17 Ɩtɛm naʋ se pʋwayɩ lɛ, ɛɛñɩnaa ɖɔɖɔ se ɛ-caa ɛwazɩ ɛ-yɔɔ nɛ ɛ́lɛ́ ɖɔɔnɩ-ɩ. Ŋgʋ́, ɛñɩnaɣnɩ ɛsɩtɛɣlɩm kpem se ɛlɛɣzɩ mbʋ́ ɛlaba yɔ. Ɛlɛ́, pɩtaha-ɩ waɖɛ.
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Ɛlɛ́, yee kpaŋsɔɔ nɛ sɔɔ tɩŋ pañɩɣnɩ pɩ-taa yɔ, pɩɩwazɩɣ pʋyʋ. Ɛsɔ tɛŋnɩ-pʋ kpalʋʋ wɩlʋʋ nɛ paɖʋ-pʋ miŋ.
Ɩtaakpa ɖama kɩmɩyɛ. Nɔɔyʋ ɛtʋ-mɩ lɛ, ɩtaatʋʋ-ɩ. Ɛlɛ́, itendi Ɛsɔ se ɛ́wazɩ pʋdʋ yɔɔ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɛya-mɩ se ɩla ḿbʋ́ nɛ ɛ́wazɩ mɩ-yɔɔ ɛzɩ ɛɖʋʋ yɔ.