17 Ba wechɔɡa ne ba sibeɡra waa nomanta, n baah fa di ba nɛɛ taeh, asɛ n tɛr ba deŋne dɛ laa sie kpɔ ba nɛ. Kɛ ane a bwa ba deŋne kpeɡri, dɛɛ ɛ waa ba bambile aa lawa.
A wer kɛ he sie lɛ anɔ la haa dɔa ta, ɡwaa anɔ la haa kpɔ sie dawɛ kɛŋɔ hɛɛ dɔɔ ta. Anɔ ɡe ɛ wepuu, dɛ do kɛ nɛn waa dɛ loo vii habɔɔ, dɛ ɡel o bini ken.
Wechɔɡ-ɛɛra ɡbo harɛ, nɛra ba wechɔɡa aa ɡwaa ba nɛ, wechɔɡ-ɛɛra naanar ɡboɡbo, he vɛh Korowii, dɛ berɛ habɔɔ kpoo. He dɛ nyiŋi Israel tena Nɛŋɡoroŋ la nyubaah.
Suuɡapoŋa ne suuɡaswɛm ɡboo a ɡɛ nɛra la harɛ bwa, ba kondɔɔh a yoɡ aa kpeɡa ta nyoa dɔe. Jaɡre ɡboo ba harɛ bwa, asɛ kwaa aa do kɛ torɔɡore ba kpɔ dɛɛ la laa ɡe ta nyoa dɔe.
Ba do kɛŋɔ nyootena aa dɛ di kwaa kohona aa wola vaɡɛ bwa. Ba do kɛ peteɡra baa wola waa mun no. Bɛlbwa dɛ ɛ anɔ la aa dɛ su o siwi, ne waa aa le tɔnɔ tɛo.
Gɛ nɛra la dɛ ɛ waa aa too ba tea. Ba kpo nao ɛ saraha tɛ mɛ naa, a do kɛŋɔ baa kpo nɛn ken, a do kɛŋɔ baa kpo nyoate. Gɛɛ nomɛlbwa waa ɛ mea saraha la, a do kɛŋɔ parakoo chal, bɛlbwa fuh daawiile ɡe aa, a do kɛŋɔ waa dɛ tu voɡa. Kwaa maa kia la taa ba sie ɛɛ lɛ.
Hé berɛ ba, nɛra he waa aa wola kasinteŋ dɔe, dɛkalkɛ he dɔɔree men. Mɛɛ le nɛmbeŋkpoŋii le bwɛɛ bɛlbwa ta, dɛ́ le nɛra banɛ le dea bɛlbwa ta, dɛ́ berɛ ba he ne Saayɔn Bwejen ta.
Hé berɛ ba, he nɛra he wa aa wola kasinteŋ dɔe, dɛ berɛ habɔɔ kpo Korowii. Wɛɛ chah heyaa dɛ́ ɡel he waa berɛ dɔ kasinteŋ. He ŋɔ, “Ya sɛoh ŋɔ yaa berɔ ba Korowii be, dɛkalkɛ onee Korowii yaa dɛ tomɛ.
Belaa n lii ŋɔ, “N Naa Korowii, kasinteŋ ɡbo laa hɛɛ nyin aa? He tɛr ba deŋne, kɛ ba ta weweele bɛlbwa nae, he do ba sibeɡra, kɛ ba ta wobɛlbwa hwele le a ta. Ba ɡelɔ ba bambile do kpeɡri kɛŋɔ bwe ken, dɛ vɛh kɛ baa charɛ ba liiree.”
Anomanta, mɛɛ kpɔ ba haahnaa tɛ jafala, dɛ kpɔ ba kooni do nɛnfala nɔɔra ta baa nyiŋi a ta. Nomɛlbwa, le bechale nɛɛ kaa nomonome nɛ, bɛlbwa dɛ nyin kwaa sibeɡra ne. Hale n keamere ne n sɔfore bwa, ba sie dɛ lɛ nɛra faahra ta.
N cheɡ deŋne dɛɛ no ba be, kɛ baa kasinteŋ bol. Nomɛlbwa aa lii kɛŋɔ wɛɛ charɛ o liiree dɛ́ bɔɔ ŋɔ, ‘Bɔkwa waa n ɛɔ?’ Bɛlbwa ne o ŋwɛnɛ waa dɛ kpɔ o taa kɛŋɔ jaaɡɔ o sie aa beɡra baa kaa o ne laa ta ken.
Gɛɛ ba yon dɛɛ ba he be saŋ bɛlbwa, dɛ́ ba so dɛɛ no waa haa dɛ bol, kɛ baa an kpɔe dɛɛ ɛ ɡɛ aa dɛ baɡle. Ba nyoo ɡboo ba kpɔ dɛɛ baɡle kɛŋɔ ba ɛ nɛndɛɛɡa, kɛ anɔ la baa dɔ ɡbo taa ba liire do.
Anomanta, hé ɡel he harɛ nɔ ta dor bwa ta kwaraa. He bɛ he bwadabii kpɔ do jwamane, ne wedoŋa, ne kayɛɡlɛ, ne pɛlchɔɡa, dɛ kwaa ta sibeɡra ta. Kwaa ta sibeɡra do kɛŋɔ voɡa toma ken.
Nɛra ba siwi aa swɛɛ suuɡa ta la dɛ́ chole. Suuɡa sibeɡra dɛ neɡ ba dɛɛ do pɛlchɔɡa ta, dɛ ɡel baa na wa, dɛɛ pɛlɛ konsale ne waa aa dɛ ba waa ne nɛ, dɛ yon ɡel ba chɔɡ kwaraa.
Ba na haah bɛlbwa naa, ba dɛ nyinu. Ba nyina baa dɛ nyin wechɔɡa ɛɛ ta dɔŋ dɔe. Ba neɡre nɛra baa wola cheɡɛ kiŋkiŋ Korowii waa ta dɛɛ kaa wechɔɡa ta. Ba sie dɛ beɡre kwaa taeh. Korowii taah ba!
Ba sibeɡra baa dɔa kohona nomanta, baa dɛɛ teŋe nyosonee ŋɔ waa baa chaɡle heya, dɛ́ neɡre heyaa dɛɛ di. Naate waa pa ba bolchɔɡe dɛɛ ba ba deŋne tɛra la, kpɔ o te dɛɛ kpaa ba saŋ bɛlbwa. Waa dom chɔ. Wɛɛ ɛɛ ba posaposa kenii.