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8 Awɛ ɛzɩ lɔŋsɩnɖʋ yɔ? Asɩm ɛzɩma pɔcɔŋnɩ tɔm natʋyʋ ɖeɖe yɔ?* Ɛyʋ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ yeki nɛ ɛ-ɛsɩndaa ñandɩɣ nɛ ɖiyeki ɖɔɖɔ nɛ ɛ-ɛsɩndaa hɛɖɩɣ.

2 Meheyiɣ-ŋ se: «Ðuutu ndʋ ŋɖuu Ɛsɔ ɛsɩndaa yɔ tɩ-yɔɔ lɛ,+ ña wiyaʋ paɣtʋ.+ 3 Taakpedisi nɛ ŋkʋyɩ ɛ-ɛsɩndaa nɛ ŋɖɛɛ.+ Taatɩnɩ kɩdɛkɛdɩm nabʋyʋ yɔɔ;+ mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ɛpɩzɩɣ nɛ ɛla mbʋ payɩ ɛsɔɔlaa yɔ, 4 mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ wiyaʋ tɔm pɔtɔkɩ;+ apɩzɩɣ nɛ ɛpɔzɩ-ɩ se: “Ɛbɛ ŋlakɩ mbʋ yɔ?”»

5 Weyi ɛɖɔŋ paɣtʋ yɔɔ yɔ, kaɖɛ naɖɩyɛ ɛɛtalɩɣ-ɩ,+ nɛ laŋɩyɛ nɖɩ ɖɩsɩm lɔŋ yɔ ɖɩkaɣ tɩlʋʋ alɩwaatʋ kɩbandʋ nɛ ɛzɩma ɖɩkpaɣna yɔ.*+ 6 Paa tɔm ndʋ lɛ, tɩ nɛ tɩ-alɩwaatʋ nɛ ɛzɩma pɩwɛɛ se pɔcɔnɩ ti-ɖeɖe yɔ,*+ mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ɛyaa kʋñɔmɩŋ ɖɔ pɩdɩɩfɛyɩ. 7 Nɔɔyʋ ɛɛsɩŋ mbʋ pɩkaɣ labʋ yɔ lɛ, ye mbʋ apɩzɩɣ nɛ ɛyɔɔdɩ ɛzɩma pɩkaɣ labʋ yɔ?

8 Ɛyʋ nɔɔyʋ fɛyɩnɩ ɖoŋ fezuu* yɔɔ nɛ ɛɛpɩzɩɣ nɛ ɛkpa-kʋ ɖɔɖɔ, mbʋ ɖɔɖɔ keekee nɔɔyʋ fɛyɩnɩ ɖoŋ sɩm evemiye yɔɔ.+ Paapɩzɩɣ nɛ paha nʋmɔʋ you laɖʋ se eyele you labʋ nɛ ekpe; mbʋ ɖɔɖɔ keekee kañatʋ lakasɩ ɩɩkaɣ haʋ nʋmɔʋ mba palakɩ-sɩ yɔ se patʋlɩ.*

9 Mana pɩtɩŋa mbʋ yɔ, nɛ manka ñʋʋ tʋma wena payɩ palabɩ tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ* yɔ a-yɔɔ, alɩwaatʋ ndʋ ɛyʋ tɔkɩ kewiyitu ɛyʋ lɛlʋ yɔɔ se pɩkɔnɩ ɛlɛ kaɖɛ yɔ.*+ 10 Nɛ mana pepiŋaɣ kañatʋ laɖaa, mba pasʋwaɣ lone kiɖeɖeye taa nɛ palɩɣ yɔ; ɛlɛ pitileɖi lɛ, pɔsɔɔ pɔ-yɔɔ tɛtʋ ndʋ tɩ-taa paalabɩ mbʋ yɔ.+ Pʋbʋ ɖɔɖɔ pɩkɛ falaa.

11 Ye patɩhɔ ɛyaa nɩŋgbaŋʋʋ pa-lakasɩ kɩdɛkɛdɩsɩ yɔɔ lɔŋ yɔ,+ pa-laŋa tɛzɩɣ kpaʋ ɖoŋ kɩdɛkɛdɩm labʋ taa.+ 12 Kɩwɛɛkɩm laɖʋ pɩzɩɣ nɛ ɛla kɩwɛɛkɩm tam 100, ɛlɛ ɛcaɣ wezuu nɛ pileɖi; paa mbʋ yɔ ndʋ mansɩma yɔ lɛ se pɩkaɣ ɖɔmnʋʋ camɩyɛ mba peseɣ Ɛsɔ toovenim tʋ sɔɔndʋ yɔ, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ peseɣ-i sɔɔndʋ.+ 13 Ɛlɛ pɩɩkaɣ ɖenuu kañatʋ tʋ,+ nɛ ɛɛkaɣ pɩzʋʋ nɛ ɛsɔzɩ e-wezuu caɣʋ kɩyakɩŋ weyi ɩwɛ ɛzɩ kuzotuu yɔ ɩ-yɔɔ,+ mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ eeseɣ Ɛsɔ sɔɔndʋ.

14 Nabʋyʋ lakɩ tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ nɛ pɩkɛ falaa:* Ɛyaa siɣsiɣ tɩnaa nabɛyɛ wɛɛ lɛ, palakɩ-wɛ ɛzɩ pɛkɛ kañatʋ laɖaa yɔ;+ nɛ kañatʋ laɖaa nabɛyɛ ñɛwɛɛ lɛ, palakɩ-wɛ ɛzɩ pɛkɛ ɛyaa siɣsiɣ tɩnaa yɔ.+ Mɔntɔm se pʋbʋ ɖɔɖɔ pɩkɛ falaa.

15 Pʋyɔɔ lɛ, mantasɩɣ ɛyaa lɔŋ se pɛwɛɛ laŋhʋlʋmɩyɛ taa,+ mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ nabʋyʋ fɛyɩ ɛyʋ weewee tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ* nɛ pɩkɩlɩ se ɛtɔɔ nɛ ɛñɔɔ nɛ ɛnɩɩ leleŋ; pɩwɛɛ se ɛlakɩ mbʋ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ ɛlakɩ tʋmɩyɛ ɖoŋ ñɩnɖɛ e-wezuu caɣʋ kɩyakɩŋ weyi Ɛsɔ toovenim tʋ ha-ɩ tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ yɔ ɩ-taa yɔ.+

16 Mɛntɛm man-taa se mañakɩ pana nɛ mehiɣ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ nɛ mana tʋma wena payɩ palakɩ tɛtʋ yɔɔ yɔ,+ nɛ halɩ wɩsɩ nɛ ɖoo, mantaakpɩtɩɣ ɛsɩyɛ.* 17 Ðɩnɛ ɛlɛ mamaɣzɩ Ɛsɔ toovenim tʋ tʋma kpeekpe yɔɔ, nɛ menɖiɣzina se ɛyaa ɩɩpɩzɩɣ nɛ panɩɩ mbʋ pɩlakɩ tɛtʋ yɔɔ cɩnɛ* yɔ pɩ-taa.+ Paa paatɩɩñaɣ pana ɛzɩma yɔ, paapɩzɩɣ nɛ panɩɩ pɩ-taa. Paa pɔyɔɔdʋʋ se pɛwɛnɩ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ nɛ pasɩm pɩtɩŋa payɩ mbʋ yɔ yɔ, paapɩzɩɣ nɛ panɩɩ pɩ-taa tete.+