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2 Ðɩnɛ ɛlɛ mɔyɔɔdɩ ma-laŋɩyɛ taa se: «Manɩɣ leleŋ nɛ mana kɩbandʋ ndʋ tɩlɩɣ pɩ-taa yɔ.» Ɛlɛ na, pʋbʋ ɖɔɖɔ pɩkɛ falaa.
2 Mɔyɔɔdaa se: «Woŋa kɛ kpanzɩyɩtʋ!»
Nɛ mɔyɔɔdɩ leleŋ nɩʋ tɔm se: «Pɩwazɩɣ we?»
3 Mɛntɛm man-taa se mantɩlɩɣ kɩbam mbʋ pɩlɩɣ vɛɛ ñɔʋ taa yɔ;+ ɛlɛ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ tɩ-taa lɛ, mɔnɖɔkʋʋ mɔ-lɔŋsɩnɖɛ kpam; halɩ mɔñɔnɩ kɩmɛlɛndʋ se mana se kɩyakɩŋ pazɩ weyi ɛyaa cakɩ wezuu tɛtʋ yɔɔ yɔ ɩ-taa lɛ, ɛbɛ labʋ wɛ-wɛ weewee nɛ pɩkɩlɩ. 4 Malabɩ tʋma sɔsɔna.+ Mama man-tɩ ɖɩsɩ;+ manɖʋ viiñi hayɩm.+ 5 Manɖʋ man-tɩ kaɖasɩ sɔsɔsɩ nɛ cikpesi, nɛ mɔnsɔ sɩ-taa tɩŋ weyi payɩ ɩlʋlʋʋ pee yɔ ndɩ ndɩ. 6 Mama man-tɩ lɩŋgamɩŋ, se mamɩzɩnɩ lɩm tɩŋ cikpeŋ weyi ɩñɔʋ ma-laʋ tɛɛ yɔ. 7 Mɛwɛnɩ lɩmɖʋyaa abalɩñɩma nɛ halɩñɩma,+ nɛ mɛwɛɛnɩ ɖɔɖɔ lɩmɖʋyaa mba palʋlɩ-wɛ man-ɖɩɣa taa yɔ.* Mɛwɛnɩ ɖɔɖɔ kpɩna sakɩyɛ—naŋ, heŋ nɛ pʋŋ+—nɛ pɩkɩlɩ mba pɛlɛyɩ-m wɛʋ Yeruzalɛm yɔ pe-kpeekpe. 8 Menkpeɣli man-tɩ liidiye nɛ sika,+ awiya ñɩm nɛ ageeta ñɩm.*+ Menkpeɣli man-tɩ hendu teyaa abalɩñɩma nɛ halɩñɩma, pɩkpɛndɩnɩ mbʋ pɩhaɣ ɛyaa piya taa leleŋ sɔsɔŋ yɔ—halʋ, ɛɛɛ, halaa sakɩyɛ. 9 Piyeba nɛ manpɩsɩ sɔsɔ nɛ pɩkɩlɩ mba payɩ pɛlɛyɩ-m wɛʋ Yeruzalɛm yɔ.+ Nɛ ma nɛ mɔ-lɔŋsɩnɖɛ mbʋ.
10 Mbʋ payɩ me-liu kaawɛɛ yɔ,* mantɩpɛ man-tɩ pɩ-taa nabʋyʋ.+ Mantikizini ma-laŋɩyɛ leleŋ nɩʋ nabʋyʋ, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ma-laŋɩyɛ kaawɛ taa leleŋ taa man-tʋma ɖoŋ ñɩna kpeekpe yɔɔ, nɛ pɩɩkɛnɩ-m kɩhɛyʋʋ* man-tʋma ɖoŋ ñɩna kpeekpe yɔɔ.+ 11 Ɛlɛ mamaɣzɩ tʋma wena payɩ me-nesi laba yɔ a-yɔɔ nɛ tʋma ɖoŋ ñɩna wena payɩ mankʋ man-tɩ nɛ mala yɔ+ a-yɔɔ lɛ, menɖiɣzina se pɩtɩŋa payɩ mbʋ yɔ pɩkɛ falaa, pɩkɛ helim wayɩ seu;+ nabʋyʋ fɛyɩ tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ* se pɩwɛnɩ wazaɣ.*+
12 Pʋwayɩ lɛ, manpɩsɩnɩ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ, kpaanzɩyɩtʋ nɛ kɩmɛlɛndʋ yɔɔ.+ (Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ wiyaʋ wayɩ lɛ, ɛyʋ weyi ɛkaɣ kɔm yɔ, ɛbɛ ɛpɩzɩɣ nɛ ɛla? Mbʋ pɛtɛm labʋ yɔ pi-ɖeke ɛpɩzɩɣ nɛ ɛtasɩ labʋ.) 13 Nɛ menɖiɣzina se lɔŋsɩnɖɛ wɛ wazaɣ nɛ pɩkɩlɩ kɩmɛlɛndʋ,+ ɖɔɖɔ ɛzɩ ñalɩmɩyɛ wɛʋ wazaɣ nɛ pɩkɩlɩ cɩkpɛndʋʋ yɔ.
14 Lɔŋsɩnɖʋ ɛsa wɛ ɛ-ñʋʋ taa;*+ ɛlɛ kɩmɛlɛŋ ɖɔŋ cɩkpɛndʋʋ taa.+ Mɔnkɔm nɛ menɖiɣzina ɖɔɖɔ se pʋyʋ kʋɖʋm pɩtɛŋnɩ pa-tɩŋa.+ 15 Ðɩnɛ ɛlɛ mɔyɔɔdɩ ma-laŋɩyɛ taa se: «Mbʋ pɩtalɩɣ kɩmɛlɛŋ yɔ, mbʋ kaɣnɩ-m talʋʋ ɖɔɖɔ.»+ Ye mbʋ, mɛnɖɛlɛsɩ lɔŋ sɩm mbʋ lɛ, pɩwazɩ-m we? Pʋyɔɔ mɔyɔɔdɩ ma-laŋɩyɛ taa se: «Pʋbʋ ɖɔɖɔ pɩkɛ falaa.» 16 Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ paakaɣ tɔzʋʋ lɔŋsɩnɖʋ yɔɔ tam, nɛ mbʋ ɖɔɖɔ paakaɣ tɔzʋʋ kɩmɛlɛŋ yɔɔ tam.+ Kɩyakɩŋ weyi ɩwɛnɩ ɛsɩndaa yɔ ɩ-taa, pakaɣ pa-tɩŋa pɔ-yɔɔ sɔʋ. Nɛ ɛzɩma lɔŋsɩnɖʋ kaɣ sɩbʋ? Ɛkaɣ sɩbʋ ɛzɩ kɩmɛlɛŋ yɔ.+
17 Pʋyɔɔ manpaɖɩ wezuu,+ mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ mbʋ payɩ palakɩ tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ yɔ,* pɩwɛ-m ɛzɩ pɩkɛ kʋñɔŋ yem yɔ, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ pɩtɩŋa payɩ mbʋ yɔ pɩkɛ falaa,+ pɩkɛ helim wayɩ seu.+ 18 Mɔnkɔm nɛ manpaɖɩ mbʋ payɩ malabɩ tʋma ɖoŋ ñɩna siŋŋ nɛ mehiɣ tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ yɔ,+ mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ma-wayɩ lɛ, weyi ɛkaɣ kɔm yɔ, pɩkaɣ pɔzʋʋ se meyebini-i pʋ.+ 19 Nɛ nɔɔyʋ ɛɛsɩŋ se lɔŋsɩnɖʋ yaa kɩmɛlɛŋ ɛkaɣ kɛʋ.+ Paa mbʋ yɔ, ɛkaɣ wɛnʋʋ ɖoŋ mbʋ payɩ pɩ-yɔɔ mañaɣ pana siŋŋ nɛ mbʋ payɩ malabɩnɩ tʋmɩyɛ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ nɛ mehiɣ tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ yɔ* pɩ-yɔɔ. Pʋbʋ ɖɔɖɔ pɩkɛ falaa. 20 Pʋyɔɔ ma-laŋɩyɛ lesi lidaʋ tʋma ɖoŋ ñɩna wena payɩ mankʋ man-tɩ nɛ mala tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ yɔ* a-yɔɔ. 21 Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ, sɩmtʋ nɛ lɛɣtʋ pɩzɩɣ nɛ piɖiyi ɛyʋ nɛ ɛla tʋmɩyɛ ɖoŋ ñɩnɖɛ, ɛlɛ pɩkaɣ pɔzʋʋ se ɛcɛlɩ pɩtɩŋa* ɛyʋ weyi ɛtɩñaɣ pana pɩ-yɔɔ yɔ.+ Pʋbʋ ɖɔɖɔ pɩkɛ falaa nɛ asɛyʋʋ sɔsɔʋ.
22 Tʋma ɖoŋ ñɩna wena payɩ ɛyʋ lakɩ yɔ, nɛ kaɖʋwa ŋga kotuyuu-i* nɛ ɛlakɩ tʋma ɖoŋ ñɩna tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ yɔ,* kɛzɛɣa ŋga ɖeyi ɖeyi ehikiɣ pɩ-taa?+ 23 Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ e-wezuu caɣʋ kɩyakɩŋ kpeekpe taa, ɛ-tʋmɩyɛ kɔŋnɩ wɩzasɩ nɛ laŋwɛɛkɩyɛ;+ nɛ halɩ ɖoo taa maɣmaɣ, ɛ-laŋɩyɛ ɛɛhɛzɩɣ.+ Pʋbʋ ɖɔɖɔ pɩkɛ falaa.
24 Nabʋyʋ fɛyɩ ɛyʋ weewee nɛ pɩkɩlɩ se ɛtɔɔ nɛ ɛñɔɔ nɛ ɛnɩɩ leleŋ* ɛ-tʋmɩyɛ ɖoŋ ñɩnɖɛ labʋ taa.+ Menɖiɣzinaa se pʋbʋ ɖɔɖɔ Ɛsɔ toovenim tʋ nesi taa pɩlɩnaa,+ 25 mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ atɔkɩ nɛ ɛñɔʋ camɩyɛ nɛ pɩkɩlɩɣ-m?+
26 Ɛsɔ toovenim tʋ haɣ ɛyʋ weyi ɛ-tɔm kɛdɩnɩ-ɩ yɔ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ, sɩmtʋ nɛ taa leleŋ;+ ɛlɛ kɩwɛɛkɩm laɖʋ ɛlɛ lɛ, ɛɖʋʋ-ɩ tʋmɩyɛ se ekpeɣli ñɩm nɛ ɛkaa-pʋ huwa nɛ ɛcɛlɩ ɛyʋ weyi ɛ-tɔm kɛdɩnɩ Ɛsɔ toovenim tʋ yɔ.+ Pʋbʋ ɖɔɖɔ pɩkɛ falaa, pɩkɛ helim wayɩ seu.