mbufo emenyuŋ efiɔk ete, nnyin ikanam ŋkpɔ ye mbufo, kpa nte ete anamde ŋkpɔ ye nditɔ esie mmɔ; ikɔnɔ mbufo item, inyuŋ isɔŋɔ mbufo esit, inyuŋ isɔŋɔ inɔ mbufo uyo,
as ye know how we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you, as a father doth his children,