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9 Pʋyɔɔ lɛ, mamaɣzɩ pɩtɩŋa mbʋ yɔ pɩ-yɔɔ siŋŋ nɛ mɔnkɔ tɔm ñʋʋ se ɛyaa siɣsiɣ tɩnaa nɛ lɔŋsɩnɖaa pɛwɛ Ɛsɔ toovenim tʋ nesi tɛɛ, pa nɛ pa-tʋma.+ Ɛyaa tɩtɩlɩ sɔɔlɩm nɛ paɖɩyɛ nɖɩ ɖɩɩwɛɛ pʋcɔ nɛ pɩtalɩɣnɩ-wɛ yɔ. 2 Ɛyʋ siɣsiɣ tʋ nɛ kañatʋ tʋ,+ ɛyʋ kɩbanʋ, ɛyʋ weyi ɛwɛ kele kele yɔ nɛ weyi ɛfɛyɩ kele kele yɔ, mba palaɣ kɩlaŋ nɛ mba paalaɣ kɩlaŋ yɔ, pa-tɩŋa pʋyʋ kʋɖʋm pɩtɛŋnɩ-wɛ.+ Ɛyʋ kɩbanʋ nɛ kɩwɛɛkɩm laɖʋ pɛwɛ kɩmaŋ; ɛyʋ weyi eɖuki ɖuutu nɛ weyi sɔɔndʋ kpaɣ-ɩ nɛ ɖuutu ɖuuu yɔ pɛwɛ kɩmaŋ. 3 Mbʋ pɩlakɩ tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ* nɛ pɩwɛɛkɩɣ ɛyʋ laŋɩyɛ yɔ mbʋ yɔ: Kɩdɛkɛdɩm su ɛyaa laŋa taa, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ pʋyʋ kʋɖʋm pɩtɛŋnɩ pa-tɩŋa;+ nɛ kpaanzɩyɩtʋ wɛɣ pa-laŋa taa pe-wezuu caɣʋ alɩwaatʋ taa, nɛ pʋwayɩ lɛ pasɩ!*
4 Mba payɩ pɛwɛnɩ pɛ-ɛsa yɔ pɛwɛnɩ lidaʋ, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ haɣ ŋga kɛwɛnɩ kɛ-ɛsa yɔ, kɛwɛ weewee nɛ pɩkɩlɩ mʋʋzʋʋ ŋgʋ kɩsɩba yɔ.+ 5 Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ɛsadɩnaa sɩma mbʋ se pakaɣ sɩbʋ,+ ɛlɛ sɩɖaa ɩɩsɩŋ natʋyʋ paa ññɩɩ,+ nɛ patɩtasɩ wɛnʋʋ kɩhɛyʋʋ nakʋyʋ, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ pɔsɔ pɔ-yɔɔ caɣ caɣ.+ 6 Pɩtasɩ lɛ, pɔ-sɔɔlɩm, pa-paɖɩyɛ nɛ pa-sʋsɩ pɩtɩŋa pɩtɛm tɛŋɩlʋʋ, nɛ paapɩzɩɣ nɛ patasɩ labʋ mbʋ payɩ ɛyaa lakɩ tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ yɔ* pɩ-taa nabʋyʋ.+
7 Wolo, tɔɔ ñɔ-tɔɔnaɣ nɛ taa leleŋ, nɛ ŋñɔɔ ña-sʋlʋm* nɛ laŋhʋlʋmɩyɛ;+ mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ Ɛsɔ toovenim tʋ taa tɛm labʋ leleŋ nɛ ña-tʋma.+ 8 Ño-wondu kususutu ɩhʋlʋmɩ* paa ɛzɩmtaa, nɛ taayele num taʋ ña-ñʋʋ taa.+ 9 Ñe-wezuu caɣʋ kpeekpe, ŋgʋ kɩwɛ tobi yɔ,* ŋgʋ Ɛsɔ ha-ŋ tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ* yɔ kɩ-taa, ña-kɩyakɩŋ weyi ɩkɛ falaa yɔ ɩ-tɩŋa ɩ-taa, ña nɛ ña-halʋ kʋsɔɔlʋ ɩnɩɩ wezuu leleŋ;+ mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ñe-wezuu caɣʋ taa lɛ, ñe-ɖeɖe lɛ; tʋmɩyɛ ɖoŋ ñɩnɖɛ nɖɩ ŋkʋʋ ña-tɩ nɛ ŋlakɩ tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ yɔ ɖɩ-kɩhɛyʋʋ lɛ.+ 10 Mbʋ payɩ ñe-nesi pɩzɩɣ labʋ yɔ, labɩ-pʋ nɛ ño-ɖoŋ kpeekpe; mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ tʋmɩyɛ, ɖʋtʋ, sɩmtʋ yaa lɔŋsɩnɖɛ fɛyɩ Pɩlaʋ* taa+ ɖenɖe ŋɖiɣni wobu yɔ.
11 Mantasɩ nabʋyʋ naʋ tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ:* Pɩtɩkɛ mba peseɣ lɛɛ lɛɛ yɔ mba wakɩnɩ seya taa paa ɛzɩmtaa, nɛ pɩtɩkɛ ɖoŋ tɩnaa wakɩnɩ you taa,+ nɛ pɩtɩkɛ lɔŋsɩnɖaa wɛnɩnɩ tɔɔnaɣ paa ɛzɩmtaa, nɛ pɩtɩkɛ mba pɛwɛnɩ lɔŋ yɔ mba wɛnɩnɩ ñɩm paa ɛzɩmtaa,+ nɛ pɩtɩkɛ mba pɛwɛnɩ sɩmtʋ yɔ mba pɩɖɔŋnɩ camɩyɛ paa ɛzɩmtaa,+ mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ alɩwaatʋ nɛ mbʋ ɛyʋ tɩɖʋna yɔ* pɩtalɩɣ pa-tɩŋa. 12 Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ɛyʋ ɛɛsɩŋ ɛ-alɩwaatʋ.+ Ɛzɩ pakpaʋ kpakpasɩ piyuu kɩdɛkɛdʋʋ taa, nɛ pakpaɣ sumasɩ kaamʋʋ taa yɔ, mbʋ ɖɔɖɔ ɖeyi ɖeyi ɛyaa piya tɔlʋʋ kpaca taa asɛyʋʋ alɩwaatʋ taa, alɩwaatʋ ndʋ kɩtalɩɣ-wɛ tuda yɔ.
13 Mantasɩ naʋ pʋnɛ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ yɔɔ tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ,* nɛ pɩɖɩɣzɩ-m siŋŋ: 14 Tɛtʋ cikpetu natʋyʋ kaawɛnɩ mbʋ, nɛ abalaa pazɩ kaawɛnɩ tɩ-taa; nɛ wiyaʋ ɖoŋ tʋ nɔɔyʋ kɔɔ se eyouni-tʋ, nɛ ɛcɔɔ-tʋ nɛ ɛta nɛ ɛma koloŋa sɔsɔɔ nakɛyɛ nɛ pɩcɔɔ-tʋ nɛ pɩta. 15 Abalʋ kʋñɔndʋ nɔɔyʋ kaawɛ tɛtʋ ndʋ tɩ-taa nɛ ɛɛkɛ lɔŋsɩnɖʋ, nɛ ɛtɩŋnɩ ɛ-lɔŋsɩnɖɛ yɔɔ nɛ ɛya tɛtʋ ndʋ tɩ-ñʋʋ. Ɛlɛ nɔɔyʋ tɩtɔzɩ abalʋ kʋñɔndʋ ɛnʋ ɛ-yɔɔ.+ 16 Nɛ meheyi man-tɩ se: «Lɔŋsɩnɖɛ wɛ weewee nɛ pɩkɩlɩ ɖoŋ;+ paa mbʋ yɔ peniŋ kʋñɔndʋ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ, nɛ paaɖɔŋ ɛ-tɔm yɔɔ.»+
17 Pɩwɛ ɖeu se pɔɖɔ tɔm ndʋ lɔŋsɩnɖʋ yɔɔdʋʋ hɛɛɛ yɔ tɩ-yɔɔ nɛ pɩkɩlɩ se pɔɖɔ tɔm ndʋ weyi ɛtɔkɩ kewiyitu kɩmɛlɛmɩŋ hɛkʋ taa yɔ ɛmakɩ kubusi nɛ ɛyɔɔdʋʋ yɔ tɩ-yɔɔ.
18 Lɔŋsɩnɖɛ wɛ ɖeu nɛ pɩkɩlɩ you wondu, ɛlɛ kɩwɛɛkɩm laɖʋ kʋɖʋm ɖeke pɩzɩɣ nɛ ɛwɛɛkɩ wondu kɩbandʋ sakɩyɛ.+