11 Tɔm kɩbandʋ ńdʋ́, tɩwɛ Laŋhɛzɩyɛ Tɔm ndʋ́ tɩkɛ koboyaɣ yɔ tɩ-taa. Ɛsɔ weyi ɛwɛ laŋhɛzɩyɛ taa yɔ, ɛɖʋzɩnɩ Laŋhɛzɩyɛ Tɔm ńdʋ́ me-nesi taa.
«Pasa Ɛsɔ ɖooo ɛsɔdaa nɛ ɛ-laŋhɛzɩyɛ wɛɛ tataa ɛyáa mbá ɛsɔɔlɩ-wɛ yɔ pɔ-cɔlɔ.»
Ḿbʋ́ kaɣnɩ lɩʋ kɩyakʋ ŋgʋ́ Ɛsɔ kɔŋ ɛyáa tɔm hʋnaʋ yɔ. Ɛtɩŋɩɣnɩ Krɩstʋ Yesu yɔɔ nɛ ɛhʋʋnɩ ɛyáa mbʋ́ pɩtɩŋa payɩ palabɩ mɛsaɣ tɛɛ yɔ pʋ-yɔɔ. Ḿbʋ́ wɛnɩ Laŋhɛzɩyɛ Tɔm ndʋ́ monsusuu yɔ tɩ-taa.
Yee ma-maɣmaɣ maasɔɔlɩna se malakɩ tʋmɩyɛ ńɖɩ́ yɔ, maaɖaŋaa se pɛhɛyɩ-m. Ɛlɛ́, ɛzɩma mbʋ́ paɖʋ-m-ɖɩ kʋɖʋʋ lɛ, pɩkɛnɩ-m kɩcɛyʋʋ se malabɩ-ɖɩ.
Laŋa kpɩzɩŋ tɩnaa mbá kedeŋa wiyaʋ kañadʋ huuzi pa-lɩmaɣza yɔɔ yɔ, ḿbá tɩwɛ cɩkpɛndʋʋ. Pɩlabɩ ḿbʋ́ se pataana ɛzɩma mbʋ́ Laŋhɛzɩyɛ Tɔm ñalɩmɩyɛ wɩlɩɣ Krɩstʋ koboyaɣ yɔ. Ɛnʋ lɛ Ɛsɔ lɛzʋʋ.
Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, Ɛsɔ weyi ɛtɔm se: «Ñalɩmɩyɛ ɛñalɩ cɩkpɛndʋʋ taa» yɔ, ɛnʋ ɖɔɖɔ yebina nɛ ɛ-ñalɩmɩyɛ ñalɩ ɖa-laŋa taa. Ńɖɩ́ yekina se ɖɩtɩlɩ e-koboyaɣ ŋgá kañɩlɩsɩɣ Krɩstʋ ɛsɩndaa yɔ.
Ɛlɛ́, ñʋndɩnaa ḿbá, pa-maɣmaɣ peɖiɣzinaa se Ɛsɔ ɖʋnɩ-m tʋmɩyɛ ńɖɩ́ se mɔncɔɔ meheyi kɩtɛpɛlɩŋ Laŋhɛzɩyɛ Tɔm: ḿbá lɛ mbá pɛtɛkɛ Yuda ñɩma yɔ. Ḿbʋ́ ɖɔɖɔ ɛɛɖʋ Pɩyɛ se ɛcɔɔ nɛ eheyi-tʋ mbá paba kɛ Yuda ñɩma yɔ.
se ɖɩsa e-koboyaɣ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɖa lɛ mbá pata Krɩstʋ liu nɛ pʋcɔ ɛkɔɔ yɔ.
Ɛlabɩ ḿbʋ́ se ɖɩsam-ɩ lootiye koboyaɣ ñɩnɖɛ nɖɩ́ ɛtɩŋnɩ ɛ-Pɩyalʋ kʋsɔɔlʋ yɔɔ nɛ ɛlabɩ-ɖʋ yɔ ɖɩ-yɔɔ.
Ḿbʋ́ wɩlɩɣnɩ e-lootiye cee wayɩ. Ńɖɩ́ kɩlɩnɩ pɩtɩŋa payɩ. Đa nɛ Krɩstʋ Yesu ɖɛ-kpɛndʋʋ yɔɔ ɛkaɣ pɩzʋʋ nɛ ɛla camɩyɛ lakasɩ ńzɩ́.
Yee ḿbʋ́, pɩkpaɣʋnɩ lɛɛlɛɛyɔ yɔ, pɩtɩŋɩɣnɩ Krɩstʋ ŋgbɛyɛ taa ñɩma yɔɔ nɛ ñʋndɩnaa nɛ ɛsɔdaa ɖoŋ tɩŋa patɩlɩ ɛzɩma mbʋ́ Ɛsɔ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ paɣlaa pɩtɩɩfɛyɩ yɔ.
Manpɩsɩ pa-tʋmlaɖʋ: Ɛsɔ ɖʋnɩ-m se malɩzɩ-mɩ ɛ-tɔm tɔbʋʋ siŋŋ.
Ɛlɛ́, ɖɩyɔɔdʋʋ tam ɛzɩ Ɛsɔ liu wɛʋ yɔ: ɛmaɣzɩ-ɖʋ nɛ pʋcɔ ɛ́ɖʋzɩ ɖe-nesi taa ɛ-Laŋhɛzɩyɛ Tɔm. Pɩtɛkɛ se ɖɩñɩnɩɣ se ɖɔ-tɔm ɛkɛdɩnɩ ɛyáa, ɛlɛ́, Ɛsɔ ɖɩñɩnɩɣ se tɩkɛdɩna, ɛnʋ naɣnɩ mbʋ́ pʋwɛ ɖa-laŋa taa yɔ.
Pʋ-yɔɔ palɩzɩ man-tɩ tɩŋa se mɛnkɛ Ɛsɔtɔm susiyu nɛ mɛntɛ mɛnkɛ Krɩstʋ tiyiyu. Mɔyɔɔdʋʋ toovenim, maacɛtɩɣ. Paɖʋ-m se mawɩlɩ mbá pɛtɛkɛ Yuda ñɩma yɔ toovenim nɛ lidaʋ pɔ-tɔm.
Alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ Ɛsɔ ɖʋwa yɔ tɩtalɩɣ lɛ, eyele nɛ Krɩstʋ pɩsɩ ɛkɔɔ. Ɛnʋ lɛ Ɛsɔ weyi ɛwɛ laŋhɛzɩyɛ taa yɔ. E-ɖeke koŋ ɛcɔŋnɩnɩ pɩtɩŋa pʋ-yɔɔ. Ɛnʋ lɛ awiya taa Wiyaʋ nɛ kɩpaɣlaa taa Kɩpaɣlʋ.
Man-taabalʋ Timootee, ɖɔkɩ mbʋ́ Ɛsɔ ɖʋzɩ ñe-nesi taa yɔ nesi naalɛ kpam. Taaɖʋ ñɔ-nɔɔ tɔm ndʋ́ tɩɩwazɩɣ pʋyʋ nɛ tiiyeki se ɛyʋ ɛtɩlɩ Ɛsɔ yɔ tɩ-taa. Koli tɔm hɔm mbʋ́ ɛyáa kpakɩɣ se pɩkɛ lɛɣtʋ yɔ.
Laŋhɛzɩyɛ Tɔm ńdʋ́, tɩ-taa Ɛsɔ ɖʋ-m se mɛnkɛ Yesu tiyiyu nɛ mɛntɛ mɛnkɛ wɩlɩyʋ nɛ mɛntɛ mɛnkɛ ti-susiyu.
Đɔkɩ pʋyʋ kɩbanʋ weyi Ɛsɔ tɩŋnɩ e-Fezuu Kiɖeɖeu ŋgʋ́ kɩwɛ ɖa-taa yɔ kʋ-yɔɔ nɛ ɛ́ɖʋzɩ ñe-nesi taa yɔ nesi naalɛ kpam.
Tɔm ndʋ́ ŋnɩ mawɩlaɣ ɛyáa sakɩyɛ ɛsɩndaa yɔ, ɖʋzɩ-tʋ mbá ŋtaɣ-wɛ liu yɔ pe-nesi taa nɛ papɩzɩ pawɩlɩ-tʋ ɖɔɖɔ lɛlaa.
Alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ ɛɖʋwa yɔ tɩtalaa lɛ, ɛtɩŋnɩ ɛ-tɔm yɔɔ nɛ ɛwɩlɩ wezuu ŋ́gʋ́. Me-nesi taa ɖa-ñʋʋ yaɖʋ Ɛsɔ ɖʋzɩ-tʋ nɛ ɛha-m nɔɔ se monsusi-tʋ.