16 Yee nɔɔyʋ etisaa lɛ, ɩlabɩ-ɩ lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ nɛ Ɛsɔ ya ɛ-ñʋʋ. Ɛlɛ́, yee nɔɔyʋ ekizaa yɔ, Ɛsɔ kʋʋ ɛ-tɔm.
Weyi ɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ Ɛsɔ Pɩyalʋ yɔɔ yɔ, ehiɣ wezuu maatɛŋ. Weyi ɛ́lɛ́ ɛɛñaŋ-ɩ yɔ, eehikiɣ-kʋ. Ɛlɛ́, Ɛsɔ pana wɛɣ-ɩ kpanaʋ yɔɔ.»
Ɛ́lɛ́ cosi-wɛ se: «Ɩlɛɣzɩ wɛtʋ nɛ pala paa mɩ-taa weyi lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ Yesu Krɩstʋ hɩɖɛ taa nɛ pekpeɣ-mɩ mɩ-kɩwɛɛkɩm. Peeɖe Ɛsɔ haɣ-mɩ e-Fezuu Kiɖeɖeu.
Toovenim lɛ, meheyiɣ-mɩ se weyi ewelesiɣ mɔn-tɔm nɛ ɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ weyi etiyi-m yɔ ɛ-yɔɔ yɔ, ehiɣ wezuu maatɛŋ. Paahʋʋnɩ-ɩ. Ɛtɛm lɩʋ sɩm taa nɛ ehiɣ wezuu maatɛŋ.
Pʋ-yɔɔ meheyi-mɩ se yee itetisi se: ‹Ma lɛ weyi mɛnkɛnaa yɔ› yɔ, ɩsɩkɩ mɩ-kɩwɛɛkɩm taa.»
Ecosi-wɛ se: «Tʋmɩyɛ nɖɩ́ Ɛsɔ liu wɛɛ se ɩla yɔ lɛ se ɩwɛnɩ lidaʋ weyi ma etiyaa yɔ mɔ-yɔɔ.»
Yesu cosi-i se: «Toovenim lɛ, meheyiɣ-ŋ se weyi paɖaɣnɩɣ-ɩ lʋlʋʋ nɛ pɩtɩŋnɩ lɩm nɛ Fezuu Kiɖeɖeu pɔ-yɔɔ yɔ, e-ɖeke ɛkɛɣnɩ Ɛsɔ Kewiyaɣ taa tʋ.
Náyaa tɩŋa lɩzɩ ɛ-aseɣɖe se: weyi ɛwɛɣnɩ lidaʋ ɛ-yɔɔ yɔ, pɩtɩŋɩɣnɩ ɛ-yɔɔ nɛ Ɛsɔ kpeɣ pʋdʋ ɛ-kɩwɛɛkɩm.»
Piyele ndʋ́ tʋtʋ wɛ ka-taa yɔ, pama-tʋ se ɩwɛnɩ lidaʋ se Yesu lɛ Ɛsɔ Pɩyalʋ nɛ ɛtɛ ɛkɛ Weyi Ɛsɔ Lɩzaa Yɔ nɛ piyele pɩtɩŋnɩ ɛ-yɔɔ nɛ ihiɣ wezuu.
Weyi patana ɛ-hɩɖɛ wezuu takayaɣ taa yɔ, pɛpɛɖɩ-ɩ miŋ sɔsɔŋ taa.
Peeɖe Yesu kaɖɩ-wɛ se: «Ma lɛ tɔɔnaɣ ŋgá kahaɣ wezuu yɔ. Weyi ɛkɔŋ mɔn-cɔlɔ yɔ, ñɔɔsɩ ɛɛwɩɣ-ɩ wiɖiyi kaʋ, weyi ɛ́lɛ́ wɛɣnɩ lidaʋ mɔ-yɔɔ yɔ, lɔkɔtʋ ɛɛɖɔkʋʋ-ɩ ɖɔɖɔ kaʋ.
Pʋnɛ pɩtɩŋa payɩ pʋwɛ ɛzɩ lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ nzɩ́ palabɩ-mɩ nɛ sɩya mɩ-ñʋʋ lɛɛlɛɛyɔ yɔ. Patalabɩ-mɩ-sɩ se sɩñalɩ mɩ-yɔɔ azuluma. Ɛlɛ́, sɩ-yɔɔ ɩtɩŋɩɣna nɛ itendi Ɛsɔ se eyele nɛ mɩ-taa wɛɛ ɖeu. Yesu Krɩstʋ fem yɔɔ Ɛsɔ tɩŋɩɣna nɛ ɛya mɩ-ñʋʋ.
Ɛtɔŋaɣ se: «Lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, alɩwaatʋ talaa se Ɛsɔ Kewiyaɣ ɛkɔɔ. Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, ɩlɛɣzɩ wɛtʋ nɛ itisi ɛ-Laŋhɛzɩyɛ Tɔm.»
Anaanɩyaasɩ tɛm-m heyuu ḿbʋ́ lɛ, ɛpɔzɩ-m se lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, ɛbɛ manɖaŋaa ɖɔɖɔ yɔ? Pʋwɛɛ se mowolo palabɩ-m lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ nɛ mentendi Kɩpaɣlʋ nɛ ɛñalɩ-m man-kɩwɛɛkɩm.»
Ɩɩnaɣ mbʋ́ man-Caa liu wɛɛ yɔ: weyi ɛnaɣ ɛ-Pɩyalʋ ma nɛ ɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ mɔ-yɔɔ yɔ, ehikiɣ wezuu maatɛŋ. Menfeziɣ-i kɛtɛzaɣ kɩyakʋ wiye nɛ sɩm taa.»
Ɛ-yɔɔ pɩtɩŋnaa nɛ ɩwɛnɩ lidaʋ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ. Ɛsɔ ɛnʋ efezini-i nɛ ɛlɩɩnɩ sɩɖaa taa nɛ ɛha-ɩ koboyaɣ. Ḿbʋ́ yekina nɛ ɩwɛnɩ lidaʋ Ɛsɔ ɛnʋ ɛ-yɔɔ nɛ ɩtaa-ɩ liu.
Peeɖe ɛyáa sakɩyɛ tisi Pɩyɛ tɔm nɛ palabɩ-wɛ lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ. Mbá pɔsɔzɩ taabalaa yɔɔ puwiye ńɖɩ́ yɔ, patalɩ ɛzɩ kutokiŋ naadozo yɔ.
Ɛyáa nabɛyɛ wɛɛ, panɩɣ Ɛsɔtɔm ńdʋ́ lɛ, Satanɩ tɩŋ ɛhɔɔzɩ-tʋ pa-taa se pataakɔɔ petisi nɛ pehiɣ ñʋʋ yabʋ. Ḿbá wɛnɩ ɛzɩ nʋmɔʋ nɔɔ ɖenɖe pee tɔlaa yɔ.
Iwolo ajɛya kpeekpe taa ɛyáa cɔlɔ nɛ ɩla nɛ papɩsɩ mɔn-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa nɛ ɩlabɩ-wɛ lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ Caa Ɛsɔ nɛ ɛ-Pɩyalʋ nɛ e-Fezuu Kiɖeɖeu pa-hɩɖɛ taa.
Piyele sɔɔndʋ tɩnaa nɛ mbá paañaŋ Ɛsɔ yɔ nɛ kʋsɔɔtʋ tɩnaa nɛ ɛyáa kʋyaa nɛ acɛyɛ laɖaa nɛ fadɩŋ laɖaa nɛ agɔlɩma layaa nɛ cɛtɩyaa tɩŋa payɩ pe-ɖeɖe lɛ miŋ sɔsɔŋ weyi ɛ-taa nɛ tɩm nɛ ɛmʋʋ siŋŋ yɔ ɛ-taa: ḿbʋ́ lɛ sɩm naalɛ ñɩmbʋ.»
Weyi ɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ ɛ-yɔɔ yɔ, peɖeziɣ-i Ɛsɔ ɛsɩndaa mbʋ́ pɩtɩŋa pɩ-taa Mooyiizi paɣtʋ ñaapɩzɩɣ tiɖezi-i yɔ.
Mbá ɖa ɛpɩsɩ-ɖʋ kʋtʋʋzaa yɔ, ɖɔ-yɔɔ ɖɔɖɔ pama-tʋ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɖɩwɛnɩ lidaʋ Ɛsɔ weyi efezi ɖa-Kɩpaɣlʋ Yesu nɛ sɩm taa yɔ ɛ-yɔɔ.
Pɩlakɩ ḿbʋ́ se pahʋʋnɩ mbá patɩŋa payɩ petetisi toovenim tɔm nɛ panɩɩnɩ mbʋ́ pɩtatʋʋzɩ yɔ.
miŋ sɔsɔŋ taa yɔ. Ḿbʋ́ ɛkɔŋ se ɛhɔ mbá patasɩ Ɛsɔ nɛ paañaŋ ɖa-Kɩpaɣlʋ Yesu Laŋhɛzɩyɛ Tɔm yɔ pa-nɩŋgbaaŋ.
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.
Toovenim lɛ, pɩtɛkɛ ḿbʋ́! Yee ɛtatʋʋzɩ lɛ, ɛzɩma ɛpɩzɩɣ ɛhʋʋnɩ ɛyáa tɩŋa tɔm yɔ?