1 Tɛ mɛɛŋ lindɛɛri, Nyɔ yeti li bɛte taa bɛsɛŋ li bimfimu bi bɛntomfɔŋ bee li, li kiŋga ŋge bɛ lɛ dzé chichi chichi. 2 Se nuuŋ le, li jo yi lɛ kimɛrisɛ yini-i, yi yɔ yɛ li bee li nuuŋ lɛ kimfimɛ ki Ŋwani-i. Ɛ Ŋwani wuni wu yi tsaa yɛ le gii nuuŋ kinjila li biee bichu-u. Ɛ nɛɛ wu wu Nyɔ tɛ̀ tɔŋ nshɛ bɛ biee bichu kɛti li tsáŋ yee li. 3 Kiŋ'wofu ki Nyɔ-ɔ bɛndi kɛɛ li yi yee li, se gbɛŋgi nuuŋ mbosɛ yi Nyɔ kibɛɛ. Ɛ wu wu feti kiboo bɛ nshɛ se nuuŋ lu. Se feti biee bini nuuŋ nɛɛ bɛ jɛ ye yi kɛmi buŋga. Tɛ̀ maaŋ kimaaŋ ki bibifi bisɛ-ɛŋ. Le maaŋ lɛ, se yɛɛ liboo shee lɛ kibɛnɛ ki kigɔŋɛ ki Nyɔ yi Bunɔŋa-a.

4 Fi se tuu fi nuuŋ le, Nyɔ tɛ̀ fɛ Ŋwani ko ŋge yaa bɛnchindaa bɛ Nyɔ-ɔ, nɛɛ si bukooŋ bu Nyɔ tɛ̀ nyɛ wu ko tɛ ŋge bu yaa bu bee. 5 Tɛ kii le wu koɔ ŋge kifɛ nchindaa wu Nyɔ wumu nuuŋ yɛ lu wu Nyɔ tɛ̀ saa yi teeŋ wu le,

"Ŋwani kɛ,

Kɛ le bɛŋ yani mi nteeɔ le ɛ mi baa wa, kɛ."

Wumu nuuŋ yɛ lu wu tɛ̀ saa wu tee kii wuu le,

"Ŋgii ni nuuŋ tee.

Ni nuuŋ Ŋwanɛŋ ni."

6 Tɛ̀ gii nuuŋ mfi wu Nyɔ tɛ̀ nuuŋ le yi toŋ Ŋwani wu ŋkosi wuni li nshɛ yini, yi tɛ̀ tee le,

"Bɛnchindaa bɛ Nyɔ-ɔ bɛchu kɛmi le be ni be guundi wu."

7 Fiee fi Nyɔ tɛ̀ tee kii bɛnchindaa bee nuuŋ fini le,

"Yi ti feti be be nuuŋ si mfiee,

yi feti tɛ be be nuuŋ bɛniiŋ bee bɛ nimɛ-ɛ

be nuuŋ si nimi chi wi-i."

8 Le tuu to li Ŋwani-i, tee le,

"Hooo Nyɔ, ɔ gii naa ɔ shee li kabara wa-a ɔ ni ɔ sɛki mfi kwi ma nsiŋ.

Ntsɛ wu tsaaŋ gii naa ni nuuŋ kimbaaŋ ki bumfɔŋ bwo-o.

9 Ɔ kɔŋgisɔɔ nuuŋ fiee fi tsaaŋ, ɔ baanini fiee fi bifi.

Nɛɛ lɛ, mi wu Nyɔ yi nuuŋ Nyɔ ya

mi n'yɛɛkɔɔ wɛ, ɔ yaa kintutu ko,

mi se mfwaɔ wɛ bɛ mbee yi bumfɔŋ bu kinɛɛtinɛ-ɛ."

10 Yi se tuu yi ka yi tee li Ŋwani-i le,

"Taa, ɛ wɛ wu tɛ̀ tɔŋ nshɛ fɛmbɛɛchɛ-ɛ,

se biee bichu bi nuuŋ liboo nuuŋ mfɛru wu tsaŋ ya.

11 Biee bini gii bi ma, ɛ wɛ kwaa ɔ gii ɔ ba lu.

Bi gii bi doŋ si ndu.

12 Ɔ gii ɔ baaŋ bi si kiŋkoŋ.

Ɔ gii ɔ fiiki bi si ndu yi doŋ.

Se nuuŋ le, ɔ gii ɔ ba ɔ ni ɔ nuuŋ nɛɛ si ɔ nuuŋ lɛ.

Biya bio nuuŋ tɛ naa ma kɛ."

13 Ɛ nchindaa wu Nyɔ wu la wu Nyɔ tɛ̀ saa yi tee li wuu le,

"Shee lɛ kibɛnɛ keŋ ki kigɔŋɛ-ɛ,

nsiiŋ gɛɛŋ bo mfi wu mi ŋgiiki

bɛniiŋ bo bɛ mbani-i wɛ limfwe

si kilaanda ki bikaa bio-o,

Ɔ tɔmi bikaa bio li bee ni?"

14 Mɔɔ bɛchindaa bɛ Nyɔ-ɔ bani nuuŋ nɛɛ si fiana yi nindi li Nyɔ-ɔ, bɛ yi tundi be be deŋgi be fii bɛniiŋ bɛ gii be kɛmɛ kinsofu nɛɛ ni?