10 Papɩsɩɣ ɖɔ-hɔ, ɛlɛ́, ɖɩwɛ laŋhʋlʋmɩyɛ taa paa ɖooye. Đɩwɛ ɛzɩ kʋñɔndɩnaa yɔ, ɛlɛ́, ɖiyeki nɛ ɛyáa sakɩyɛ hikiɣ pa-tɩ Ɛsɔ nʋmɔʋ taa. Đɩwɛ ɛzɩ mɛnfɛyɩpʋyʋwaa yɔ, ŋgʋ́ ɖɩwɛnɩ pɩtɩŋa payɩ.
Mɩ-taa ɛhʋlʋmɩ nɛ ɩmayɩ amaya, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, mɩ-kɩhɛyʋʋ ɖɔ Ɛsɔ cɔlɔ pɩtɩɩfɛyɩ. Meheyiɣ-mɩ se ḿbʋ́ paawɛ náyaa mbá pɛlɛyɩ-mɩ kɔm yɔ pa-wayɩ kaŋ kaŋ.»
Mbá pɛ-ɛsɛ ñɩŋaa yɔ, pehiɣ pa-tɩ! Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, Ɛsɔ kɔŋ pa-laŋa hɛzʋʋ.
Mbá mɩ ñɔɔsɩ wɩɣ-mɩ lɛɛlɛɛyɔ yɔ, ihiɣ mɩ-tɩ! Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɩkɔŋ haɣʋ! Mbá mɩ iwiɣ lɛɛlɛɛyɔ yɔ, ihiɣ mɩ-tɩ! Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɩkɔŋ woŋuu.
Mɩ ɖɔɖɔ lɛ, mɩ-laŋa wɛɛkɩ lɛɛlɛɛyɔ. Ɛlɛ́, mankaɣ-mɩ tasʋʋ naʋ nɛ ahʋlʋmɩ, nɔɔyʋ ɛɛpɩzɩɣ ɛwɛɛkɩ-yɛ ɖɔɖɔ kaʋ.
Pɩkɛdɩ ɖoó hɛkʋ taa lɛ, Pɔɔlɩ nɛ Silaasɩ pɛsɛɣ Ɛsɔ nɛ pasaŋ-ɩ nɛ hendu nɛ salaka tɩnaa lɛlaa welesiɣ.
Ɛlɛ́, Pɩyɛ heyi-kɛ se: «Mɛnfɛyɩnɩ liidiye yaa sika, ɛlɛ́, mahaɣ-ŋ mbʋ́ mɛwɛna yɔ: Nazarɛɛtɩ tʋ Yesu Krɩstʋ ɖoŋ taa lɛ, kʋyɩ ŋɖɔ!»
Ɛlɛ́, tiyiyaa ḿbá pakʋyɩ pɔ-cɔlɔ nɛ palɩɩnɩ laŋhʋlʋmɩyɛ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, Ɛsɔ nawa se pamʋnaa se pɔtɔɔ kʋñɔŋ Yesu yɔɔ.
Mbá pɛtɛkɛ Yuda ñɩma yɔ, Yuda ñɩma ɛzaɣ́tʋ nɛ pɔ-tɔlʋʋ pɔ-yɔɔ pehiɣ Ɛsɔ ñɩm. Yee pɩkɛ ḿbʋ́ lɛ, ɛzɩma pʋwɛɣ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ patɩŋa payɩ papɩsɩɣ ñʋʋ yabʋ nʋmɔʋ taa yɔ?
Mɩ nɛ mbá pamayɩɣ amaya yɔ, ɩkpɛndɩ ɩmayɩ. Mɩ nɛ mbá paba wiliɣ yɔ, ɩkpɛndɩ iwili.
Ɛsɔ weyi eyeki se ɖɩtaa-ɩ yɔ, ɛtɩŋnɩ lidaʋ ŋgʋ́ ɩwɛnɩ ɛ-yɔɔ yɔ kʋ-yɔɔ nɛ eyele mɩ-laŋa hʋlʋmɩ siŋŋ nɛ ɛhɛzɩ-yɛ camɩyɛ. Peeɖe pɩtɩŋɩɣnɩ e-Fezuu Kiɖeɖeu ɖoŋ yɔɔ nɛ ɩtɛzɩ-ɩ taʋ kpem.
Ɛnʋ weyi etohuuzi ɛ-maɣmaɣ ɛ-Pɩyalʋ yɔɔ nɛ eyele palaa-ɩ ɖatɩŋa payɩ ɖɔ-yɔɔ yɔ, ɛzɩma ɛɛhaɣ-ɖʋ mbʋ́ pɩtɩŋa payɩ pʋwɛ ɛ-cɔlɔ yɔ falaa?
toovenim ḿbʋ́ lɛ se: mɔ-hɔyɛ pɩsaa siŋŋ nɛ pʋwɛɛ pɩcɛyɩɣ-m.
Toovenim lɛ, mɩ-kpɛndʋʋ ḿbʋ́ pʋ-yɔɔ ɩpɩsɩ ñɩm tɩnaa. Ɛsɔ ha-mɩ pɩtɩŋa payɩ. Kɔzɩkɔzɩ eyebu nɛ ɩtɩlɩ toovenim nɛ isusuu ɛ-tɔm yɔ.
Mama-mɩ takayaɣ ŋ́gá nɛ ɛsɛñɩŋɩyɛ siŋŋ nɛ laŋpɩsɩyɛ nɛ ɛsɩtɛɣlɩm. Mantama-mɩ se mɩ-hɔ ɛpɩsɩ. Ɛlɛ́, mancaɣaɣ se ɩtɩlɩ ɛzɩma mbʋ́ mɔnsɔɔlɩ-mɩ siŋŋ yɔ.
Mɩ-yɔɔ pɩtɩŋa payɩ pɩlakɩ ḿbʋ́ se Ɛsɔ ɛtɩŋnɩ e-lootiye yɔɔ nɛ ɛya ɛyáa sakɩyɛ ñʋʋ. Ɛlakɩ ḿbʋ́ se mbá pasaŋ-ɩ se ɛ-hɩɖɛ ɛsɛɛ yɔ, pɛtɛzɩ ɖɔʋ.
Đɩwɛ ɛzɩ cʋʋ pɛŋ weyi ɩ-taa wɛ ñɩm sɔsɔm ḿbʋ́ yɔ se paa weyi ɛna se ɖoŋ sɔsɔŋ ɛnʋ ɛtɛkɛ ɖa-ñɩŋ, ɛlɛ́ Ɛsɔ ñɩŋ ɛkɛnaa.
Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɩsɩm lootiye nɖɩ́ Kɩpaɣlʋ Yesu Krɩstʋ labɩ-ɖʋ yɔ. Ɛnʋ weyi ɛɛkɛ ñɩm tʋ yɔ, ɛpɩsɩ ɛ-tɩ kʋñɔndʋ mɩ-yɔɔ se pɩtɩŋnɩ ɛ-kʋñɔndʋtʋ yɔɔ nɛ ɩkɛ ñɩm tɩnaa.
Mentendiɣ-i ḿbʋ́ se eyele nɛ pɩtɩŋnɩ e-Fezuu Kiɖeɖeu yɔɔ nɛ ɩkpa ɖoŋ siŋŋ mɩ-lɩmaɣza taa ɛzɩ e-koboyaɣ wɛʋ nɛ kɛfɛyɩ tɩnaɣ yɔ.
Weyi ma mɛnkɛ Ɛsɔ ñɩma tɩŋa taa tɔyaɣ yɔ, ɛlabɩ-m lootiye ńɖɩ́ se monsusi mbá pɛtɛkɛ Yuda ñɩma yɔ ñɩm mbʋ́ pɩfɛyɩ ɖaɣʋ yɔ pʋ-tɔm.
Mi-lidaʋ ŋgʋ́ ɩwɛnɩ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ yɔ, kʋwɛ ɛzɩ kɩlaʋ ŋgʋ́ ɩlaɣ-ɩ yɔ. Pʋtɔma yɔ, pakʋʋ-m nɛ man-calɩm sɔzɩ mɩ-kɩlaʋ ŋ́gʋ́ kʋ-yɔɔ. Paa pɩlaba ḿbʋ́ yɔ, man-taa hʋlʋmʋʋ nɛ ma nɛ mɩ ɖɩmayɩ amaya.
Mɩ-taa ɛhʋlʋmɩ tam se mɩ nɛ Kɩpaɣlʋ ɩkpɛndaa. Mantasɩɣ-mɩ heyuu se: mɩ-taa ɛhʋlʋmɩ!
Lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, man-taa hʋlʋmɩnɩ kʋñɔŋ ŋgʋ́ mɔntɔkɩ mɩ-yɔɔ yɔ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, mɛntɛzɩɣ tɔɔʋ kʋñɔŋ ŋgʋ́ pɩɩkazaa se Krɩstʋ ɛtɔɔ e-tomnaɣ pilinzi yɔɔ yɔ. E-tomnaɣ ŋ́gá lɛ ɛ-ŋgbɛyɛ taa ñɩma.
Iyele ɖɔɖɔ nɛ Krɩstʋ tɔm su mɩ-taa ɖo: ɩkpɛlɩkɩ ɖama nɛ ɩka ɖama ñʋŋ taa nɛ mɩ-lɔŋsɩnɖɛ tɩŋa. Itee hendu nɛ ɩsa Ɛsɔ nɛ mɩ-laŋɩyɛ tɩŋa pilim e-lootiye yɔɔ: ɩyaa keɣsi nɛ itee-i hendu ndʋ́ ndʋ́ e-Fezuu Kiɖeɖeu wɩlɩɣ-mɩ yɔ.
Ḿbʋ́ yebina nɛ ɩtɩŋ ɖa nɛ Kɩpaɣlʋ ɖa-nʋmɔʋ. Alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ itisi Laŋhɛzɩyɛ Tɔm yɔ, ɩtɔɔ kʋñɔŋ siŋŋ. Ɛlɛ́, Fezuu Kiɖeɖeu kasɩnɩ-mɩ nɛ ɩwɛɛ laŋhʋlʋmɩyɛ taa.
Mɩ-taa ɛhʋlʋmɩ tam.
Yee nɔɔyʋ ɛmalɩsɩɣ e-tomnaɣ nɛ nabʋyʋ yɔ, pʋwɛ waɣzaɣ pazɩ yem. Ɛlɛ́, yee ɛcaɣ wezuu ɛzɩ Ɛsɔ liu wɛʋ yɔ yɔ, pʋwɛ waɣzaɣ pɩtɩŋa pɩ-taa. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, pɩhaɣ-ɖʋ lɛɛlɛɛyɔ wezuu nɛ cee wayɩ ñɩŋgʋ.
Heyi-wɛ ɖɔɖɔ se pala tʋma kɩbana. Palabɩ-yɛ sakɩyɛ nɛ pasɩnɩ lɛlaa, pahanɩ hɔ kɩbana.
Toovenim lɛ, ɩna salaka tɩnaa pʋtɔdɩyɛ. Mɩ-laŋa kahʋlʋmɩ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ pamʋwaɣ mɩ-ñɩm yɔ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɩtɛm naʋ se ɩwɛnɩ ñɩm mbʋ́ pɩkɩlɩ ḿbʋ́ nɛ pʋwɛɛ tam yɔ.
Man-taabalaa kʋsɔɔlaa! Iwelesi camɩyɛ nɛ ɩnɩɩ: Ɛsɔ lɩzɩ kedeŋa yɔɔ cɩnɛ kʋñɔndɩnaa se pɛkɛ ñɩm tɩnaa pe-lidaʋ wɛnaʋ taa nɛ patɩɣyɩ e-Kewiyaɣ ŋgá ɛɖʋwa se ɛhaɣ mbá pɔsɔɔlɩ-ɩ yɔ.
Ɛlɛ́, pʋwɛɛ se mɩ-laŋa ɛhʋlʋmɩ se mɩ nɛ Krɩstʋ ɩtɔkɩnɩ kʋñɔŋ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ḿbʋ́ yekina nɛ mɩ-laŋa tɛzɩ hʋlʋmʋʋ ɖɔɖɔ siŋŋ puwiye nɖɩ́ ɛlɩzɩɣ e-koboyaɣ nɛ ɛwɩlɩ ɛyáa yɔ.
mana ñɛ-ŋgbɛyɛ taa ñɩma siziŋ nɩʋ nɛ pa-kʋñɔndʋtʋ. Ŋgʋ́, pɛkɛ ñɩm tɩnaa! Manɩ tɔm ɛzaɣ́tʋ ndʋ́ mbá pɛcɛtɩɣ se pɛkɛ Yuda ñɩma yɔ, pɔyɔɔdɩ-wɛ yɔ: pɛkɛ Satanɩ ŋgbɛyɛ taa ñɩma!
Weyi ɛwakɩ yɔ, malakɩ-ɩ kʋjɔʋ ŋ́gʋ́. Mɛnkɛɣ ɛ-Ɛsɔ nɛ ɛkɛ man-pɩɣa.