23 Pʋkɔŋ tɔɔʋ hosi tɩnaa nɛ asɔŋ alɩwaatʋ ńdʋ́ tɩ-taa. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, kʋñɔŋ sɔsɔʋ nakʋyʋ sʋʋ ɛjaɖɛ ɖɩnɛ ɖɩ-taa nɛ ɖɩ-taa ñɩma na Ɛsɔ pana.
Peeɖe pɔpɔzɩ-ɩ se: «Ŋnɩɣ ndʋ́ piya ńzɩ́ sɩyɔɔdʋʋ yɔ?» Ecosi-wɛ se: «Ɛɛɛ! Yee ḿbʋ́, ɩtakalɩdɩ tɔm ndʋ́ pama Ɛsɔtɔm Takayaɣ taa yɔ kaʋ yaa we? Ńdʋ́ lɛ se: ‹Ña Ɛsɔ, halɩ ŋyeba nɛ piya sɔsɔsɩ nɛ cikpesi pasam-ŋ.› »
Pocosi-i se: «Ɛkɔŋ ɛkʋ azaɣ́a ḿbá, pɩɩlakɩ-ɩ pʋtɔdɩyɛ kaʋ nɛ piyele ɛcaa ɛyáa kɩfama se pɔcɔnɩ-ɩ ɛ-tɩŋ yɔɔ camɩyɛ nɛ pokoyuu i-pee nɛ powokini-i alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ pʋpɔzʋʋ yɔ.»
Pʋkɔŋ tɔɔʋ halaa hosi tɩnaa nɛ asɔŋ alɩwaatʋ ńdʋ́!
Pʋkɔŋ tɔɔʋ halaa hosi tɩnaa nɛ asɔŋ alɩwaatʋ ńdʋ́.
Piyele mon-koyindinaa mbá pekizaa se mantaatɔɔ kewiyaɣ yɔ, ɩkɔnɩ-wɛ cɩnɛ nɛ ɩkʋ-wɛ mɛ-ɛsɩndaa.› »
Mi-koyindinaa kɔŋ kɩyakɩŋ nɩɩyɩ taa nɛ pama koloŋa sɔsɔɔ nakɛyɛ nɛ kɔcɔɔ-mɩ kata nɛ pakpatɩ-mɩ nɛ
Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, alɩwaatʋ natʋyʋ kɔŋ nɛ ɛyáa tɔ se: ‹Kaalʋlɩsɩ nɛ mbá pɔtɔɖɔkɩ kaʋ yaa piya tamʋzɩ-wɛ kaʋ yɔ, pehiɣ pa-tɩ!›
Ɩɩnaɣ mbʋ́ mamaɣzɩɣ se pʋwɛ ɖeu yɔ: alɩwaatʋ kaɖɛ ñɩndʋ ndʋ́ ɖɩwɛ tɩ-taa lɛɛlɛɛyɔ yɔ tɩ-yɔɔ lɛ, pɩkɩlɩ wee wee se ɛyʋ ɛcaɣ ɛɖanɛ ḿbʋ́.
Paɖɩkɩ-ɖʋ nʋmɔʋ se ɖitaasusi mbá pɛtɛkɛ Yuda ñɩma yɔ ñʋʋ yabʋ tɔm. Ḿbʋ́ pɛwɛɛ pɛtɛzɩɣ kɩwɛɛkɩm labʋ. Ɛlɛ́, Ɛsɔ pana tɛmnɩ-wɛ kpanaʋ.
Ɛlɛ́, ɩtaasɔɔ camɩyɛ lakasɩ nɛ ɖama sɩnaʋ pɔ-yɔɔ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, lakasɩ ńzɩ́ sɩwɛnɩ ɛzɩ kɩlaŋ weyi ɩkɛdɩnɩ Ɛsɔ yɔ.
Mbá mɩ ɩkɛ ñɩm tɩnaa yɔ, iwelesini-m lɛɛlɛɛyɔ! Iwili nɛ isisi kʋñɔmɩŋ weyi ɩkɔŋ-mɩ talʋʋ yɔ ɩ-yɔɔ!
Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, alɩwaatʋ talaa se Ɛsɔ ɛhʋʋnɩ ɛyáa tɔm. Ɛ-ñɩma ɛpazɩɣna. Yee ɖa ɛpazɩɣna lɛ, ɛbɛ pʋkɔŋ tɛmnaʋ mbá paaɖɔŋ ɛ-Laŋhɛzɩyɛ tɔm yɔɔ yɔ?