16 Ɛmɔ awofoɛ ne aliɛmaa mɔ ne abusuafoɛ ne damvo mɔ koso bɛkɔye ɛmɔ bɛkɔma, na bɛkɔmaa bekohu ɛmɔ nu biemɔ.
Ofikyɛ wɔ nwo ama ne wɔ bɔbɔ w’abusuafoɛ, bɛ po baye wɔ bama; amba, bɛ́bɔ wɔ tutue bedi wɔ si. Ɔwɔ nu kyɛ bɛkã edwirɛ fɛɛ bekyire wɔ de, nakoso nnede bɛ di.”
Odi kyɛ ebiala ɔnea ye nwo yé wɔ obiɛngo anwo, na nnɛfa wɔ wora wura eliɛma nu, ofikyɛ aliɛmaa biala ɔpepɛ sona gya ndii nu, na abiɛngoɛ biala ɔnate di nzekure.
“Aliɛmaa kɔye aliɛmaa kɔma maa bekohu ye, seɛ kɔye baa kɔma, na mmaa kodwɔso kotia awofoɛ maa bekohu bɛ.
Aliɛmaa kɔye aliɛmaa kɔma maa bekohu ye, seɛ kɔye baa kɔma, na mmaa kodwɔso kotia awofoɛ, ná bamaa bahu bɛ.
Bɛ nu kɔtete, seɛ kɔho kotia baa bienzua, yeɛ baa bienzua kɔho kotia seɛ; niɛ kɔho kotia baa brasua, yeɛ baa brasua kɔho kotia niɛ; hyireni kɔho kotia sia brasua, né sia brasua aho atia ohyireni.”
ofikyɛ me yeɛ ngɔma ɛmɔ noa ne nworɛ, bɔ ɛmɔ pɔfoɛ amukoraa bɛngɔhora ngotu ngogua anaa bɛngɔhora ngogyina ye noa ɔ.
Na ɔnate me dumaa ti, mmenia mukoraa bɛkɔpɔ ɛmɔ;
Ɔfale ngrandɛ huni Yohane aliɛma Yakobo.
Na bɛwɔ so bɔ bɛboro Setefano nyɔboɛ ne, ɔhɔle so bɔle mbaeɛ kyɛ, “Awurade Yesu, de me sunzum!”
Na bɛfale Boaen Ba ne mogya so ne b’adanzeɛ dwirɛ so yeɛ belili ye so ngonim ɔ, na banzuro kyɛ bɛkɔfa bɛ ngoa bɛkɔpɛ so ɔ.
[Mese wɔ nnwumaa], mese nekaa bɔ ɛte ɔ, nekaa bɔ Satan ahennie bia gyi ne; nakoso atira me dumaa ne anu bum, na ambo me gyidie ne, mmerɛ bɔ behuni m’adanzeniɛ nahorɛniɛ Antipa wɔ ɛmɔ berɛ ne po, nekaa bɔ Satan te ne.
Na ɔtele nzɔanoɛ bɔ ɔtɔ so nnu ne noa ne, bɛ bɔ ɔnate Nyameɛ dwirɛ ne ne b’adanzeɛ bɔ belili ti behuni bɛ ne, nwuni bɛ kra mɔ wɔ afɔleɛ bokyea ne abo.