16 Ɛlɛ́, yee mahʋʋnɩ nɔɔyʋ yɔ, mahʋʋnɩ-ɩ nɛ toovenim. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, pɩtɛkɛ men-ɖeke mahʋʋnɩnɩ-ɩ, ɛlɛ́, ma nɛ man-Caa, ɛnʋ tiyini-m.
Tɔ! Alɩwaatʋ natʋyʋ kɔŋ, halɩ tɩtɛm talʋʋ. Tɩ-taa ɩmɩzɩɣ ɖama nɛ paa weyi ekpe ɛ-tɛ nɛ iyele men-ɖeke. Paa ḿbʋ́ yɔ, piiyeki men-ɖeke koŋ, Caa wɛɣ mɔn-cɔlɔ.
Weyi etiyi-m yɔ, ɛwɛ mɔn-cɔlɔ, eteyebi-m men-ɖeke. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, malakɩ mbʋ́ pɩkɛdɩnɩ-ɩ yɔ alɩwaatʋ tɩŋa.»
Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɛtɛm ɖʋʋ kɩyakʋ ŋgʋ́ ɛkɔŋ hʋnaʋ kedeŋa kpeekpe yɔɔ ɛyáa nɛ toovenim yɔ. Ɛyʋ weyi ɛlɩzaa yɔ, ɛ-yɔɔ ɛtɩŋɩɣna nɛ ɛhʋʋnɩ-wɛ tɔm. Mbʋ́ ɛwɩlɩnɩ paa weyi se ɛkɔŋ-pʋ labʋ yɔ lɛ se efezi-i nɛ sɩɖaa taa.»
Pʋwayɩ lɛ, mana ɛsɔdaa tʋlaa nɛ kpaŋnɔ kʋhʋlʋm nɔɔyʋ lɩɩ. Weyi ɛcaɣ-ɩ yɔ, payaɣ-ɩ se Weyi Ɛlakɩ Mbʋ́ Ɛɖʋwa yɔ nɛ Toovenim Tʋ. Ɛhʋʋ tɔm nɛ ɛlakɩ you nɛ toovenim.