Indeed, for forty years the Israelites traveled through the wilderness until all the men old enough to fight when they left Egypt, the ones who had disobeyed the LORD, died off. For the LORD had sworn a solemn oath to them that he would not let them see the land he had sworn by oath to their ancestors to give them, a land rich in milk and honey.
 Ghelɨ Isìlæ̀ nɨn læ meyn jelɨ kɨ a nse ìyum tèyn sɨ a bèŋ mɨ̀vɨ̂m nkæ̀, ghelɨ ghì a ghɨ n-læ lù a Ijìb ma ghɨ kfeyn meyn sɨ tim iwoŋ nà n-ghɨ ma ghɨ kfɨtɨ meyn nô ghɨ̀jɨ̀m bòmta àŋena nà n-yvɨnɨ̂ wì Bôbo Fɨyini. Bôbo Fɨyini ɨ kàyn na àŋena læ̀ yeyn wi ila’ zɨ̀-ì a wu n-læ chfɨ̀nɨ sɨ̂ ghɨ̀bo àŋena. Ila’ ateyni nà n-jofà, ɨfwo ɨ yɨnɨ ko’ ateyn nô ajûŋ.