2 Mbá ɛlɩzaa nɛ ɛ́yáa-wɛ se e-tiyiyaa yɔ, ḿbá yɔ: kajalaɣ lɛ, Siimɔɔ weyi payaɣ ɖɔɖɔ se Pɩyɛ yɔ nɛ e-neu Andree nɛ Zebedee pɩyalaa Yakubu nɛ e-neu Yohanɛɛsɩ
Kɩyakɩŋ loɖo ɖɛwa lɛ, Yesu yaa Pɩyɛ nɛ Yakubu nɛ e-neu Yohanɛɛsɩ nɛ ɛkpanɩ-wɛ pʋʋ sɔsɔʋ nakʋyʋ yɔɔ pe-ɖeke.
Yesu tɛm ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa heyuu ḿbʋ́ lɛ, Zebedee halʋ kpaɣ ɛ-pɩyalaa Yakubu nɛ Yohanɛɛsɩ nɛ powolo ɛ-cɔlɔ nɛ eluŋ ɛ-tɛɛ nɛ ewini-i.
Ɛɖɛɣaɣ lɛ, ɛ́yáa Pɩyɛ nɛ Zebedee pɩyalaa naalɛ. Pɛɖɛ tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa lɛlaa yɔɔ pazɩ lɛ, ɛ-laŋɩyɛ wɛɛkɩ nɛ sɔɔndʋ kpa-ɩ.
Nakʋyʋ wiye Yesu ɖɔŋaɣ Galilee teŋgu nɔɔ. Pɩkɛdaa lɛ, ɛna kpakpasɩ kpayaa naalɛ nabɛyɛ, pɔlɔwaɣ piyiŋ. Ḿbá yɔ: Siimɔɔ weyi payaɣ ɖɔɖɔ se Pɩyɛ yɔ nɛ e-neu Andree.
Etuzi ɛ-tɩ ɛsɩndaa lɛ, ɛna Yakubu nɛ e-neu Yohanɛɛsɩ, pa nɛ pa-caa Zebedee pɛwɛ pa-kpɩyʋʋ taa nɛ pɔñɔɔzʋʋ pe-piyiŋ. Ɛlɛ́, ɛ́yáa-wɛ
Yesu nɛ Yakubu nɛ Yohanɛɛsɩ nɛ Siimɔɔ nɛ Andree palɩ Ɛsɔ ɖɩsɛyɛ taa lɛ, patɩŋ Siimɔɔ nɛ Andree pɛ-tɛ.
Yesu yɔɔdɩ ḿbʋ́ nɛ ɛlɩɩ Yeruusalɛm lɛ, ewolo ɛkpa Somiŋ Pʋʋ yɔɔ nɛ ɛcaɣ nɛ ɛha-kɛ nɛ ɛsɛ. Puwiye ńɖɩ́ lɛ, Pɩyɛ nɛ Yakubu nɛ Yohanɛɛsɩ nɛ Andree pa-naanza paawɛnɩ ɛ-cɔlɔ. Pɛwɛ pe-ɖeke ḿbʋ́ lɛ, pɔpɔzɩ-ɩ se:
Pʋwayɩ lɛ, Yesu tiyiyaa pɩsɩ pekpeɣli ɛ-cɔlɔ nɛ pɛkɛdɩ-ɩ mbʋ́ pɩtɩŋa payɩ palaba yɔ nɛ tɔm ndʋ́ pawɩlaa yɔ.
Pʋ-yɔɔ Ɛsɔ yɔɔdɩ mɩ-tɔm nɛ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ se: ‹Mentiyiɣni-wɛ ɛyáa nabɛyɛ nɛ náyaa. Ɛlɛ́, pakʋʋ pa-taa lɛlaa nɛ pɛwɛɛ lɛlaa wayɩ kaŋ kaŋ.›
Alɩwaatʋ talaa lɛ, Yesu nɛ e-tiyiyaa powolo pacaɣ tɔɔnaɣ ɖɩtɔɔyɛ.
Yesu tiyi Pɩyɛ nɛ Yohanɛɛsɩ se: «Iwolo ɩtɩzɩ-ɖʋ Paska Kazandʋ tɔɔnaɣ.»
Sɔɔndʋ kakpa ɖɔɖɔ Zebedee pɩyalaa: Yakubu nɛ Yohanɛɛsɩ. Patɩŋaɣ Siimɔɔ wayɩ. Ɛlɛ́, Yesu heyi Siimɔɔ ɛnʋ se: «Taasɔɔndɩ! Pɩkpaɣʋnɩ lɛɛlɛɛyɔ yɔ, ɛyáa ŋkaɣ kpaʋ.»
Pʋwayɩ lɛ, Yesu tiyiyaa pɩsɩ ɛ-cɔlɔ nɛ pɛkɛdɩ-ɩ mbʋ́ palaba yɔ pɩtɩŋa. Ɛlɛ́, ɛ nɛ wɛ powolo pacaɣ ɖoli nɔɔyʋ pe-ɖeke tɛtʋ ndʋ́ payaɣ se Bɛtsayɩda yɔ tɩ-cɔlɔ.
Peeɖe ɛ́lɛ́ woba eheyi Andree nɛ ɛ nɛ ɩ powolo Yesu cɔlɔ pa-naalɛ nɛ peheyi-i ḿbʋ́.
Alɩwaatʋ ńdʋ́ lɛ, pa-taa weyi Yesu kɩlɩ sɔɔlʋʋ yɔ, ɛɛwɛlɩ hʋyʋʋ yɔɔ ɛ-cɔlɔ tɔɔnaɣ ɖɩtɔɔyɛ.
Peeɖe esewa nɛ ewolo Siimɔɔ Pɩyɛ nɛ tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyʋ weyi Yesu kɩlɩ sɔɔlʋʋ yɔ pɔ-cɔlɔ nɛ eheyi-wɛ se: «Palɩzɩ Kɩpaɣlʋ ɛ-pɩlaʋ taa nɛ ɖɩɩnaɣ ɖenɖe pasɩ-ɩ yɔ.»
Siimɔɔ Pɩyɛ nɛ Tomaa weyi payaɣ se Đom yɔ nɛ Nataanayɛɛlɩ weyi ɛwɛ Kana Galilee egeetiye taa yɔ nɛ Zebedee pɩyalaa nɛ Yesu tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa lɛlaa naalɛ, paawɛ ɖoli kʋɖʋm.
Yesu yɔɔdɩ ḿbʋ́ lɛ, Pɩyɛ kisi ɛ-wayɩ nɛ ɛna tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyʋ weyi Yesu kɩlɩ sɔɔlʋʋ yɔ, ewokaɣ pɔ-cɔlɔ. Ɛnʋ kɛwɛlɩnɩ ɛ-tɩ nɛ Yesu yɔɔ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ pɔtɔkaɣ tɔɔnaɣ yɔ nɛ ɛpɔzɩ-ɩ se: «Kɩpaɣlʋ! Akɔŋ-ŋ ɖʋzʋʋ koyindinaa nesi taa?»
Tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyʋ ɛnʋ, ɛ-maɣmaɣ ɛlɩzɩnɩ aseɣɖe nɛ ɛma tɔm ndʋ́ tɩlabɩ ḿbʋ́ yɔ. Đa lɛ, ɖɩnawa se ɛ-aseɣɖe kɛ toovenim.
Pʋ-yɔɔ ɛpɔzɩ ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa hiu nɛ naalɛ se: «Nɛ mɩ yɔ, miiyeki-m ɖɔɖɔ yaa we?»
Ɛlɛ́ Yesu pɔzɩ-wɛ se: «Pɩtɛkɛ malɩzɩnɩ mi-hiu nɛ naalɛ yaa we? Ŋgʋ́, mɩ-taa lɛlʋ kɛ eleeu!»
Siimɔɔ Iskarɩyɔɔtɩ pɩyalʋ Yudaasɩ tɔm ɛyɔɔdaɣ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, paa ɛɛkɛ ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa hiu nɛ naalɛ taa lɛlʋ yɔ, ɛnʋ kɔŋnɩ ɛ-wayɩ lɩʋ.
Peeɖe ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa taa lɛlʋ weyi payaɣ se Andree nɛ ɛkɛ Siimɔɔ Pɩyɛ neu yɔ, eheyi-i se:
Patalaa lɛ, pakpa ɛsɔdaa kuduyuu ŋgʋ́ kɩ-taa paakpeɣlaɣ yɔ kɩ-taa. Mbá pekpeɣlaɣ kɩ-taa yɔ, ḿbá yɔ: Pɩyɛ nɛ Yohanɛɛsɩ nɛ Yakubu nɛ Andree nɛ Filiipu nɛ Tomaa nɛ Bartelemii nɛ Maatiyee nɛ Alfee pɩyalʋ Yakubu nɛ Siimɔɔ weyi payaɣ se Yɔɔ Kandɩyʋ yɔ nɛ Yakubu pɩyalʋ Yuudi
Peeɖe paɖʋ miika nɛ pɩcaɣ Maatɩyaasɩ yɔɔ nɛ ɛsɔzɩ Yesu tiyiyaa hiu nɛ kʋɖʋm ḿbá pɔ-yɔɔ.
Eyeba nɛ pakʋ Yohanɛɛsɩ ɖalʋ Yakubu nɛ sɩɣa kɩɖaɣlaɣ.
Nakʋyʋ wiye Pɩyɛ nɛ Yohanɛɛsɩ powokaɣ Ɛsɔ ɖɩɣa taa Ɛsɔ sɛʋ ɖanaɣ ñɩɣtʋ naadozo yɔɔ ɛzɩ patɩɩsɛɣʋ yɔ.
Pʋwayɩ ɛwɩlɩ ɛ-tɩ Yakubu. Pʋbʋ wayɩ lɛ, ɛwɩlɩ ɛ-tɩ e-tiyiyaa lɛlaa tɩŋa.
Krɩstʋ ɛnʋ ɛhanɩ nabɛyɛ se pɛkɛ e-tiyiyaa nɛ lɛlaa náyaa nɛ lɛlaa Laŋhɛzɩyɛ Tɔm susiyaa nɛ lɛlaa ɖiyiyaa nɛ lɛlaa Ɛsɔtɔm wɩlɩyaa.
Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, taabalaa Ɛsɔ ñɩma mbá mɩ ɛya-mɩ ɖɔɖɔ yɔ, ɩcɔnɩ Yesu weyi Ɛsɔ tiyaa se ɛkɛ cɔjɔnaa ñʋʋdʋ yɔ. Ɛ-tɔm ɖiheyiɣ ɛyáa, ɛ-yɔɔ ɖɩwɛnɩ lidaʋ.
Ma Pɩyɛ weyi ɛkɛ Yesu Krɩstʋ tiyiyu yɔ, mamaɣnɩ takayaɣ kanɛ. Mamaɣ-kɛ mbá mɩ Ɛsɔ lɩzaa se ɩkɛ ɛ-ñɩma nɛ ɩfɛyɩ mɩ-tɛ yɔ. Ɩmɩzɩ ɖama ageeta wena payaɣ se Pɔntɩ nɛ Galaasii nɛ Kapaadoosi nɛ Aazii nɛ Bitinii yɔ a-taa.
Ma Siimɔɔ Pɩyɛ weyi ɛkɛ Yesu Krɩstʋ tʋmlaɖʋ nɛ e-tiyiyu yɔ, mamaɣnɩ takayaɣ kanɛ. Mamaɣ-kɛ mbá mɩ ɩwɛnɩ lidaʋ ɛ-yɔɔ ɖɔɖɔ ɛzɩ ɖa yɔ. Yesu Krɩstʋ weyi ɛkɛ ɖa-ñʋʋ yaɖʋ nɛ ɖɛ-Ɛsɔ yɔ, ɛtʋʋzaa yɔɔ eyebi se ɩwɛnɩ-kʋ. Lidaʋ ŋ́gʋ́, kɩkɛnɩ ɖatɩŋa payɩ pʋyʋ sɔsɔ.
Đo-ɖoo weyi ña Ɛsɔ lɩzɩ-ŋ yɔ, ma Krɩstʋ ŋgbɛyɛ taa sɔsɔ, mamaɣnɩ ña nɛ ñe-piya takayaɣ kanɛ. Mɔnsɔɔlɩ-mɩ toovenim taa. Ɛlɛ́, pɩtɛkɛ men-ɖeke mɔnsɔɔlɩnɩ-mɩ, mbá patɩŋa payɩ pasɩm toovenim tɔm yɔ, pɔsɔɔlɩ-mɩ ɖɔɖɔ.
Weyi ma mɛnkɛ Krɩstʋ ŋgbɛyɛ taa sɔsɔ yɔ, mamaɣnɩ mɛ-ɛgbaɣdʋ Gayuusi weyi ña mɔnsɔɔlɩ toovenim taa yɔ takayaɣ kanɛ, mɛnsɛ-ŋ.
Mbʋ́ mbʋ́ Yesu Krɩstʋ wɩlaa yɔ, pʋ-tɔm pama takayaɣ kanɛ ka-taa. Ɛsɔ wɩlɩnɩ-ɩ-pʋ se ɛwɩlɩ ɛ-tʋmlaɖaa nɛ pana mbʋ́ pʋkɔŋ labʋ alɩwaatʋ pazɩ taa yɔ nɛ ɛtɩŋnɩ e-tiyiyu yɔɔ nɛ ɛwɩlɩ-pʋ ɛ-tʋmlaɖʋ Yohanɛɛsɩ.
Ma mɩ-taabalʋ Yohanɛɛsɩ lɛ, ma nɛ mɩ ɖɩtɔkɩnɩ kʋñɔŋ nɛ kewiyaɣ nɛ ɖɩñakɩ pana ɖa nɛ Yesu ɖɛ-kpɛndʋʋ taa. Monsusi Ɛsɔtɔm nɛ malɩzɩ Yesu aseɣɖe yɔɔ pɛkɛzɩ-m tɛtʋ ɛjaɖɛ nɖɩ́ lɩm cɔ-ɖɩ pɩta nɛ payaɣ-ɖɩ se Patmoosi yɔ ɖɩ-taa.
Mbá mɩ ɩwɛ ɛsɔdaa yɔ, mɩ-taa ɛhʋlʋmɩ! Pɔyɔkɩ tɛtʋ ńdʋ́! Mɩ Ɛsɔ ñɩma nɛ Yesu tiyiyaa nɛ náyaa mɩ-taa ɛhʋlʋmɩnɩ tɩ-yɔkʋʋ! Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, Ɛsɔ hʋnɩ-tʋ tɔm kɩdɛkɛdɩm mbʋ́ tɩlabɩ-mɩ yɔ tɩ-yɔɔ.
Ma Yohanɛɛsɩ, manɩnɩ wondu ńdʋ́ tɩ-tɔm. Manɩ tɩ-tɔm nɛ mana-tʋ lɛ, mɔntɔlɩ Ɛsɔ tiyiyu weyi ɛwɩlaɣ-m-tʋ yɔ ɛ-naŋgbanzɩ tɛɛ se moluŋ ɛ-tɛɛ.