23 Peeɖe ɛ́lɛ́ tasɩ-ɩ heyuu se: ‹Lɩɩ ŋwolo tɛyɛ nʋmɔŋ taa nɛ ɖenɖe sʋlʋmɩyaa cakɩ pasʋlʋmʋʋ yɔ nɛ ŋna mbá lɛ, ŋcɛyɩ-wɛ nɛ pɔkɔɔ pasʋʋ man-ɖɩɣa taa nɛ kosu.
[Yee pɩcɩbɩ nɔɔyʋ nɛ ɛtɔlɩ pɩyɛ ńɖɩ́ ɖɩ-yɔɔ yɔ, ɛmɩzɩɣ kpɛdɛɛɛ. Yee pɩcɩbɩ nɔɔyʋ nɛ ɖɩtɔlɩ ɛ-yɔɔ yɔ, ɖɩnaŋɩɣ-ɩ naŋa naŋa.]» Pʋ-yɔɔ meheyiɣ-mɩ se: mbá mɩ pɩɩwɛɛ se ɩkɛ Ɛsɔ Kewiyaɣ taa ñɩma yɔ, ɩɩtasɩɣ kɛʋ. Ɛlɛ́, mbá palakɩ mbʋ́ Ɛsɔ liu wɛɛ yɔ, ḿbá kɛɣnɩnɩ ka-taa ñɩma.
Yee nɔɔyʋ ɛkpa-ŋ nɛ ɛsʋʋ-ŋ wondu se ŋtuzi-i nʋmɔʋ ɛzɩ kiloomɛta yɔ, tuzi-i pʋ-tam naalɛ.
Ɛlabɩ ḿbʋ́ lɛ, ɛpɩsɩ eheyi-i se: ‹Caa! Malabɩ mbʋ́ ŋheyi-m yɔ nɛ ɖɩjaɣyɛ kazɩ yem.›
Meheyiɣ-mɩ se ɛyáa mbá maaɖʋnɩ ñʋʋ yɔ, pa-taa nɔɔyʋ ɛɛkaɣ naʋ man-kazandʋ ńdʋ́ tɩ-yɔɔ kaʋ.› »
Ɛlɛ́, pɛcɛyɩ-ɩ se: «Kɔɔ ɖa nɛ ŋ ɖɩsʋʋ cɩnɛ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɖanaɣ ɖanaa nɛ pɩcaɣ yuu.» Peeɖe ewoba nɛ ɛ nɛ wɛ pɛwɛɛ.
Peeɖe ɖɩlabɩ-ɩ lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ nɛ pɩkpɛndɩnɩ ɛ-hɔʋ taa ñɩma tɩŋa. Pʋwayɩ lɛ, ɛ́yáa-ɖʋ nɛ eheyi-ɖʋ se: «Yee toovenim taa itisaa se mɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ Kɩpaɣlʋ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ yɔ, ɩkɔɔ ɩwɛɛ mɛn-tɛ.» Ɛlɛ́, ɛcɛyɩ-ɖʋ nɛ ɖitisi.
Ɛlɛ́, paba ñakʋyʋʋ ɛ-yɔɔ nɛ patʋʋ-ɩ. Pʋ-yɔɔ ekpizi-wɛ e-wondu yɔɔ mʋzʋʋ nɛ pɩwɩlɩ se ɛkɔɔlɩ-wɛ nɛ eyebi-wɛ nɛ pa-sʋʋtʋ nɛ eheyi-wɛ se: «Yee ɩkɔm ile yɔ, ɩtɩlɩ ɖeu se mɩ-maɣmaɣ mɩ-cɔlɔ pɩlɩnaa, pɩtatasɩ kɛʋ ma-ñɩndʋ. Pɩkpaɣʋnɩ lɛɛlɛɛyɔ yɔ, mɛnkɛɣnɩ mbá pɛtɛkɛ Yuda ñɩma yɔ pɔ-yɔɔ.»
Pɔɔlɩ tasɩ-wɛ heyuu se pʋwɛɛ se patɩlɩ se mbá pɛtɛkɛ Yuda ñɩma yɔ, ḿbá Ɛsɔ tiyini ñʋʋ yabʋ tɔm tʋnɛ. Paba kɔŋnɩ-tʋ welesuu!
Ɛlɛ́, Kɩpaɣlʋ heyi-i se: «Kʋyɩ ŋwolo, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, malɩzɩnɩ-ɩ se pɩtɩŋnɩ ɛ-yɔɔ nɛ ajɛya lɛɛna taa ñɩma nɛ pa-awiya sɔsɔna nɛ Izrɛɛlɩ ñɩma pasɩm-m.
Ḿbʋ́ mɔnpɔzʋʋ se: Yuda ñɩma tanɩɩ tɔm ńdʋ́ yaa we? Panɩ-tʋ. Ḿbʋ́ pama Ɛsɔtɔm Takayaɣ taa se: «Ɛyáa nɩ pa-taŋ paa le kedeŋa yɔɔ, nɛ halɩ ndʋ́ pɔyɔɔdaa yɔ, tɩtalɩ ɖooo kedeŋa tɩnaɣ yɔɔ.»
Yee ḿbʋ́ ɖɩnawa se pʋwɛɛ se ɖɩña Kɩpaɣlʋ yɔɔ ɖɩñɩnɩɣ se ɛyáa etisi ɖɔ-tɔm. Ɛsɔ sɩm-ɖʋ nɛ pɩkpɛndɩnɩ ɖa-taa lotu nɛ manaɣ se mɩ-lɩmaɣza taa lɛ, ɩsɩm-ɖʋ camɩyɛ ɖɔɖɔ.
Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, ɖɩkɛ Krɩstʋ tiyiyaa. Ɛsɔ tɩŋɩɣnɩ ɖɔ-yɔɔ nɛ etendiɣ ɛyáa alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ ɖiheyiɣ-wɛ se: «Đitendiɣ-mɩ, itisi nɛ mɩ nɛ Ɛsɔ iceɣ Krɩstʋ yɔɔ.
Yee ḿbʋ́, mbá ɖa ɖa nɛ Ɛsɔ ɖɩlakɩ tʋmɩyɛ yɔ, ɖɩsazɩɣ-mɩ se ɩtaawɛɛkɩ lootiye nɖɩ́ ɛlabɩ-mɩ yɔ yem.
Yee toovenim taa ɩwɛnɩ lidaʋ ḿbʋ́ nɛ ɩkpa ɖoŋ siŋŋ nɛ itelesi mɩ-ɖaŋʋʋ yɔ, pɩlakɩ ḿbʋ́. Đaŋʋʋ ḿbʋ́, Laŋhɛzɩyɛ Tɔm ndʋ́ ɩnɩwa yɔ, tɩ-yɔɔ pɩtɩŋnaa nɛ ɩɖaŋ. Ńdʋ́ posusi kedeŋa kpeekpe yɔɔ nɛ ma Pɔɔlɩ manpɩsɩ tɩ-tʋmlaɖʋ.
Ɛ-tɔm ɖisusuu nɛ ɖɩkaŋ paa weyi ɛ-ñʋʋ taa nɛ ɖɩwɩlɩɣ-ɩ nɛ ɖɔ-lɔŋsɩnɖɛ tɩŋa. Đɩlakɩ ḿbʋ́ se pɩtɩŋnɩ ɛ nɛ Krɩstʋ pɛ-kpɛndʋʋ yɔɔ nɛ ɛpɩɩ.
paa nʋmɔʋ ɛwɛɛ yaa kɩfɛyɩ yɔ, susi ɛyáa Ɛsɔtɔm nɛ ŋñɩɣ tɩ-yɔɔ niye nɛ ŋla nɛ petisi-tʋ nɛ ŋkalɩ-wɛ nɛ ŋsazɩ-wɛ nɛ ŋɖɔkɩ ñɔ-hɔyɛ tam ña-wɩlʋʋ taa.