12 Ŋgʋ́, Ɛsɔ ɖeke koŋ ɖʋʋnɩ paɣtʋ, ɛnʋ lɛ tɔm hʋyʋ. E-ɖeke koŋ ɛpɩzɩɣnɩ ɛya ɛyáa ñʋʋ yaa ɛkʋ-wɛ. Weyi ña ñɛkpɛzɩɣnɩ lɛlaa yɔ, ŋmaɣzɩɣ se ña lɛ anɩ kpem?
Ɩtaasɔɔndɩ mbá pakʋʋ tomnaɣ nɛ paapɩzɩɣ pakʋ kalɩzaɣ yɔ. Ɛlɛ́, ɩsɔɔndɩ Ɛsɔ, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɛpɩzɩɣ ɛkʋ ɛyʋ nɛ ɛtɛ ɛɖʋ e-tomnaɣ nɛ ɛ-kalɩzaɣ ɖenɖe kʋñɔŋ maatɛŋ wɛɛ yɔ.
Mawɩlɩɣ-mɩ weyi pʋmʋnaa se ɩsɔɔndɩ yɔ: ɩsɔɔndɩ Ɛsɔ, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, e-ɖeke ɛpɩzɩɣna ɛkʋ ɛyʋ nɛ ɛtɛ ɛɖʋ-ɩ ɖenɖe kʋñɔŋ maatɛŋ wɛɛ yɔ. Meheyiɣ-mɩ se ɛnʋ pʋmʋnaa se ɩsɔɔndɩ.
Điyele ɖama tɔm hʋnaʋ. Ɛlɛ́, ɩɖʋ kpem se: ɩɩlakɩ nabʋyʋ nɛ piyele putuuli mɩ-taabalʋ yaa pɩpɛɖɩ-ɩ kɩwɛɛkɩm taa.
Ña anɩ nɛ ŋkpɛzɩɣnɩ lɛlʋ tʋmlaɖʋ? Yee ɛlakɩ ɖeu ɛ-tʋmɩyɛ taa yaa ɛɛlakɩ lɛ, pɩna-ŋ nɛ we? Ɛ-caa cɔlɔ lɛ. Ɛkɔŋ labʋ ɖeu, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, Kɩpaɣlʋ wɛnɩ ɖoŋ se ɛsɩnɩ-ɩ nɛ ɛla mbʋ́ pʋwɛ ɖeu yɔ.
Weyi ña ŋmaɣzɩɣ se lɛlaa ɛɛlakɩ camɩyɛ yɔ, paa ŋkɛ anɩ yɔ, natʋyʋ fɛyɩ se ŋwaɣna. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ ŋmaɣzɩɣ se lɛlaa ɛɛlakɩ camɩyɛ nɛ ŋlakɩ ɖɔɖɔ ɛzɩ ḿbá yɔ, ŋkʋʋ ña-maɣmaɣ ñɔ-tɔm.
Ña ɛyʋ lɛ, ña anɩ nɛ ŋtɔ se ŋkɛlɛsɩɣ Ɛsɔ? Cʋʋ ñanaɣ pɔzʋʋ weyi ɛma-kɛ yɔ se: pɩlabɩ ɛzɩma nɛ ŋma-m ḿbʋ́ yaa we?
Pʋ-yɔɔ ɛpɩzɩɣ ɛya mbá patɩŋɩɣnɩ ɛ-yɔɔ nɛ pañɩnɩɣ Ɛsɔ yɔ pa-ñʋʋ kpem. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɛwɛ wezuu tam nɛ etendiɣ Ɛsɔ pɔ-yɔɔ.
Taabalaa! Ɩtaatɩmnɩ ɖama, pɩtɛkɛ ḿbʋ́, Ɛsɔ hʋʋnɩ-mɩ nɛ ɛkʋ mɩ-tɔm. Ɩcɔnɩ ɩna: tɔm hʋyʋ talɩ nɔnɔɔ taa!