¹ Finɔwe wɛɛ énùdidɔn nɔtɔnlé, kɔdo finɔwe wɛ ajlewaye nɔtɔn le donɔba mye cecin Mɛo? Eŋ mà do zɔn mye enùji jlo ɖigan kenà élé adan wanu Leawlamɛ .Ye wu wɛɔ? ² Mi le nùjlon, vɔ mi le nùjlonu, vɔ mibokpɔn yiwo, ɛmɛ xùtɔ wɛ minyi bokɔ nyi ŋɖindotɔ, leflin mɛɔ miŋkpeji a kpɔn yio; Mile ajle wanu milenudɔnu, Miŋkpeji akpɔnyi wo, dobekenā myan byɔɖoɔ, miŋbyɔ dokesin. ³ Mibyɔ vɔ mi kpɔn do yiwo, mŋbyɔnu nyɔɛnɖé, mi byɔ nā myā zā mye éjloyé ⁴ Egalɔtɔ kenā mi nyi! Miŋnyɔɛnbe lilwɔn ɛgbɛtɔn sɔtā wu bony ekin kɔdo Mawu ɔ? Ɛmɛkenā éjlo anyi hwanyi kɔdo ɔ Eyi eɖé dowasi Mawu ekintɔ ⁵ Mì bubé vɔ̀vɔ̀ wɛ enuwiwlā lɔ exó? kɔdo ɔwuhwā wɛ Mawu nyiwānā égbigbɔ nā éyi do mi mɛ. ⁶ E nɔn nā, tɔn vɔlewu ɛnuminā ɛmɛnuvɛtɔn, enuvɔ nutaji; énuxin ye wɛ zɔn xwemā wiwlā lɔbe. Mawu nɔ cli égoyitɔ éxóɖé, vɔ enɔɖe ɛmɛnuvi vɛ xlɛ ɛmɛɖe zehwetɔyé. ⁷ Mi bɔbɔ etā awā nā Mawu é; Mitɔ ajlé fɔ te do lɛgba wu, ado ɔxwezun bo anɔ ɔzɔgá nā mi. ^{8 9 10} Mi gogo Mawuɖé, nā Mawu can agogo miɖé. Mi klɔ myé ɔlɔye nuvɔɛn-watɔye, Mi klan mye éjiyé do wiweji, Gbɛtɔ anyimā jɛawānānɔ yé. Mikpɔn mye efun kpikpéye, Minɔ Ecuɔkumɛmɛ kɔdo aɖasin mɛ, eyɔ wɛ mye jijwɛ anyi ŋnzinzin. Mibɔtàwan, aboyimyedeyé yixwé le myexwetɔ ɔŋnkɔ, abo kɔmyedo ɔjihwlé. ¹¹ Mi ka lɔ exó NyiNylā do mye eɖé ye wuo NɔNviyé, ɛmɛnɛ eɖɔ ɛxwɛnā enɔvi alo é́ɖó kojo nā nɔnviɔ, élɔ exó́ vɔɛndo esɛinɔ wu ébo ɖókojo nā esɛ̀in. Nɛnyibe ɔɖo kɔjo nā ésinɔn, ɔyɔ ŋngɔ nyi esɛin nyintɔo, vɔ ɛxwɛdanā esɛintɔ. ¹² Ɛmɛ lokpogéé wɛnyi esɛin kpatɔ kɔdo kójoɖotɔ́. Ɛmɛ nā éɖo acɛ̀ ado xwlingan, alo ado xùɔ, vɔ ɔyɔ ɛmɛnɔye wɛ ɔnyio, aɖó kojo nā xwé ɔwégɔo? ¹³ Nan mye ɛmɛ nā énɔlɔ syɛ̀ be: égbé alo ésɔ́, mā sɔn étógbo xɛin mɛ̀, mā wasi éxwé lokpo, mā wa ɔjɔ́, myā ɖùalé! ¹⁴ Mye ɛmɛ kenā eŋnyɔn énú kenā élétekpɔn mye Esɔ́ owa! Nikɔ wɛ myé égbɛ̀ nyiya? Mile awā ɖikin ɔzizɔ, kenā nāwā ŋnkusixixo viɖé kpohun, evɔ akɔbù. ¹⁵ Mi ɖo alɔbe, tɔn vole wuɔ "Nā mi nā ɛgbɛ̀ɔ ŋnxinɔ myā wasi kesin alo kenā éjɛ̀ɔ ¹⁶ Vɔ syɛ̀ɔ mye mye nɔyi-go le susu égoyiyi tɔn égbóo ɖémɛ̀. Enu-nyinylā égboɖéwɛ be minɔ kɔ́kɔ́ mye éɖé sù glaja ¹⁷ Ɛmɛkenā nyɔn enù zātā wiwa ɔ, vɔ éŋn bowasio wa énuvɔɛn wɛewa.