Yakubu 4 - New Testament

Iyele you

¹ You nɛ lʋbɩyɛ palɩnɩ le mɩ-hɛkʋ taa? Mbʋ́ ɩsɔɔlɩ labʋ kpem nɛ pʋwɛɛ mɩ-taa nɛ piseɣtiɣ-mɩ yɔ, pʋ-cɔlɔ pɩlɩnaa.

² Mi-liu wɛ nabʋyʋ, ɛlɛ́, ɩɩpɩzɩɣ se ihiɣ-pʋ. Ɩɖʋʋ ɛsɩyɛ lɛlaa ñɩm yɔɔ nɛ ɩcaɣ se ɩkʋ-wɛ, ɛlɛ́, pɩɩlɩɣ-mɩ pʋyʋ. Ḿbʋ́ labɩna nɛ ɩwɛɛ iyou nɛ ɩlʋkɩ. Ŋgʋ́, ɩtasʋlʋmɩ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ itehiɣ-pʋ.

³ Paa ɩsʋlʋmɩ-ɩ yɔ, ɛɛhaɣ-mɩ, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɩɩsɩŋ sʋlʋmʋʋ: ɩsʋlʋmʋʋ mbʋ́ ɩcaɣ se ɩkpaɣ nɛ ɩlabɩnɩ mbʋ́ ɩsɔɔlaa kpem yɔ.

⁴ Mɩ, ɩwɛ ɛzɩ acɛyɛ tɩnaa yɔ! Ɩtatɩlɩ se yee nɔɔyʋ ɛsɔɔlɩ kedeŋa ñɩm kpem yɔ, ɛpɩsɩɣ Ɛsɔ koyindu naa we? Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, weyi ɛsɔɔlʋʋ kedeŋa ñɩm yɔ, ɛpɩsɩɣ Ɛsɔ koyindu kpaagbaa.

⁵ Ɩmaɣzɩɣ se Ɛsɔtɔm Takayaɣ taa tɔm tʋnɛ, tɩfɛyɩ wazaɣ naa we? Ńdʋ́ lɛ se: «Ɛsɔ ñɩnɩɣ fezuu ŋgʋ́ ɛha-ɖʋ yɔ nɛ sʋsɩ.»

⁶ Ŋgʋ́, ɛnʋ lakɩnɩ-ɖʋ lootiye siŋŋ. Pʋwɛ ɛzɩ pamaʋ ka-taa ɖɔɖɔ yɔ. Pamawa se: «Ɛsɔ kʋyʋʋ mbá pakpazɩɣ pa-tɩ yɔ pɔ-yɔɔ. Ɛlɛ́, ɛlakɩ mbá paba ñetisiɣ pa-tɩ yɔ lootiye.»

⁷ Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, itisi mɩ-tɩ Ɛsɔ tɛɛ. Ɩkaɖɩnɩ eleeu, pʋbʋ, eseɣ eyebi-mɩ.

⁸ Ɩkpɩtɩnɩ Ɛsɔ nɛ ɛ́lɛ́ kpɩtɩnɩ-mɩ. Kɩwɛɛkɩm laɖaa mɩ! Ɩlɩzɩ mi-nesi pʋ-tɔm taa. Nɔsɩ naalɛ tɩnaa mɩ! Iyele mɩ-lɩmaɣza kɩdɛkɛdɛɛ.

⁹ Ɩtɩlɩ mɩ-kʋñɔŋ nɛ iwili nɛ ɩtɩmɩ. Iyele mi-woŋa nɛ iwili, iyele ɖɔɖɔ mɩ-laŋhʋlʋmɩyɛ nɛ mɩ-laŋa wɛɛkɩ.

¹⁰ Itisi mɩ-tɩ Kɩpaɣlʋ tɛɛ nɛ ɛkpazɩ-mɩ.

Ɩtaahʋʋ lɛlaa tɔm

¹¹ Taabalaa! Ɩtaayɔɔdɩ ɖama yɔɔ tɔm ɛzaɣ́tʋ. Weyi ɛyɔɔdʋʋ lɛlʋ yɔɔ tɔm ɛzaɣ́tʋ yaa ɛkpɛzɩɣnɩ-ɩ yɔ, ɛyɔɔdɩ ɖɔɖɔ mbʋ́ paɖʋ paɣtʋ taa yɔ pʋ-yɔɔ tɔm ɛzaɣ́tʋ nɛ ɛtɛ ɛkpɛɛnɩ-tʋ. Yee ŋkpɛɣnɩ paɣtʋ yɔ, ŋŋɖɔŋ tɩ-yɔɔ, ɛlɛ́, ŋkpaɣ ña-tɩ se ŋkɛ tɔm hʋyʋ.

¹² Ŋgʋ́, Ɛsɔ ɖeke koŋ ɖʋʋnɩ paɣtʋ, ɛnʋ lɛ tɔm hʋyʋ. E-ɖeke koŋ ɛpɩzɩɣnɩ ɛya ɛyáa ñʋʋ yaa ɛkʋ-wɛ. Weyi ña ñɛkpɛzɩɣnɩ lɛlaa yɔ, ŋmaɣzɩɣ se ña lɛ anɩ kpem?

Kɩdɛkɛdɩm mbʋ́ pʋwɛ ñɩm tɩŋʋʋ taa yɔ

¹³ Mbá mɩ ɩlakɩ tamaɣ se: «Sɔnɔ yaa cee ɖiwoki tɛtʋ tʋnɛ tɩ-taa nɛ ɖɩcaɣ peeɖe pɩnaɣ nɛ ɖɩla tadɩyɛ nɛ ɖihiɣ liidiye» yɔ, iwelesi lɛɛlɛɛyɔ nɛ ɩnɩɩ.

¹⁴ Ɩtatɩɩsɩm mbʋ́ pʋkɔŋ-mɩ tɛmnaʋ cee yɔ! Ɩwɛ ɛzɩ hulumiye nɖɩ́ ɖɩñɛyɩɣ alɩwaatʋ pazɩ nɛ pʋwayɩ ɖɩcɛ nɛ paatasɩɣ-ɖɩ naʋ yɔ.

¹⁵ Pɩɩwɛɛ se ɩtɔ se: «Yee Kɩpaɣlʋ liu ɛwɛɛ yɔ, ɖɩwɛɣ wezuu nɛ ɖɩla pʋnɛ yaa pʋnɛ.»

¹⁶ Ɛlɛ́, lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, mɩ mɩkʋndʋʋ nɛ ɩɩsɩɣ mɩ-tɩ pʋ-cɔlɔ. Pɩtɛ kʋndʋʋ ḿbʋ́, pɩfɛyɩ ɖeu.

¹⁷ Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, yee nɔɔyʋ ɛsɩm mbʋ́ pʋmʋnaa se ɛla yɔ nɛ ɛɛlakɩ-pʋ yɔ, ɛlabɩ kɩwɛɛkɩm.