Edi Abasi ɔwɔŋɔre ɔkpɔŋ mmɔ, onyuŋ asana mmɔ ayak ete, enam ŋkpɔ enɔ udim enyɔŋ: kpa nte ewetde ke ŋwed mme prophet, ete,
Nte mbufo ekeda unam eke ewotde ye uwa esɔk Mi
Ke isua aba ke desert, O ufɔk Israel?
Then God turned, and gave them up to worship the host of heaven; as it is written in the book of the prophets,
O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices
By the space of forty years in the wilderness?