Kelaraŋŋini 18 - EBƆRƐ BE KAWƆL

Babilɔn be ketɔr be asheŋ

¹ Kede be kaman nɛ n wu malaika ko ka shi ebɔrɛso a ba. E daa kɔ eleŋ ga nɛ mbe kananɛ e bee kpa edɛ na malɛ daŋ fuli to n sɔ kasawule so be kaplɛkama.

² E ka bee ba na nɛ e ponte eleŋso ŋ kaŋɛ: “K tɔr, Babilɔn be kade lempo tɔr! Babilɔn ki alizinaana be kowu nɛ ayoyu lubiana kikɛ be eŋanakpa nɛ mbuibi jiga mo nɛ basa kishi kikɛ be eŋanakpa.

³ Ŋkpal manɛ so, efuli kama so ebi nuu mbe kesakalealubisheŋ be nsa na. Kasawule ere so be bewurgboŋ tu mo n ji kesakalea nɛ durnya to be yawujipoana na malɛ bɔla mbe dama be kebaawɔtɔ to n dii dama.”

⁴ N daŋ naŋ nu ebɔl ko ka shi ebɔrɛso ŋ kaŋɛ: “Ma basa, men lar mbe asheŋ to, saŋɛ na so men maaŋ tu mo n luri mbe alubi na to, saŋɛ na so men maaŋ nya mbe etɔrɔ na be kekama.

⁵ Ŋkpal manɛ so, mbe alubi dii n deŋi abar so nna n ya fo ebɔrɛso nɛ Ebɔrɛ malɛ bee nyiŋi mbe alubi na kikɛ.

⁶ Men wora mo kananɛ e wora menyi na gbagba chap. Men laŋɛ kusɔ kama nɛ e wora menyi na ŋ ka mo loŋ be ale anyɔ. Men shin nɛ mbe kawiebi nɛ e ta n wora nsa n sa menyi na e bɔlɔ a kɔ eleŋ ale anyɔ a chɔ amo nɛ e sa menyi na.

⁷ Men sa mo tɔrɔ nɛ kagbenejija ga nɛ a fo fanɛ kananɛ e daŋ sa mbe kumu kemaŋkura nɛ dama na, ŋkpal manɛ so, le nɛ e wɔtɔ a kaŋɛ mbe kumu: ‘Ewurche e la ma nɛ n tase. M maŋ la ekulpoche, kagbenejija maaŋ tu ma kikɛ.’

⁸ Ŋkpal loŋ so, mbe etɔrɔ kikɛ beeŋ tu mo kachɛ koŋwule. A beeŋ baa la luwu nɛ kushu nɛ akoŋ. Edɛ beeŋ ji mo, ŋkpal manɛ so, Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ nɛ e bee ji mo demu na la elempo nna.”

⁹ Kasawule so be bewura mo nɛ b ji kesakalea nseŋ naŋ tu mo n ji mbe dama na kaŋ wu edɛ mo nɛ a bee chɔɔ mo na be edishi, baaŋ boŋ to n shu anishichubi ŋkpal mo so.

¹⁰ Ebesa mo nɛ e beeŋ ji na be asheŋ beeŋ pɛ bumo kufu nɛ b yili kufɔ nseŋ kaŋɛ: “O fo, kadegboŋ ere, asheŋ nya fo, asheŋ nya fo. O Babilɔn, eleŋ be kadegboŋ, awa koŋwule nawule to nɛ fo ta n nya fo kasogberge na.”

¹¹ Kasawule so be yawujipoana malɛ gba beeŋ boŋ to nseŋ shu ŋkpal mo so, ŋkpal esa kikɛ ka maaŋ naŋ tɔ bumo be asɔ so.

¹² B nyi esa kikɛ ka maaŋ naŋ tɔ bumo be eshuwa nɛ egbiti nɛ ajembubi lela nɛ amo be yawu du kpakpa na nɛ abitasɔ nɛ ewajɛ fuful lela nɛ jilmaso be ewajɛ peper kpaw nɛ ago be ewajɛ nɛ ewajɛ peper kunɔkunɔ nɛ ndibi be nnaŋ to nɛ amo be efɛa wɔ ebel nɛ asɔ nɛ b ta ejebotenyi n lɔŋɛ nɛ asɔwurbi kikɛ nɛ b ta yawu kpakpaso be ndibi ŋko ntishaŋ peper ŋko abɛlsoana ŋko awarabi lelaana n lɔŋɛ.

¹³ Baaŋ shu, ŋkpal manɛ so, b nyi esa kikɛ ka maaŋ naŋ tɔ bumo be ndibi be asɔrso mo nɛ basa kɔ a wora ŋku dufɛsoana na nseŋ naa nyi b ka maaŋ tɔ asɔ nɛ b kɔ a wora ŋku mɛlɛmɛlɛbi nɛ bumo be duwu nɛ mir nɛ fraŋkinsensi nɛ bumo be nsa nɛ ɔlifs be ŋku nɛ nyifu peso nɛ bumo be atuwe nɛ bumo be ana nɛ mbolpɔ nɛ egbaŋɛ nɛ egbaŋɛturkoana nɛ anya, kumo e la fanɛ basa be ayoyu gbagba na.

¹⁴ Baaŋ kaŋɛ mo le: “Asɔ lela mo nɛ fo daŋ ta fo kagbene n wɔtɔ fanɛ fo nya na kikɛ choŋ nna na. Fo dama nɛ fo kemaŋkura na kikɛ foe, esa kama malɛ maaŋ naŋ wu asɔ na kikɛ.”

¹⁵ Eyawujipoana nɛ b fa asɔ na m bɔla fo so n ji yawu n dii dama na beeŋ ŋana mbe tɔrɔ na nseŋ yili kufɔ m boŋ to n shu anishichubi.

¹⁶ Baaŋ boŋ to ŋ kaŋɛ le: “O kadegboŋ, asheŋ nya fo, asheŋ nya fo, fo nɛ fo daa buu asɔ fuful lela nɛ jilmaso be ewajɛ peper kpaw nɛ ewajɛ peper kunɔkunɔ nseŋ daŋ ta eshuwa nɛ ajembubi lela nɛ amo be yawu du kpakpa na nɛ abitasɔ a mea fo eyur kikɛ so na, ama keni, awa koŋwule to nɛ loŋ be dama damta na kikɛ mur na.”

¹⁷ Ekuloŋgboŋ be katɛrɛ nimuso kikɛ nɛ bekama nɛ b wɔ ekuloŋgboŋ to a nite teku so, befarpoana na kikɛ nɛ bekama nyam nɛ baa bɔla nchu so a ji na kikɛ beeŋ yili kufɔ

¹⁸ n shu awɔrso ŋkpal b ka wu edɛ mo nɛ a bee chɔɔ mo na be edishi so ŋ kaŋɛ: “Cha, kade mo malɛ e daŋ naŋ fo kadegboŋ ere so?”

¹⁹ Kumo be kaman nɛ b ta shishɛr n wurge bumo be amuana so ŋkeŋ boŋ to n shu anishichubi ŋ kaŋɛ: “O kadegboŋ, asheŋ nya fo, asheŋ nya fo. Kadegboŋ ere to nɛ bekama nɛ b kɔ ekuloŋgboŋana a shuŋ tekuana so na bɔla mbe dama so n dii dama, ŋkeshin nɛ awa koŋwule to nɛ e mur kuraa!

²⁰ Ebɔrɛsoebi, men shin nɛ men be ŋgbene e fuli menyi, ŋkpal mbe kemur ere so. Ebɔrɛ be basa laraso nɛ beshuŋipoana nɛ anebiana, men shin nɛ men be ŋgbene e fuli menyi, ŋkpal manɛ so, Ebɔrɛ gberge mo kusoe nna ŋkpal kusɔ nɛ e wora menyi na so.”

²¹ Ndoŋ nna nɛ malaika lempo ko maŋ kejembu ko so, kumo nɛ kuboogboŋ sasa n ta kumo ŋ kpa n wɔtɔ teku to nseŋ kaŋɛ: “Loŋ nɛ baaŋ ta Babilɔn be kadegboŋ n lɛ kasawule so eleŋso nɛ ekama maaŋ naŋ wu kumo kikɛ.

²² Esa maaŋ naŋ nu ejaŋjilaŋlampoana be asheŋ ŋko nshɛbompoana be asheŋ ŋko nlopifompoana be asheŋ ŋko mbelfompoana be asheŋ fo to kikɛ. Esa maaŋ naŋ wu basa nɛ baa shuŋ a ji yawu kama fo to. Esa malɛ maŋ naŋ nu kubo kikɛ be egbri fo to.

²³ Esa maaŋ naŋ wu fitila be kefulto fo to kikɛ ŋko n naŋ nu kejafɔ bumo kulana nɛ kejafɔana be ebɔlana ashi fo to. Fo yawujipoana e daa la durnya ere to kikɛ be bejuŋkparpo, fo alɛ be ŋkilgi e daŋ shin nɛ durnya kikɛ foe ekpa.”

²⁴ Mo, Babilɔn na to nɛ b daŋ wu anebiana nɛ Ebɔrɛ be basa laraso nɛ bekama nyam nɛ b daŋ mɔ kasawule ere so na be ŋklaŋ.