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⁴⁰Lɑkɩ-wɛɣɛ mpʋ, ɩlɛnɑ pɛlɛ pɑ́ seekɩ-ŋ tɑm kɛ́ tɛtʋ nti n hɑ pɑ cɑɑnɑɑ tɔ tǝ tɑɑ.

⁴¹Yɑɑ ye kpɑɩ nyǝ́mɑ nɩɩ nyɑ́ hǝtɛ teu tɔm, nɑ tomɑ sɔsɔɔnɑ wenɑ n lɑkǝnɑ tɔ, nɑ pɑ́ lɩɩ pɑ tɛ nɑ pɑ́ sɔɔsɩ Ɩsɛɣɛlɩ nyǝ́mɑ tɔɔ, nɑ pɑ́ kɔɔ Ɩsɔ tǝsɛɛlɛ tɑɑ cǝnɛ nɑ pɑ́ sǝlǝmɩ-ŋ.

⁴³Ɩlɛ Tɑcɑɑ, nɩɩ pɑ tɔm kɛ nyɑ́ tǝcɑɣɑlɛ kɛ hɑtoo ɩsɔtɑɑ, nɑ ń lɑ-wɛɣɛ pɑ kʋsǝlǝmǝm. Mpʋ pɩɩ yelinɑ nɑ ɑtɛ yǝlɑɑ tǝnɑ nyɩ-ŋ, nɑ pɑ́ seekɩ-ŋ ɩsɩɩ nyɑ́ yǝlɑɑ Ɩsɛɣɛlɩ nyǝ́mɑ seekuɣu-ŋ tɔ. Pɑɑ nyɩ tɔtɔ sɩ Ɩsɔ tǝsɛɛlɛ nte mɑ ŋmɑ-ŋ tɔ, tǝ kɛ́ nyɑ́ nyǝntɛ tǝkpɑtɑɑ.

⁴⁴Yɑɑ ye ń tʋ nyɑ́ yǝlɑɑ Ɩsɛɣɛlɩ nyǝ́mɑ sɩ pɑ́ yoonɑ pɑ kolontunɑɑ, nɑ pɑ́ kɛɛsǝnɑ nyɑ́ ɩcɑtɛ kʋlǝsǝlɛ tǝnɛ nɑ Ɩsɔ tǝsɛɛlɛ nte mɑ ŋmɑ-ŋ ɩsǝntɔ tɔ, pɑ tɔɔ nɑ pɑ́ sǝlǝmɩ-ŋ. Ɩlɛ hɑɩ, Tɑcɑɑ

⁴⁵nɩɩ pɑ wiinɑʋ kɛ hɑtoo ɩsɔtɑɑ nɑ ń wɑɑsɩ-wɛ.

⁴⁶Yɑɑ ye pǝ kɔmɑ nɑ pɑ́ wɑkǝlǝnɑ-ŋ. Mpi tɔ, yʋlʋ nɔɣɔlʋ ɩ fɛɩ sɩ ɩɩ wɑkǝlǝɣɩ. Ntɑnyɩ n kɑ́ mʋ-wɛ nɑ pɑ́ɑ́nɑ́, nɑ ń yele nɑ pɑ kolontunɑɑ kǝlɩ-wɛ, nɑ pɑ́ kpɑ-wɛɣɛ yomle, nɑ pɑ́ ponɑ-wɛɣɛ pɑ ɑcɑlɛɛ tɑɑ kɛ́ pǝcɔlɔ pǝcɔlɔ yɑɑ pooluŋ tɑɑ.

⁴⁷Ɩlɛnɑ pɑ́ pǝsǝnɑ lɑɑkɑlɩ kɛ tǝnɑ sɩ pɑ wɑkǝlǝnɑ-ŋ, pɑ lɑpɑ ɩsɑɣɑtʋ, pɑ tɔm sǝpɑ.

⁴⁸Ɩlɛnɑ pɑ́ sǝlǝmɩ-ŋ nɑ pɑ lotu tǝnɑɣɑ timpi ɩnɩ pɑ wɛ mpʋ tɔ. Nɑ pɑ́ kɛɛsɩ pɑ lǝmɑɣɑsɛɛ nɑ nyɑ́ ɩcɑtɛ tǝnɛ nɑ Ɩsɔ tǝsɛɛlɛ nte mɑ ŋmɑ-ŋ ɩsǝntɔ tɔ pɑ tɔɔ, kɛ tɛtʋ nti n hɑ pɑ cɑɑnɑɑ tɔ tǝ tɑɑ cǝnɛ.

⁴⁹Ɩlɛ hɑɩ, Tɑcɑɑ, nɩɩ pɑ wiinɑʋ kɛ nyɑ́ tǝcɑɣɑlɛ kɛ hɑtoo ɩsɔtɑɑ, nɑ ń wɑɑsɩ-wɛ.

⁵⁰Ɩlɛnɑ ń tɑɣɑnɩ timpi pɑ wɑkǝlǝnɑ-ŋ tɔ, nɑ ń yele nɑ pɑ kolontunɑɑ nɑ pɑ pǝtɔɔtǝlɛ.

⁵¹Pɔpɔtʋ fɛɩ, pɑ kɛ́ nyɑ́ piyɑ kɛ hɑtoo kʋyɑŋku n lǝsɑ-wɛɣɛ Icipiti wɑhɑlɑ sɔsɔ tɑɑ tɔɣɔ.

⁵²Hɑɩ, Tɑcɑɑ Ɩsɔ, nɩɩkɩ sǝlǝmǝŋ wei mɑ́ nɑ nyɑ́ yǝlɑɑ tɩɩ sǝlǝmǝɣɩ-ŋ pɑɑ wɑɑtʋ wei tɔ.

⁵³Mpi tɔ, nyɑ́ lǝsǝnɑ-tʋɣʋ piitimnɑɑ tǝnɑ hɛkʋ sɩ tǝ́ pǝsɩ nyɑ́ nyǝ́mɑ ɩsɩɩ n yeluɣu nɑ nyɑ́ tǝmlɛ tʋ Moisi heeli-wɛɣɛ sɑɑ wei n lǝsɑ tɑ cɑɑnɑɑ kɛ Icipiti tɑɑ tɔ.

⁵⁴Kɔtɑɣɑ tǝlɑtɛ kite kɛ Sɑlʋmɔŋ kɑ luŋɑɑ, nɑ ɩ́ kpɑɑsɩ ɩ niŋ nɑ ɩsɔtɑɑ, nɑ ɩ́ wiikinɑ Tɑcɑɑ. Ɩ tɛmɑ, ɩlɛnɑ ɩ́ kʋlɩ

⁵⁵nɑ ɩ́ kooli sɑmɑɑ wei ɩ kɑ kotɑ tǝnɑ tɔɣɔ kʋpɑntʋ sɩ:

⁵⁶Mɑ sɛɛ Tɑcɑɑ nyɑ́ wei n yelɑɑ nɑ nyɑ́ yǝlɑɑ Ɩsɛɣɛlɩ nyǝ́mɑ hɛɛsɩ, ɩsɩɩ n kɑ yɔɣɔtʋɣʋ tɔ. Pɔpɔtʋ fɛɩ leleŋ, n lɑpɑ teitei kɛ́ ɩsɩɩ n kɑ́ sɩɩʋ nyɑ́ nɔɣɔ kʋpɑŋkɑ nɑ nyɑ́ tǝmlɛ tʋ Moisi nɔɣɔ tɔ.

⁵⁷Tɑ Ɩsɔ Tɑcɑɑ wɛɛ tɑ wɑɑlɩ, ɩsɩɩ n kɑ wɛʋ tɑ cɑɑnɑɑ cɑɑnɑɑ wɑɑlɩ tɔ. Tɑɑ lɔ-tʋ. Pǝ́cɔ́ tɑɑ yele-tʋɣʋ wɑɑsʋɣʋ.

⁵⁸Yele nɑ tǝ́ nɩɩkǝnɑ-ŋ tɑm, nɑ tǝ́ tɔŋ nyɑ́ mpɑɑŋ tɑɑ ɩsɩɩ n cɑɑkɩ tɔ, nɑ tǝ́ tɔkɩ nyɑ́ kiiŋ, nɑ nyɑ́ kʋsǝsɩɩtʋ, nɑ nyɑ́ kʋtʋtʋtʋ nti n kɑ tʋ tɑ cɑɑnɑɑ cɑɑnɑɑ tɔ.

⁵⁹Tɑcɑɑ Ɩsɔ tɔɔsǝɣɩ mɑ wiinɑʋ pǝnɛ pǝ tɔɔ kɛ́ ilim nɑ ɑhoo, nɑ n sǝŋnɑ nyɑ́ yǝlɑɑ tɑɣɑ pɑɑ kʋyɑkʋ ŋku.

⁶⁰Ḿpʋ́ɣʋ́ ɑtɛ yǝlɑɑ tǝnɑ kɑ́ nyǝnɑ sɩ, Tɑcɑɑ tike ntɛ́ Ɩsɔ, nɔɣɔlʋ fɛɩ tɔtɔ.