Koro ŋketie ke akwa ukut ye mbaba esit ŋwet ŋwed oro nnɔ esɔk mbufo ye ediwak mmɔŋ-eyet; ŋkewetke man nnam mbufo mfuhɔ, edi man mbufo efiɔk ima mi eke awakde eti-eti ye mbufo.
For out of much affliction and anguish of heart I wrote unto you with many tears; not that ye should be grieved, but that ye might know the love which I have more abundantly unto you.