Nnyin inyuŋ ibeŋe ntem, ite mbufo ekpekam ekabare efɔn ema. Emi esin ŋwet mme ŋkpɔ nnɔ mbufo ke ini mmenduhe kaŋa do, mbak ami ndisɔŋ ido ye mbufo, ke ini ndidide ke ɔtɔ mbufo, ye odudu eke Ɔbɔŋ ɔkɔnɔde mi ndida nnam mbufo ekɔri ke ido Esie, idige ndida nsuan mbufo.
Therefore I write these things being absent, lest being present I should use sharpness, according to the power which the Lord hath given me to edification, and not to destruction.