37 Ɛɖɛɣaɣ lɛ, ɛ́yáa Pɩyɛ nɛ Zebedee pɩyalaa naalɛ. Pɛɖɛ tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa lɛlaa yɔɔ pazɩ lɛ, ɛ-laŋɩyɛ wɛɛkɩ nɛ sɔɔndʋ kpa-ɩ.
Kɩyakɩŋ loɖo ɖɛwa lɛ, Yesu yaa Pɩyɛ nɛ Yakubu nɛ e-neu Yohanɛɛsɩ nɛ ɛkpanɩ-wɛ pʋʋ sɔsɔʋ nakʋyʋ yɔɔ pe-ɖeke.
Yesu tɛm ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa heyuu ḿbʋ́ lɛ, Zebedee halʋ kpaɣ ɛ-pɩyalaa Yakubu nɛ Yohanɛɛsɩ nɛ powolo ɛ-cɔlɔ nɛ eluŋ ɛ-tɛɛ nɛ ewini-i.
Nakʋyʋ wiye Yesu ɖɔŋaɣ Galilee teŋgu nɔɔ. Pɩkɛdaa lɛ, ɛna kpakpasɩ kpayaa naalɛ nabɛyɛ, pɔlɔwaɣ piyiŋ. Ḿbá yɔ: Siimɔɔ weyi payaɣ ɖɔɖɔ se Pɩyɛ yɔ nɛ e-neu Andree.
Etuzi ɛ-tɩ ɛsɩndaa lɛ, ɛna Yakubu nɛ e-neu Yohanɛɛsɩ, pa nɛ pa-caa Zebedee pɛwɛ pa-kpɩyʋʋ taa nɛ pɔñɔɔzʋʋ pe-piyiŋ. Ɛlɛ́, ɛ́yáa-wɛ
Peeɖe ɛya Pɩyɛ nɛ Yakubu nɛ e-neu Yohanɛɛsɩ se pasɩɩ-ɩ. Ɛlɛ́, eteyele se lɛlaa ɛsɩɩ-ɩ.
Paa ḿbʋ́ yɔ, Yesu laŋɩyɛ kɛwɛɛkɩ siŋŋ nɛ ɛ-ɛsɩyɛ sɛɛnɩ Ɛsɔ sɛʋ kaŋ kaŋ. Soŋaɣ kalɩ ɛ-yɔɔ ɛzɩ pʋkʋʋ ɛyʋ nɛ calɩm lɩɣ yɔ nɛ kotosuu tataa ɖoyi ɖoyi.]
Yesu tɛm yɔɔdʋʋ ḿbʋ́ lɛ, ɛtɔ se: «Lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, ma-laŋɩyɛ wɛɛkaa. Ɛlɛ́, se we mɔyɔɔdʋʋ? Mɔyɔɔdʋʋ se: Caa! Taayele nɛ mansʋʋ kʋñɔŋ alɩwaatʋ tʋnɛ tɩ-taa yaa we? Ŋgʋ́, pɩ-maɣmaɣ pʋ-yɔɔ kpem mɔnkɔma.