17 Mbʋ́ pɩtɩŋa pahaɣ ɛyʋ nɛ pʋwɛ ɖeu pɩtɩɩfɛyɩ yɔ, Ɛsɔ weyi ɛwɛ ɛsɔdaa yɔ ɛ-cɔlɔ pɩlɩnaa. Ɛnʋ labɩnɩ wɩsɩ nɛ fenaɣ nɛ tɩɩnzɩ. Ɛɛlɛɣzɩɣ kaʋ: ɛfɛyɩ ɛzɩ kɩlɛmʋʋ yɔ.
Mbá mɩ ɩkɛ azaɣ́a yɔ, itekizi haʋ mi-piya mbʋ́ pʋwɛ ɖeu yɔ nɛ pɩcandɩnɩ mɩ-Caa Ɛsɔ weyi ɛwɛ ɛsɔdaa yɔ? Ɛhaɣ mbʋ́ pʋwɛ ɖeu yɔ mbá paba sʋlʋmʋʋ-ɩ yɔ.
Mbá mɩ ɩkɛ azaɣ́a yɔ, yee ɩsɩm haʋ mi-piya mbʋ́ pʋwɛ ɖeu yɔ lɛ, ɛzɩma mɩ-Caa Ɛsɔ weyi ɛwɛ ɛsɔdaa yɔ, ɛɛpɩzɩɣ ɛha e-Fezuu Kiɖeɖeu mbá pasʋlʋmʋʋ-ɩ-kʋ yɔ?»
Ńɖɩ́ lɛ ñalɩmɩyɛ siŋŋ, ɖɩkɔm kedeŋa yɔɔ se ɖɩñalɩ paa weyi ɛ-yɔɔ.
Yohanɛɛsɩ cosi-wɛ se: «Mbʋ́ Ɛsɔ ha ɛyʋ yɔ, pi-ɖeke koŋ ɛpɩzɩɣ ɛmʋ.
Ɛlɛ́, Yesu kaɖɩ-ɩ se: «Toovenim lɛ, meheyiɣ-ŋ se yee pataɖaɣnɩ nɔɔyʋ lʋlʋʋ yɔ, ɛɛkɛɣ Ɛsɔ Kewiyaɣ taa tʋ.»
Yesu tasɩ ɛyáa samaɣ heyuu se: «Ma lɛ ɛyáa kpeekpe ñalɩmɩyɛ. Weyi ɛtɩŋɩɣ ma-wayɩ yɔ, ɛɛɖɔŋ cɩkpɛndʋʋ taa kaʋ. Ɛlɛ́, ehikiɣ ñalɩmɩyɛ nɖɩ́ ɖɩhaɣ wezuu yɔ.»
Panɩ tɔm ńdʋ́ lɛ, pɛhɛzɩ pa-tɩ nɛ pasaŋ Ɛsɔ se: «Yee ḿbʋ́, Ɛsɔ yebi ɖɔɖɔ se halɩ mbá pɛtɛkɛ Yuda ñɩma yɔ, pɛlɛɣzɩ wɛtʋ nɛ pehiɣ wezuu!»
Efezi-i lɛ, ɛkpazɩ-ɩ nɛ ɛcaɣzɩ lone kɩbanɖɛ taa ɛ-cɔlɔ nɛ ɛpɩsɩ-ɩ Wiyaʋ Sɔsɔ weyi ɛkɛ Ñʋʋ Yaɖʋ yɔ se ɛwɩlɩ Izrɛɛlɩ ñɩma nʋmɔʋ nɛ pɛlɛɣzɩ wɛtʋ nɛ Ɛsɔ kpeɣ-wɛ pa-kɩwɛɛkɩm.
Kɩwɛɛkɩm kɩhɛyʋʋ lɛ sɩm. Ɛlɛ́, kʋjɔʋ ŋgʋ́ Ɛsɔ lakɩ-ɖʋ falaa yɔ lɛ wezuu maatɛŋ ŋgʋ́ ɖihiɣ ɖa nɛ ɖa-Kɩpaɣlʋ Krɩstʋ Yesu ɖɛ-kpɛndʋʋ taa yɔ.
Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, aheyi-ŋ se ŋkɩlɩ lɛlaa? Pɩtɛkɛ Ɛsɔ hanɩ-ŋ mbʋ́ pɩtɩŋa payɩ ŋwɛna yɔ yaa we? Yee toovenim se ɛnʋ ɛhanɩ-ŋ-pʋ lɛ, pɩlabɩ ɛzɩma ŋkʋndʋʋnɩ-pʋ ɛzɩ pataha-ŋ-pʋ kɩhaʋ yɔ?
Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, Ɛsɔ weyi ɛtɔm se: «Ñalɩmɩyɛ ɛñalɩ cɩkpɛndʋʋ taa» yɔ, ɛnʋ ɖɔɖɔ yebina nɛ ɛ-ñalɩmɩyɛ ñalɩ ɖa-laŋa taa. Ńɖɩ́ yekina se ɖɩtɩlɩ e-koboyaɣ ŋgá kañɩlɩsɩɣ Krɩstʋ ɛsɩndaa yɔ.
Mentendiɣ-i ɖɔɖɔ se ekuli mɩ-lɩmaɣza yɔɔ nɛ ɩtɩlɩ mbʋ́ ɛya-mɩ se ɩɖaŋ kpam yɔ nɛ ɛzɩma mbʋ́ ɛ-ñɩm koboyaɣ ɖewa pɩtɩɩfɛyɩ yɔ. Ḿbʋ́ ɛsɩ ɛ-ñɩma.
E-lootiye ńɖɩ́ ɖɩ-yɔɔ ɛtɩŋnɩ lidaʋ ŋgʋ́ ɩwɛnɩ Krɩstʋ yɔɔ yɔ kʋ-yɔɔ nɛ ɛya mɩ-ñʋʋ. Pɩtɛkɛ mɩ-cɔlɔ pɩlɩnaa, Ɛsɔ kʋjɔʋ pɩkɛnaa.
Ɛsɔ ha-mɩ se ɩwɛnɩ lidaʋ Krɩstʋ yɔɔ nɛ ɩtɛ ɩtɔɔ kʋñɔŋ ɛ-yɔɔ ɖɔɖɔ
E-ɖeke koŋ ɛɛsɩkɩna, ñalɩmɩyɛ naɖɩyɛ taa ɛwɛɛ. Nɔɔyʋ ɛɛpɩzɩɣ ɛñɔtɩnɩ-ɖɩ. Nɔɔyʋ tana-ɩ, nɔɔyʋ ɛɛpɩzɩɣ ɛna-ɩ ɖɔɖɔ. Paɖʋ-ɩ hɩɖɛ nɛ e-ɖoŋ wɛɛ tam! Pɩla ḿbʋ́.
Yesu Krɩstʋ wɛʋ yɔ, ɛɛlɛɣzɩɣ kaʋ. Ɛzɩma mbʋ́ ɛɛwɛ ɖooo lɔŋ yɔ, ḿbʋ́ ɛwɛɛ, ḿbʋ́ ɖɔɖɔ ɛwɛɣ tam.
Yee mɩ-taa nɔɔyʋ ɛfɛyɩnɩ lɔŋ yɔ, ɛsʋlʋmɩ Ɛsɔ, ɛhaɣ-ɩ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɛhaɣ paa weyi nɛ laŋɩyɛ kɩbanɖɛ, ɛɛkalɩɣ.
Mbá palakɩ ḿbʋ́ yɔ, pɔ-lɔŋsɩnɖɛ talɩɩnɩ Ɛsɔ cɔlɔ. Ɛlɛ́, kedeŋa yɔɔ cɩnɛ ɖɩlɩnaa, ɛyáa lɔŋsɩnɖɛ pɩkɛnaa, aleewaa cɔlɔ ɖɩlɩnaa.
Ɛlɛ́, weyi ɛwɛɣnɩ lɔŋ weyi ɛlɩnɩ Ɛsɔ cɔlɔ yɔ, kajalaɣ lɛ, ɛ-taa wɛ cɩɖɩcɩɖɩ. Nabʋlɛ lɛ, ɛɛcaɣ tɔm, ɛwɛ hɛɛ, ɛnɩɣnɩ ɛyáa nɛ ɛnaɣ pa-pʋtɔdɩyɛ siŋŋ nɛ ɛlakɩ tʋma kɩbana, ɛɛlakɩ tɛ yɔɔ tɛ yɔɔ, ɛɛlakɩ tɛɛ nɛ pʋ-yɔɔ lakasɩ ɖɔɖɔ.
Yesu Krɩstʋ tɔm ndʋ́ ɖɩnɩwa nɛ ɖɩkɛdɩɣ-mɩ yɔ, ńdʋ́ lɛ se: Ɛsɔ lɛ ñalɩmɩyɛ, cɩkpɛndʋʋ nakʋyʋ fɛyɩ ɖenɖe ɛwɛɛ yɔ.
Mbʋ́ pɩwɩlɩɣ sɔɔlɩm ḿbʋ́ kpem yɔ lɛ se: ɛnʋ calɩnɩ-ɖʋ sɔɔlʋʋ nɛ etiyi ɛ-Pɩyalʋ se ɛkɔɔ ɛsɩ ɖɔ-yɔɔ nɛ ɛpɩzɩ ekpeɣ-ɖʋ ɖa-kɩwɛɛkɩm.
Pɩtatasɩ pɔzʋʋ se wɩsɩ yaa fenaɣ ɛñaɣ tɛtʋ ńdʋ́ tɩ-taa. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, Ɛsɔ koboyaɣ ñalɩmɩyɛ ñalɩɣ, tɩ-kanɖʋ lɛ Heɣa.
Đoo ɛɛtasɩɣ yuu. Paatasɩɣ tɛɖʋʋ kanɖʋ ñalɩmɩyɛ yaa wɩsɩ ñɩnɖɛ, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, Kɩpaɣlʋ Ɛsɔ ñalɩmɩyɛ kɔŋ pɔ-yɔɔ ñalʋʋ. Đɔɖɔ lɛ, pɔkɔŋ tɔɔʋ kewiyaɣ pɩnzɩ ɛgbaŋ ɛgbaŋ.