26 Ɛlɛ́, ɛkʋyɩ nɛ ɛpɔzɩ-wɛ se: «Pɩlabɩ ɛzɩma nɛ sɔɔndʋ kpaɣ-mɩ ḿbʋ́? Mi-lidaʋ wɛ kpaagbaa ñɩɩɩ!» Ɛlɛ́, eholini heɣlim nɛ lɩm nɛ pɩhɛɛ pɩtɩŋa niɣ niɣ.
Yesu nɩ ḿbʋ́ lɛ, ɛpɔzɩ-wɛ se: «Lidaʋ ñɩɩɩ tɩnaa mɩ! Pɩlabɩ ɛzɩma nɛ ɩyɔɔdʋʋnɩ ɖama se ɩtakpaɣ tindine?
Yesu cosi-wɛ se: «Mi-lidaʋ tatalɩ pʋyʋ yɔɔ ɩtapɩzɩ. Toovenim lɛ, mankaɖɩɣ-mɩ se: yee ɩɩwɛnɩ lidaʋ ɛzɩ piye nɖɩ́ ɖɩkɩlɩ kɔzʋʋ yɔ yɔ, ɩpɩzaɣ se iheyi pʋʋ kʋnɛ se: ‹Kpɛzɩ cɩnɛ nɛ ŋwolo ŋsɩŋ peeɖe yɔ!› Nɛ kɩla ḿbʋ́ ɖɔɖɔ. Halɩ nabʋyʋ fɛyɩ se ɩɩpɩzɩɣ ɩlabɩ-pʋ. [
Lidaʋ pazɩ tɩnaa mɩ! Ɛsɔ tekizi haʋ ñɩtʋ ndʋ́ tɩwɛ hayɩm taa sɔnɔ nɛ cee pɔkɔŋ-tʋ ɖʋʋ miŋ taa yɔ ɖeu nɛ pɩcandɩnɩ mɩ na?
Peeɖe ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa ḿbá payɩɣyɩ-ɩ siŋŋ nɛ pɔpɔzʋʋ pa-tɩ se: «Ɛbɛ ɛnɛ ɛkɛnaa kpem nɛ pɩkpɛndɩnɩ heɣlim nɛ lɩm nɛ pañaŋ-ɩ?»
Peeɖe Yesu holini-i se: «Hei! Su peeɖe nɛ ŋse abalʋ ɛnʋ ɛ-wayɩ. Ɛlɛ́, eleeu co abalʋ ɛnʋ nɛ ɛyaɣ-ɩ nɛ tɛtʋ ɛyáa ɛsɩndaa nɛ ɛcaŋ ese. Ɛlɛ́, pɩtala abalʋ ɛnʋ pʋyʋ.»
Paa ḿbʋ́, ɛcɔnɩ mbʋ́ Ɛsɔ ɖʋwa se ɛlakɩ-ɩ yɔ lɛ, ɛtapʋtɩ. Ɛlɛ́, e-lidaʋ yele nɛ ɛkpa ɖoŋ nɛ ɛsa Ɛsɔ.
Ɛɖɔkɩ takayaɣ cikpelaɣ nakɛyɛ e-nesi taa, kokulaa. Ɛsɩ ɛ-nɩwaŋ naŋgbaŋaɣ teŋgu yɔɔ nɛ nɩmɩyɛ ñɩŋga tɛtʋ yɔɔ