Edi enye ɔbɔrɔ ete esie, ete, Sese, mmanam utom nnɔ fi adaŋa ediwak isua emi, akanam nnyuŋ nnenike uyo fo: edi akananam afo unɔŋɔ mi ndomo eyen ebot kiet, ete nda nnam mbre ye mme ufan mi:
And he answering said to his father, Lo, these many years do I serve thee, neither transgressed I at any time thy commandment: and yet thou never gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friends: