Luku 1 - O̩TAKADA O̩LA O̩JO̩ 1970

E̩wñ ki chi kʼi akp-i

¹ Todabu kʼamone̩ wewe mʼo̩la e̩wñ ki chʼo̩gbali ef e̩do̩-wa le̩ ko nyʼo̩wo̩ acholi jo̩ okoke,

² dabalu kʼabo ku ma li o̩la le̩ kpai eju-ma ku ma laño̩ chʼabuko̩lo̩-wñ kwʼabakwane̩ mʼu du ka ñw a;

³ abu kʼu fʼe̩re̩ e̩wñ le̩ du chi kwʼuchane̩-wñ o̩bio̩bie̩, omi ño̩ do̩ ki nyo̩ kʼu ko̩ o̩takada rʼuwe̩ alu ki de̩ aro̩ne aro̩ne, Teo̩filo̩s uwe̩ e̩ne̩gbani;

⁴ todu kʼuwe̩ ki ma o̩kpaka o̩la ku ma ko̩ we̩ le̩.

Onuche̩ kʼo̩la ebi Jo̩n tane̩

⁵ Ef o̩kpanachi He̩ro̩d, onu Judia, atamaʼka do̩mo̩ kʼodu-wñ ko̩ Zekaraya, abo uche̩ Abaija i che; o̩ya-wñ dʼef amo̩ma Aro̩n, odu-wñ la ko̩ E̩lizabe̩t.

⁶ Ama meji le̩ la chʼame̩no̩kpakpa eju O̩jo̩, ma nʼule̩-ma ale ef o̩la uko̩ Ondu kpʼe̩wñ o̩kpakpa-wñ du, ma nʼuchalu n.

⁷ Ma muda nʼo̩ma n, todabu kʼE̩lizabe̩t chʼagaji; ama meji la lewa tʼo̩jo̩ ogijo-ma e̩gba kʼa ka-i.

⁸ Oñ i leatʼe̩gba kʼe̩ne̩-i nʼucholo agboji amatama ache o̩gba O̩jo̩ adiko kʼabo uche̩-wñ le̩ gbʼo̩jo̩ e-ma,

⁹ alu kʼucholo atama le̩ te̩te̩de̩, ukpe̩-wñ kʼi ache chʼegudu tef unyi Ondu ejefu kʼi gu e̩wñ ki akpo jo.

¹⁰ Oñ ugwe̩ko̩ amone̩ du jʼo̩do̩da achadua ef auwa ki chʼadiko ku ma gu e̩wñ ki akpo jo le̩.

¹¹ Tak onuche̩ Onduʼka kwotejugede ñw u, i dago o̩wo̩ awo̩to̩ ubo̩ ku ma gu e̩wñ ki akpo le̩ jo oji-wñ.

¹² Oñ abu ku Zekaraya li u, e̩do̩ ñwañwala la je̩ ñw u n, ailo la fʼu mu.

¹³ Ama onuche̩ O̩jo̩ le̩ ka ñw u kakini, E̩ ki railo n, Zekaraya; todabu ku ma fʼo̩ko̩ kʼe̩ gbabʼo̩ le̩ gbo̩ me̩, o̩ya-we̩ E̩lizabe̩t la abi o̩ma e̩ne̩ke̩le̩ ñw e̩, tak uwe̩ adʼodu-wñ ko̩ Jo̩n.

¹⁴ Uyo̩ kpai egwoguyo̩ la achʼe-we̩, amone̩ wewe ñʼayo̩ noj ebi ku ma bi owñ.

¹⁵ Todu i anana eju Ondu, i la nugbo du kʼi añmo̩ omi-achiwebe̩te̩ma kpai o̩te̩ una n; i muda che̩ko̩ ñw Afu Kiafo̩ akwef uwile̩-wñ.

¹⁶ I la aje̩ ñw amo̩ma Israe̩l wewe rida tʼOndu, O̩jo̩-ma.

¹⁷ E̩ne̩-i adʼo̩gba eju-wñ alo ef afu kpai ukpahiu E̩laija, kʼi aje̩ ñw e̩do̩ amata rida tʼugbo amo̩ma, kʼi laño̩ je̩ ñw abo ku ma ko̩ eje̩ ñwu ma tʼuma eju gu ku ma kwotʼef ibe abo̩kpakpa; kʼi fʼabo ku ma mo̩la tane̩ ñwo̩che ñw Ondu.

¹⁸ Taku Zekaraya ka ñw onuche̩ le̩ kakini, Lugbo e̩wñ oñ nama e-kide̩? todu omi chʼogijo, o̩ya-mi la lewa tʼo̩jo̩ ogijo-wñ me̩.

¹⁹ Tak onuche̩ O̩jo̩ dohi ñw u kakini, Omi che Gebrie̩l ki adago o̩gba O̩jo̩; oñ ma kpʼumi wa kʼu ko̩la ñw e̩, kʼu laño̩ jʼuche̩nyo̩ e̩wñ-i rʼuwe̩.

²⁰ E̩ la go, uwe̩ ahialu de, e̩ la neke ko̩la n, gbogbo kad o̩jo̩ kʼe̩wñ kide̩ awache, todabu kʼe̩ ma ke̩do̩nʼo̩la-mi e-ki awache adiko-wñ n.

²¹ Oñ amone̩ jo̩ aneju Zekaraya, ma la yaye abu kʼi akpo̩kpe̩ ef unyi O̩jo̩ ejefu.

²² Abu kʼi la kwodufu, i neke ko̩la ñwu ma n; taku ma ma ka kʼi fʼane̩ʼka go ef unyi O̩jo̩ ejefu le̩; oñ i do̩mo̩ anʼo̩wo̩ ko̩la ñwu ma; alu-wñ la chʼe̩ji waa.

²³ Oñ i leatʼe̩gba kʼo̩jo̩ kʼi achabune̩ e-wñ jo̩ kpa, tak i kwʼo̩mo̩ le tʼunyi-wñ.

²⁴ Tak abu kʼadiko le̩ lerane̩ E̩lizabe̩t o̩ya-wñ fʼefu nyo̩; oñ i dʼo̩la-wñ maja ochu me̩lu, i kakini,

²⁵ Abe̩le̩ Ondu che ñwu mi ef o̩jo̩ kʼi wa go mi, kʼi mʼicha ku ma ka ñwu mi ef amone̩ du kwobʼumi te̩.

Onuche kʼo̩la ebi Jisus tane̩ ñwu Me̩ri

²⁶ Oñ ochu e̩ke̩fa-wñ ma fu Gebrie̩l onuche̩ le̩ kpe̩ kwugbo O̩jo̩ nyʼewo Galili kʼodu-wñ ko̩ Nazare̩t,

²⁷ ugbo igbe̩le̩ʼka ki ma mʼe̩ne̩ke̩le̩ n ku ma dukpo̩ e̩ne̩ke̩le̩ kʼodu-wñ ko̩ Jose̩f, o̩lo̩pu Defid i che. Odu igbe̩le̩ le̩ la ko̩ Me̩ri.

²⁸ Oñ abu kʼi mugudu wʼugbo-wñ, i kakini, Agba-o, uwe̩ ku ma chʼufe̩de̩nyo̩ ñw u le̩, Ondu dʼubi-we̩.

²⁹ Oñ i kwodejiji nana noj o̩la kʼi ka le̩; i chane̩ ekpibe alu kʼugwa le̩ de̩.

³⁰ Tak onuche̩ le̩ ka ñw u kakini, E̩ ki railo n, Me̩ri; todu e̩ fʼufe̩de̩nyo̩ li ugbo O̩jo̩ me̩.

³¹ E̩ la go, uwe̩ anyefu, e̩ la abi o̩ma e̩ne̩ke̩le̩, uwe̩ ki la dʼodu-wñ ko̩ JISUS.

³² Owñ le̩ anana, ma la adʼo̩ ko̩ O̩ma O̩jo̩ Chamachala; Ondu O̩jo̩ la adʼede Defid ata-wñ ñw u;

³³ oñ i ajonu abo unyi Jeko̩b tʼogbegbele̩; o̩da onu-wñ le̩ anʼuloji n.

³⁴ Oñ Me̩ri ka ñw onuche̩ le̩ kakini, Abu kʼu ma mʼe̩ne̩ke̩le̩ n, abʼe̩wñ-i ale ki ache ta?

³⁵ Tak onuche̩ le̩ dohi ñw u kakini, Afu Kiafo̩ awa bʼe̩ ma, oñ ukpahiu O̩jo̩ Chamachala achʼojiji bʼe̩ ma: lef e-le̩ oñ ma ado̩ e̩wñ kiafo̩ kʼuwe̩ abi le̩ ko̩ O̩ma O̩jo̩.

³⁶ E̩ la go, E̩lizabe̩t, efu-we̩ le̩, ño̩ fʼefu nyo̩ o̩jo̩ ogijo-wñ ge̩; ochu e̩ke̩fa kʼe̩ne̩ ku ma do̩ kʼagaji le̩ nyʼefu-i de̩.

³⁷ Todu e̩wñ du kʼi ma neke che n dʼugbo O̩jo̩ n.

³⁸ Oñ Me̩ri kakini, Go, adu Ondu u che; i ki wache ñwu mi alu kʼe̩ ka. Tak onuche̩ le̩ kwʼugbo-wñ le.

Me̩ri nyʼafejudo E̩lizabe̩t

³⁹ Oñ Me̩ri kwane̩ iko le, i la hiane̩ alo tʼane̩ uwo nyʼewo Judaʼka;

⁴⁰ oñ i mugudu tʼef unyi Zekaraya, afʼE̩lizabe̩t gwa.

⁴¹ Oñ i leatu abu kʼE̩lizabe̩t gbo̩ ugwa Me̩ri, o̩ma muro̩ kpu ef uwñ; tak Afu Kiafo̩ che̩ko̩ E̩lizabe̩t efu,

⁴² oñ E̩lizabe̩t dʼomu nyʼojale kwa nana kakini, Uwe̩ ma de̩nyo̩ ñw u ef abobule̩, O̩jo̩ laño̩ de̩nyo̩ ñw e̩ro abio̩ma-we̩ ge̩.

⁴³ Ugbo oñ omi nʼe-i kwo ta? kʼiye Ondu-mi awʼugbo-mi?

⁴⁴ Todu go, abu kʼomu ugwa-we̩ muta tʼumi eti, o̩ma muro̩ kpu ef efu-mi noj uyo̩,

⁴⁵ E̩ne̩ ki ke̩do̩no le̩ gbede, todu e̩wñ du ku ma ka ñw u kwʼugbo Ondu ache kpoji.

⁴⁶ Taku Me̩ri kakini, Onugo-mi abuto̩ Ondu,

⁴⁷ afu-mi agwoguyo̩ ef O̩jo̩ E̩najadu-mi me̩

⁴⁸ todu i wa go alu kʼaduwñ onobule̩-i chʼe̩niba; todu, go, akwe̩gba-i abo o̩gba o̩gba du ado̩ mi ko̩ e̩ne̩-ugbede.

⁴⁹ Todu e̩ne̩ ki nʼukpahiu le̩ fʼe̩wñ ki nana che ñwu mi me̩; odu-wñ la afo̩.

⁵⁰ Oñ ejumomi-wñ dʼugbo abo ku ma railo owñ tʼo̩gba o̩gba-ma du.

⁵¹ I fʼukpahiu-wñ che kpai o̩wo̩-wñ; i fʼabo ku ma chʼikatabani kpatuka ef ibe ku ma kpe̩.

⁵² I mʼabukpahiu yo̩ tane̩ bʼoj ede te̩; oñ i mʼame̩niba ko dago.

⁵³ I je̩ ñw efu abo kʼebi kpa ma ki ko̩ ñw e̩wñ e̩nyo̩; i la fʼamanana kpe̩ le elu ofo.

⁵⁴ I fʼabune̩ Israe̩l, imo̩to̩-wñ, che, abu kʼibe-wñ chekadʼejumomi eli,

⁵⁵ (alu kʼi ko̩la ñw amata-wa) owñ chʼeli Ebraham kpai ugbe̩-wñ ejumomi ogbegbele̩.

⁵⁶ Oñ Me̩ri bʼo̩ gugu dab ochu me̩ta, tak i dabi tʼunyi-wñ.

Ma fu Jo̩n ki ache baptism bi

⁵⁷ O̩jo̩ o̩ma-ebi Elizabe̩t la jo̩, oñ i fʼo̩ma e̩ne̩ke̩le̩ bi.

⁵⁸ Abadogbe-wñ kpai amefu-wñ la gbo̩ ka kʼOndu li u ejumomi nana tabale; oñ ma bʼo̩ yo̩.

⁵⁹ Oñ i leatu o̩jo̩ eke̩jo̩-wñ, ma lewa ku ma de̩pi imo̩to̩ le̩; ma le ku ma dʼodu-wñ ko̩ Zekaraya alu kʼodu ata-wñ ko̩.

⁶⁰ Iye-wñ muda dohi kakini, O̩da, ma adʼodu-wñ ko̩ Jo̩n;

⁶¹ oñ ma ka ñw u kakini, I nʼe̩ne̩ du kʼodu-wñ ko̩ abe̩le̩ ef amefu-we̩ n.

⁶² Oñ ma dʼo̩wo̩ ko̩la ñw ata-wñ ku ma li e̩wñ ki dʼowñ e̩do̩ ku ma dʼodu-wñ ko̩.

⁶³ Tak i fʼalo bi, oñ ikʼolubutu kakini, Odu-wñ ko̩ Jo̩n. Tak o̩chaka-ma kwoyaye.

⁶⁴ E̩re̩re̩ le̩ alu-wñ muchi, iku ukpalu-wñ mutu, tak i nako̩la akele O̩jo̩.

⁶⁵ Oñ ailo kwoba abadogbe-ma du; o̩la-i du la mud oluka ane̩ uwo Judia chaka.

⁶⁶ Abo du ku ma la gbʼo̩ mʼu du tef e̩do̩-ma, ma kakini, Abʼimo̩to̩ kide̩ ade̩ ta? Todu o̩wo̩ Ondu dʼubi owñ.

⁶⁷ Tak ata-wñ Zekaraya che̩ko̩ ñw Afu Kiafo̩ oñ i chane̩ ekache̩ kakini,

⁶⁸ Ondu, O̩jo̩ e-Israe̩l ki nele; todabu kʼi wa fejudo amone̩-wñ, i laño̩ fʼe̩wñ uro̩me̩ che ñwu ma ku ma tane̩,

⁶⁹ i laño̩ mʼigba ujadu du kwane̩ ñw a ef unyi Defid imo̩to̩-wñ,

⁷⁰ (dabalu kʼi ko̩la lef amakache̩-wñ kiafo̩ kwo igbelegbele).

⁷¹ Ujadu ki ajadu wa bʼame̩nebi-wa te̩, kpai kwef o̩wo̩ abo du ku ma achulaka wa;

⁷² kʼi chejumomi amata-wa, kʼi la rewa alo kiafo̩ kʼi kpe̩ le̩;

⁷³ owñ chʼego̩ kʼi go̩ ñw Ebraham ata-wa,

⁷⁴ ka kʼabu ku ma mʼuwa gba tane̩ kwef o̩wo̩ ame̩nebi-wa, owñ adu ñw a kʼa we erailo kʼa che owñ.

⁷⁵ Ef efo̩ kʼe̩wñ afo̩ kpai o̩kpakpa o̩gba-wñ o̩jo̩ du kʼa deju kade.

⁷⁶ Oñ uwe̩ ge̩, o̩ma-i, ma adʼuwe̩ ko̩ akache̩ e-O̩jo̩ Chamachala, todu uwe̩ adʼo̩gba eju Ondu alo, kʼe̩ ñwʼo̩na-wñ che;

⁷⁷ kʼe̩ je̩ ñw amone̩-wñ ma ujadu ef eto̩no̩ kʼi atʼadure-ma no̩ ñwu ma,

⁷⁸ lef ibefu e-ejumomi e-O̩jo̩-wa, e-kʼo̩jo̩ ki añwa akwʼojale wa fejudo wa ef uwñ,

⁷⁹ kʼi mane̩ ne̩ ñw abo ku ma gugu ef e̩chubi kpai ef ebo uku; kʼi je̩ ñw e̩re̩-wa hitʼo̩na ure̩do̩.

⁸⁰ Oñ o̩ma le̩ nagba waa, i chane̩ enukpahiu ef afu-wñ; i la do̩mo̩ ef aje̩tachi le̩ gbogbowa adiko ku ma dʼu ña abo Israe̩l.