Những câu Kinh Thánh phổ biến từ Mataayo 1

Jiihola ʉmwana ʉnʼdɨɨmi, nʉʉve jʉvukʉmpa ɨlitaawa ɨlɨ Yɨɨsʉ, ʉlwakʉva jiikʉvapoka avaanu va mwene mu mbiivi tsa veene.”

“Lola! Ʉmmɨnza ʉvɨ nammanyili ʉnʼgoosi, jiiva nʉ vʉtsito. Ikange jiihola ʉmwana ʉnʼdɨɨmi! Jiikʉmpa ʉmwana ʉjwa ɨlitaawa ɨlɨ Imanueli.” Ʉvʉlʉvʉlʉ wa litaawa ɨlyo kwʉ kʉta, “ɄNgʉlʉve alɨ paninie nʉʉwe.”

Mu nsɨkɨ wʉ isaaga ago, ʉnsuungʼwa va Ntwa akamwitsila mu magonasivi, akambʉʉla akata, “Gwe Yusufu, vɨ ʉhʉmile mu kɨkolo kya nkʉlʉdeeva ʉDavʉdi, ʉleke ʉkʉdwada ʉkʉntoola ʉMaliyamu ʉlwakʉva ʉvʉtsito ʉwʉ alɨ nawo vʉmwitsye kʉ maka ga Mepo ʉMbalatse.

Ʉkʉholwa kwa Yɨɨsʉ Kɨlɨsiti kwale ndee, wʉ ʉvanyina ʉvɨ ɨlitaawa lya mwene vɨ Maliyamu alɨ mu ndagani tsa kʉtoolana nʉ Yusufu, aavoniike ʉkʉta alɨ nʉ vʉtsito ʉwʉ waamwitsye kʉ nzɨla jya Mepo ʉMbalatse. Lɨno ʉlwakʉva ʉYusufu, ʉnʼgoosi va mwene aavombaga itsa vʉgolosu pamiiho ga Ngʉlʉve, naanogwe ʉkʉta ankotse isoni ʉMaliyamu. Pwʉ akasaaga ʉkʉta andeke kɨtsila kʉvavʉʉla avaanu avange.