Ke ini ŋkedide eyenɔwɔŋ, ntiŋ ikɔ nte eyenɔwɔŋ, nkere ekikere nte eyen ɔwɔŋ, nnyuŋ nneni eneni nte eyenɔwɔŋ; edi mma ŋkabare ŋkpon, mmokure ye ido uyen.
When I was a child, I spake as a child, I understood as a child, I thought as a child: but when I became a man, I put away childish things.