16 Ɛkɔŋ nɛ ɛkʋ-wɛ nɛ ɛcaa ɛyáa kɩfama nɛ pɔcɔŋnɩ-ɩ ɛ-hayɩm ḿbʋ́ pʋ-yɔɔ.» Ɛyáa samaɣ nɩ tɔm ńdʋ́ lɛ, kɔtɔ se: «Kaza! Pɩɩtɩɩlakɩ ḿbʋ́ kpem!»
Pɩkɛdaa lɛ, pɩtalɩ tɩŋ ɩnʋ i-pee koyuu. Peeɖe ɛkʋsɩ e-tiyiyaa nabɛyɛ se powolo ɛ-tʋmlaɖaa ḿbá pɔ-cɔlɔ nɛ pamʋ e-ɖeɖe nɛ powona.
Pocosi-i se: «Ɛkɔŋ ɛkʋ azaɣ́a ḿbá, pɩɩlakɩ-ɩ pʋtɔdɩyɛ kaʋ nɛ piyele ɛcaa ɛyáa kɩfama se pɔcɔnɩ-ɩ ɛ-tɩŋ yɔɔ camɩyɛ nɛ pokoyuu i-pee nɛ powokini-i alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ pʋpɔzʋʋ yɔ.»
Wiyaʋ nɩ ḿbʋ́ lɛ, ɛ-pana kpa pɩŋŋ nɛ etiyi ɛ-sɔɔjanaa nɛ powolo pakʋ ɛ-tʋmlaɖaa kʋyaa ḿbá nɛ piyele pɔsɔ pɛ-tɛtʋ miŋ.
Yesu tɛm tuuu eduuye ńɖɩ́ lɛ, ɛpɔzɩ-wɛ se: «Hayɩm tʋ ɛnʋ, ɛbɛ ɛlakɩ ɛ-tʋmlaɖaa ḿbá? Ɛkɔŋ ɛkʋ-wɛ nɛ ɛcaa ɛyáa kɩfama nɛ ɛlɛɣzɩ po-lone taa.»
Piyele mon-koyindinaa mbá pekizaa se mantaatɔɔ kewiyaɣ yɔ, ɩkɔnɩ-wɛ cɩnɛ nɛ ɩkʋ-wɛ mɛ-ɛsɩndaa.› »
Peeɖe pakpa-ɩ palɩzɩ-ɩ nɛ hayɩm ḿbʋ́ pʋ-wayɩ nɛ pakʋ-ɩ. Tɔɔ! Hayɩm tʋ ɛnʋ, ɛbɛ ɛlakɩ ɛ-tʋmlaɖaa ḿbá?
Peeɖe ɛ nɛ Barnaabaasɩ peheyi-wɛ kpayɩ se: «Mɩ pɩɩmʋnaa se ɖɩlɛyɩnɩ Ɛsɔtɔm heyuu nɛ pʋcɔ. Ɛlɛ́, ɖenɖe ikizi-tʋ nɛ ɩmaɣzɩɣ se ɩtamʋnɩ se ihiɣ wezuu maatɛŋ yɔ, ɖiyeki-mɩ ɖiwolo mbá pɛtɛkɛ Yuda ñɩma yɔ pɔ-cɔlɔ.
Pʋ-yɔɔ mɔnpɔzʋʋ se: Ɛsɔ lɔ Izrɛɛlɩ ñɩma naa we? Pɩtatɩɩkɛʋ ḿbʋ́ kpem! Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ma-maɣmaɣ mɛnkɛ Izrɛɛlɩ tʋ. Mɛnkɛ Abraham liɖe taa tʋ, mɛwɛ Bɛnjamɛɛ cejewiye taa.
Pʋ-yɔɔ mɔnpɔzʋʋ se: pucoɖuu Izrɛɛlɩ ñɩma nɛ pɔtɔlɩ yɔ, pɔtɔlaa se kʋyʋʋ fɛyɩ yaa we? Pɩtɛkɛ ḿbʋ́ kpem! Ɛlɛ́, pɛ-ɛzaɣ́tʋ yɔɔ lɛ, mbá pɛtɛkɛ Yuda ñɩma yɔ, papɩzaa pehiɣ ñʋʋ yabʋ se Yuda ñɩma ɛsɛzɩ ɛsɩyɛ pɔ-yɔɔ.
Pɩwɩlɩɣ se lidaʋ yɔɔ lɛ, paɣtʋ tɛkɛ pʋyʋ yaa we? Toovenim lɛ, pɩtɛkɛ ḿbʋ́! Ɛlɛ́, ɖɩwɛnɩ lidaʋ yɔ, ɖɩwɩlɩɣ mbʋ́ paɣtʋ kɛnaa kpem yɔ.
Toovenim lɛ, pɩtɛkɛ ḿbʋ́! Pʋwɛɛ se paa weyi ɛtɩlɩ se paa ɛyáa tɩŋa ɛcɛtɩɣ yɔ, Ɛsɔ ñɛkɛ toovenim tʋ. Pʋwɛ ɛzɩ pamaʋ Ɛsɔtɔm Takayaɣ taa yɔ. Pamawa se: «Pʋwɛɛ se patɩlɩ-ŋ se ŋkɛ toovenim tʋ ñɔ-yɔɔdaɣ taa, nɛ yee pahʋʋnɩ-ŋ yɔ, ŋwakɩ.»
Toovenim lɛ, pɩtɛkɛ ḿbʋ́! Yee ɛtatʋʋzɩ lɛ, ɛzɩma ɛpɩzɩɣ ɛhʋʋnɩ ɛyáa tɩŋa tɔm yɔ?
Se we ɖɩkaɣ yɔɔdʋʋ kpem yɔ? Paɣtʋ tatasɩ ɖoŋ wɛnaʋ ɖɔ-yɔɔ nɛ ɖɩwɛɛ Ɛsɔ lootiye taa yɔɔ pɩha-ɖʋ nʋmɔʋ se ɖɩla kɩwɛɛkɩm naa we? Pɩtɛkɛ ḿbʋ́ kpem!
Pɩtɛkɛ ḿbʋ́ kpem! Mbá ɖa ɖɩwɛ ɛzɩ sɩɖaa nɛ kɩwɛɛkɩm tatasɩ wɛnaʋ ɖoŋ ɖɔ-yɔɔ yɔ, ɛzɩma ɖɩpɩzɩɣ ɖɩwɛɛ pɩ-taa ɖɔɖɔ yɔ?
Mbʋ́ pʋwɛ ɖeu yɔ, pɩpɩsɩnɩ mbʋ́ pʋkʋʋ ma yɔ yaa we? Pɩtɛkɛ ḿbʋ́ kpem! Kɩwɛɛkɩm kɔnɩnɩ-pʋ. Ḿbʋ́ kɩwɛɛkɩm wɩlɩ pɩ-maɣmaɣ pɩ-tɩ keɣlee: pɩtɩŋnɩ mbʋ́ pʋwɛ ɖeu yɔ pʋ-yɔɔ nɛ pʋkʋ-m. Ḿbʋ́ pɩtɩŋnɩ mbʋ́ paɖʋ paɣtʋ taa yɔ pʋ-yɔɔ nɛ kɩwɛɛkɩm tɛzɩ pɩ-tɩ wɩlʋʋ kpaagbaa keɣlee se pɩfɛyɩ ɖeu kpem.
Se we ɖɩɩyɔɔdɩ yɔ? Mooyiizi paɣtʋ kɛ kɩwɛɛkɩm naa we? Pɩtɛkɛ ḿbʋ́ kpem! Ɛlɛ́, tɩ-yɔɔ pɩtɩŋnaa nɛ mantɩlɩ mbʋ́ pɩkɛ kɩwɛɛkɩm yɔ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, yee pataaɖʋ tɩ-taa se: «Taaɖʋ ɛsɩyɛ lɛlʋ ñɩm yɔɔ» yɔ, mantaatɩlɩ mbʋ́ ɛsɩyɛ ɖʋʋ kɛnaa yɔ.
Se we ɖɩyɔɔdʋʋ yɔ? Đɩyɔɔdʋʋ se Ɛsɔ kɛ weyi ɛtatʋʋzɩ yɔ yaa we? Đɩɩtɩɩyɔɔdʋʋ ḿbʋ́ kpem!
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.
Yee ɖɩcaɣ se ɖɩtɩŋnɩ Krɩstʋ yɔɔ nɛ ɖɩkɛ kʋtʋʋzaa Ɛsɔ ɛsɩndaa nɛ piyeki se ɖɩna se ɖɩkɛ kɩwɛɛkɩm laɖaa ɛzɩ lɛlaa yɔ yɔ, pɩwɩlɩɣ se Krɩstʋ ɛnʋ ɛwɩlɩɣnɩ-ɖʋ kɩwɛɛkɩm nʋmɔʋ naa we? Toovenim lɛ, pɩtɛkɛ ḿbʋ́!
Pɩwɩlɩɣ se paɣtʋ kʋyʋʋ mbʋ́ Ɛsɔ ɖʋwa se ɛlakɩ yɔ pʋ-yɔɔ yaa we? Toovenim lɛ, pɩtɛkɛ ḿbʋ́! Yee paaɖʋ paɣtʋ natʋyʋ nɛ tɩhaɣ ɛyáa wezuu yɔ, tɩɩpɩzaa nɛ tɩpɩsɩ-wɛ kʋtʋʋzaa Ɛsɔ ɛsɩndaa. Ŋgʋ́, pataɖʋ natʋyʋ ḿbʋ́.
Ma lɛ, ɖa-Kɩpaɣlʋ Yesu Krɩstʋ sɩbʋ kaamaŋkaɣ yɔɔ yɔ, pi-ɖeke mankʋndʋʋna, nabʋyʋ fɛyɩ nɛ pɩtasɩnɩ-pʋ. Sɩm ḿbʋ́ pʋ-yɔɔ pɩtɩŋnaa nɛ kɩdɛkɛdɩm mbʋ́ pʋwɛ kedeŋa yɔɔ yɔ, pɩtatasɩ ɖoŋ nɩɩyɩ wɛnaʋ mɔ-yɔɔ nɛ ma ɖɔɖɔ mɛnkɛ sɩɖʋ pɩ-ɛsɩndaa.