1 Man-taabalaa! Đenɖe ɩwɛnɩ lidaʋ ɖa-Kɩpaɣlʋ Yesu Krɩstʋ weyi ɛwɛ Ɛsɔ koboyaɣ taa yɔ ɛ-yɔɔ yɔ, ɩtaacɔnɩ nɔɔyʋ ɛsɩndaa nɛ pʋcɔ ɩlabɩ-ɩ pʋyʋ.
Peeɖe petiyi pɔ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa taa lɛlaa nɛ Eroodi hɔɔlʋʋ taa ñɩma nabɛyɛ se powolo peheyi-i se: «Wɩlɩyʋ! Đɩnawa se ŋyɔɔdʋʋ toovenim nɛ ŋkpɛlɩkɩɣ ɛyáa mbʋ́ Ɛsɔ liu wɛɛ se pala yɔ pu-toovenim. Sɔɔndʋ ɛɛkpaɣ-ŋ nɛ nɔɔyʋ, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ŋtakpaɣ ɛyáa wɛtʋ nɛ ŋyaa pʋyʋ.
Kɔɔrnɛɛyɩ yɔɔdɩ ḿbʋ́ lɛ, Pɩyɛ tɔ se: «Toovenim lɛ, lɛɛlɛɛyɔ manawa se Ɛsɔ tɔsɔɔlɩ nabɛyɛ nɛ eyele lɛlaa:
Meheyi Yuda ñɩma nɛ mbá pɛtɛkɛ Yuda ñɩma yɔ se pɛlɛɣzɩ wɛtʋ Ɛsɔ ɛsɩndaa nɛ pɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ ɖa-Kɩpaɣlʋ Yesu yɔɔ.
Pɔɔlɩ wɛ peeɖe ḿbʋ́ nɛ pɩla kɩyakɩŋ cabɩ lɛ, Feliksɩ nɛ ɛ-halʋ Druusiili pɔkɔɔ nɛ etiyi se payaa Pɔɔlɩ. Halʋ ɛnʋ ɛkɛ Yuda tʋ. Ɛ́lɛ́ kɔma lɛ, Feliksɩ heyi-i se ɛkɛdɩ-ɩ Krɩstʋ Yesu yɔɔ lidaʋ wɛnaʋ tɔm. Peeɖe ɛpazɩ-ɩ-tʋ kɛdʋʋ.
Ɛ́lɛ́ cosi-i se: «Man-caanaa nɛ man-taabalaa mɩ! Ɩma nɩŋgbaaŋ nɛ ɩnɩɩ. Ɛsɔ koboyaɣ tʋ kalɩzɩ ɛ-tɩ nɛ ɛwɩlɩ ɖɔ-cɔzɔ Abraham alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ ɛɛwɛ Mezoopotamii yɔ nɛ pʋcɔ ɛ́lɛ́ kʋyɩ ewolo Haraɣ.
Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, me-liu wɛɛ kpem se mɔnkɔɔ nɛ Fezuu Kiɖeɖeu tɩŋnɩ mɔ-yɔɔ nɛ kɩlabɩ-mɩ kʋjɔʋ nɛ ɩkpa ɖoŋ.
Kedeŋa awiya taa nɔɔyʋ tasɩ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ ńɖɩ́. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, yee paasɩm-ɖɩ yɔ, pataaka Kɩpaɣlʋ weyi ɛtɩnɩ koboyaɣ yɔ kaamaŋkaɣ yɔɔ.
Toovenim lɛ, pɔyɔɔdɩ ɛzɩma mbʋ́ ɩwɛnɩ lidaʋ Krɩstʋ Yesu yɔɔ yɔ nɛ ɛzɩma mbʋ́ ɩsɔɔlɩ Ɛsɔ ñɩma tɩŋa payɩ yɔ pʋ-tɔm nɛ ɖɩnɩɩ.
nɛ ŋwɛnɩ lidaʋ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ ḿbʋ́ nɛ ña-lɩmaɣza caɣ a-ɖeɖe. Nabɛyɛ lɩmaɣza taacaɣ a-ɖeɖe nɛ pa-laŋa wɛɛ kpɩzɩŋ nɛ lidaʋ ŋgʋ́ paawɛna yɔ kɩla asayʋʋ.
Meheyiɣ-ŋ Ɛsɔ nɛ Krɩstʋ Yesu nɛ Ɛsɔ lɩzɩ e-tiyiyaa mbá yɔ pɛ-ɛsɩndaa kpayɩ se ŋɖɔ tɔm ńdʋ́ tɩ-yɔɔ camɩyɛ. Taacɔnɩ nɔɔyʋ ɛsɛ yɔɔ yem, taala nabʋyʋ ɛsɩmɩyɛ yɔɔ.
Ma Pɔɔlɩ weyi ɛkɛ Ɛsɔ tʋmlaɖʋ nɛ Yesu Krɩstʋ tiyiyu yɔ, mamaɣnɩ takayaɣ kanɛ. Paɖʋ-m se mala nɛ mbá Ɛsɔ lɩzaa yɔ, pɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ nɛ mawɩlɩ-wɛ nɛ patɩlɩ toovenim nɛ pacaɣ wezuu ɛzɩ Ɛsɔ liu wɛʋ yɔ.
Ḿbʋ́ pʋwɛɛ se ɖɩla nɛ ɖɩɖaŋnɩ laŋhʋlʋmɩyɛ kɩyakʋ ŋgʋ́ ɖɩɖaŋaa yɔ. Ki-wiye Krɩstʋ Yesu weyi ɛkɛ ɖɛ-Ɛsɔ sɔsɔ nɛ ɖa-ñʋʋ yaɖʋ yɔ e-koboyaɣ lɩɣ.
Ɛnʋ wɩlɩɣnɩ Ɛsɔ koboyaɣ. Ɛnʋ ɖɔɖɔ lɛ mbʋ́ Ɛsɔ kɛnaa kpem yɔ. Ɛnʋ yekina se pɩtɩŋnɩ ɛ-tɔm ndʋ́ tɩwɛ ɖoŋ yɔ tɩ-yɔɔ nɛ mbʋ́ pɩtɩŋa payɩ pʋwɛ kedeŋa yɔɔ yɔ, pʋwɛɛ tam. Ɛtɛm ɛyáa kɩwɛɛkɩm ñalʋʋ cɩɖɩcɩɖɩ lɛ, ɛkpa ɛsɔdaa nɛ ɛcaɣ Ɛsɔ Caabiyuu cɔlɔ lone kɩbanɖɛ taa.
Đɩkɛzɩ ɛsɛ nɛ Yesu yɔɔ: ɛnʋ sɩnɩ ɖe-lidaʋ kiɖe, ɛnʋ kɔŋnɩ-kʋ tɛzʋʋ. Etisaa nɛ pakam-ɩ kaamaŋkaɣ yɔɔ nɛ ɛsɩ. Ɛlɛ́, fɛyɛ takpa-ɩ nɛ kaamaŋkaɣ yɔɔ sɩm ḿbʋ́, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɛnawa se ɛkɔŋ wɛʋ laŋhʋlʋmɩyɛ taa. Lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, ɛcaɣ Ɛsɔ kewiyaɣ kpelaɣ cɔlɔ lone kɩbanɖɛ taa.
Man-taabalaa kʋsɔɔlaa! Ɩtaacɛtɩ mɩ-tɩ.
Man-taabalaa kʋsɔɔlaa! Ɩtɩlɩ se: pʋwɛɛ se paa weyi ɛɖaŋ kpam nɛ ewelesini lɛlaa. Đɔɖɔ lɛ, ɛtaakpedesi se ɛyɔɔdʋʋ, ɛ-pana ɛtaakpa yem yem.
Yee ɩsam weyi esu wondu kɩbandʋ yɔ nɛ ɩyaa-ɩ se: «Đajaa! Kɔɔ cɩnɛ nɛ ŋcaɣ lone kɩbanɖɛ taa» nɛ piyele iheyi kʋñɔndʋ se: «Sɩŋ peeɖe yɔ» yaa: «Kɔɔ ŋcaɣ ɖa-naŋgbanzɩ tɛɛ cɩnɛ tataa» yɔ,
Ɛlɛ́, yee ɩcɔŋnɩ nɔɔyʋ ɛsɩndaa se pʋcɔ ɩlabɩ-ɩ pʋyʋ yɔ, ɩlabɩ kɩwɛɛkɩm. Mbʋ́ paɖʋ paɣtʋ ńdʋ́ tɩ-taa yɔ, pɩwɩlɩɣ se ɩtɔɖɔ tɩ-yɔɔ.
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.
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.
Ɛyáa ḿbá, pɔ-nɔsɩ taa ɛɛnɩɣ nɛ pɛwɛɛ patɩmɩɣ. Palakɩ kɩdɛkɛdɩm mbʋ́ pa-maɣmaɣ pe-liu wɛɛ yɔ. Pɔyɔɔdʋʋ tɔm camɩyɛ nɛ pepeɣziɣ ɛyáa nɛ pɔ-nɔɔ leleŋ se pehiɣ kɛzɛɣa.
Cɩnɛ panaɣ ɛzɩma mbʋ́ Ɛsɔ ñɩma mbá pɔɖɔŋ ɛ-paɣtʋ yɔɔ nɛ pɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ Yesu yɔɔ yɔ pɔɖɔkɩ pa-tɩ yɔ.