For out of great distress and anguish of heart I wrote to you with many tears, not to make you sad, but to let you know the love that I have especially for you.
 Mà tî nà nyâ' ŋwà'lɨ̀ sɨ̂ zɨ̀, awo a fu nge' sɨ̂ mà nô sɨ a ŋaŋ, ma saŋlɨ̂ wì, a kalì kɨ mɨ̀sɨ a ma asɨ. Ma bu tî nà kɨŋ sɨ shue mɨtêm mzɨ̂, mà tî nà kɨŋ sɨ dyèyn na mɨ n-kôŋ zɨ̀ nô sɨ a ŋaŋ.