Ebvu-ọma.
71.
Ọo gụbe Chipfu bẹ mu nọ l'ẹka ezeru ndzụ. B'ekwekwa g'e kpua mu iphu lẹ ntụ jasụ l'ojejoje. 
Eshinu ị bụ onye pfụberekoto; nafụtanu mu! Yeru mu ẹka gẹ mu nahụ! Gbobenụru mu nchị; dzọo mu! 
Bụnuru mu agbara-mkpuma, mu a-gbabajẹ je ezeeru ndzụ! Tụnaa ekemu sụ g'a dzọo mu! Kẹle ọo ngu bụ oke mkpuma nkemu; bya abụru ụlo-mgbobuta mu. 
Jiko Chileke mu; gbafụta mu l'ẹka ndu ẹjo-iphe; mbụ l'ẹka ndu apfụbeduru ẹka phẹ ọto; waa ndu iwashị. 
Kẹle ọo ngu bụ onye mu ele ẹnya iya; gụbe Nnajịuphu, bụ Chileke. Tẹme ọ bụru ngu bẹ mu dakoberu e -shi teke mu bụ nwata. 
Eshinu a nwụru mu bụe ngu phọ bụ agbarike mu. Mu a-nọduepho etu ngu ẹpha jasụ l'ojejoje; noo kẹle ọo ngu kufutaru mu l'ẹpho ne mu. 
Ndzụ mu bụwaru ndu dụ igwerigwe iphe-ẹtu; obenu l'ọo l'ime ngu bẹ mu anọduje ezeru ndzụ. 
Eswe l'ẹnyashi bẹ mu anọduje etu ngu ẹpha; bya atụ ọnu g'akpabiri ngu habe shii. 
Jiko ba jịkakwa mu nta-a, mu bụwaa ọgerenya-a! Ba gbakụtakwa mu azụ nta-a, ike bvụwaru mu-a! 
Kẹle ndu ọhogu mu epfukwaru mu ẹjo opfu. Tẹme ndu domishiru onwophẹ kwabẹ g'ẹphe gbua mu nọdu anọkobeje achị idzu mu. 
Ẹphe asụje: “Chileke jịkaakwaru iya. Unu chịa ya gude; kẹle ọ tọ dụekwa onye abya iya agbaru mkpu.” 
Ba nọdukwa mu ụzenya jiko Chileke! Bya ẹgwegwa gụbe Chileke nkemu; bya eyeru mu ẹka! 
G'iphe, bụkpoo ndu ebo mu ibo bụkwaru ndu iphere e-me g'ẹphe chịhu. Gẹ ndu ono, eme g'ẹphe meka mu iphe ono bụkwaru ndu ee-kweru une bya ajaa ewenu. 
Obenu lẹ mbẹdua bụepho l'ẹka ị nọ bẹ ẹnya mu a-dụ. Mu a-nọduepho aka ngu etu ẹpha eje. 
Mu e-gude ọnu mu pfua ya mkpụrumkpuru pfushia ya ike sụ l'ị pfụberekoto; tẹme ị nọdu adzọje nemadzụ. Apfụbekoto ngu ono waa ndzọta nkengu ono habe shii k'ọphu bụ lẹ mu ta agụtadu iya l'ọgu. 
Mu e-gude ike gụbe Nnajịuphu, bụ Chileke je epfua l'ọo ngu kpoloko bụ onye pfụberekoto. 
Gụbe Chileke; i shiwaa teke mu bụ nwata zita mu iphe! Iphe, dụ biribiri, iimeje bẹ mu shiẹpho teke ono tụta ọnu iya jasụ nta-a. 
Nta-a, mu bụwaa ọgerenya, ẹwó jiru ishi-a; jiko Chileke; ba gbakụtakwa mu azụ; gbiriri jasụ mu akọeberu ọgbo ọphu abya nụ g'ike ngu habe shii; mbụ kọoru iphe, bụkpoo ndu ee-mechaa nwụa l'ọkpehu ngu parụ ẹka. 
Apfụbekoto ngu rwuru akpaminigwe; gụbe Chileke; mbụ gụbe onye ono, meru iphe, parụ ẹka; ?Bụ onye atụru ngu; gụbe Chileke? 
A makwarụ-a l'i mewaru mu; mu jee ikpoto iphe-ẹhuka, parụ ẹka bya adụ ẹjo ẹji; ọle mu maru-a l'ii-mechaa mezia ndzụ mu; mbụ l'ii-kufuta mu l'ime ilu. 
Ii-me; aa-ka mu akwabẹ ùbvù; tẹme l'ị dụkwa mu phọ obu ọzo. 
Gụbe Chileke mu; mu a-kpọ une gude tua ngu ẹpha l'ị bụ onye apfụshije ike l'iphe, i pfuru. Mu e-gude ogelenda gụa ebvu tua ngu ẹpha; gụbe Onye dụ Nsọ kẹ Ízurẹlu. 
Ogbogboromọnu mu ẹphenebo a-tụ ụzu ẹhu-ụtso nụ ngu; mẹ mu nọdu agụ ebvu gude etu ngu ẹpha; mbụ mụbe onye ị gbafụtaru. 
Eswe l'ẹnyashi bẹ ire mu a-nọduepho epfu iphe, i meshiru gude goshi l'ị pfụberekoto; kẹle ndu shi achị mu lẹ njọ bẹ a jaru ewenu; tẹme e mee; iphere ji phẹ iphu. 
