18 Nɔɔyʋ ɛtaacɛtɩ ɛ-tɩ yem. Yee mɩ-taa nɔɔyʋ ɛmaɣzɩɣ se ɛwɛnɩ kedeŋa lɔŋsɩnɖɛ yɔ, pʋdʋ ɛpɩsɩ ɛzɩ kɩmɛlɛŋ yɔ. Peeɖe ɛkɛɣ lɔŋsɩnɖʋ toovenim taa.
Lɛlaa wɛ ɛzɩ kpaŋsɔɔ taa ɖenɖe pee tɔlaa yɔ. Pɛtɛŋ Ɛsɔtɔm nɩʋ lɛ, kedeŋa yɔɔ cɩnɛ lɩmaɣza wena akʋʋ ɛyáa yɔ nɛ ñɩm mbʋ́ pɩkɛdɩɣnɩ ɛyáa yɔ, pɩ-lɩmaɣza sʋʋ pa-taa nɛ paɖɩɣ-tʋ nʋmɔʋ nɛ paawɛɣnɩ kɛzɛɣa.
Weyi etisiɣ ɛ-tɩ nɛ ɛwɛɛ ɛzɩ pɩɣa kanɛ yɔ, ɛnʋ kɩlɩnɩ Ɛsɔ kewiyaɣ taa.
Toovenim lɛ, meheyiɣ-mɩ se yee nɔɔyʋ etetisi ɛzɩ piya cikpesi tisuu se Ɛsɔ tɔkɩnɩ kewiyaɣ yɔ yɔ, ɛɛsʋʋ Ɛsɔ Kewiyaɣ taa.»
Toovenim lɛ, meheyiɣ-mɩ se: yee nɔɔyʋ etetisi se Ɛsɔ tɔkɩnɩ kewiyaɣ ɛzɩ piya cikpesi tisuu yɔ yɔ, ɛɛsʋʋ Ɛsɔ ɛnʋ e-Kewiyaɣ taa.»
Yesu cosi-wɛ se: «Ɩɖɔkɩ mɩ-tɩ camɩyɛ, ɩtaayele nɛ nɔɔyʋ yili-mɩ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɛyáa sakɩyɛ kɔŋ Kʋɖʋm kʋɖʋm nɛ peyili-mɩ nɛ peheyi-mɩ se: ‹Ma lɛ Weyi Ɛsɔ Lɩzaa nɛ etiyini-mɩ› yɔ. Pakaɣ-mɩ heyuu ɖɔɖɔ se: ‹Alɩwaatʋ talaa.› Ɛlɛ́, ɩtaamʋ pɔ-tɔm nɛ ɩtɩŋ-wɛ.
Man-taabalaa, mancaɣ se mawɩlɩ-mɩ mbʋ́ pɩɩwɛ mɛsaɣ tɛɛ yɔ nɛ ɩtaakpaɣ mɩ-tɩ se ɩkɛ lɔŋsɩnɖaa: Izrɛɛlɩ ñɩma lɛlaa tamaa, paapɩzɩɣ panɩɩ. Ɛlɛ́, pɛwɛɣ ḿbʋ́ nɛ pʋkɔɔ pɩsɩɩnɩ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ mbá Ɛsɔ lɩzɩ mbá pɛtɛkɛ Yuda ñɩma yɔ pa-taa yɔ patɩŋa payɩ pehiɣ ñʋʋ yabʋ yɔ.
Ɩnɩɩnɩ ɖama camɩyɛ mi-wezuu caɣʋ taa. Ɩtaakpazɩ mɩ-tɩ, ɛlɛ́, ɩmaɣzɩ mbʋ́ patakpaɣ payaa pʋyʋ yɔ pʋ-yɔɔ. Ɩtaakpaɣ mɩ-tɩ se ɩkɛ lɔŋsɩnɖaa.
Ɩtaayele nɛ nɔɔyʋ cɛtɩ-mɩ: «Ɛgbaɣdɩyɛ kɩdɛkɛdɩyɛ lesiɣ lakasɩ kɩbanzɩ.»
Yee nɔɔyʋ ɛyɔkɩ-kɛ yɔ, Ɛsɔ tɔyɩtʋʋ-ɩ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, kɛkɛ ɛ-maɣmaɣ ɛ-pʋyʋ. Mɩ lɛ ɖɩɣa ŋ́gá.
Ei! Đɛkɛ kɩmɛlɛmɩŋ Krɩstʋ yɔɔ nɛ mɩ mɩkɛ lɔŋsɩnɖaa mɩ nɛ ɩ mɩ-kpɛndʋʋ taa! Đɛkɛ ajamaa nɛ mɩkɛ ɖoŋ tɩnaa! Patakpaɣ-ɖa payaa pʋyʋ nɛ piyele pasaŋ-mɩ!
Ɩtatɩlɩ se kɩdɛkɛdɩm laɖaa ɛɛkaɣ sʋʋ Ɛsɔ Kewiyaɣ taa yaa we? Ɩtaacɛtɩ mɩ-tɩ: acɛyɛ laɖaa yaa sɩɩnaa layaa yaa acɛyɛ laɖaa yaa abalaa mbá pacaɣ ɖama yɔ
Yee nɔɔyʋ ɛmaɣzɩɣ se ɛ-wayɩ lɛ, nɔɔyʋ fɛyɩ nɛ pʋdʋ fɛyɩ wazaɣ nakɛyɛ yɔ, ɛcɛtɩ ɛ-maɣmaɣ ɛ-tɩ kpem.
Ɩtaacɛtɩ mɩ-tɩ yem: paawoŋuu Ɛsɔ. Mbʋ́ ɛyʋ ɖúu yɔ, ḿbʋ́ ɛkʋŋ:
Itaayele nɔɔyʋ yili-mɩ nɛ ɛ-tɔm ndʋ́ tɩfɛyɩ wazaɣ nakɛyɛ yɔ: pʋ-yɔɔ Ɛsɔ pana kpaɣnɩ mbá paañaŋ-ɩ yɔ.
Ɛlɛ́, kañadɩnaa nɛ cɛtɩyaa pɛtɛzɩɣ labʋ kɩdɛkɛdɩm nɛ pɛcɛtɩ lɛlaa, ɛlɛ́ pɔkɔŋ pa-maɣmaɣ cɛtʋʋ.
Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɖooo lɛ, ɖa ɖɔɖɔ ɖɩɩkɛ kɩmɛlɛmɩŋ nɛ kaañamtʋ tɩnaa, ɖiilebi nʋmɔʋ. Đɩɩwɛ ɛzɩ yomaa yɔ, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, pɩɩkɛnɩ-ɖʋ kɩcɛyʋʋ se ɖɩla mbʋ́ mbʋ́ ɖe-liu wɛɛ yɔ nɛ mbʋ́ mbʋ́ pɩkɛdɩnɩ-ɖʋ yɔ. Đɩɩwɛ kañatʋ nɛ ɛsɛ naɣnaɣ pa-taa. Ɛyáa paɖaɣ-ɖʋ nɛ ɖɩpaɖɩɣ ɖama ɖɔɖɔ.
Ɩtaacɛtɩɣ mɩ-tɩ nɛ Ɛsɔtɔm welesuu yem. Ɛlɛ́, pʋwɛɛ se ɩɖɔ tɩ-yɔɔ camɩyɛ.
Yee nɔɔyʋ ɛmaɣzɩɣ se ɛkɛ Ɛsɔ wayɩ tɩŋɩyʋ nɛ ɛɛɖɔkʋʋ ɛ-tɩ ɛ-yɔɔdaɣ taa nɛ ɛcɛtɩɣ ɛ-tɩ kɩcɛtʋ yɔ, ɛ-Ɛsɔ wayɩ tɩŋʋʋ ɛɛwazɩɣ pʋyʋ.
Yee ɖɩtɔm se ɖɩtala kɩwɛɛkɩm nabʋyʋ yɔ, ɖɩcɛtɩɣ ɖa-tɩ, ɖɩtasɩ toovenim.