Ɀirokwaɀo, ɀirokwaɀo, ndinoti kwamuri: Usiŋgapindi nomukoʋa muɗaŋga ramakwai, asi unokwira nokumŋe, imbava negororo. Asi unopinda nomukoʋa, ndiye mufudzi wamakwai. Murindi womukoʋa unomuzarurira iye, makwai anonzwa inzwi rake, unoɗana makwai ake namazita awo, nokuaperekedzera kunze. Kana aɓuɗisa makwai ake ose, unoatuŋgamirira; makwai anomuteʋera, nokuti anoziʋa inzwi rake. Asi mŋeni haaŋgatoŋgomuteʋeri, asi anomutiza; nokuti haaziʋi inzwi raʋaeni. Jesu akareʋa mufananidzo uyu kwaʋari, asi haʋana‐kunzwisisa, kuti ɀaakaʋataurira ndeɀei.
Ɀino Jesu akati kwaʋari ɀe: Ɀirokwaɀo, ɀirokwaɀo, ndinoti kwamuri: Ndini mukoʋa wamakwai. Ʋose ʋakanditaŋgira kuʋuya, imbava namakororo, asi makwai haana‐kuʋanzwa. Ndini mukoʋa; kana munhu apinda neni, ucaponeswa, ucapinda, ucaɓuɗa, ucawana mafuro. Mbava inoŋgoʋuya, kuti iɓe nokuʋuraya nokuparadza. Ini ndakaʋuya, kuti aʋe noʋupenyu, ʋuye aʋe nobgakawanda. Ndini mufudzi wakanaka; mufudzi wakanaka unorashira makwai ake ʋupenyu bgake. Muranda, usati ari mufudzi wamakwai, makwai asati ari ake, unoti kana aciʋona ɓere riciʋuya, unosiya makwai, ndokutiza; ɓere rinoabvuta, nokuaparadza; unotiza, ɀaari muranda; haanehanya namakwai. Ndini mufudzi wakanaka, ndinoziʋa makwai aŋgu, namakwai aŋgu anondiziʋa ini, Ƃaɓa seɀaʋanondiziʋa, neni ndiciziʋa Ƃaɓa; ndinorashira makwai aŋgu ʋupenyu bgaŋgu. Namamŋe makwai ndinawo, asati ari eɗaŋga rino. Naiwo ndinofanira kuʋuya nawo ʋo, acanzwa inzwi raŋgu; ricaʋa ɓoka rimŋe, nomufudzi mumŋe. Saka Ƃaɓa ʋanondiɗa, nokuti ndinorasha ʋupenyu bgaŋgu, ndigobgutora ɀe. Hakunomunhu uŋganditorera ibgo; asi ndinobgurasha ndimene. Ndinesimba rokubgurasha, ʋuye ndinesimba rokubgutora ɀe. Uyu murairo ndakaupiwa naƂaɓa ʋaŋgu.