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si ti ifi omo ewur^ kdq fu mi ki 6 fi bd awoq ore mi ^e driya. 



aTul hast given child of goat one to me that it make with them friend my to-make merriment. 



Sugboq bi omo r^ yi si ti de, eni ti 6 fi kpan^aga ruq or6 r^, iwo 



But as child thy this and has come, one who he made adultery destroy wealth thy, thou 



si ti kpa egboro malu ab6kpa fu ii. O si wi fu ii kp6, Omo 



and hast killed young-one of cow fatted-to-kill for him. He and said to him to-wit, Child 



titi ni iwo mb^ lodo mi; obuq gbogbo ti mo ni ti r& ni i^e. O ye 



continually it-is thou art with me; thing all which I have of thee it-is is. It is-fit 



ki d ma ie driya : nitori ti aburo r^ yi ti kii, 6 si toq y^ ; 6 si 



that we may do merriment: because that younger-brother thy this had died, he and again lives; he and 



ti n6, d si ri i. 



had been-lost, we and see him. 



THE LOED'S PKAYEE. 



Babd wa ti mb| li 6ke oruq, bwo li oruko re, idioba r^ de; ife ti rh 



Father our who art in above heaven ; honor be nam£ thy, reign thy come, will of thee 



ni ki d ^e li aiye, bi ti 6ke oruq ; fu wa H ondi;e odi6 wa li oni ; dari 



be that we do in earth, as above heaven ; give^ us have food of day our in to-day ; forgive 



igbese wa d^i wa, bi awa ti qdaridi;i awoq onigbese wa ; mdb si fd wa 



debt our from us, as we are-forgiving them debtor our; not and lead us 



81 in6 idewo, ^ugboq gbd wa ni in6 tulasiq. Amiq. 



to within temptation, but deliver us in within distress. Amen, 



