛŋɛlɩ, ɛlɛ́, ehiɣ wezuu maatɛŋ.
Yee ɛyʋ ɛhaɣ pʋyʋ nɛ ɛ-laŋɩyɛ tɩŋa pilim yɔ, Ɛsɔ mʋ́ʋ-pʋ nɛ ɛmaɣzɩnɩ mbʋ́ pʋdʋ wɛna yɔ. Ɛɛmaɣzɩɣnɩ mbʋ́ ɛfɛyɩna yɔ.
Mbá paawɛnɩ lidaʋ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ yɔ, pɔɖɔkɩ-kʋ ḿbʋ́ nɛ pʋcɔ pɔkɔɔ pasɩ patɩŋa payɩ. Ɛlɛ́, petehiɣ mbʋ́ Ɛsɔ kaɖʋwa se ɛhaɣ-wɛ yɔ. Polosi-pʋ kulosuu poliŋ taa nɛ pɔyɔɔdɩ se pɛkɛ agɔmaa nɛ ñɩtʋ sʋyaa yem kedeŋa yɔɔ cɩnɛ.
Mɛlkisedɛɛkɩ ɛnʋ, ɛtaakɛ Leevi liɖe taa tʋ. Paa ḿbʋ́ yɔ, Abraham tayɩ ɛ-ñɩm tam hiu nɛ ɛkpaɣ pʋ-hɔɔlʋʋ kʋɖʋmʋʋ nɛ ɛcɛlɩ-ɩ nɛ ɛ́lɛ́ wazɩ ɛ-yɔɔ. Ŋgʋ́ Abraham ɛnʋ, Ɛsɔ kɛtɛm ɖʋʋ se ɛlakɩ-ɩ pʋyʋ.
Đɩtɔŋ se pehiɣ pa-tɩ! Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, paaɖɔkɩ pa-tɩ kpam. Ɩtɛm nɩʋ ɛzɩma mbʋ́ Yɔɔbʋ kɔɖɔkɩ ɛ-tɩ ɛ-kʋñɔŋ taa yɔ. Đɔɖɔ lɛ, ɩna mbʋ́ Kɩpaɣlʋ ha-ɩ pʋwayɩ yɔ. Ɛlabɩ-ɩ ḿbʋ́, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɛnaɣ ɛyáa pʋtɔdɩyɛ nɛ ɛlakɩ-wɛ camɩyɛ.
Mɛ-ɛgbaɣdɩnaa! Pɩtaaɖɩɣzɩ-mɩ nɛ kʋñɔmɩŋ sɔsɔŋ weyi pamaɣzɩɣnɩ-mɩ se pana yɔ. Ɩtaakɛnɩ-mɩ ɛgɔndʋ pʋyʋ.
Ɛzɩma mbʋ́ meheyi-wɛ se pɔ́ɖɔ́kɩ pa-tɩ nɛ petisi pɔ́ɖɔ́kɩ tɔm ńdʋ́ yɔ, ma ɖɔɖɔ mɔnɖɔkʋʋ-wɛ. Mɔnɖɔkʋʋ-wɛ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ pʋkɔŋ takʋʋ kedeŋa kpeekpe yɔɔ ɛyáa se pɩna pa-wayɩ yɔ.