14 Man-taabalaa! Yee ɛyʋ ɛwɛɛ nɛ ɛyɔɔdʋʋnɩ nɔɔ yem se: «Mɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ» nɛ ɛɛwɩlɩɣ-kʋ nɛ lakasɩ kɩbanzɩ lɛ, pɩwazɩɣ-ɩ we? Lidaʋ ŋ́gʋ́ kɩpɩzɩɣ kɩya ɛ-ñʋʋ naa we?
Mankaɖɩɣ-mɩ se yee ɩtala mbʋ́ Ɛsɔ liu wɛɛ yɔ nɛ pɩkɩlɩ paɣtʋ wɩlɩyaa nɛ Farɩsɩ ñɩma yɔ, ɩɩsʋʋ e-Kewiyaɣ taa wiɖiyi kaʋ.»
Ecosi-wɛ se: «Nɔɔyʋ ɛwɛnɩ tokonaa naalɛ yɔ, ɛpasɩ lɛɛkʋ nɛ ɛha weyi ɛfɛyɩna yɔ. Yee nɔɔyʋ ɛwɛnɩ tɔɔnaɣ yɔ, ɛha ɖɔɖɔ weyi ɛfɛyɩna yɔ.»
Weyi ɛ́lɛ́ welesiɣ mɔn-tɔm nɛ ɛɛɖɔŋ tɩ-yɔɔ yɔ, ɛ́lɛ́ wɛ ɛzɩ weyi ɛma kuduyuu tataa yem nɛ ɛtasɩɩ tigiɖe yɔ. Pɔɔ kɔɔ kosu nɛ lɩm wadɩ nɛ pɩmabɩ-kʋ nɛ kʋtɔlɩ kpaagbaa nɛ kʋyɔkɩ naŋa naŋa.»
Ɛtɔsɔɔlɩ Yuda ñɩma ɖa nɛ pɩkɩlɩ-wɛ, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, mbá patɩŋa payɩ pɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ ɛ-yɔɔ yɔ, ɛñalɩ pa-kɩwɛɛkɩm.
Halɩ Siimɔɔ maɣmaɣ ñetisi nɛ palabɩ-ɩ-sɩ ɖɔɖɔ. Ɛɛwɛɛ ɛtɩŋɩɣ Filiipu nɛ pɩlakɩ-ɩ piti nɛ hama lakasɩ sɔsɔsɩ nzɩ́ ɛ́lɛ́ lakaɣnɩ Ɛsɔ ɖoŋ yɔ nɛ kawɩlɩsɩ nzɩ́ ɛwɩlaɣnɩ ɖoŋ ɛnʋ nɛ ɛnaɣ yɔ.
Ŋfɛyɩnɩ natʋyʋ yaa waɖɛ naɖɩyɛ tɔm tʋnɛ tɩ-taa, ŋtatʋʋzɩ Ɛsɔ ɛsɩndaa.
Toovenim lɛ, yee ŋɖɔŋ paɣtʋ yɔɔ yɔ, pɛlʋʋ wɛ wazaɣ. Ɛlɛ́, yee ŋŋɖɔŋ tɩ-yɔɔ yɔ, pʋwɛ ɛzɩ pɛtɛpɛlɩ-ŋ yɔ.
Yee ɩɖɔkɩ-tʋ ḿbʋ́ camɩyɛ kpam ɛzɩ monsusuu-mɩ-tʋ yɔ yɔ, tɩyakɩ mɩ-ñʋʋ. Pɩtɛkɛ ḿbʋ́, lidaʋ ŋgʋ́ ɩɩwɛnɩ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ monsusi-mɩ-tʋ yɔ, kɩɩwazɩɣ-mɩ pʋyʋ.
Yee nɔɔyʋ ɛtɔsɔɔlɩ Kɩpaɣlʋ yɔ, pʋwɛɛ se Ɛsɔ ɛwɩlɩ pʋdʋ kpalʋʋ! Maraana ta, Kɩpaɣlʋ! Kɔɔ.
Taabalaa! Mɩ lɛ, Ɛsɔ ya-mɩ se ɩwɛɛ mɩ-tɩ yɔɔ. Paa ḿbʋ́, pɩtaha-mɩ waɖɛ se ɩla mbʋ́ mɩ-maɣmaɣ mi-liu wɛɛ yɔ mi-wezuu caɣʋ taa. Ɛlɛ́, ɩsɔɔlɩ ɖama nɛ piyele ɩsɩnɩ ɖama camɩyɛ.
Yee ɖa nɛ Krɩstʋ Yesu ɖɩkpɛndaa yɔ, paa pɛpɛlɩ-ɖʋ yaa pɛtɛpɛlɩ-ɖʋ yɔ, pɩfɛyɩnɩ wazaɣ nakɛyɛ: mbʋ́ pʋwɛ wazaɣ yɔ lɛ lidaʋ ŋgʋ́ ɖɩwɛnɩ ɛ-yɔɔ nɛ kiyeki se ɖɩsɔɔlɩ ɖama yɔ.
Đɩtɔzʋʋ tam ɖa-Caa Ɛsɔ ɛsɩndaa ɛzɩma mbʋ́ ɩwɛnɩ lidaʋ siŋŋ nɛ ɩlakɩ tʋmɩyɛ yɔ nɛ ɛzɩma mbʋ́ mɩ-sɔɔlɩm yeba nɛ ɩwɛɛ kpekpeka yɔ pʋ-yɔɔ. Đɩtɔzʋʋ ɖɔɖɔ ɛzɩma mbʋ́ ɩɖaŋ Kɩpaɣlʋ Yesu Krɩstʋ kpam yɔ pʋ-yɔɔ.
Ŋheyiɣ-wɛ ḿbʋ́ se pɛwɛnɩ sɔɔlɩm mbʋ́ pɩlɩnɩ hɔyɛ kɩbanɖɛ nɛ lɩmaɣza kɩbana nɛ lidaʋ siŋŋ pa-taa yɔ.
Yee nɔɔyʋ ɛmalɩsɩɣ e-tomnaɣ nɛ nabʋyʋ yɔ, pʋwɛ waɣzaɣ pazɩ yem. Ɛlɛ́, yee ɛcaɣ wezuu ɛzɩ Ɛsɔ liu wɛʋ yɔ yɔ, pʋwɛ waɣzaɣ pɩtɩŋa pɩ-taa. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, pɩhaɣ-ɖʋ lɛɛlɛɛyɔ wezuu nɛ cee wayɩ ñɩŋgʋ.
Pɔyɔɔdʋʋ se pasɩm Ɛsɔ, ɛlɛ́, pa-lakasɩ ɛɛwɩlɩɣ ḿbʋ́. Pɛwɛ sɔɔndʋ kpem, pɛkɛ kaañamtʋ tɩnaa, paapɩzɩɣ pala tʋmɩyɛ kɩbanɖɛ naɖɩyɛ.
Tɔm ńdʋ́, tʋmʋnaa se pataa-tʋ liu. Mancaɣ se ŋwɛɛ tɩ-yɔɔ ɖoŋ nɛ mbá pɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ yɔ, paka ñʋʋ nɛ pala tʋma kɩbana ɛzɩma mbʋ́ pʋpɔzʋʋ yɔ. Ŋnawa, ḿbʋ́ wɛnɩ ɖeu nɛ pʋwɛɛ ɛyáa wazaɣ.
Abraham kɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ, pʋ-yɔɔ ɛkpaɣ ɛ-pɩɣa ɛgbamɩyɛ Izaakɩ se ɛlaɣ-ɩ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ́ ɛ́lɛ́ takɩ-ɩ se ɛna ɛ-wayɩ yɔ. Etisaa se ɛlaɣ-kɛ. Ŋgʋ́, ɛɖʋwa se kɔ-yɔɔ ɛkɔŋ tɩŋnaʋ nɛ ɛha-ɩ sayɩnaa.
Ɛyáa lɩzɩ tɔm ndɩ ndɩ nɛ pawɩlɩɣ. Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, itaayele nɛ pepeɣzi-mɩ nɛ tʋ. Mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, pʋwɛ ɖeu se pɩtɩŋnɩ Ɛsɔ lootiye yɔɔ nɛ ɛyʋ kpa ɖoŋ. Ɛlɛ́, pɩtaatɩŋnɩ tɔɔnaɣ paɣtʋ yɔɔ. Mbá pɔɖɔm paɣtʋ ńdʋ́ tɩ-yɔɔ yɔ, pɩtawazɩ-wɛ pʋyʋ.
Man-taabalaa kʋsɔɔlaa! Ɩtaacɛtɩ mɩ-tɩ.
nɛ mɩ-taa nɔɔyʋ heyi-i se: «Wolo, ña-laŋɩyɛ ɛhɛɛ, suu wondu camɩyɛ nɛ ŋtɔɔ nɛ ŋhaɣ!» Nɛ ɛtaha-ɩ mbʋ́ pɩtɛɖɩɣ-ɩ yɔ lɛ, pɩwazɩɣ we?
Ɛlɛ́, yee nɔɔyʋ ɛtɔm se: «ɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ nɛ ma malakɩ lakasɩ kɩbanzɩ yɔ» mɔnpɔzʋʋ pʋdʋ se: «Wɩlɩ-m ɛzɩma mbʋ́ ŋwɛnɩ lidaʋ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ nɛ ŋŋlakɩ lakasɩ kɩbanzɩ yɔ nɛ ma mawɩlɩ-ŋ ɛzɩma mbʋ́ mɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ ɛ-yɔɔ yɔ nɛ ma-lakasɩ kɩbanzɩ yɔ.»
Toovenim lɛ, ɛzɩma mbʋ́ ɛyʋ ɛfɛyɩnɩ fezuu, ɛsɩba yɔ, ḿbʋ́ ɖɔɖɔ yee nɔɔyʋ ɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ nɛ ɛɛlakɩ lakasɩ kɩbanzɩ yɔ, e-lidaʋ ŋ́gʋ́ kɩsɩba.
Pɩ-maɣmaɣ pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, ɩñaɣ pana pɩŋŋ nɛ ɩwɛnɩ lidaʋ nɛ ɩwɛɛ siɣsiɣ ɖɔɖɔ mi-wezuu caɣʋ taa. Ɩwɛɛ siɣsiɣ mi-wezuu caɣʋ taa nɛ ɩkpɛlɩkɩ ɖɔɖɔ mbʋ Ɛsɔ liu wɛɛ yɔ.