18 Ɩwɛnɩ ɛsɛ, ɛlɛ́ ɩɩnaɣ, ɩwɛnɩ nɩŋgbaaŋ, ɛlɛ́ ɩɩnɩɣ. Ɩsɔ mbʋ́ malaba yɔ pʋ-yɔɔ yaa we?
Pɩlakɩ ḿbʋ́ se: Pɔcɔnɩ camɩyɛ, ɛlɛ́, pataana. ‹Pewelesi nɛ panɩɩ camɩyɛ, ɛlɛ́ pataanɩɩ pʋ-tɔbʋʋ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, yee panɩ pʋ-tɔbʋʋ yɔ, pɛlɛɣzɩ wɛtʋ nɛ powolo Ɛsɔ cɔlɔ, nɛ Ɛsɔ kpeɣ-wɛ pa-kɩwɛɛkɩm.› »
«Ɛsɔ yʋlɩsɩ pɛ-ɛsɛ se pataana nɛ ehuuzi pa-lɩmaɣza yɔɔ se pataanɩɩ pʋ-tɔbʋʋ. Ɛlaba ḿbʋ́ se, pɛ-ɛsɛ ɛtaatasɩ naʋ, pataatasɩ natʋyʋ taa nɩʋ, paapɩzɩɣ papɩsɩnɩ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ, nɛ ɛla nɛ pɔ-yɔɔ cɛ.»
Pʋwɛ ɛzɩ pamaʋ Ɛsɔtɔm Takayaɣ taa yɔ. Pamawa se: «Ɛsɔ yeba nɛ pa-ñʋŋ taa kpa ɖoŋ nɛ ehuuzi pɛ-ɛsɛ yɔɔ se pataana nɛ ɛtɔ pa-nɩŋgbaaŋ taa se pataanɩɩ nɛ pɛwɛɛ ḿbʋ́ halɩ nɛ sɔnɔ.»
Ɩɩtɔzʋʋ se ńdʋ́ meheyaɣ-mɩ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ maawɛ mɩ-cɔlɔ yɔ yaa we?
Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, paa ɩtɛm sɩm toovenim tɔm nɛ ɩkpa ɖoŋ tɩ-taa yɔ, mɛwɛɣ mɔntɔzʋʋ-mɩ-tʋ ḿbʋ́.