1 Ɛsɔ tɛm ɖʋʋ se ɖɩpɩzɩɣ ɖɩsʋʋ ɖenɖe ɛñɔɔzɩ-ɖʋ ɖɩhɛzɩyɛ yɔ. Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, ɩkpa mɩ-tɩ nɛ pɩtaakɔɔ pɩla se pucoɖi mɩ-taa nɔɔyʋ se ɛɛsʋʋ peeɖe.
Ɛlɛ́, yee tʋmlaɖʋ ɛnʋ ɛkɛ ɛzaɣ́ʋ nɛ pɩcɩbɩ-ɩ nɛ ɛɖʋ ɛ-taa se ɛ-caa ɛɛkaɣ kɔm lɔŋ
Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, ɩlɛɣzɩ wɛtʋ nɛ ɩpɩsɩnɩ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ nɛ ekpeɣ-mɩ mɩ-kɩwɛɛkɩm.
Pɩkɛ toovenim. Pɛsɛtɩ-sɩ, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ńzɩ́ lɛ lidaʋ fɛyɩwaa nɛ ña ñɛwɛɛ lone nɖɩ́ pɔsɔ-ŋ ɖɩ-taa yɔ ñe-lidaʋ wɛnaʋ yɔɔ. Taakpazɩ ña-tɩ, ɛlɛ́, sɔɔndʋ ɛkpa-ŋ.
ɛyáa tɩŋa payɩ labɩ kɩwɛɛkɩm, paakaɣ naʋ Ɛsɔ koboyaɣ kaʋ.
Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, weyi ɛmaɣzɩɣ se ɛsɩŋ ɛ-nasɩ taa yɔ, ɛkpa ɛ-tɩ nɛ ɛtaakɔɔ ɛtɔlɩ.
Yee ḿbʋ́, mbá ɖa ɖa nɛ Ɛsɔ ɖɩlakɩ tʋmɩyɛ yɔ, ɖɩsazɩɣ-mɩ se ɩtaawɛɛkɩ lootiye nɖɩ́ ɛlabɩ-mɩ yɔ yem.
Mbá mɩ ɩɖɔŋ tɩ-yɔɔ se ɩpɩsɩ kʋtʋʋzaa Ɛsɔ ɛsɩndaa yɔ, mɩ nɛ Krɩstʋ mɩ-hɛkʋ taa tayaa, ilesi Ɛsɔ lootiye.
Yee ɖa ɖaalakɩ mbʋ́ ɖɩɖʋwa yɔ yɔ, ɛnʋ ñalakɩ mbʋ́ ɛɖʋwa yɔ, ɛɛpɩzɩɣ ekizini ɛ-maɣmaɣ ɛ-tɩ.»
Ɩcɔnɩ ɖama yɔɔ camɩyɛ nɛ mɩ-taa nɔɔyʋ ɛtaakɔɔ ɛha lootiye nɖɩ́ Ɛsɔ labɩ-mɩ yɔ siɣ́ye. Mɩ-taa nɔɔyʋ ɛtaawɛɛ ɛzɩ tɩʋ ñaŋ ñɩŋgʋ ŋgʋ́ kɩwɛɛ nɛ kʋ-sɔtʋ ɖɛɣ ɛyáa sakɩyɛ nɛ tɩwɛɛkɩɣ-wɛ yɔ.
Yee ḿbʋ́, ɩɖɔkɩ mɩ-tɩ! Ɩtaakizi se iiwelesiɣni Ɛsɔ weyi ɛyɔɔdʋʋnɩ-mɩ yɔ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, Izrɛɛlɩ ñɩma kizaa se paawelesiɣni weyi eheyaɣ-wɛ kedeŋa yɔɔ cɩnɛ mbʋ́ ɛwɩlɩ-ɩ yɔ nɛ patatʋlɩ nɩŋgbaŋʋʋ hɔm taa. Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, yee ɖa ɖahaɣ siɣ́ye weyi ɛyɔɔdʋʋnɩ-ɖʋ nɛ ɛsɔdaa yɔ yɔ, ɖɩɩpɩzɩɣ ɖɩlɩɩ pɩ-taa ɖɔɖɔ.
Ɩtɔzɩ mɩ-ñʋndɩnaa mbá paasusi-mɩ Ɛsɔtɔm yɔ pɔ-yɔɔ. Ɩcɔnɩ ɛzɩma mbʋ́ pacaɣ wezuu nɛ pʋkɔɔ pɩsɩɩnɩ pa-sɩm wiye yɔ nɛ ɩwɛnɩ lidaʋ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ ɛzɩ ḿbá yɔ.
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Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, ɖikpedesi nɛ ɖɩsʋʋ hɛzʋʋ ḿbʋ́ pɩ-taa nɛ ɖa-taa nɔɔyʋ ɛtaakɔɔ ɛtɔlɩ se ɛlabɩ kaañamtʋ ɛzɩ ɖɔ-cɔzɔnaa yɔ.
Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, hɛzʋʋ nabʋyʋ wɛɛ nɛ pɩɖaŋ Ɛsɔ ñɩma ɛzɩ Ɛsɔ hɛzʋʋ kɩyakʋ lʋbɛ ñɩŋgʋ wiye yɔ.