19 Fɛyɛ ɛɛtasɩɣ-wɛ kpaʋ nɛ pʋyʋ, palakɩ yem yem nɛ azuluma lakasɩ tɩŋa payɩ nɛ pɛwɛnɩ liidiye laɣzaɣ ɖɔɖɔ.
nɛ ɛkpaɣ lɛlaa halaa nɛ ɛɖʋ ɛsɩyɛ lɛlaa ñɩm yɔɔ nɛ ɛla kañatʋ nɛ ɛcɛtɩ ɛyáa nɛ ɛla yem yem nɛ ɛwɛɛ ɛsɩsɛmɩyɛ nɛ ɛcɛtɩnɩ lɛlaa taa nɛ ɛkpazɩ ɛ-tɩ nɛ ɛla kɩmɛlɛndʋ.
Iwelesi tɔm ndʋ́ mankaɖɩɣ-mɩ nɛ Kɩpaɣlʋ nɔɔ yɔ. Ńdʋ́ lɛ se: pɩfɛyɩ se ɩtasɩ caɣʋ wezuu ɛzɩ mbá pɛtɛkɛ Yuda ñɩma yɔ. Palakɩ mbʋ́ pamaɣzɩɣ nɛ pɩɩtalɩɣnɩ-wɛ ɖoli yɔ.
Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, ipi kedeŋa lakasɩ kɩdɛkɛdɩsɩ nzɩ́ ɩlakɩ yɔ. Ńzɩ́ yɔ: acɛyɛ nɛ azuluma lakasɩ nɛ sɔɔlɩm kɩdɛkɛdɩm nɛ lɩmaɣza kɩdɛkɛdɛɛ nɛ ñɩm laɣzaɣ. Pʋbʋ ñɛwɛ ɛzɩ agɔlɩma kpɛyʋʋ yɔ.
Tɛɛ nɛ pʋ-yɔɔ ñɩma mbá pɛcɛtɩɣ yɔ, ḿbá lesiɣni-wɛ nʋmɔʋ. Tɛɛ nɛ pʋ-yɔɔ ñɩma ḿbá, pa-ñʋŋ taa wɩlɩ kaŋ kaŋ ɛzɩ pɔhɔbɩ ñɩmɩyɛ miŋ nɛ pañaɣzɩ pe-feteɣnim yɔ.
Đooo lɔŋ, ɩɩkpaɣ alɩwaatʋ siŋŋ nɛ ɩla ɛzɩ mbá paañaŋ Ɛsɔ yɔ palakʋʋ mbʋ́ pe-liu wɛɛ yɔ. Pɩmaɣ ḿbʋ́. Ɩɖɔŋaɣ ɛzaɣ́tʋ nʋmɔʋ taa nɛ ɩɖʋʋ ɛsɛ lɛlaa ñɩm yɔɔ nɛ ɩkpaŋɩɣ sʋlʋm nɛ ɩɖɛlɛsɩɣ niye tɔkɩyɛ nɛ ñɔtʋ pa-taa nɛ mɩ nɛ mɩ-taabalaa ɩñɔʋ nɛ pɩɖɛlɛsɩɣ niye nɛ iluŋuu agɔlɩma tɛɛ.
Mbʋ́ pɩlabɩ-wɛ yɔ, pɩwɩlɩɣ se eduuye nɖɩ́ potuwaa se: «Haɣ pɩsaa kɔtɔkɩ kɔ-tɔtʋ» nɛ lɛɛɖɛ nɖɩ́ potuwaa ɖɔɖɔ se: «Patɩtɛm afa lɩm sɔʋ lɛ, ɛɖaɣnɩ pɩsʋʋ ɛsʋzɩ ɛ-tɩ ahɔya taa» yɔ, akɛ toovenim.
Pɩya-wɛ! Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, patɩŋ nʋmɔʋ ŋgʋ́ Kayɛnɩ tɩŋaa yɔ. Liidiye yɔɔ lɛ, pakpaɣ pa-tɩ pasʋzɩ nʋmɔʋ kilebuu taa ɛzɩ Balaam yɔ. Pɛtɛŋɛlaa kpem, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, pakʋyɩ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ ɛzɩ Kooree kalabʋ yɔ.
Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ajɛya kpeekpe taa ɛyáa ñɔ tɩ-acɛyɛ sʋlʋm nɛ pʋkʋʋ-wɛ. Tɩ nɛ kedeŋa yɔɔ awiya palabɩ acɛyɛ nɛ kɔ-yɔɔ tadɩyɛ laɖaa hiɣ ñɩm tɩ-ajana kadadaɣyaɣ yɔɔ.»