46 Yee mbá pɔsɔɔlɩ-mɩ yɔ pe-ɖeke ɩsɔɔlʋʋ lɛ, kɩhɛyʋʋ ŋgʋ́ ɩɖaŋɩɣ Ɛsɔ cɔlɔ yɔ? Halɩ tikee mʋyaa maɣmaɣ ñɔsɔɔlʋʋ mbá pɔsɔɔlɩ-wɛ yɔ.
Ɛyʋ Pɩyalʋ ñɔkɔma nɛ ɛtɔkɩ nɛ ɛñɔʋ lɛ, ɩɖaɣnɩɣ yɔɔdʋʋ se: ‹Ɩnaɣʋ ɛyʋ ɛnɛ yɔ, tɔkɩyɛ nɛ ñɔtʋ pɔ-yɔɔ ɖeke ɛmaɣzɩɣ. Ɛkɛ ɖɔɖɔ tikee mʋyaa nɛ kɩwɛɛkɩm laɖaa lɛlaa pa-taabalʋ.› Ɛlɛ́, pasɩŋ Ɛsɔ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ nɛ ɛ-lakasɩ kɩbanzɩ.»
Yee etetisi ɖɔɖɔ lɛ, ŋwolo ŋheyi ŋgbɛyɛ taa ñɩma nɛ pɔpɔzɩ-ɩ. Yee ɛtanɩɩnɩ paba lɛ, pʋbʋ, ŋkpaɣ-ɩ ɛzɩ weyi ɛɛñaŋ Ɛsɔ yɔ yaa kɩwɛɛkɩm laɖʋ nɔɔyʋ yɔ.
Yee mɩ-ñɩma ɖeke ɩsɛɣ lɛ, ɛbɛ ɩlaba nɛ pɩkɩlɩ mbá paañaŋ Ɛsɔ yɔ?
Yesu tasɩ-wɛ heyuu se: «Ɩkpa mɩ-tɩ! Ɩtaala mbʋ́ pʋpɔzʋʋ se pala Ɛsɔ nʋmɔʋ taa yɔ ɛyáa samaɣ taa se pana-mɩ. Pɩtɛkɛ ḿbʋ́, ɩɩmʋʋ kɩhɛyʋʋ nakʋyʋ mɩ-Caa weyi ɛwɛ ɛsɔdaa yɔ ɛ-cɔlɔ.
Pʋwayɩ lɛ, Yesu nɛ ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa nɛ tikee mʋyaa sakɩyɛ nɛ lɛlaa mbá ɛyáa kpakaɣ-wɛ se pɛkɛ kɩwɛɛkɩm laɖaa yɔ, powolo Leevi tɛ nɛ pacaɣ tɔɔnaɣ ɖɩtɔɔyɛ. Pɩtɛ ɛyáa mbá patɩŋaɣ-ɩ yɔ, paaɖɔwa.
Alɩwaatʋ ńdʋ́ lɛ, Yuda ñɩma paɣtʋ wɩlɩyaa mbá pɛkɛ Farɩsɩ ŋgbɛyɛ taa ñɩma yɔ paawɛɛ. Pɛ-ɛsɩndaa Yesu nɛ kɩwɛɛkɩm laɖaa nɛ tikee mʋyaa pɔtɔkaɣ tɔɔnaɣ. Peeɖe pɔpɔzɩ Yesu tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa se: «Pɩlabɩ ɛzɩma ɛ nɛ tikee mʋyaa nɛ kɩwɛɛkɩm laɖaa pɛkpɛndɩ pɔtɔkɩ?»
Nakʋyʋ wiye tikee mʋyaa nɛ kɩwɛɛkɩm laɖaa lɛlaa powobi Yesu cɔlɔ patɩŋa payɩ se panɩɩ ɛ-tɔm.
Alɩwaatʋ ńdʋ́ lɛ, tikee mʋyʋ ñaasɩŋ poliŋ nɛ ɛsɔ ɛ-ñʋʋ nɛ tɛtʋ nɛ ekpiɖiɣ se: ‹Hayɩ Ɛsɔ! Na weyi ma mɛnkɛ kɩwɛɛkɩm laɖʋ yɔ man-pʋtɔdɩyɛ!›
Abalʋ nɔɔyʋ kɛwɛ peeɖe, payaɣ-ɩ se Zaacee. Ɛkɛ tikee mʋyaa sɔsɔ, ɛwɛnɩ ñɩm sakɩyɛ.
Mbá patɩŋa pana ḿbʋ́ yɔ, pɩtamaɣ-wɛ nɛ pemidiɣ pa-taa pe-ɖeke se: «Halɩ ɛkʋyaa nɛ ewolo ɛsʋʋ kɩwɛɛkɩm laɖʋ tɛ!»
Pɩkpɛndɩnɩ tikee mʋyaa nɛ powolo ɛ-cɔlɔ se ɛlabɩ-wɛ lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ nɛ pɔpɔzɩ-ɩ se: «Wɩlɩyʋ, ɛbɛ pʋmʋnaa se ɖɩla?»
Pʋwayɩ lɛ, Leevi la kazandʋ ɛ-tɛ nɛ ɛ́yáa Yesu nɛ tikee mʋyaa sakɩyɛ nɛ ɛyáa lɛlaa sakɩyɛ nɛ powolo pacaɣ tɔɔnaɣ ɖɩtɔɔyɛ.
Peeɖe pɩtɛkɛdɩnɩ Farɩsɩ ñɩma nɛ paɣtʋ wɩlɩyaa mbá pɛkɛ pɔ-hɔɔlʋʋ taa ñɩma yɔ nɛ pɔpɔzɩ Yesu tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa se: «Pɩlabɩ ɛzɩma mɩ nɛ tikee mʋyaa nɛ kɩwɛɛkɩm laɖaa lɛlaa ɩkpɛndɩ ɩtɔkɩ nɛ ɩñɔʋ?»
Izrɛɛlɩ ɛjaɖɛ taa ɛyáa tɩŋa welesaɣ Yohanɛɛsɩ tɔm, halɩ pɩkpɛndɩnɩ tikee mʋyaa maɣmaɣ. Pʋ-yɔɔ petisaa nɛ palabɩ-wɛ lɩm sɔʋ sɔnzɩ. Palabɩ ḿbʋ́ nɛ pɩwɩlɩ se Ɛsɔ tʋʋzaa.
Piyele Ɛyʋ Pɩyalʋ ñɔkɔma nɛ ɛtɔkɩ nɛ ɛñɔʋ lɛ, ɩɖaɣnɩɣ yɔɔdʋʋ se: ‹Ɩnaɣʋ ɛyʋ ɛnɛ yɔ, tɔkɩyɛ nɛ ñɔtʋ pɔ-yɔɔ ɖeke ɛmaɣzɩɣ. Ɛkɛ ɖɔɖɔ tikee mʋyaa nɛ kɩwɛɛkɩm laɖaa lɛlaa pa-taabalʋ.›