11 Nɩɩ sakyɔ mʋ ba lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Ɔnɩmʋ ɩ gyɛ Yesu, Ɩbwaarɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ mʋ nɩɩ ɔ lɩɩ Nasareti kadɛ tɔ nɩɩ kɩ bʋ Galile kɩbaafʋn mʋ.”
Nɩɩ ɔ naa kyɩna Nasareti kadɛ mʋ tɔ. Ɩnɩmʋ ɩ yɛgɛ nɩɩ asɩn mʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ tɔwɛ lɩɩ kebii mʋ sʋ mʋ ba tɔ. Asɩn mʋ ɩ gyɛ yɛ, “Bee biti ba tɩɩ mʋ yɛ Kanasareti‐nyɩn.”
Yesu maa loo Gyerusalem kadɛ mʋ tɔ mʋ, kadɛ mʋ kpini kɔɔlɛ ɔlanba, nɩɩ asa bɛɛ taasɛ yɛ, “Anɩmʋ nɩn?”
Amaa an kan tɔwɛ yɛ, ‘Kɩ lɩɩ asa asɛ mʋ’, an sɩlɛ asa mʋ kufuu, lɩɩ fɛɛ bamʋ kpini ba kɔɔlɛ gyii fɛɛ Gyɔn kyɩna ɔ gyɛ Ɩbwaarɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ nɩn.”
Ba biti ɔkpa mʋ nɩɩ ba taa kɩtaa mʋ, amaa ba sɩlɛ sakyɔ mʋ, lɩɩ fɛɛ asa mʋ be nyi maa gyɛ Ɩbwaarɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ nɩn.
Akʋ mɔɔ ba yɛ ɔ gyɛ Eligya nɩn, nɩɩ akʋ mɔɔ ba yɛ ɔ gyɛ Ɩbwaarɛ atɔwɛpʋ dɩdaa mʋ tɔ ɔkʋ nɩn.
Nɩɩ kanan kʋmaa sʋ mʋ, ɩ dagaa fɛɛ n maa kyaga mɛ ɔkpa sʋ n kpee ndaga yɛ ɔkɛ yɛ kakɛ sasapʋ. Ɩ waa nɛnɛ, Gyerusalem ɩ gyɛ kadɛ mʋ nɩɩ bee biti ba mɔɔ Ɩbwaarɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ.
Nɩɩ Yesu taasɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Mɩnɛ asɩn?” Nɩɩ ba lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Lɩɩ Yesu Kanasareti‐nyɩn mʋ sʋ. Ɔ kyɩna ɔ gyɛ Ɩbwaarɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ nɩn, nɩɩ ɔlʋn bʋ mʋ atɔwɛsa yɛ mʋ awaasa kpini tɔ Ɩbwaarɛ yɛ asa kpini ansi tɔ.
Nɩɩ i kyinkyin bamʋ kpini nɩɩ ba yɩn Ɩbwaarɛ. Nɩɩ ba tɔwɛ yɛ, “Ɩbwaarɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ lala kʋ lɩɩ anɛ sʋ. Ɩbwaarɛ ba ɔ ba kyɛ mʋ asa tɔ.”
Nɩɩ Kafarasii‐nyɩn mʋ nɩɩ ɔ tɩɩ Yesu mʋ maa wu ɩnɩmʋ mʋ, ɔ tɔwɛ mʋ nfɛɛrɛ tɔ yɛ, “Fɛɛ ɔnyɩn nɩmʋ dɩn dan ɔ gyɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ kesintin nɩn, ɔ dɩn bɩɩ ɔkyɩɩ kʋlʋn mʋ nɩɩ ɛɛ mata mʋ falɛ, ɔ dɩn bɩɩ kɩbaabʋtɔ gyaga mʋ nɩɩ ɔ bʋ kɩmʋ tɔ.”
Nɩɩ ba taasɛ mʋ yɛ, “Kanɩn bɩrɛ, anɩmʋ ɩ gyɛ fʋ? Fʋ ɩ gyɛ Ɩbwaarɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ Eligya mʋ?” Nɩɩ ɔ yɛ, “Ayee! Man gyɛ mɛ ɩ gyɛ Eligya.” Nɩɩ ba bɩla taasɛ mʋ yɛ, “Fʋ ɩ gyɛ Ɩbwaarɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ mʋ nɩɩ an kɩɩ mʋ ɔkpa mʋ?” Nɩɩ ɔ lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Ayee.”
ba naa taasɛ mʋ yɛ, “Fʋ maa man gyɛ Krisito mʋ, abɛɛ Eligya, abɛɛ Ɩbwaarɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ mʋ, mɩnɛ ɩ waa sʋ nɩɩ fii gyee asa Ɩbwaarɛ kekyugyee?”
Nɩɩ ɔkyɩɩ mʋ tɔwɛ yɛ, “Ɔbɩlɩsa n wu fɛɛ fʋ gyɛ Ɩbwaarɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ nɩn.
Asa mʋ ba maa wu asɩn kyinkyinsa mʋ nɩɩ Yesu waa mʋ, ba piili bɛɛ tɔwɛ yɛ, “Kesintin, ɔnɩmʋ ɩ gyɛ Ɩbwaarɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ mʋ nɩɩ ee biti ɔ ba dulinyaa tɔ mʋ.”
Sakyɔ mʋ ba maa nu maa tɔwɛ falɛ asɩn mʋ, bamʋ akʋ ba tɔwɛ yɛ, “Kesintin tɔ, ɔnyɩn nɩmʋ gyɛ Ɩbwaarɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ mʋ.”
Ɩnɩmʋ kpini kamaa mʋ, Farasii abi mʋ ba bwii taasɛ ɔnyɩn mʋ yɛ, “Ɔnyɩn mʋ nɩɩ o bugi fu ansi mʋ, mɩnɛ asɩn nɩɩ fʋ sʋ fʋ tɔwɛ lɩɩ mʋ sʋ?” Nɩɩ ɔnyɩn mʋ lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Ɔ gyɛ Ɩbwaarɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ nɩn.”
“Mosesi nɩmʋ ɩ tɔwɛ Ɩsɩrayɩ abi yɛ, ‘Ɩbwaarɛ ii biti ɔ lɛɛ mʋ ɔtɔwɛpʋ pʋpwɛ lɩɩ fanɛ tɔ fɛɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ ɔ lɛɛ mɛ mʋ’.