Ke akpanikɔ enye ɔkɔdɔŋɔ ekpere ndikpa: edi Abasi atua enye mbɔm; inyuŋ ituaha enye ikpɔŋ mbɔm, edi atua mi mbɔm ŋko, mbak ndida mfuhɔ ŋkɔrɔ ye mfuhɔ.
For indeed he was sick nigh unto death: but God had mercy on him; and not on him only, but on me also, lest I should have sorrow upon sorrow.