Sica wɛl ɛgŋ eb eke si bʼow sʼim Itali mijɛtŋ ɛm eci.
Wɛl oc Pↄl lele sobel ɛm ɛsɛl ɛjeci bɛb ab abul srↄda eyŋ ekŋ yen ecʼanym ɛs nyam eke wɛl bʼɛsŋ Julius.
Lʼel Rom eci srↄda eyŋ a ecʼeb a eke wɛl bʼɛsŋ “Sesar Ogust eci eb” a ecʼanym ɛs.
Sʼok Adramit eci mijɛtŋ nyam eke kʼimn Azi e manu a ecʼa,
ɛtŋ sʼim.
Aritak yɛji anŋ ɛy ab;
lʼel Tesaloni,
Maseduan wus af a ecʼɛgŋ.
Eke lɛgŋ bʼɛny a,
sʼow sʼok Sidↄn.
Julius eke am ↄny Pↄl sɛnyn sɛnyn a,
ↄŋʼn abusu eke li kʼim lʼɛkn lawlɛl yecʼɛtŋ ke wɛl kók in e lís e low.
Eke ɛmɛny sʼanŋ yogŋ sʼigb sʼaam a,
sʼaru Sipr lekr a eke bʼɛdŋn lɛf any a,
aŋke lɛf am ɛlu ↄbr ɛy.
Sʼubr okij a eke titm Silisi wus lele Panfili wus ab a,
ɛtŋ sʼim sʼok Mira,
Lisi wus af.
Yogŋ,
Julius ɛŋn Alesandri eci mijɛtŋ nyam ekʼaam Itali ɛtŋ lʼot lʼok ɛy ɛm.
Sʼus mij pɛtɛ pɛtɛ sɛgŋ nↄnↄ ɛtŋ gbre ɛm kpa,
sʼim sʼok Nid baŋn any af.
Eke lɛf a yɛbm ɛy eke si kʼↄkŋ any sʼim kpekpe a,
sʼɛcr wus a ekʼusm owr Salamone ɛb a ecʼa sʼok Krɛt lekr a ecʼesr ɛm a eke bʼɛdŋn lɛf any a.
Gbre ɛm ɛbɛn,
sʼaru ligigl a sʼim sʼok usu nyam eke wɛl bʼɛsŋ Manu Amamn,
ekʼanŋ Lase baŋn saw.
Sʼirmn lɛgŋ nↄnↄ,
ɛtŋ mij us a yɛji am ɛw tuↄtuↄ aŋke lakpo am uwr.
Ow sosiɛm Pↄl am ɛwar ɛl dad ɛsɛ:
«Agŋ lawlɛl,
mʼam ɛkn eke usu im a bʼow ɛw tuↄtuↄ:
mijɛtŋ a lele sɛrɛkp ab ab bʼow uŋ,
ɛtŋ ɛy obi yɛji sʼↄtu eke si kʼuw.»
Gbɛkↄ srↄda eyŋ ekŋ yen ecʼanym ɛs a ↄny ↄmn mijɛtŋ nyimn ɛs a lele mijɛtŋ ɛs ab ab ɛm akm Pↄl e sodad a.
Ɛtŋ ɛmɛny nanu a akplm eke lɛtŋ kʼanŋ yogŋ lɛfr lɛgŋ iy na ɛm.
Na sosiɛm agŋ nↄnↄ a ekʼanŋ mijɛtŋ ab ɛm a erur eke kʼigb yogŋ:
-lʼerur eke -lʼↄtu,
ke -nʼim -lʼok Fenis,
Krɛt eci nanu nyam eke ↄkŋ esr ɛm eci nɛmn ogog a lele afr ɛm eci nɛmn ogog ab ab.
Yogŋ anake -li kʼanŋ -lʼuwar lɛfr lɛgŋ iy a.
Esr ɛm eci lɛf a am ɛlu pɛtɛ pɛtɛ,
ɛtŋ -nʼam tutr eke ɛl eci tutr a bʼow ɛy af.
-Nʼↄŋ mijɛtŋ a aam ɛtŋ am aru Krɛt eci ligigl a saw saw.
Gbɛkↄ wanci ab af cɛ lɛf ligbɛl nyam eke wɛl bʼɛsŋ “afr ɛm e lidr ogog e lɛf” anŋ lekr a e mafɛny ab ɛm am ɛlu ow.
Lɛf a oc mijɛtŋ ab ab aam:
ow ɛw tuↄtuↄ eke wɛl kʼↄny mijɛtŋ ab es,
ɛtŋ si yɛb ow oc ɛy ab im.
Sʼɛcr esr ogog eci lekr liy nyam eke wɛl bʼɛsŋ Koda a,
ɛtŋ ow ɛdŋn ɛy abu any.
Gbre ij kpa ɛm,
sʼↄtu sʼↄny es eb ɛlu e lɛtŋ likekli a ekʼucur mijɛtŋ gbɛl a.
Mij ɛsɛl a ɛwl oc ɛluʼl mijɛtŋ ab ɛm.
Sica -lʼoc meb -li cucu mijɛtŋ gbɛl a -lʼɛlul ɛm.
Eke -nʼam uru eke li kʼim -lʼitr es mrici af Libi ogog a,
-lʼɛlu dondo nuŋ a erŋ ɛtŋ -li yɛb lɛf a am oc ɛl ab im.
Lidgbegb a abu anŋ ɛm am ɛlul ɛy tuↄtuↄ toŋ lɛgŋ ɛnyn ɛy ɛtŋ -nʼam ot sɛrɛkp a -lʼok erŋ.
Lɛgŋ bʼɛny akr af a,
ɛl obi ecʼabu ɛm -lʼot mijɛtŋ a e mob a -li wↄwl erŋ.
Sɛgŋ nↄnↄ eke wɛl ɛknm ligbn,
ɛknm mílɛ́l ɛtŋ lidgbegb a abu anŋ ɛm am ɛlu lɛc ɛm cɛ.
Sʼↄnym ↄmn kaka eke si bʼow sʼↄtu sʼanŋ owr.
Lɛgŋ kpekpe ekʼagŋ a ekʼus mij a ijm ob kaka.
Pↄl igb ɛl ecʼany af ɛtŋ am dad ɛl ɛsɛ:
«Agŋ lawlɛl,
blel irir ɛm ecʼodad a eke mʼam dad eke si kʼókmn ↄkm Krɛt a,
ke blel sʼↄbrmn es abur na,
sʼirmnmn mob.
Gbɛkↄ sicaca ɛm a,
mʼam ibrm eke kʼↄnyn ɛrm susu,
aŋke ↄny ɛm ecʼɛgŋ kaka kʼow irmnm in e sel a,
kↄ mijɛtŋ a sↄny coco cɛ bʼow uŋ.
Tasi ɛm a,
ncok a ɛm e Nyam a eke mi bi kok in e juma a ecʼafr ɛrm ɛs nyam owʼm saw
ɛtŋ dadʼm ninɛ:
“Pↄl,
erŋn kʼↄ́nyʼŋ!
Ow it eke kʼim Sesar ecʼany af,
ke Nyam ecʼerur a eke ↄny ŋ ecʼa sosiɛm,
li sↄ́g agŋ a ekʼus mij ŋ ab a.”
Na sosiɛm,
agŋ lawlɛl,
ↄnyn ɛrm susu aŋke mʼↄny ↄmn Nyam ɛm:
ow bʼow el ɛsɛ elel eke li dadrʼm ab af.
Gbɛkↄ si bʼow sʼuŋ sʼinym es lekr nyam af.»
Ncok lɛw yar ɛm eke sʼanŋ mij af ke lidgbegb a am oc ɛy ab im Mediterane eci okij ab af ana.
Ncok eci lɛgŋ uyu nuŋ ɛm,
mij ɛsɛl a am ɛkn ɛsɛ wus cɛ wɛʼn am titm af.
-Lʼɛlu meb eke wɛl ucu ob leg leg erŋ eke -li ki bɛbmn ɛtŋ -lʼɛkn eke mij a eci sibn a ij abu likŋ lele lɛw lↄbŋ ab;
-li bʼim kpekpe tɛl a,
ɛmɛny -lʼɛlu meb a erŋ ɛtŋ yogŋ ow ij abu likŋ lele niwn ab.
-Nʼam uru eke mijɛtŋ a kʼↄb lob,
ow sosiɛm,
lɛtŋ jam a -lʼɛlu magbis yar ɛrŋ eke -li kʼↄny lɛtŋ ab es,
ɛtŋ -nʼam eku es ogŋ ɛm eke lɛgŋ kʼɛny.
Mij ɛsɛl a am ↄl eke kʼok ↄkm lɛtŋ ab ɛm;
-lʼusm es eb ɛlu e lɛtŋ ab es erŋ ɛtŋ -nʼam ub nyandrɛ -lʼɛsɛ:
«Sʼaam lɛtŋ a ecʼanym a sʼucur lɛtŋ es ↄnyn ob ab es.»
Gbɛkↄ Pↄl dad Julius lele srↄda eyŋ a ab ab ninɛ:
«Eke agŋ amua anm mijɛtŋ ab ɛm,
kʼow ↄtumn anmn owr.»
Ow sosiɛm,
srↄda eyŋ a bubr simeb a ekʼↄnyn es eb ɛlu e lɛtŋ ab es a ɛtŋ -li yɛb ow im.
Gbuŋ ke usu ót es a,
Pↄl ibrm ekʼagŋ a fɛŋ kʼij ob ɛtŋ am dad ɛsɛ:
«Kin,
yɛfɛnyna ab a,
sɛgŋ lɛw yar eke am ekur ɛrm mij ab ke kʼijmn ob kaka.
Mʼam ibrm eke kʼijr ob aŋke ow el ↄny e sel ɛŋn eci.
Ɔny ɛm ecʼɛgŋ kaka kʼow irmnm in e sin nuŋ a e nyam.»
Eke li dad ów amua uwr a,
lʼoc futufutu,
lʼɛlu Nyam bia wɛl ecʼany af,
lʼubr ɛm ɛtŋ nʼam ij.
Agŋ a fɛŋ sos at es ɛtŋ ɛl yɛji -lʼij ob a.
Ɛy fɛŋ eke sʼanŋ mijɛtŋ ab ɛm a,
sʼij agŋ ekŋ yen yen sakp yony agŋ ekŋ nyahan agŋ lɛw nↄhↄn.
Eke -lʼijr ob molok iy ɛl a,
-lʼot egb a eke -lʼotr ab -nʼaam a -lʼok erŋ eke mijɛtŋ a kʼɛw fuɛfuɛ.
Eke lɛgŋ ɛny a,
mij ɛsɛl a uwm wus a eke -li titmn ab any,
gbɛkↄ -nʼam ɛkn wus ekʼusm ɛw lↄy kʼɛlu mrici ɛtŋ -lʼerur ekʼabusu ɛru es,
-lʼitr mijɛtŋ ab es yogŋ.
-Ni mↄmu magbis ab es -lʼok erŋ,
ɛtŋ -ni mↄmu mɛtŋbar eke wɛl bi nyiman lɛtŋ a e simeb a yɛjʼes.
Ɛbɛn a,
-lʼɛw gbad lɛtŋ nɛny a eke lɛf kʼitr lɛtŋ a,
ɛtŋ -nʼimn mrici a ogŋ.
Kↄ -nʼim -lʼↄbr sɛc ekʼanŋ mij any yony ecʼaraŋn ɛtŋ mijɛtŋ a abal inym es yogŋ.
Lɛtŋ anym a ɛmn mrici ab ɛm ɛtŋ ↄtum iim ij,
ɛtŋ mra am bↄbm lɛtŋ jam ab es lɛc ɛm.
Srↄda eyŋ a am erur eke kʼibi sobel ɛm ɛsɛl a yecʼɛtŋ ke ɛl ɛm ecʼɛgŋ kaka kʼábŋm mij ɛym ↄkm.
Gbɛkↄ Julius a am erur eke kʼeb Pↄl ɛlu es,
ɛtŋ lʼɛdŋn wɛl eke -li ki kokmn low a eke -nʼↄnyn ow e tutr a.
Nʼↄŋ agŋ a eke bʼabŋ mij a abusu eke kʼikŋ anym ok erŋ im ákpaf;
agŋ likpr a ot ↄgↄg og oglog mijɛtŋ a eci mob ekpr a us ɛl jam.
Ɛbɛn ekʼagŋ a fɛŋ im itr es ke sos irm es ana.
Eke sica sʼok ↄkm es abur na ɛm a,
sʼiri eke wɛl bʼɛsŋ lekr a Malt.
In ecʼɛb eyŋ a eb ɛy sɛnyn sɛnyn,
ɛtŋ eke mij am an ok wus ke lɛfr yɛji am ow a,
-li fuf al ligbɛl nyam ekʼɛy fɛŋ sʼiwr sʼɛlul ɛm.
Pↄl oc milɛl eke wɛl abal eke kʼok al,
kↄ al a ↄŋ lorŋn ɛy ↄkm arumʼn abu ab.
Eke lekr a ecʼagŋ a ɛkn lorŋn ekʼarum Pↄl abu ab a,
-nʼam dad ɛl ↄfr ɛm -lʼɛsɛ:
«Ɛgŋ na ɛgŋ ibiu tasi;
lʼɛy ↄkm okij ab ɛm,
kↄ Nyam ɛm e jɛj ok a ↄↄm abusu eke li kʼanŋ owr.»
Gbɛkↄ Pↄl ufŋ abu es ↄwl lorŋn a alm,
ɛtŋ ob kaka kokmʼn.
Agŋ a am eku eke kʼɛknʼn lʼew oglog lʼɛy luw kpru ɛm.
Gbɛkↄ eke -lʼekur ow ibn ke -lʼɛkan eke ob kaka kokm Pↄl a,
-lʼitŋn tutr ɛtŋ -nʼam dad ekʼow el nyàm mum nyam.
Saw yogŋ,
lekr a ecʼes ɛw ɛs gbɛl a eke wɛl bʼɛsŋ Publius a ecʼusu anŋ.
Ɛgŋ ikŋ na eb ɛy erur ɛm ɛtŋ ↄŋ ɛy es ɛru usu toŋ sɛgŋ nyahan.
Publius ɛs a ɛru es aŋke lɛfr ↄl am ↄnyʼn ɛtŋ nʼam ↄs sob yɛji.
Pↄl im ɛknʼn,
atʼr abu nuŋ,
ŋↄŋn Nyam ↄŋʼn ɛtŋ ewlmʼn.
Na bʼɛc a,
lekr a ecʼↄ́lu ɛjecʼa yɛji ow ɛtŋ -lʼewl.
Agŋ a ɛlu ɛl ecʼɛlum fɛŋ ↄkm ɛy e lís,
ɛtŋ wanci a eke sʼam ow sʼigb sʼim a,
-nʼↄŋ ɛy ob fɛŋ ekʼit usu imn ecʼa.