12 Anɔnyanɔ aka mɔ Kpaya edi, pɔ onugɛ budɛmɛnɔ ɔhaglɔ, Kpaya alɛ bulɔɛ mɛ klɛ yɛ tɛdɛdɛmɛnɔ nɛ na nɛ́ bulɔɛ mɛ.
Anɔnyanɔ aka mɔ Kpaya edi, pɔ Kpaya Eyi nɛ̀ Terikpo, gɛ alɛ Aka nɛ wã, ye abhɛtɛ sɛ bu ti yɛ.
Klɛ ɔtsɔ̃nɛ ebui tata ala gɔ: tɛyɛyɛkɛŋa, kidzoenudidi anɛ tɛdɛdɛmɛnɔ. Pɔ kɛ gɛ tridɛ nɛ alɛ mɛ kɛlɛ nu tɛdɛdɛmɛnɔ.
Ɔtsɔ̃, kɔ ɔfufɔɛ mɛ Ekusi, gɛ eti tsi, gɛ ataa wɛ̃, yɛ ko yɛ enu Kpaya, gɛ kabhakpɛkpɛ nɛ ishubhubhui lɛ kɔ ɔyɛkɔ vɛnɔ mabeke mabeke mɛ. Tɛlɛbɛlɛm.
gɛ yɛ ko yɛ enu agɛ etee tsi klɛ akpasɛ kifu gɛ ba tɛ ba na hebunɔ mɛ, gɛ anɔnyanɔ aka mɔ edi ɔdɔgɔsɛ aba mɔ. Yɛ tɛkpɛkpɛ nɛa bha nɛ bupu lɛ kɔ ɔyɛkɔ vɛnɔ. Tɛlɛbɛlɛm.
Tɛyɛyɛkɛŋa so ashɛ̃ nɛ Egipte, ekusi nɛ obulo odi ku yɛ kifu, alasɛ anyɛna agɛ ata mɔ gɛganɛ anasɛ bumɔ yɛamɔ yɛ.
Pɔ onugɛ anɔ teli ata yɛ ebui nɛ atɔ, Kpaya tɛdɛdɛmɛnɔ kɛgbɛagba petee lɛ yɛ mɛ. Kɛnɛ kɛlɛ kɔ sɛ bu nyi sɛ bu lɛ yɛ mɛ:
Bagɛ ba tatɔ nɔ yɛ ɛshã balɛ yɛ mɛ klɛ alɛ balɛ mɛ. Klɛ kɛnɛ kɛlɛ kɔ sɛ bu nyi sɛ alɛ bu lɔɛ mɛ: Bu nyi lɛ denɔ Ɔfufɔɛ nɛ gɛ akɔ lɔ nɛ mɛ.
Klɛ so bu nyi klɛ bu tsiri tɛdɛdɛmɛnɔ nɛ gɛ Kpaya akɔ lɔ nɛabha. Kpaya enu adɛdɛmɛnɔ. Anɔ gɛ alɛ tɛdɛdɛmɛnɔ mɛ alɛ Kpaya mɛ klɛ Kpaya alɛ yɛ mɛ.
Onugɛ anɔ teli aɖɔ sɛ, “Ɛdɛmɛ Kpaya bui,” pɔ egu yɛ adzya, enu otro lete. Alasɛ anɔnyanɔ gɛ adɛ dɛmɛnɔ adzya, gɛ amɔ, atɛ bana Kpaya gɛ yɛ ata mɔ mɛ bui adɛmɛnɔ.
Bulɔ bu de Kpaya ɔkɔ, klɛ anɔ nɛ gɛ enyi Kpaya aba ta bulɔ atɔ, pɔ anɔ nɛ gɛ edi de Kpaya atɛ ba ta bulɔ atɔ. Kɛnɛ kɛlɛ kɔ sɛ bu ba ti Ɔfufɔɛ kɛgbɛagba anɛ̀ otro ɔfufɔɛ.