7 Eholaɣ ɖoŋ se: «Ɩsɔɔndɩ Ɛsɔ nɛ ɩɖʋ-ɩ hɩɖɛ, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɛ-tɔm hʋʋ alɩwaatʋ talaa. Iluŋ ɛ-tɛɛ! Ɛnʋ labɩnɩ ɛsɔdaa nɛ tɛtʋ nɛ teŋgu nɛ hila.»
Ɛlɛ́, Yesu tasɩ-wɛ heyuu se: «Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, ɩcaɣnɩ mɩ-ɛsɛ nɛ ɩɖaŋ kpam, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɩtatɩlɩ kɩyakʋ ŋgʋ́ yaa ñɩ́ɣ́yʋ́ʋ ŋgʋ́ kʋ-yɔɔ mɔnkɔŋ yɔ.»
Pɩlabɩ ɛzɩma pa-taa nɔɔyʋ tatɩɩmaɣzɩ se ɛpɩsɩɣ ɛsa Ɛsɔ ɛzɩ ɛgɔm ɛnɛ yɔ?»
«Taabalaa, pɩlabɩ ɛzɩma nɛ ɩlakɩ ḿbʋ́? Đɩkɛ ɛyáa ɖɔɖɔ ɛzɩ mɩ yɔ. Ɛlɛ́, ɖɩkɔm se ɖiheyi-mɩ Laŋhɛzɩyɛ Tɔm nɛ iyele agɔlɩma wena aawazɩɣ pʋyʋ yɔ, a-kpɛyʋʋ nɛ ɩpɩsɩnɩ Ɛsɔ wezuu tʋ yɔɔ. Ɛnʋ labɩnɩ ɛsɔdaa nɛ tataa nɛ teŋgu nɛ mbʋ́ pɩtɩŋa payɩ pʋwɛ kedeŋa yɔɔ cɩnɛ yɔ.
Pɩtɩŋa payɩ pɩwɩzɩ tɛm. Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, ɩɖɔkɩ mɩ-tɩ nɛ ɩcaɣnɩ mɩ-ɛsɛ nɛ ɩpɩzɩ ɩsɛɛ Ɛsɔ.
Alɩwaatʋ ńdʋ́ tɩ-yɔɔ tɛtʋ ñamsɩ siŋŋ nɛ yee patayɩ tɛtʋ ndʋ́ tɩ-taa paawɛɛ yɔ tam hiu yɔ, hɔɔlʋʋ kʋɖʋmʋʋ yɔkaa. Ɛyáa kutokiŋ lʋbɛ sɩbɩnɩ asayʋʋ ŋ́gʋ́ kɩ-taa. Piyele sɔɔndʋ kpa mbá palɩ kɩ-taa yɔ nɛ pasa Ɛsɔ weyi ɛwɛ ɛsɔdaa yɔ.
Ajɛya taa ñɩma pana kakpawa, lɛɛlɛɛyɔ ña-ñɩna ñakpawa! Pɩtalaa se ŋhʋʋnɩ sɩɖaa: ŋhɛyɩɣ ña-tʋmlaɖaa, ḿbá yɔ: náyaa nɛ ña-ñɩma nɛ mbá pañaŋ-ŋ yɔ, paa paakɛ ajamaa yaa ɖoŋ tɩnaa nɛ piyele ŋkʋ mbá paba wɛɛkɩɣ kedeŋa yɔ.»
Kɩpaɣlʋ! Awɛɛ se ɛɛsɔɔndʋʋ-ŋ nɛ eeyeki se ña-hɩɖɛ ɛsɛɛ? Ñe-ɖeke koŋ lɛ cɩɖɩcɩɖɩ tʋ. Ajɛya kpeekpe taa ɛyáa kaɣ kɔm nɛ poluŋ ñɛ-tɛɛ, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, pana ɛzɩma mbʋ́ ŋtʋʋzɩ ña-lakasɩ taa yɔ.»
Peeɖe hohou sɔsɔʋ nakʋyʋ kpa-wɛ nɛ pɛwɛɛkɩɣ Ɛsɔ hɩɖɛ. Ŋgʋ́, ɛnʋ wɛnɩnɩ ɖoŋ kʋñɔmɩŋ ɩnʋ ɩ-yɔɔ. Ɛlɛ́, pɛtɛlɛɣzɩ wɛtʋ se peyele nɛ ɛ-hɩɖɛ sɛɛ.
Kʋñɔŋ ŋgʋ́ kɩtalɩɣ-tʋ yɔ kʋ-sɔɔndʋ yɔɔ lɛ, pasɩŋɩɣ poliŋ nɛ pɔtɔŋ se: ‹Babilooni tɛtʋ sɔsɔtʋ, tɛtʋ ɖoŋ ñɩndʋ, pʋtɔɔ-ŋ! Pʋtɔɔ-ŋ! Pahʋʋnɩ-ŋ nɛ pakʋ ñɔ-tɔm yem kɛlɛʋ!›
Ɛlɛ́, tɩ-ñɩm sakɩyɛ ḿbʋ́, pʋmʋʋ yem alɩwaatʋ pazɩ taa.› «Mɛlɛnaa sayaa tɩŋa payɩ nɛ pa-sʋyaa nɛ mbá palakɩ tʋmɩyɛ pa-taa yɔ nɛ mbá patɩŋa payɩ paba ñalakɩ tʋmɩyɛ teŋgu yɔɔ yɔ, pasɩŋ poliŋ
Pokuwaɣ mʋzʋʋ nɛ paɖʋʋ pa-ñʋŋ taa nɛ pewiliɣ nɛ pacaɣ leɣa nɛ pamakɩ kubusi se: ‹Pʋtɔɔ tɛtʋ sɔsɔtʋ! Pʋtɔɔ-tʋ! Tɩ-ñɩm yɔɔ pɩtɩŋaɣnaa nɛ mbá patɩŋa payɩ pɛwɛnɩ mɛlɛnaa teŋgu taa yɔ, pehikiɣ ñɩm. Ɛlɛ́, alɩwaatʋ pazɩ pakpaɣ pɔyɔkɩnɩ-tʋ!› »
Pɩkɛdaa lɛ, manɩɣ pʋyɔɔdʋʋnɩ kewiyaɣ kpelaɣ yɔɔ se: «Mbá mɩ mɩtɩŋa payɩ ɩkɛ ɖɛ-Ɛsɔ tʋmlaɖaa nɛ ɩsɔɔndʋʋ-ɩ yɔ, ajamaa nɛ ɖoŋ tɩnaa ɩsam-ɩ!»
«Hayɩ Kɩpaɣlʋ yee, ɖɛ-Ɛsɔ, ŋmʋnaa se ña-hɩɖɛ ɛsɛɛ, paɖʋ-ŋ pɩ-taa yee pɛcɛlɩ-ŋ ɖoŋ nee. Ñalabɩna pɩtɩŋa payɩ ñe-liu wɛna nɛ pala pɩtɩŋa nɛ pʋwɛɛ.»
A-naanza asaŋ weyi ɛcaɣ kewiyaɣ kpelaɣ yɔɔ nɛ ɛwɛɛ wezuu pɩnzɩ ɛgbaŋ ɛgbaŋ yɔ nɛ aɖʋʋ-ɩ hɩɖɛ nɛ asɛɣ-ɩ. Alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ alakɩ ḿbʋ́ yɔ,
Naadozo ñɩnʋ hʋlɩ ɛ-ñɩnɖɛ lɛ, tɩɩŋa sɔsɔɔ nakɛyɛ kpɛzɩnɩ ɛsɔdaa nɛ miŋ ɛzɩ kooloŋa yɔ nɛ kɔtɔlɩ. Yee pɩtayɩ pɔsɩ nɛ hila tam naadozo yɔ, kɔtɔlɩ hɔɔlʋʋ kʋɖʋmʋʋ yɔɔ.