16 Piyele hɩŋ hiu weyi ŋnawa yɔ nɛ kpɩnɛ pɔkɔŋ halʋ ɛnʋ paɖʋʋ: pɔkɔŋ mʋ́ʋ mbʋ́ pɩtɩŋa payɩ ɛwɛna yɔ nɛ pɔhɔzɩ e-wondu nɛ piyebi-i ndaakpeɖe. Pɔkɔŋ tɔɔʋ ɛ-nandʋ nɛ pɩkazɩ pɔsɔ miŋ.
Ɩna! Pɩwɩlɩ ɖɔɖɔ kawɩlɩsɩ lɛɛsɩ ɛsɔdaa: coojo sɔsɔ nɔɔyʋ, ɛsɛ cɩɩɩ ɛzɩ miŋ yɔ. Ɛwɛnɩ ñʋŋ lʋbɛ nɛ hɩŋ hiu nɛ ɛpa hulaɣ paa ɛ-ñʋʋ ŋgʋ́ kɩ-taa.
Loɖo tʋ ñohuti ɛ-ñɩŋga pɔɔ sɔsɔɔ ŋgá payaɣ se Efraatɩ yɔ ka-taa nɛ lɩm sɔɔ se awiya wena alɩɣnɩ wɩsɩ ɖɩlɩyɛ yɔ, apɩzɩ akɔɔ.
a-taa kagbaanzɩ tɔm tɛm ɖɛʋ, lɛlʋ wɛ lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, lɛlʋ ñɔtɔkɔmda. Ɛkɔŋ lɛ, pʋwɛɛ se ɛcaɣ alɩwaatʋ pazɩ yem.
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Pʋ-yɔɔ tɩ-kʋñɔmɩŋ kaɣ kɔm kɩyakʋ kʋɖʋmʋʋ. Ɩnʋ lɛ: sɩm nɛ leɣa caɣʋ nɛ ñɔɔsɩ. Miŋ kɔŋ-tʋ ñaɣʋ, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, Kɩpaɣlʋ Ɛsɔ weyi ɛhʋʋnɩ tɛtʋ ńdʋ́ yɔ, ɛwɛ ɖoŋ.
Ɩkɔɔ ɩtɔɔ awiya sɔsɔna nɛ sɔɔjanaa sɔsaa nɛ ɖoŋ tɩnaa nɛ kpaŋnaŋ nɛ ɩ-yɔɔ caɣyaa nɛ mbá pɛwɛ pa-tɩ yɔɔ yɔ nɛ yomaa nɛ ajamaa nɛ ɖoŋ tɩnaa patɩŋa payɩ pa-nandʋ.»