9 Taabalaa! Ɩtaatɩmnɩ ɖama, pɩtɛkɛ ḿbʋ́, Ɛsɔ hʋʋnɩ-mɩ nɛ ɛkʋ mɩ-tɔm. Ɩcɔnɩ ɩna: tɔm hʋyʋ talɩ nɔnɔɔ taa!
Ḿbʋ́ ɖɔɖɔ pʋwɛɛ. Yee ɩkɔm ɩnaɣ pɩtɩŋa payɩ ḿbʋ́ lɛ, ɩtɩlɩ kpaagbaa se Ɛyʋ Pɩyalʋ talɩ mɩ-cɔlɔ kpam.
Ḿbʋ́ ɖɔɖɔ pʋwɛɛ. Yee ɩkɔm ɩnaɣ lakasɩ ndɩ ndɩ ńzɩ́ ḿbʋ́ lɛ, ɩtɩlɩ kpaagbaa se Ɛyʋ Pɩyalʋ talɩ mɩ-cɔlɔ kpam.
Eroodiyaadɩ taasɔɔlɩ Yohanɛɛsɩ tɔm. Ɛñɩnaɣ se ɛkʋ-ɩ. Ɛlɛ́, ɛtapɩzɩɣ.
Pɩlabɩ-wɛ ḿbʋ́ se ɖɩna nɛ ɖɩkpa ɖa-tɩ. Ńdʋ́ pamawa se pasɩɣzɩnɩ mbá ɖa ɖɩwɛ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ tɩwɩzɩ tɛm yɔ tɩ-taa yɔ lɔŋ.
Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, ɩtaahʋʋnɩ ɖama nɛ pʋcɔ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ Ɛsɔ ɖʋwa se Kɩpaɣlʋ kɔŋ yɔ, tɩtalɩ. Ɛnʋ lɩzɩɣnɩ mbʋ́ pʋwɛ cɩkpɛndʋʋ taa yɔ nɛ ɛwɩlɩ. Ɛnʋ kuluuni ɖɔɖɔ mbʋ́ ɛyáa maɣzɩɣ pa-taa yɔ pʋ-yɔɔ. Peeɖe Ɛsɔ saŋ paa weyi mbʋ́ ɛlaba yɔ pʋ-yɔɔ.
Pʋwɛɛ se paa weyi ɛha ɛzɩ ɛɖʋʋ ɛ-taa yɔ. Ɛtaahanɩ laŋpɩsɩyɛ yaa kɩcɛyʋʋ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, Ɛsɔ sɔɔlɩ weyi ɛhaɣnɩ laŋhʋlʋmɩyɛ yɔ.
Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, paɣtʋ natʋyʋ wɛɛ, ɛyʋ ɛɖɔm tɩ-yɔɔ yɔ, pʋbʋ, ɛɖɔm lɛɛtʋ tɩŋa payɩ yɔɔ. Ńdʋ́ lɛ se: «Sɔɔlɩ ña-taabalʋ ɛzɩ ŋsɔɔlʋʋ ña-maɣmaɣ ña-tɩ yɔ.»
Đɩtaakpazɩ ɖa-tɩ, ɖɩɖɔkɩ ɖa-tɩ nɛ ɖa-pana ɛtaakpanɩ ɖama yaa ɖɩtaaɖʋ ɛsɩyɛ ɖama yɔɔ.
Taabalaa! Ɩtaayɔɔdɩ ɖama yɔɔ tɔm ɛzaɣ́tʋ. Weyi ɛyɔɔdʋʋ lɛlʋ yɔɔ tɔm ɛzaɣ́tʋ yaa ɛkpɛzɩɣnɩ-ɩ yɔ, ɛyɔɔdɩ ɖɔɖɔ mbʋ́ paɖʋ paɣtʋ taa yɔ pʋ-yɔɔ tɔm ɛzaɣ́tʋ nɛ ɛtɛ ɛkpɛɛnɩ-tʋ. Yee ŋkpɛɣnɩ paɣtʋ yɔ, ŋŋɖɔŋ tɩ-yɔɔ, ɛlɛ́, ŋkpaɣ ña-tɩ se ŋkɛ tɔm hʋyʋ.
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?
Taabalaa! Ɩtɔzɩ náyaa mbá pɔyɔɔdaɣnɩ Kɩpaɣlʋ nɔɔ yɔ pɔ-yɔɔ, ɩla ɛzɩ palabʋ yɔ. Pɔɖɔkɩ pɔ-hɔ siŋŋ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ pɔtɔkaɣ kʋñɔŋ yɔ.
Taabalaa! Pʋ-yɔɔ meheyiɣ-mɩ se ɩɖɔkɩ mɩ-hɔ nɛ pʋkɔɔ pɩsɩɩnɩ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ Kɩpaɣlʋ kɔŋ yɔ. Ɩcɔnɩ ɛzɩma mbʋ́ haɖʋ ɖɔkʋʋ ɛ-hɔyɛ nɛ ɛɖaŋ se ɛkɔŋ tɔɔnaɣ kɩbaŋga kʋm ɛ-hayɩm taa yɔ: ɛɖɔkʋʋ ɛ-hɔyɛ nɛ kajalaɣ tɛŋ nɛ kɛtɛzaɣ ñɩŋ panɩɩ.
Pɔkɔŋ sɩŋʋʋ Ɛsɔ ɛsɩndaa nɛ paa weyi eheyi-i mbʋ́ ɛlaba yɔ. Toovenim lɛ, ɛɖaŋ kpam se ɛhʋʋnɩ sɩɖaa nɛ ɛsɛ tɩnaa patɩŋa payɩ.
Ɩmʋ ɛyáa mbá pɔkɔŋ mɩ-tɛ yɔ camɩyɛ. Ɩtaamʋ-wɛ nɛ miduu.
Pewelesi nɛ panɩɩ: mansɩŋ nɔnɔɔ taa nɛ mamakɩ pɔɔyʋʋ. Yee nɔɔyʋ ɛnɩ man-taŋ nɛ ɛtʋlɩ yɔ, mansʋʋ ɛ-tɛ nɛ ma nɛ ɩ ɖɩkpɛndɩ ɖɩtɔɔ.