5 Mɩ-maɣmaɣ ɩtakɩ mɩ-taa nɛ ɩna se ɩwɛ lidaʋ nʋmɔʋ taa yaa we? Ɩtatɩlɩ se mɩ nɛ Yesu Krɩstʋ ɩkpɛndaa yaa we? Yee ɩnawa se ɩfɛyɩnɩ lidaʋ ɛ-yɔɔ lɛ, ḿbʋ́ lɛ.
Yesu cosi-i se: «Weyi ɛsɔɔlɩ-m yɔ, ɛɖɔŋ mɔn-tɔm yɔɔ. Man-Caa sɔɔlʋʋ-ɩ nɛ ma nɛ ɩ ɖiwolo ɖɩwɛɛ pʋdʋ tɛ.
Pʋwɛɛ se ma nɛ mɩ ɖɩkpɛndɩ ɖama ḿbʋ́ nɛ ɖɩwɛɛ tam. Yee piliŋa ɛwɛɛ nɛ kɛfɛyɩ tɩʋ yɔɔ yɔ, kaapɩzɩɣ kalʋlɩ. Ḿbʋ́ ɖɔɖɔ pʋwɛnɩ-mɩ, yee ɩtɛkpɛndɩ mɔ-yɔɔ ḿbʋ́ tam yɔ, ɩɩpɩzɩɣ ɩwɛnɩ wazaɣ.
Ḿbʋ́ ma nɛ wɛ ɖɩwɛɣ ɖama taa nɛ ma nɛ ŋ ɖɩwɛɛ ɖama taa. Mentendiɣ-ŋ se ŋyele nɛ pala nɔɔ kʋɖʋmaɣ siŋŋ nɛ kedeŋa ñɩma tɩlɩ se ñetiyini-m. Đɔɖɔ lɛ, ŋsɔɔlɩ-wɛ ɛzɩ ŋsɔɔlʋʋ-m yɔ.
Meyeba nɛ pasɩm-ŋ, mɛwɛɣ pʋ-yɔɔ tam. Peeɖe pɔsɔɔlʋʋ ɖama ɛzɩ ŋsɔɔlʋʋ-m yɔ nɛ ma nɛ wɛ ɖɩwɛɛ ɖama taa.»
Weyi ɛtɔkɩ mon-tomnaɣ nɛ ɛñɔɔ man-calɩm yɔ, ma nɛ ɩ ɖɩwɛ ɖama taa.
Ɛyɔɔdaɣ ḿbʋ́ faŋŋ se ɛna ndʋ́ Filiipu cosuu yɔ, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɛtɛm sɩm mbʋ́ ɛlakɩ yɔ.
Pɔtɔsɔɔlɩ se patɩlɩ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ, ɛ́lɛ́ yebi-wɛ nɛ pɛwɛnɩ lɩmaɣza kɩdɛkɛdɛɛ nɛ palakɩ mbʋ́ pɩtamʋna yɔ.
Yee Krɩstʋ ɛwɛ mɩ-cɔlɔ yɔ, paa mi-tomnaɣ ɛtɛŋnɩ sɩm kɩwɛɛkɩm yɔɔ yɔ, mɩ-kalɩzaɣ wɛɣ wezuu. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɩpɩsɩ kʋtʋʋzaa Ɛsɔ ɛsɩndaa.
Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, pʋwɛɛ se paa weyi ɛmaɣzɩ ɛ-taa camɩyɛ nɛ ɛna nɛ pʋcɔ ɛtɔɔ tindine ńɖɩ́ nɛ ɛñɔɔ sʋlʋm caɖaɣ ŋ́gá.
Yee ɖa-maɣmaɣ ɖɩmaɣzaa nɛ ɖɩtɩlɩ ɖa-tɩ nɛ pʋcɔ yɔ, Ɛsɔ ɛɛhʋʋnɩ-ɖʋ.
Ɩtatɩlɩ se ɩwɛ ɛzɩ Ɛsɔ ɖɩɣa ŋgá e-Fezuu Kiɖeɖeu wɛ ka-taa yɔ yaa we?
Ɩtatɩlɩ se mi-tomnasɩ kɛ Krɩstʋ tomnaɣ pilinzi naa we? Pʋwɛ ɖeu se pakpaɣ Krɩstʋ tomnaɣ piliŋa nɛ pɛcɛlɩ halʋ weyi ɛlakɩ acɛyɛ yɔ yaa we? Aayɩ! Pɩfɛyɩ ɖeu ḿbʋ́ kpem.
Ɩtatɩlɩ se mi-tomnaɣ lɛ Fezuu ŋgʋ́ Ɛsɔ ha-mɩ nɛ kɩwɛɛ mɩ-taa yɔ kɩ-ɖɩɣa naa we? Pɩtɛkɛ mɩtɩnɩ mɩ-tɩ.
Ɩtatɩlɩ se Ɛsɔ ñɩma kɔŋnɩ hʋnaʋ kedeŋa ñɩma tɔm naa we? Yee mɩ pʋwɛɛ se ɩhʋʋnɩ kedeŋa ñɩma tɩŋa payɩ lɛ, pɩlabɩ ɛzɩma ɩɩpɩzɩɣ ɩhʋʋ tɔm cikpetu yɔ?
Ɩtatɩlɩ se mbá powoki seu yɔ, peseɣ patɩŋa payɩ, ɛlɛ́, weyi ɛwakɩ yɔ e-ɖeke koŋ palakɩ kʋjɔʋ naa we? Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, ɩñaɣ pana nɛ ise lidaʋ nʋmɔʋ taa nɛ ɩwa nɛ palabɩ-mɩ kʋjɔʋ ŋ́gʋ́.
Mɛwɛɛ mankʋʋ man-tɩ se manpɩzɩ mɔnɖɔkɩ man-tɩ siŋŋ nɛ pɩtaakɔɔ pɩɖɩɣnɩ weyi ma monsusi lɛlaa Ɛsɔtɔm yɔ.
Ɛbɛ Ɛsɔ ɖɩɣa nɛ kumola pakawa? Ŋgʋ́, ɖɩkɛ Ɛsɔ wezuu tʋ ɖɩɣa. Pʋwɛ ɛzɩ Ɛsɔ yɔɔdʋʋ se: «Mɛwɛɣ pɔ-cɔlɔ nɛ ma nɛ wɛ ɖɩɖɔ. Mɛnkɛɣ pɛ-Ɛsɔ nɛ pɛkɛ mɛ-ɛyáa» yɔ.
Paa ḿbʋ́ yɔ, mɛwɛ wezuu. Pɩtɛkɛ mɔn-cɔlɔ pɩlɩnaa, ɛlɛ́, Krɩstʋ wezuu wɛnɩ man-taa. Alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ mɛwɛ wezuu kedeŋa yɔɔ cɩnɛ yɔ, Ɛsɔ Pɩyalʋ weyi ɛsɔɔlɩ-m nɛ ɛsɩ mɔ-yɔɔ yɔ, ɛ-yɔɔ mɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ.
Men-piya! Mantasɩɣ nɩʋ siziŋ mɩ-yɔɔ ɛzɩ halʋ lʋlʋʋ yɔ nɛ pʋkɔɔ pɩsɩɩnɩ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ ɩtɛzɩ pɩʋ nɛ ɩwɛɛ ɛzɩ Krɩstʋ yɔ.
Pʋwɛɛ se paa weyi ɛcɔnɩ ɛ-maɣmaɣ ɛ-lakasɩ nɛ ɛna. Yee ɛnawa se sɩwɛ ɖeu yɔ, ɛkʋndɩnɩ ɛ-maɣmaɣ ɛ-tɩ. Pɩfɛyɩ se ɛkɛdɩ ɛ-tɩ nɛ lɛlaa.
Ḿbʋ́ yekina nɛ pɩtɩŋnɩ lidaʋ ŋgʋ́ ɩwɛna yɔ kʋ-yɔɔ nɛ Krɩstʋ wɛɛ mɩ-laŋa taa nɛ ɩtɛzɩ pɩʋ sɔɔlɩm taa siŋŋ.
Yee toovenim taa ɩwɛnɩ lidaʋ ḿbʋ́ nɛ ɩkpa ɖoŋ siŋŋ nɛ itelesi mɩ-ɖaŋʋʋ yɔ, pɩlakɩ ḿbʋ́. Đaŋʋʋ ḿbʋ́, Laŋhɛzɩyɛ Tɔm ndʋ́ ɩnɩwa yɔ, tɩ-yɔɔ pɩtɩŋnaa nɛ ɩɖaŋ. Ńdʋ́ posusi kedeŋa kpeekpe yɔɔ nɛ ma Pɔɔlɩ manpɩsɩ tɩ-tʋmlaɖʋ.
E-liu wɛɛ se patɩlɩ ñɩm sɔsɔm mbʋ́ pʋwɛ mɛsaɣ tɛɛ nɛ posusuu pʋ-tɔm ajɛya kpeekpe taa yɔ. Ḿbʋ́ lɛ se: Krɩstʋ wɛ mɩ-cɔlɔ. Ɛnʋ yekina nɛ ɩɖaŋ se ɩkɔŋ sʋʋ Ɛsɔ koboyaɣ taa.
Weyi ɛlakɩ ḿbʋ́ yɔ, ɛ nɛ Krɩstʋ pɛfɛyɩ ɖama taa. Ŋgʋ́, ɛ́lɛ́ lɛ tomnaɣ ñʋʋ. Ñʋʋ ŋ́gʋ́ kiyekina nɛ hola nɛ ɖɩtanɛ pɛkpɛndɩ ɖama nɛ papaɣlɩ ɛzɩ Ɛsɔ liu wɛʋ yɔ.
Ɩka lila ɛ-yɔɔ nɛ ɩpaɣlɩ nɛ ɩtɛzɩ pɩʋ mi-lidaʋ wɛnaʋ taa ɛzɩ pawɩlʋʋ-mɩ yɔ. Đɔɖɔ lɛ, ɩsam-ɩ siŋŋ.
Paa ḿbʋ́ yɔ, halaa lʋlʋʋ piya nɛ Ɛsɔ ya pa-ñʋʋ. Ɛlɛ́, pʋwɛɛ se pɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ ɛ-yɔɔ tam ḿbʋ́ nɛ pɔsɔɔlɩ ɛyáa nɛ pɛwɛɛ cɩɖɩcɩɖɩ Ɛsɔ ɛnʋ ɛ-ɛsɩndaa. Pataaɖɛlɛsɩ niye.
Ɛzɩma mbʋ́ Yaanɛɛsɩ nɛ Yambrɛɛsɩ paakʋyɩ Mooyiizi yɔɔ yɔ, ḿbʋ́ ɖɔɖɔ ɛyáa ḿbá pakʋyʋʋ mbʋ́ pɩkɛ toovenim yɔ pʋ-yɔɔ. Pɛkɛ mbá pa-ñʋŋ taa wɛɛkaa yɔ. Ɛsɔ takɩɣ-wɛ pe-lidaʋ wɛnaʋ taa se ɛna lɛ, paahɔzʋʋ pʋyʋ:
Tɔm ndʋ́ ɛyɔɔdʋʋ yɔ, tɩkɛ toovenim. Pʋ-yɔɔ pʋwɛɛ se ŋkalɩ-wɛ siŋŋ. Peeɖe pɛwɛɣnɩ lidaʋ kɩbaŋgʋ
Pɔyɔɔdʋʋ se pasɩm Ɛsɔ, ɛlɛ́, pa-lakasɩ ɛɛwɩlɩɣ ḿbʋ́. Pɛwɛ sɔɔndʋ kpem, pɛkɛ kaañamtʋ tɩnaa, paapɩzɩɣ pala tʋmɩyɛ kɩbanɖɛ naɖɩyɛ.
Heyi abalaa akpadɩyaa se pɛ-ɛsɛ ekuli. Pɛkɛ ɛyáa mbá pamʋnaa se paɖʋ-wɛ hɩɖɛ yɔ nɛ mbá pamaɣzɩɣ pa-ñʋŋ taa nɛ pʋcɔ pala pʋyʋ yɔ. Pɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ Krɩstʋ yɔɔ ɛzɩ pʋmʋnaʋ yɔ nɛ pɔsɔɔlɩ lɛlaa siŋŋ nɛ pɔ́ɖɔ́kɩ ḿbʋ́ kpam.
Ɩcɔnɩ ɖama yɔɔ camɩyɛ nɛ mɩ-taa nɔɔyʋ ɛtaakɔɔ ɛha lootiye nɖɩ́ Ɛsɔ labɩ-mɩ yɔ siɣ́ye. Mɩ-taa nɔɔyʋ ɛtaawɛɛ ɛzɩ tɩʋ ñaŋ ñɩŋgʋ ŋgʋ́ kɩwɛɛ nɛ kʋ-sɔtʋ ɖɛɣ ɛyáa sakɩyɛ nɛ tɩwɛɛkɩɣ-wɛ yɔ.
Ɛsɔ tɛm ɖʋʋ se ɖɩpɩzɩɣ ɖɩsʋʋ ɖenɖe ɛñɔɔzɩ-ɖʋ ɖɩhɛzɩyɛ yɔ. Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, ɩkpa mɩ-tɩ nɛ pɩtaakɔɔ pɩla se pucoɖi mɩ-taa nɔɔyʋ se ɛɛsʋʋ peeɖe.
Ɛlɛ́, yee kpaŋsɔɔ nɛ sɔɔ tɩŋ pañɩɣnɩ pɩ-taa yɔ, pɩɩwazɩɣ pʋyʋ. Ɛsɔ tɛŋnɩ-pʋ kpalʋʋ wɩlʋʋ nɛ paɖʋ-pʋ miŋ.
Mɩ, ɩwɛ ɛzɩ acɛyɛ tɩnaa yɔ! Ɩtatɩlɩ se yee nɔɔyʋ ɛsɔɔlɩ kedeŋa ñɩm kpem yɔ, ɛpɩsɩɣ Ɛsɔ koyindu naa we? Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, weyi ɛsɔɔlʋʋ kedeŋa ñɩm yɔ, ɛpɩsɩɣ Ɛsɔ koyindu kpaagbaa.
Ɩwɛnɩ lidaʋ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ siŋŋ nɛ ɩkaɖɩnɩ-ɩ. Ɩnawa se paɖʋ mɩ-taabalaa mbá pɛwɛ kedeŋa yɔɔ yɔ patɩŋa payɩ kʋñɔmɩŋ weyi paɖʋ-mɩ yɔ.
Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, pɔtɔzɩ ɖenɖe pucoɖi-wɛ yɔ, pɛlɛɣzɩ wɛtʋ nɛ pala mbʋ́ palakaɣ kajalaɣ taa yɔ. Pɩtɛkɛ ḿbʋ́, mɔnkɔŋ pɔ-cɔlɔ nɛ mɛlɛɣ pa-kanɖʋ.