emi edide ete nnyin kpukpru (nte ewetde ete, Mmanam fi edi ete ediwak mme idut) ke enyin Esie emi enye ɔbuɔtde idem ye Enye, kpa Abasi, emi anamde mme akpa-mkpa edu uwem, onyuŋ okotde se miduhe nte ŋkpɔ eke edude.
(as it is written, I have made thee a father of many nations,) before him whom he believed, even God, who quickeneth the dead, and calleth those things which be not as though they were.