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7 Hɩɖɛ kɩbanɖɛ* wɛnʋʋ wɛ weewee nɛ pɩkɩlɩ num mbʋ pɩwɛ ɖeu yɔ,+ nɛ sɩm kɩyakʋ wɛ ɖeu nɛ pɩkɩlɩ lʋlʋʋ kɩyakʋ. 2 Kʋñɔwiye ɖɩɣa* taa wobu wɛ ɖeu nɛ pɩkɩlɩ kazandʋ ɖɩɣa taa wobu,+ mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ paa ɛyʋ weyi lɛ e-wezuu caɣʋ ɖɩdɛnɖɛ lɛ; nɛ pɩwɛɛ se ɛsadɩnaa ɩɖɔkɩ tɔm ndʋ pa-laŋa taa. 3 Kʋñɔŋ wɛ weewee nɛ pɩkɩlɩ woŋa,+ mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ye ɛyʋ ɛsɩndaa ɛcaɣ pʋtɔdɩyɛ yɔ, pɩlakɩ ɛ-laŋɩyɛ ɖeu nɛ pɩkɩlɩ.+ 4 Lɔŋsɩnɖʋ laŋɩyɛ wɛ kʋñɔwiye ɖɩɣa taa, ɛlɛ kɩmɛlɛŋ laŋɩyɛ wɛ amɛya* ɖɩɣa taa.+

5 Pɩwɛ weewee se ɛyʋ ewelisini lɔŋsɩnɖʋ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ ɛlɛ kalɩɣ-ɩ yɔ+ nɛ pɩkɩlɩ se ewelisi kɩmɛlɛmɩŋ hendu. 6 Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ɛzɩ sɔɔ mʋʋ miŋ ɖeebiye tɛɛ nɛ ahɔʋ yɔ, mbʋ ɖɔɖɔ kɩmɛlɛŋ woŋa wɛɛ;+ pʋbʋ ɖɔɖɔ pɩkɛ falaa. 7 Ɛlɛ nazɩm pɩzɩɣ piyele nɛ lɔŋsɩnɖʋ sʋʋ kpaaŋ, nɛ mulum kʋjɔʋ yeki nɛ laŋɩyɛ pɩsɩɣ kɩdɛkɛdɩyɛ.+

8 Tɔm natʋyʋ ɖɩdɛnɖɛ wɛ weewee nɛ pɩkɩlɩ tɩ-ɖɩbazɩyɛ. Pɩwɛ weewee se ɛyʋ ɛwɛɛ suuɖu nɛ pɩkɩlɩ se ɛwɛɛnɩ tɩ kpazʋʋ.*+ 9 Taakɔʋ pana lɛɛ lɛɛ,*+ mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ kɩmɛlɛmɩŋ nɔkɔyɩŋ taa pana kɔʋ cakɩ.*+

10 Taayɔɔdɩ se: «Ɛbɛ yɔɔ caanaʋ taa kɩyakɩŋ wɛ ɖeu nɛ pɩkpaɖɩ sɔnɔ ñɩŋ?» Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ pɩtɩkɛnɩ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ se ŋpɔzɩ mbʋ.+

11 Ye ɛyʋ ɛwɛnɩ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ nɛ peyebini-i ñɩm yɔ, pɩkɛnɩ pʋyʋ kɩbanʋ; pɩtasɩ lɛ, pɩkɛnɩ kɛzɛɣa mba panaɣ wɩsɩ ñalɩmɩyɛ yɔ.* 12 Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ kandɩyɩɣ ɛyʋ yɔɔ+ ɛzɩ liidiye ɖɔɖɔ kandɩyʋʋ ɛyʋ yɔɔ yɔ,+ ɛlɛ sɩmtʋ kɛzɛɣa yɔ: Lɔŋsɩnɖɛ ɖɔkʋʋ weyi ɛwɛnɩ-ɖɩ yɔ e-wezuu.+

13 Maɣzɩ Ɛsɔ toovenim tʋ tʋmɩyɛ yɔɔ, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ apɩzɩɣ nɛ ɛtʋʋzɩ mbʋ ekotaa yɔ?+ 14 Evemiye kɩbanɖɛ wiye lɛ, la camɩyɛ lakasɩ;+ ɛlɛ kʋñɔŋ* evemiye wiye lɛ, tɩlɩ se Ɛsɔ labɩna avema ana a-naalɛ+ se pɩsa nɛ ɛyaa ɩtaapɩzɩ nɛ peɖiɣzini mbʋ ɖeyi ɖeyi pɩkaɣ-wɛ talʋʋ cee wayɩ yɔ.+

15 Mana pɩtɩŋa payɩ nɛ mɛ-ɛsa me-wezuu caɣʋ avema wena akɛ falaa yɔ a-taa+—kpaɣnɩ ɛyʋ siɣsiɣ tʋ weyi ɛtɛŋɩlɩɣ e-siɣsiɣ wɛtʋ taa yɔ,+ nɛ piwolo kañatʋ tʋ weyi ɛcakɩ wezuu nɛ pileɖi paa ɛlakɩ kɩdɛkɛdɩm yɔ.+

16 Taaɖɛlɛsɩ wɛʋ siɣsiɣ,+ nɛ taawɩlɩ ña-tɩ se ñakɩlɩnɩ lɔŋ sɩm.+ Ɛbɛ yɔɔ ŋkɔŋnɩ ña-tɩ asɛyʋʋ?+ 17 Taaɖɛlɛsɩ kañatʋ, nɛ taakɛ kɩmɛlɛŋ.+ Ɛbɛ yɔɔ pɩwɛɛ se ŋsɩ pʋcɔ nɛ ña-alɩwaatʋ talɩ?+ 18 Pɩwɛ ɖeu se ɛyʋ ɛɖɔkɩ tɔm ndʋ papakɩnɩ-ɩ kajalaɣ ɖeɖe yɔ kpam, ɛlɛ etaayele naalɛ ñɩndʋ.+ Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ weyi eseɣ Ɛsɔ sɔɔndʋ yɔ ɛɖɔkʋʋ tɩ-naalɛ.

19 Lɔŋsɩnɖɛ yeki nɛ lɔŋsɩnɖʋ wɛɛ ɖoŋ nɛ pɩkɩlɩ tɛtʋ taa abalaa ɖoŋ tɩnaa 10.+ 20 Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ɛyʋ siɣsiɣ tʋ nɔɔyʋ fɛyɩ tɛtʋ yɔɔ nɛ ɛlakɩ kɩbandʋ paa ɛzɩmtaa nɛ ɛɛlakɩ kɩdɛkɛdɩm kaaʋ.+

21 Pɩtasɩ lɛ, taakpaɣ tɔm ndʋ payɩ ɛyaa yɔɔdʋʋ yɔ nɛ ŋlabɩnɩ tʋmɩyɛ;+ pɩtɩkɛ mbʋ yɔ, ŋpɩzɩɣ nɛ ŋnɩɩ ña-lɩmɖʋyʋ ɖiɣni yɔɔdʋʋ tɔm kɩdɛkɛdɩtʋ ñɔ-yɔɔ;* 22 mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ŋsɩm camɩyɛ ña-laŋɩyɛ taa se ña-maɣmaɣ ŋyɔɔdɩ tɔm kɩdɛkɛdɩtʋ* lalaa yɔɔ tam sakɩyɛ.+

23 Lɔŋsɩnɖɛ mantakɩnɩ pɩtɩŋa mbʋ yɔ, nɛ mɔyɔɔdɩ se: «Mankaɣ pɩsʋʋ lɔŋsɩnɖʋ.» Ɛlɛ pɩɩcɛzɩ mon-ɖoŋ kamaɣ. 24 Mbʋ pɩwɛɛ yɔ, ɛyʋ ɛɛpɩzɩɣ nɛ ehiɣ-pʋ nɛ pɩwɛ cukaŋ pɩdɩɩfɛyɩ. Apɩzɩɣ nɛ ɛnɩɩ pɩ-taa?+ 25 Mɛntɛm man-taa se mantɩlɩɣ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ nɛ lɩmaɣzɩyɛ nɖɩ ɖɩ-yɔɔ nabʋyʋ lakɩ yɔ. Ɛɛɛ, mɛntɛm man-taa se mañɩnɩɣ nɛ mantazɩ pɩtɩŋa payɩ mbʋ yɔ pɩ-taa, nɛ manɩɩ ɖɔɖɔ kɩmɛlɛmɩŋ kañatʋ lakasɩ nɛ kpaanzɩyaa tulutu lakasɩ taa.+ 26 Ðɩnɛ ɛlɛ menɖiɣzini tɔm tʋnɛ: Halʋ weyi ɛwɛ ɛzɩ ɛgbam kaamʋʋ,* nɛ ɛ-laŋɩyɛ wɛɛ ɛzɩ piyuu nɛ e-nesi wɛɛ ɛzɩ salaka kpasɩ yɔ, ɛwɛ ñaŋ nɛ pɩkɩlɩ sɩm. Halʋ ɛnʋ ɛɛkaɣ hiɣu ɛyʋ weyi ɛ-tɔm kɛdɩɣnɩ Ɛsɔ toovenim tʋ yɔ,+ ɛlɛ kɩwɛɛkɩm laɖʋ tɔlɩ ɛ-kpaca taa.+

27 Kpeɣliyu+ yɔɔdaa se: «Na, tɔm tʋnɛ tɩ-yɔɔ malɩwa. Mantazɩ wondu taa kʋɖʋm kʋɖʋm se mɔnkɔ tɔm ñʋʋ, 28 ɛlɛ mbʋ mañɩnɩ* kaahɛzaɣ yɔ, mantɩlɩɩ pɩ-yɔɔ. Ɛyaa 1000 taa lɛ, malɩ abalʋ siɣsiɣ tʋ kʋɖʋm yɔɔ; ɛlɛ pa-taa lɛ, mantɩlɩɩ paa halʋ siɣsiɣ tʋ kʋɖʋm yɔɔ. 29 Pʋnɛ pi-ɖeke pɩ-yɔɔ malɩwa: Ɛsɔ toovenim tʋ lɩzɩ ɛyaa siɣsiɣ,+ ɛlɛ patɩŋ pa-maɣmaɣ pa-nʋmɔŋ.»+