16 Ɛɖɛwa lɛ, tʋmlaɖʋ weyi ɛmʋ kapʋsɩ kagbaanzɩ yɔ, ɛtɩwobu nɛ ɛlabɩnɩ-sɩ tadɩyɛ nɛ pɩsɛɛ-ɩ kapʋsɩ kagbaanzɩ ɖɔɖɔ.
«Ɛkalaɣ e-liidiye lɛ, pakpa lɛlʋ nɛ powoni ɛ-cɔlɔ. Ɛ́lɛ́ tɔɔ-ɩ kɩmɩyɛ liidiye kutokiŋ ɛgbaŋ ɛgbaŋ.
Weyi ɛ́lɛ́ ñamʋ kapʋsɩ naalɛ yɔ, ɛ́lɛ́ la ɖɔɖɔ ḿbʋ́ nɛ pɩsɛɛ-ɩ kapʋsɩ naalɛ ɖɔɖɔ.
Pʋcɔ ɛɖɛɛ lɛ, ɛya ɛ-tʋmlaɖaa hiu nɛ ɛtayɩ-wɛ sika pɔɔyaɣ pɔɔyaɣ nɛ eheyi-wɛ se: ‹Ɩlabɩnɩ tadɩyɛ nɛ pʋkɔɔ pɩsɩɩnɩ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ mɔnkɔma yɔ.›
Daaviidi lɛ, ɛɛlaba mbʋ́ Ɛsɔ liu wɛɛ siŋŋ yɔ ɛ-alɩwaatʋ taa nɛ ɛkɔɔ ɛsɩ nɛ pepim-i ɛ-cɔzɔnaa cɔlɔ nɛ ɛɖazɩ.
Ɛlɛ́, Ɛsɔ lootiye yɔɔ lɛ, mɛnkɛ mbʋ́ mɛnkɛnaa yɔ. Lootiye nɖɩ́ ɛlabɩ-m yɔ, ɖɩwɛnɩ kɛzɛɣa. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, malabɩ tʋmɩyɛ nɛ pɩkɩlɩ Krɩstʋ tiyiyaa lɛlaa tɩŋa payɩ. Pɩtɛkɛ mon-ɖoŋ malabɩnaa, ɛlɛ́, lootiye nɖɩ́ ɛlabɩ-m yɔ ɖɩ-yɔɔ malabɩ-ɖɩ.
Đɔɖɔ lɛ, haɖʋ weyi ɛkaŋ ñʋʋ nɛ ɛhayɩ siŋŋ yɔ, ɛnʋ pʋwɛɛ se ɛcalɩ mʋ́ʋ e-ɖeɖe.