Ɛzɩ Yohanɛɛsɩ kɛdʋʋ yɔ
10 «Toovenim taa, toovenim taa meheyiɣ-mɩ se weyi ɛɛtɩŋɩɣnɩ nɔnɔɔ, ɛlɛ ɛmaɣnɩ koloŋa nɛ ɛsʋʋ heŋ kalakʋ taa yɔ, ɛkɛ mɩlʋ nɛ lazɩyʋ.+ 2 Ɛlɛ weyi ɛtɩŋɩɣnɩ nɔnɔɔ nɛ ɛsʋʋ yɔ, ɛkɛ heŋ ninɖiɣyu.+ 3 Nɔnɔɔ yɔɔ cɔnɩyʋ tʋlʋʋ-ɩ,+ nɛ heŋ welisiɣ ɛ-nɔɔ.+ Ɛyaɣ ɛ-maɣmaɣ e-heŋ nɛ ɩ-hɩla nɛ ɛlɩzɩɣ-ɩ awayɩ. 4 Ɛlɩɣnɩ e-heŋ tɩŋa awayɩ lɛ, ɛɖɛɛ ɩ-nɔɔ; nɛ heŋ tɩŋɩɣ-ɩ, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ɩsɩm ɛ-nɔɔ. 5 Ɩɩkaɣ tɩŋʋʋ ɛgɔm nɔɔyʋ wayɩ kpa, ɛlɛ ɩkaɣ-ɩ seu, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ɩɩsɩŋ agɔma nɔsɩ.» 6 Yesu tuu-wɛ eduuye nɖɩ, ɛlɛ patɩnɩɩ tɔm ndʋ ɛɛwɛɛ nɛ eheyiɣ-wɛ yɔ tɩ-tɔbʋʋ.
7 Pʋyɔɔ Yesu tasɩ-wɛ heyuu se: «Toovenim taa, toovenim taa meheyiɣ-mɩ se, mɛkɛnɩ nɔnɔɔ ŋga ka-taa heŋ tɩŋɩɣna yɔ.+ 8 Mba payɩ pɔkɔm mo-lone taa yɔ, pɛkɛ mɩlaa nɛ lazɩyaa; ɛlɛ heŋ tiwelisini-wɛ. 9 Mɛkɛnɩ nɔnɔɔ; weyi ɛtɩŋɩɣnɩ mɔ-yɔɔ nɛ ɛsʋʋ yɔ, ɛkaɣ hiɣu ñʋʋ yabʋ, nɛ ɛyʋ ɛnʋ ɛkaɣ sʋʋ nɛ ɛlɩɩ nɛ ehiɣ ñɩtʋ ɖɩdɔɔyɛ.+ 10 Mɩlʋ ɛɛkɔŋ yem, ɛlɛ ɛkɔŋ se ɛmɩlɩ nɛ ɛkʋ nɛ ɛɖɩzɩ.+ Mɔnkɔm se heŋ ihiɣ wezuu nɛ ɩwɛɛnɩ-kʋ sakɩyɛ. 11 Mɛkɛnɩ ninɖiɣyu kɩbanʋ;+ ninɖiɣyu kɩbanʋ cɛlɩɣ e-wezuu* heŋ yɔɔ.+ 12 Tʋmlaɖʋ weyi ɛcɔŋnɩ heŋ yɔɔ se pɛhɛyɩ-ɩ, nɛ ɛtɩkɛ ninɖiɣyu, nɛ pɩtɩkɛ ɛnʋ tɩnɩ heŋ yɔ, ɛnaɣ ñɩtʋ taa haɣ* kɔŋ nɛ eyele heŋ nɛ ese—nɛ ñɩtʋ taa haɣ kpa heŋ nɛ kamɩzɩ-ɩ— 13 mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ tʋmlaɖʋ ɛnʋ, ɛlakɩ tʋmɩyɛ se pɛhɛyɩ-ɩ na, nɛ ɛ-paa fɛyɩnɩ heŋ. 14 Mɛkɛnɩ ninɖiɣyu kɩbanʋ. Mansɩm me-heŋ nɛ me-heŋ sɩmɩ-m,+ 15 ɖɔɖɔ ɛzɩ Caa sɩmʋʋ-m nɛ mansɩ Caa yɔ;+ nɛ mɛncɛlɩɣ me-wezuu* heŋ yɔɔ.+
16 «Nɛ mɛwɛnɩ heŋ lɛɛŋ, weyi ɩfɛyɩ kalakʋ kʋnɛ kɩ-taa yɔ;+ ɛnɩ ɖɔɖɔ pɩwɛɛ se mɔnkɔnɩ-ɩ kɩ-taa, nɛ ɩkaɣ welisuu mɔ-nɔɔ, nɛ ɩkaɣ pɩsʋʋ ewiɖe kʋɖʋmɖɩyɛ, nɛ ɩwɛɛnɩ ninɖiɣyu kʋɖʋm.+ 17 Pʋyɔɔ Caa sɔɔlɩ-m,+ mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ mɛncɛlɩ me-wezuu,*+ se pɩsa nɛ manɖaɣnɩ-kʋ mʋʋ. 18 Nɔɔyʋ ɛɛmʋʋ-kʋ mɔn-cɔlɔ, ɛlɛ ma-maɣmaɣ mɛcɛlɩɣnɩ-kʋ. Mɛwɛnɩ ɖoŋ se mɛncɛlɩ-kʋ, nɛ mɛwɛnɩ ɖoŋ se mantasɩ-kʋ mʋʋ.+ Paɣtʋ tʋnɛ mamʋ man-Caa cɔlɔ.»
19 Nɛ tɔm ndʋ tɩ-yɔɔ lɛ, Yuuda mba hɛkʋ taa ɖaɣnɩ tayʋʋ.+ 20 Pa-taa sakɩyɛ tɔŋaɣ se: «Ɛwɛnɩ eleeu, nɛ ɛ-ñʋʋ taa cɔwa. Ɛbɛ yɔɔ iwelisiɣni-i?» 21 Lalaa ñɔyɔɔdaɣ se: «Pɩtɩkɛ ɛyʋ weyi ekem eleeu yɔ, ɛ-yɔɔdaɣ yɔ. Eleeu nɔɔyʋ pɩzɩɣ nɛ ekuli yʋlʋm ɛsa yaa we?»
22 Alɩwaatʋ ndʋ tɩ-taa lɛ, pɔtɔkaɣ Nɔnɔsɩ Tʋlʋʋ Kazandʋ* Yeruzalɛm. Pɩɩkɛ nikaɣ alɩwaatʋ, 23 nɛ Yesu kaawɛɛ nɛ ɛɖɔŋ templo taa, Salomɔɔ kʋjɔŋ tɛɛ.+ 24 Nɛ Yuuda mba cɔɔ-ɩ nɛ pata nɛ peheyi-i se: «Ŋyeki se ɖɩwɛɛ* ɖaŋʋʋ yɔɔ nɛ pɩkɔɔ pɩsɩɩnɩ ɛzɩmtaa? Ye ŋkɛ Krɩstʋ yɔ, heyi-ɖʋ kpayɩ.» 25 Yesu cosi-wɛ se: «Meheyi-mɩ, ɛlɛ ititisi. Tʋma wena mɛwɛɛ nɛ malakɩ man-Caa hɩɖɛ taa yɔ, ana lɩzɩɣnɩ aseɣɖe mɔ-yɔɔ.+ 26 Ɛlɛ iitisiɣ, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ɩtɩkɛ me-heŋ.+ 27 Me-heŋ welisiɣ mɔ-nɔɔ, nɛ mansɩmɩ-ɩ, nɛ ɩtɩŋɩɣ-m.+ 28 Mahaɣ-ɩ wezuu maatɛŋ,+ nɛ paakaɣ-ɩ ɖɩzʋʋ wiɖiyi kpa, nɛ nɔɔyʋ ɛɛkaɣ-ɩ lɛɣʋ me-nesi tɛɛ.+ 29 Mbʋ man-Caa cɛlɩ-m yɔ, pɩmʋ ñɩm nɛ pɩkɩlɩ wondu lɛɛtʋ tɩŋa, nɛ nɔɔyʋ ɛɛpɩzɩɣ nɛ ɛlɛɣ-pʋ Caa nesi tɛɛ.+ 30 Ma nɛ Caa ɖɩkɛ kʋɖʋm.»*+
31 Nɛ Yuuda mba tasɩ kpaɣʋ pɛɛ se payakɩ-ɩ. 32 Yesu kitini-wɛ se: «Mawɩlɩ-mɩ tʋma kɩbana sakɩyɛ wena alɩnɩ Caa cɔlɔ yɔ. Tʋma ana, a-taa nɖɩ yɔɔ ɩyakɩ-m pɛɛ?» 33 Yuuda mba cosi-i se: «Pɩtɩkɛ tʋmɩyɛ kɩbanɖɛ naɖɩyɛ yɔɔ ɖɩyakɩ-ŋ pɛɛ, ɛlɛ ɖɩyakɩ-ŋ pɛɛ mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ŋyɔɔdʋʋ tɔm kɩdɛkɛdɩtʋ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ;+ mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ŋkɛ ɛyʋ, ɛlɛ ŋtɔŋ se ŋkɛ ɛsɔ.» 34 Yesu kitini-wɛ se: «Patɩma mɩ-Paɣtʋ taa se: “Mɔyɔɔdaa se: ‘Ɩkɛ ɛsɔnaa’”*+ yaa we? 35 Ye Ɛsɔ ɛya ɛyaa mba ɛ-tɔm kʋ pɔ-tɔm yɔ se “ɛsɔnaa”+ yɔ,—ŋgʋ paapɩzɩɣ nɛ pahɩzɩ mayaɣ nakɛyɛ— 36 iheyiɣ ma weyi Caa pɩsɩ kiɖeɖeu nɛ etiyi ɛjaɖɛ yɔɔ yɔ se: “Ŋyɔɔdʋʋ tɔm kɩdɛkɛdɩtʋ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ,” mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ mɔntɔm se: “Mɛnkɛ Ɛsɔ Pɩyalʋ”?+ 37 Ye maalakɩ man-Caa tʋma yɔ, itaatisi mɔ-yɔɔ. 38 Ɛlɛ ye malakɩ-yɛ yɔ, paa iitisiɣ mɔ-yɔɔ yɔ, itisi tʋma yɔɔ,+ se pɩsa nɛ ɩtɩlɩ nɛ ɩwɛɛ tɩlʋʋ yɔɔ se caa yeba nɛ ma nɛ ɩ ɖɩwɛɛ nɔɔ kʋɖʋmaɣ, nɛ ma ɖɔɖɔ meyeba nɛ ma nɛ Caa ɖɩwɛɛ nɔɔ kʋɖʋmaɣ.»+ 39 Peeɖe paɖaɣnɩ ñɩnʋʋ se pakpa-ɩ, ɛlɛ ɛlɩɩ pe-nesi tɛɛ nɛ ɛtʋlɩ.
40 Nɛ ɛtasɩ ɖɛʋ nɛ ewolo Yɔɔrdaŋ wayɩ, ɖenɖe Yohanɛɛsɩ kaapaɣzɩ ɛyaa lɩm mɩyɩsʋʋ kiɖe tɛɛ yɔ,+ nɛ ɛcaɣ peeɖe. 41 Nɛ ɛyaa sakɩyɛ kɔɔ ɛ-cɔlɔ nɛ papaɣzɩ yɔɔdʋʋ se: «Yohanɛɛsɩ tɩla maamaaci lakasɩ nasɩyɩ,* ɛlɛ tɔm ndʋ payɩ Yohanɛɛsɩ yɔɔdɩ abalʋ ɛnɛ ɛ-yɔɔ yɔ, tɩɩkɛ toovenim.»+ 42 Nɛ ɛyaa sakɩyɛ wɛɛnɩ tisuu Yesu yɔɔ peeɖe.