1 Taabalaa, ɖɩcaɣ se ɩtɩlɩ lootiye nɖɩ́ Ɛsɔ labɩ Masedonii egeetiye taa Yesu aŋgba taa ñɩma yɔ.
Weyi ɛ́lɛ́ ñaamʋ kapʋsɩ naalɛ yɔ, ewolo ɖɔɖɔ ɛ-cɔlɔ nɛ eheyi-i se: ‹Kɩpaɣlʋ! Ŋŋcɛlɩ-m sika pɔɔyɩsɩ kapʋsɩ naalɛ. Na! Pɩsɛ-m ɖɔɖɔ naalɛ.›
Ɛtalaa lɛ, ɛna ɛzɩma mbʋ́ Ɛsɔ labɩ lootiye mbá pɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ Krɩstʋ yɔɔ yɔ nɛ ɛ-taa hʋlʋmɩ nɛ ɛsazɩ patɩŋa payɩ se pɔ́ɖɔ́kɩ Kɩpaɣlʋ nɛ laŋɩyɛ kʋɖʋmɖɩyɛ kpam.
Đoo yuwa lɛ, Pɔɔlɩ ɖozi se Masedonii tʋ nɔɔyʋ kɔm ɛsɩŋ ɛ-yɔɔ nɛ etendi-i se: «Kʋyɩ ŋtɛzɩ ɖɛ-tɛ nɛ ŋsɩnɩ-ɖʋ.»
Pɩlabɩ pɩnzɩ cabɩ yɔ, mɛnfɛyɩ Yeruusalɛm. Pʋ-yɔɔ manpɩsaa mɔnkɔɔ se maha mɛn-tɛ ñɩma haɖɛ nɛ malaa kɩlaʋ.
Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, Yesu aŋgba wena awɛ Masedonii nɛ Akayɩ yɔ, a-taa ñɩma ɖʋwa se pɔcɔʋ nabʋyʋ nɛ pasɩnɩ kʋñɔndɩnaa mbá pɛwɛ Yeruusalɛm Ɛsɔ ñɩma taa yɔ.
Ɛlɛ́, Ɛsɔ lootiye yɔɔ lɛ, mɛnkɛ mbʋ́ mɛnkɛnaa yɔ. Lootiye nɖɩ́ ɛlabɩ-m yɔ, ɖɩwɛnɩ kɛzɛɣa. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, malabɩ tʋmɩyɛ nɛ pɩkɩlɩ Krɩstʋ tiyiyaa lɛlaa tɩŋa payɩ. Pɩtɛkɛ mon-ɖoŋ malabɩnaa, ɛlɛ́, lootiye nɖɩ́ ɛlabɩ-m yɔ ɖɩ-yɔɔ malabɩ-ɖɩ.
Maawɛ mɩ-tɛ nɛ mɛwɛɛ liidiye kʋñɔŋ taa lɛ, mantasʋlʋmɩ mɩ-taa nɔɔyʋ pʋyʋ. Ɛlɛ́, Yesu ŋgbɛyɛ taa ñɩma mbá palɩnɩ Masedonii egeetiye taa nɛ pɔkɔɔ yɔ, ḿbá hanɩ-m mbʋ́ pɩtɛɖaɣ-m yɔ. Maaɖɔkɩ man-tɩ pɩtɩŋa pɩ-taa se mantaakɛnɩ-mɩ sʋʋtʋ, mɔnɖɔkʋʋ man-tɩ ḿbʋ́ ɖɔɖɔ.
Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, kʋjɔʋ ŋ́gʋ́, pɩtɛkɛ Ɛsɔ ñɩma ɖeke kɩwazɩɣ. Ɛlɛ́, kiyeki nɛ ɛyáa sakɩyɛ sɛɛ Ɛsɔ nɛ pasam-ɩ kʋ-yɔɔ ɖɔɖɔ.
Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, manawa se mɩ-maɣmaɣ mi-liu wɛɛ se ɩsɩŋnɩ-wɛ. Pʋ-yɔɔ mansam-mɩ Masedonii ñɩma cɔlɔ nɛ meheyi-wɛ se: «Akayɩ egeetiye taa Yesu ŋgbɛyɛ taa ñɩma ñɔɔzɩ pa-tɩ ɖooo pinde se pahaɣ. Mɩ-pana ñaɣʋ labɩnɩ pa-taa ɛyáa sakɩyɛ hʋnʋm se paha.»
Pɩtɛkɛ ḿbʋ́ yɔ, yee ma nɛ Masedonii ñɩma ɖɩkɔm ɖɩmaɣnɩ-mɩ nɛ ɩtɔñɔɔzɩdɩ haɖɛ ńɖɩ́ yɔ, fɛyɛ kpaɣ-ɖʋ liu ŋgʋ́ ɖɩɩta-mɩ yɔ kʋ-yɔɔ. Pɩkpaɣ-mɩ ɖɔɖɔ.
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.
Pʋ-yɔɔ mankʋʋ man-tɩ nɛ tʋmɩyɛ nɛ e-ɖoŋ seɣtiɣ-m siŋŋ nɛ malʋkɩ.
Ḿbʋ́ ɖɔɖɔ ɩsɔɔlɩ taabalaa mbá pɛwɛ Masedonii egeetiye kpeekpe taa yɔ patɩŋa payɩ. Ɛlɛ́, taabalaa! Đɩsazɩɣ-mɩ se ɩla nɛ pɩkɩlɩ ḿbʋ́!