4 Kɛlɛmaza, anasɛ Kpaya axwɛdɛ bu kpɛ bulɔnahwɛ nɛ otugba nɛ kidzonyɛdzo abha, nɛ butɔɛxwɛwuwa gbɛgbla, nɛ kibuipɛpɛɛ, bugɛganɛ mɛ kpãzɛza anɛ kibuitɛtrɔ anɔabha,
Tɛzɛza mɔmɔ ba kɔ wɔ za nɛ kpã.
“Itsre nɔ ebuianɛ, sɛ tɛ nɔ yɛkɛ ishuyuyɔ. Nɛ kanɔa nɛ mɛ nɔ bɔ mɔ butɔ. Pɔ nɔ vu idzyi kpɛ te! Ɛŋa kanɔ nɛabha.”
“Izraɛlanɛ mɔ, nɔ tatɔ kibui nɛ, Yesu Nazarɛtɛ eyi nɛɛ edzi anɔ gɛ Kpaya ebu kɔnɔ ganɔ ebui gɛ abhɛtɛ bi mɛ, ebui yiyinɔanɔ nɛ kɛdɔmumɔm gɛ Kpaya abhɛtɛ nɛ wɔnɔɛ shi ganɔ yɛa bha, ansɛ gɛ wɔnɔ nahwɛ no nyi.
Wɔnɔ nahwɛ no nyi sɛ mɛnahwɛ ɛhwɛ nɛɛ ɛlɛ kɔm mɛ kɛdɔnyɛdɔ gɛ ɛpɛɛ anɛ meshopoalɛ nɛ kɛdɔnyɛdɔ gɛ ba pɛɛ.
Ɛba kasɛ yɛ kana gɛ kɛ lɛ sɛ tɛ atɔ ebunɔ nɛ mɛ kinyi nɛ tɔkpu.”
alasɛ anɔnyanɔ gɛ akpɛ kɛtɔkpuesi kɔ Kristo nɛ kidzoe nɛa bha, kɛ ku Kpaya awɔ̃ klɛ banɔa trɔ ahwɛ kɛlɛa bha.
Ɛsɛnɔ Apellesɛ, gɛ be tsyina yɛ di klɛ batrɔahwɛ yɛa bha nɛ Kristo mɛ. Ɛsɛnɔ bagɛ be nu Aristobulusɛ bupamɛanɛ.
Pɔ onu gɛ bulɔ manamana nɛ kɛ bu Kpaya tɛnɛna nɛ kasɛ wee, kide lɔ ba ɖɔ? Sɛ Kpaya adɛ na bhɛtɛ sɛ yɛ obulo nɛ ɔba bulɔa bha? (Anɔdzyrame kibui ɖuɖɔ nu shuixwɛ mɛ ewa.)
Pɔ Kpaya ebu yɛnahwɛ tɛɖuɖɔ nɛ gɛ aɖɔ lɔ nɛ akasɛ nɛ kidzoe nɛa bha sɛ: Nɛ kibe lɛ gɛ bu ka nu buziziabhɛtɛ, Kristo etsi nɛ bulɔɛ tɔkpu!
Nɛ kɛlɛ mɛ, ane yɛ nu Apolo? Klɛ ane ye nu Paolo? Baxwɛdɛ ko bu nu, ganɔ balɛabha nɔ ba sɛ tɛ nɔ yɛkɛŋa—anasɛ gɛ Apalete nɛ akɔ anɔnyanɔ yɛ xwɛ.
Kɛlɛ so, alasɛ banɔ ba yɛkɔ lɔ anasɛ Kristo baxwɛdɛ klɛ sɛ tɛ ba yɛkɔ Kpaya ebui kpukpu akpɛ alɛ ahwɛ.
Onugɛ bu hwɔɛ ɔfufɔɛ amɔ yi kpɛ wunɔ mɛ, kɛ kpe fanɔ onugɛ bumɔ kanɔɛmɛ dɔ denɔ wunɔ kɔ?
Kristo baxwɛdɛ lɛ nu? (Ɛmamɔ sɛ tɛ ɛɖɔ kaɖɔa nɛ di.) Ɛdɛ́ alɛ. Ɛtɛ waɛxwɛ gɛganɛ dɛ, ɛza vu gelee ziazia, be tu mɛ ebe gelee, klɛ be tii mɛ akpɛ butsi mɛ etsodzi etii akpɛ.
Ɛwa kɛxwɛ gɛganɛ klɛ ɛmɔ butɔ klɛ ɛzanɛ awɔ̃ ebemɛ, eti bubhɛ anɛ oniwɛ klɛ ɛza ebe mɛ kɛdɔ maŋamaŋa, bublɔ yimɛ ebemɛ klɛ ɛza alagba.
Klɛ kibelɛlɛ gɛ ɛza wunɔ bha klɛ ɛpɛɛ kedɔ tili, ɛdɛ dzi kituku kɔ anɔnyanɔ, alasɛ badzya gɛ be de Makedonia ba kɔ mɛ kɛdɔnɔ nɛ gɛ ɛpɛɛ. Ɛbu mɛshu sɛ ɛtɛ dzi kituku kɔ nɔ nɛ kidzo nyɛdzo abha, klɛ ɛba za lɛabha zɛ bhɛtɛ lɛ ana.
Kɛlɛ nu sɛ, alasɛ Kristo so ɛdɛmɛ nɛ tɛbubotso, tɛkukula, butɔ mumɔ, tɛ kpɛkpatɔnɔ, nɛ ebui tɛtɛtrɔ anɔabha. Alasɛ kibe nɔ gɛ ebotso, kɛlɛ mɛ gɛganɛ.
Kɛdɔ nɛ gɛ kɛ kasɛ sɛ akpɛkpɛ—kɛdɔmumɔ bhɛbhɛtɛ bi, anɛ̀ ebuiyinɔanɔ—ba bhɛtɛ nɛ wunɔɛ mɛ nɛ̀ tɛbhɛbhɛtɛ gbɛgbla.
Bulɔ bu tɛ dzi anasɛ banɔ gelee, bu tɛ yɛkɔ Kpaya buiɖɛɖɔ akpɛ anasɛ kedzigɛga sɛ tɛ bu mɔ trɔ. Kɛlɛlɛ nɛede, nɛ Kristoe mɛ bu ɖɔaɖɔ nɛ Kpaya amɛ anɛ kɛdzyɔgo bhɛbhɛtɛ, anasɛ banɔ gɛ ba kpɛ denɔ Kpaya kɔ.
Abhɛtɛ lɔ buna anasɛ onugbunyɛnya vuvɔ baxwɛwa—ganɛ keplukpa pɔ Ɔfufɔɛ, alasɛ keplukpa ke yi anɔ, pɔ Ɔfufɔɛ lɔ kɔ ɛkpã.
Alasɛ bulɔ butɔ bumapu klɛ bu lɛ kplita gɛ kɛ ba mɛna lɔ kabhaŋɛŋa mabeke gɛ kɛlupudɛ alɛ petee.
Nɛlɛede bu shɛnahwɛ ebui kpukpu anɛ̀ kɛwɔɛ̃ edzo nɛ shu lu, bu tɛyɛkɔ anɔ wuwɔɛ ebui, ɔdɔgɔsɛ bu tsyina Kpaya bui. Kɛlɛmaza, ganɔ kɛgbɛagba kɛkasɛ wee bulɔnahwɛ bu trɔ ahwɛ kɔ anɔnyanɔ bui bhɛbhɛtɛ nɛ Kpaya amɛ.
Ba kpɛ lɔ tɔ nɛ kapɛ nyɛapɛ mɛ, pɔ ba dɛ yɛ lɔ, ba dɛ futsu lɔ, pɔ wunɔ dzyi atɛ yɛ,
Nɔ di kana gɛ kpayamɛ obulo mɛna nɛ wunɔɛ mɛ, Kide awɔ̃lulu, kide dɔ bhɛbhɛtɛ kɛlɛ ba xule wunɔnahwɛ shu, kide oblo mumɔ, kide kifu sisi, kide mɛ mɔ, kide kɛlɛ mɛnɛ wɔ, kide tɛ bɛbala sɛ tɛ ba kɔ kibuimɛ tɛbhubhui. Nɛ kidzonyɛdzo abha nɔ kasɛ wunɔshu sɛ nɔ tinyi kibuinyɛbui nɛ kibui nɛ shu.
akɔ lɔ tɛgɛganɛ nɛ̀ yɛ kemi petee anɛ́ yɛ kabhaŋɛŋa sɛ tɛ nɔ bɔ yɛkɛ kɛxwɛwɛwa gbɛgbla, nɛ ishu bububɔ anɛ̀ samemumɔ
Ɔtsɔ̃nɛ ɛmɔ same nɛ́ butɔ gɛ ɛtɔ kɔ nɔ, klɛ iti nɛ mɛ ishuidzya mɛ gɛ kɛ ka gbaede kɔ Kristo yɛ butɔ mumɔ kɔ yɛ shudzya, gɛ kɛ nu busɔlɛɔha.
Kɛlɛ so, badzya mɔ, nɛ bulɔ batɔ anɛ tɛkpɛkpatɔnɔ nɛ mɛɛ ba kpɛ lɔ kemi nɛ wɔnɔ shu akpɛ wɔnɔ tɛyɛyɛkɛŋa nɛ so.
Klɛ bu tsre nɔ, badzya mɔ, bagɛ baa kpɛ aye be dii mɔ, nɔ kpɛ bagɛ be sifu nɛ kemi, nɔ plɛnɔ bagɛ ba dɛ gɛganɛ, nɔ dɔfɔɔ̃ nɛ anɔnyanɔ.
Pɔ ba ba yɛkɛkɔ badzɛ ganɔ eyimumɔ mɛ— onu gɛ ba vɛ kɛlɛa bha nɛ tɛyɛyɛkɛŋa mɛ, tɛɖuɖɔ anɛ ishubhubhui anɛ ɛkpã nɛna zɛza.
Onu gɛ obu ebuianɛ ɔkasɛ badzya nɛɛ, obo dzi axwɛwa dzyɔgo kɔ Kristo Yesu, gɛ ba mɛna edenɔ kɛgba tɛyɛyɛkɛŋa nɛ mɛ anɛ kɛdɔkɛkasɛ dzyɔgo nɛe de gɛ ɔlɛ.
Pɔ wɔ, Kpayanɔ, siɔshɛ lɔ anɛ nɛɛdi petee, klɛ tɛ ɔpɛɛ tɛnɛnamɛzɛza, kpayamzɛza, tɛyɛyɛkɛŋa, anɔɖuɖɔ, tɛzɛza gɛganɛɛ anɛ tɛdɛdɔfɔ̃.
So nɛɛ, tɛ si kɛwɛ̃ nɛ kibuimumɔɖɔ denɔ bulɔ Apalete nɛ shu, ɔdɔgɔsɛ osi kɛwɛ̃ nɛ mɛ yɛ evuza nɛ shu. Pɔ plɛnɔ mɛ nɛ kibuidzyɔgo anɛ butɔ nɛ mɛ, ganɔ Kpaya kemi mɛ,
Klɛ ama sɛ tɛ Apalete nɛ yɛ axwɛwa apɛ ebla, yɛ alasɛ tɛ apɛ̃ ɛyam akɔ anɔnyanɔ, gɛ aba na kɛdɔ kasɛ, atɛ kpɛ obulo.
Pɔ wɔ, nyɛna ishu nɛ ebuinyɛbui di mɛ, za gɛganɛɛ nɛ butɔ́ mɛ, wa kɛxwɛ ansɛ anɔ gɛ akaka kibui, wa wɔ axwɛ nɛ petee gɛ ba kɔ wɔ nɛ Kpayɛxwɛ nɛ mɛ.
Kɛlɛso, bebuimɔɖɔ gɛ la kana lɔ anasɛ ɔmunɔ gelee, nɔ kɔ lɔ bu ebui tsyɛtsyanɔ kanyãka anɛ ezizi gɛ la nyɛna lɔ nɛ tɛ̃, klɛ nɔ kɔ lɔ yɛkɔ amɛgɛganɛ kpanisi tɛ lɔ bu tisisi gɛ kɛlɛ kɔlɔ.
Mɛ, Yohanɛsɛ, wɔnɔ adzya anɛ apɛplɛnɔ nɛ butɔ anɛ bukusiɔŋakɔ anɛ tɛdudɔfɔ̃ kitekpɛkpɛ gɛ le nu bulɔa yɛ nɛ Yesu mɛ, gɛ aza Patmosɛ kenimokpo nɛa bha ɔkpɛ Kpayɛbui nɛ tɛmumɔɖɔ nɛ Yesu shu so.
Nɛ kibe lɛ gɛ ɔtɛ nyɛna mɛ tɛtutrɔ nɛ mɛ ovunɔ kɛdzyɛɛ so, mɛ tsyɛ ɛba nyɛna wɔ shɛnɔ nɛ ɔɖa nɛ mɛ gɛ ɔbɔ ba kɔ kebhui kuklu nɛ kanɔ nɛ petee tɛ ba yɛkɔ efeke bagɛ balɛ kesukpa nɛa bha nɛ edi.