18 Ɛsɔ weyi ɛtɩŋnɩ Krɩstʋ yɔɔ nɛ ɖa nɛ ɩ ɖiceɣ yɔ, ɛ-cɔlɔ pɩtɩŋa payɩ pɩlɩnaa. Ɛnʋ ɖʋnɩ-ɖʋ se ɖiwoni ɛyáa lɛlaa ɛ-cɔlɔ nɛ pa nɛ ɩ peceɣ ɖɔɖɔ.
Yee ɩsʋ ɖɩɣa nakɛyɛ taa lɛ, iheyi ka-taa ñɩma se: ‹Ɛsɔ ɛhɛzɩ mɩ-laŋa.›
Pʋwɛɛ ɖɔɖɔ se posusini ɛ-nɔɔ ajɛya kpeekpe taa ɛyáa se pɛlɛɣzɩ wɛtʋ nɛ Ɛsɔ kpeɣ-wɛ pa-kɩwɛɛkɩm. Ɛlɛ́, pʋwɛɛ se papazɩnɩ Yeruusalɛm.
Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, Ɛsɔ sɔɔlɩ ɛyáa siŋŋ. Pʋ-yɔɔ ɛha ɛ-Pɩyalʋ ɛgbamɩyɛ se weyi ɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ ɛ-yɔɔ lɛ, ɛtaatɛŋɛlɩ, ɛlɛ́, ehiɣ wezuu maatɛŋ.
Yohanɛɛsɩ cosi-wɛ se: «Mbʋ́ Ɛsɔ ha ɛyʋ yɔ, pi-ɖeke koŋ ɛpɩzɩɣ ɛmʋ.
Ɩtɩlɩ se Ɛsɔ tiyini Yesu Krɩstʋ se ɛkɔɔ eheyi Izrɛɛlɩ ñɩma Laŋhɛzɩyɛ Tɔm. Yesu Krɩstʋ ɛnʋ lɛ ɛyáa tɩŋa payɩ Kɩpaɣlʋ.
Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɛ-cɔlɔ pɩtɩŋa pɩlɩɣna. Ɛnʋ yebina nɛ pɩtɩŋa pʋwɛɛ se pɩkɛ ɛ-ñɩm. Ɛsɔ hɩɖɛ ɛsɛɛ paa ɖooye! Pɩla ḿbʋ́!
Đe-lidaʋ yɔɔ pɩtɩŋnaa nɛ Ɛsɔ pɩsɩ-ɖʋ kʋtʋʋzaa. Pʋ-yɔɔ pɩtɩŋnɩ ɖa nɛ ɖa-Kɩpaɣlʋ Yesu Krɩstʋ ɖɛ-kpɛndʋʋ yɔɔ nɛ ɖa nɛ ɩ pʋwɛɛ leleŋ.
Ŋgʋ́, Ɛsɔ kpɛndɩ mɩ nɛ Krɩstʋ Yesu. Ɛsɔ ɛnʋ eyebina se ɛkɛ ɖɔ-lɔŋsɩnɖɛ. Ɛ-yɔɔ Ɛsɔ tɩŋnaa nɛ ɛpɩsɩ-ɖʋ kʋtʋʋzaa nɛ ɖɩpɩsɩ ɛ-ñɩma nɛ ɛya ɖa-ñʋʋ.
Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, paa abalʋ yɔɔ Ɛsɔ ɛtɩŋnaa nɛ ɛla halʋ yɔ, halʋ lʋlʋʋnɩ abalʋ. Ŋgʋ́, halʋ nɛ abalʋ nɛ pɩtɩŋa payɩ Ɛsɔ cɔlɔ pɩlɩnaa.
Paa ɖa-tʋma labʋ ɛwɛ ndɩ ndɩ yɔ, Ɛsɔ kʋɖʋm ɛnʋ ɛhaɣnɩ ɖatɩŋa payɩ ɖoŋ se ɖɩla atɩŋa.
Yee ḿbʋ́ anɩ lɛ Apoloosi? Ma Pɔɔlɩ, ma lɛ anɩ? Đɩkɛ Ɛsɔ tʋmlaɖaa yem. Ɖɔ-yɔɔ pɩtɩŋnaa nɛ ɩwɛnɩ lidaʋ Krɩstʋ yɔɔ. Paa ɖa-taa weyi ɛlakɩ tʋmɩyɛ nɖɩ́ Kɩpaɣlʋ ɖʋ-ɩ yɔ.
Paa ḿbʋ́ yɔ, ɖa ɖanawa se Ɛsɔ kʋɖʋm koŋ wɛna. Ɛnʋ lɛ ɖa-Caa. Ɛnʋ labɩnɩ pɩtɩŋa payɩ, ɛnʋ tɩnɩ-ɖʋ ɖe-wezuu caɣʋ taa. Kɩpaɣlʋ kʋɖʋm koŋ ɖɔɖɔ ɖɩwɛna. Ɛnʋ lɛ Yesu Krɩstʋ weyi Ɛsɔ tɩŋnɩ ɛ-yɔɔ nɛ ɛla mbʋ́ pɩtɩŋa payɩ pʋwɛ kedeŋa yɔɔ cɩnɛ yɔ. Ɛnʋ hanɩ-ɖʋ wezuu.
Ɛlɛ́, lɛɛlɛɛyɔ Ɛsɔ tɩŋnɩ ɛ-Pɩyalʋ sɩm yɔɔ nɛ mɩ nɛ ɩ iceɣ se ɛpɩzɩ ewoni-mɩ ɛ-ɛsɩndaa nɛ ɩkɛ ɛ-ñɩma nɛ ɩwɛɛ cɩɖɩcɩɖɩ nɛ pataana kawanaɣ nakɛyɛ mɩ-yɔɔ.
Pʋ-yɔɔ pɩɩkɛnɩ-ɩ kɩcɛyʋʋ se ɛpɩsɩ ɛ-tɩ kpem ɛzɩ ɛ-ñɩma yɔ pɩtɩŋa pɩ-taa. Ɛlabɩ ḿbʋ́ se ɛpɩsɩ cɔjɔ sɔsɔ weyi ɛnaɣ pa-pʋtɔdɩyɛ nɛ ɛlakɩ Ɛsɔ tʋmɩyɛ camɩyɛ se ɛ́lɛ́ ekpeɣ ɛyáa pa-kɩwɛɛkɩm yɔ.
Mbʋ́ pɩtɩŋa pahaɣ ɛyʋ nɛ pʋwɛ ɖeu pɩtɩɩfɛyɩ yɔ, Ɛsɔ weyi ɛwɛ ɛsɔdaa yɔ ɛ-cɔlɔ pɩlɩnaa. Ɛnʋ labɩnɩ wɩsɩ nɛ fenaɣ nɛ tɩɩnzɩ. Ɛɛlɛɣzɩɣ kaʋ: ɛfɛyɩ ɛzɩ kɩlɛmʋʋ yɔ.
Ɛ-maɣmaɣ ɛ-calɩm kpɛdɩnɩ se Ɛsɔ ɛtɩŋnɩ pʋ-yɔɔ nɛ ekpeɣ-ɖʋ ɖa-kɩwɛɛkɩm. Pɩtasɩɩnɩ ɖe-ɖeke, ɛlɛ́, ekpeɣ ɖɔɖɔ kedeŋa yɔɔ ɛyáa tɩŋa payɩ pa-ñɩmbʋ.
Mbʋ́ pɩwɩlɩɣ sɔɔlɩm ḿbʋ́ kpem yɔ lɛ se: ɛnʋ calɩnɩ-ɖʋ sɔɔlʋʋ nɛ etiyi ɛ-Pɩyalʋ se ɛkɔɔ ɛsɩ ɖɔ-yɔɔ nɛ ɛpɩzɩ ekpeɣ-ɖʋ ɖa-kɩwɛɛkɩm.