ሳፃ ማፃፋ 4 - Geeshsha Mas'aafaa

S'oossay Yohaannisa Bare Kawutetsaa Oydiyaa Sintsa Aheedda

¹ Hewaappe guyyiyaan, taani saluwaan dooyaa penggiyaa be'aaddi; k'ay taw malakataadan odishin, taani siseedda koyro kooshshay taana; «Hawaappe guyyiyaan, hananaw bessiyaawaa taani neena bessana; haa kesa» yaageedda.

² Ellekka taani Geeshsha Ayaanaa mooduwaa giddo gelaa aggaad. Be'ite, saluwaan kawutetsaa oydii de'ee; he oydiyaan ittuu utteedda.

³ He utteeddawaa malay al"o Iyyaasip'p'iidiyaa shuchchaadaaninne al"o Serddinoone shuchchaadaan p'oolee. Kawutaa oydii zuluwaan yuuyyi aad'd'iide ubbaa baggana al"o marggidiyaa shuchchaadan p'oolee.

⁴ He kawutetsaa oydiyaa yuuyyi aad'd'iide, hara laatamanne oyddu kawutetsaa oydetuu de'iino; unttunttun bootsa mayuwaa mayyiide, huup'iyaan work'k'aa kallachchaa wotseedda laatamanne oyddu c'imatuu utteeddino.

⁵ Kawutetsaa oydiyaappe walk'k'antsay, kooshunchchaynne guuguntsaa guntsay keseedda; k'ay kawutetsaa oydiyaa sintsan laappu s'omppatuu poo'iino. Hewanttu S'oossaa laappu ayyaanatuwaa.

⁶ Kawutetsaa oydiyaa sintsan birilliyaa malatiyaa burc'c'ukkuwaa abbay de'ee. He kawutetsaa oydiyaappe sintsannanne guyyenna Aa matan yuuyyi aad'd'iide, ayfii kumeedda oyddu de'uwaan de'iyaa med'etatuu de'iino.

⁷ Koyro de'uwaan de'iyaa med'etay gaammuwaa malatee; laa'entsuu miizzaa maraa malatee; heezzentsuwaa som"i asaa deemuwaa malatee; k'ay oyddentsuu paalliyaa arggantsaa malatee.

⁸ Oyddu de'uwaan de'iyaa med'etatoo huup'iyaan huup'iyaan usuppun k'efii de'ee; unttunttoo bollan garssankka ubba saan ayfii kumeedda. Unttunttu k'ammanne gallassi, «Geeshshaw, geeshshaw, geeshshaw, kase de'iyaawoo, ha"ikka de'iyaawoo, k'ay sintsappe yaanawoo, Godaw, Ubbaappe Wolk'k'aama S'oossaw» giyaawaa aggikkino.

⁹ He med'etatuu kawutetsaa oydiyaan utteedda med'i med'inaw de'uwaan de'iyaawaa mazimuriyaan sabbeedda wode, bonchcheedda wodenne galateedda wode,

¹⁰ laatamanne oyddu c'imatuu kawutetsaa oydiyaan utteedda med'i med'inaw de'iyaawaa sintsan guufanniide, aw goyinniino; barenttu kallachchaa kawutetsaa oydiyaa sintsan wotsiide hawaadan yaagiino.

¹¹ «Nu Godaw S'oossaw, neeni bonchchuwaa, sabaanne wolk'k'aa akkanaw bessaasa. Ayaw gooppe, ubbabaa neeni med'd'aadda; k'ay ubbabaykka, neeni koyyeeddawaadan haneeddanne de'eedda» yaagiino.