Ɛzɩ Maarɩkɩ kɛdʋʋ yɔ

6 Ɛkʋyɩ peeɖe nɛ ɛkɔɔ e-egeetiye taa,+ nɛ ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa tɩŋ ɛ-wayɩ. 2 Pɩtalɩ Sabaatɩ wiye lɛ, ɛpaɣzɩ tɔm wɩlʋʋ sinaagɔɔgɩ taa, nɛ mba pewelisaɣni-i yɔ, pɩɖɩɣzɩ pa-taa sakɩyɛ siŋŋ nɛ pɔtɔŋ se: «Le abalʋ ɛnɛ ɛlɩ tɔm ndʋ tɩ-yɔɔ?+ Ɛbɛ yɔɔ pɩha-ɩ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ ɖɩnɛ, nɛ ɛbɛ yɔɔ ɛlakɩ maamaaci lakasɩ nzɩ?+ 3 Pɩtɩkɛ Maarɩɩ pɩyalʋ+ kafɩnda+ lɛ? Nɛ pɩtɩkɛ Yakubu,+ Yosɛɛfʋ, Yudaasɩ nɛ Siimɔɔ,+ pa-ɖalʋ lɛ? Ɛzɩ e-newaa halɩñɩma fɛyɩ ɖɛ-hɛkʋ taa cɩnɛ?» Nɛ ɛ-yɔɔ lɛ, pɩpaɣzɩ-wɛ tuuluu. 4 Ɛlɛ Yesu heyi-wɛ se: «Paɖʋʋ nayʋ hɩɖɛ paa le, ɛlɛ e-egeetiye taa, ɛ-ñɩma hɛkʋ taa nɛ ɛ-ɖɩɣa maɣmaɣ taa lɛ, paaɖʋʋ-ɩ hɩɖɛ.»+ 5 Pʋyɔɔ lɛ, ɛtɩpɩzɩ nɛ ɛla maamaaci lakasɩ nasɩyɩ peeɖe, kʋdɔndɩnaa nabɛyɛ pazɩ yɔɔ ɛtɩnɩ e-nesi nɛ pɔ-yɔɔ cɛ. 6 Toovenim taa lɛ, pɩɩlabɩ-ɩ piti se pataawɛɛnɩ tisuu. Nɛ ɛwɛɛ ɛcɔʋ tɛtʋ cikpetu ndʋ tɩɩwɛ pɩ-cɔlɔ kpɛɛɛ yɔ tɩ-taa nɛ ɛwɩlɩɣ tɔm.+

7 Nɛ ɛyaa Hiu nɛ Naalɛ nɛ pɔkɔɔ nɛ ɛpaɣzɩ-wɛ tiyuu naalɛ naalɛ,+ nɛ ɛha-wɛ ɖoŋ azuluma feziŋ yɔɔ.+ 8 Pɩtasɩ lɛ, ɛɖʋ-wɛ paɣtʋ se pataakpɛndɩnɩ nabʋyʋ pa-nʋmɔʋ ɖɔm taa nɛ pɩtasɩnɩ ɖaʋ (pataakpaɣ kpɔnɔ, tɔɔnaɣ huyuu, nɛ pataaɖʋ liidiye* pe-liidiye huyiŋ taa);+ 9 ɛlɛ eheyi-wɛ se pɛlɛɛ naataŋgbala nɛ pataasuu tokonaa 2.* 10 Ɛtasɩ-wɛ heyuu se: «Paa le, ɩsʋʋ ɖɩɣa nakɛyɛ taa lɛ, ɩcaɣ peeɖe nɛ pɩkɔɔ pɩsɩɩnɩ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ ɩkʋyʋʋ peeɖe yɔ.+ 11 Nɛ ye patɩmʋ-mɩ yaa patiwelisini-mɩ lone naɖɩyɛ taa yɔ, ɩɩlɩɣ peeɖe se ɩɖɛɣ lɛ, ikpizi tɛtʋ mɩ-nɩŋgbanzɩ yɔɔ nɛ pɩkɛnɩ-wɛ aseɣɖe.»+ 12 Ðɩnɛ ɛlɛ, palɩɩ nɛ posusi ɛyaa tɔm se pɩwɛɛ se pekpiɖi pa-kɩwɛɛkɩm yɔɔ,+ 13 nɛ pɔɖɔɔnɩ aleewaa sakɩyɛ,+ nɛ pataa kʋdɔndɩnaa sakɩyɛ num nɛ pɔ-yɔɔ cɛ.

14 Alɩwaatʋ ndʋ lɛ, Wiyaʋ Eroodi nɩɩ-tʋ, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ɛyaa kaasɩm Yesu hɩɖɛ paa le nɛ pɔtɔŋ se: «Pefezi Yohanɛɛsɩ Lɩm Mɩyɩsɩyʋ nɛ sɩɖaa taa, pʋyɔɔ ɛlakɩ maamaaci lakasɩ.»+ 15 Ɛlɛ lalaa tɔŋaɣ se: «Eliya na.» Lalaa ɖɔɖɔ ñɔtɔŋaɣ se: «Ɛkɛ nayʋ ɛzɩ caanaʋ taa nayaa taa nɔɔyʋ yɔ.»+ 16 Ɛlɛ Eroodi nɩ mbʋ lɛ, ɛyɔɔdɩ se: «Yohanɛɛsɩ weyi maasɛtɩ ɛ-ñʋʋ yɔ, efema.» 17 Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ Eroodi maɣmaɣ kaatiyaa nɛ pakpa Yohanɛɛsɩ nɛ pɔhɔkɩ-ɩ nɛ paɖʋ-ɩ salaka ɛ-ɖalʋ Filiipu halʋ Eroodiyaadɩ yɔɔ, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ɛɛkpaɣ-ɩ halʋ.+ 18 Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ Yohanɛɛsɩ heyaɣ Eroodi se: «Paɣtʋ tɩha-ŋ nʋmɔʋ se ŋkpaɣ ña-ɖalʋ halʋ.»+ 19 Pʋyɔɔ Eroodiyaadɩ kaacaɣnɩ-ɩ nɛ ɛñɩnɩɣ se ɛkʋ-ɩ, ɛlɛ ɛtaapɩzɩɣ. 20 Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ Eroodi seɣaɣ Yohanɛɛsɩ sɔɔndʋ, ɛɛnawa se ɛkɛ ɛyʋ siɣsiɣ tʋ nɛ ɛyʋ kiɖeɖeu;+ nɛ ɛwɛɛ ɛkandɩyɩɣ ɛ-yɔɔ. Ewelisiɣni-i nɛ pɩtɛ lɛ, ɛɛnaɣ se ɛla ɛzɩma; paa mbʋ yɔ ewelisaɣni-i nɛ taa leleŋ.

21 Ɛlɛ Eroodiyaadɩ hiɣ waɖɛ kɩyakʋ nakʋyʋ, alɩwaatʋ ndʋ Eroodi labɩ ɖanaɣ tɔɔnaɣ nakɛyɛ ɛ-lʋlʋʋ kazandʋ wiye,+ nɛ ɛyaa ɛ-kaɖɩsɩ sɔsɔsɩ nɛ sɔɔjanaa ñʋndɩnaa nɛ Galilee taa ɛyaa sɔsaa yɔ.+ 22 Nɛ Eroodiyaadɩ pɛlɛ kɔɔ nɛ ɛpaa nɛ pɩkɛdɩnɩ Eroodi nɛ mba ɛ nɛ wɛ pɔtɔkaɣ tɔɔnaɣ* yɔ siŋŋ. Wiyaʋ heyi pɛlɛ ɛnʋ se: «Pɔzɩ-m mbʋ payɩ ŋsɔɔlaa yɔ, mankaɣ-ŋ pʋ haʋ.» 23 Nɛ eɖuuni-i nɛ ɛtɔ se: «Mbʋ payɩ ŋpɔzʋʋ-m yɔ, mankaɣ-ŋ pʋ haʋ, halɩ paa men-kewiyaɣ hɔɔlʋʋ kɔyɔ, mɛncɛlɩɣ-ŋ.» 24 Peeɖe ɛlɩwa nɛ ɛpɔzɩ e-ɖoo se: «Ɛbɛ pɩwɛɛ se mɔnpɔzɩ?» Ɛlɛ heyi-i se: «Yohanɛɛsɩ Lɩm Mɩyɩsɩyʋ ñʋʋ.» 25 Kpaagbaa mbʋ lɛ, ese nɛ ewolo wiyaʋ cɔlɔ, nɛ eheyi-i se: «Mɔnsɔɔlaa se lɛɛlɛɛyɔ lɛɛlɛɛyɔ lɛ, ŋcɛlɩ-m tɛlɛm nakʋyʋ taa Yohanɛɛsɩ Lɩm Mɩyɩsɩyʋ ñʋʋ.»+ 26 Paa pɩɩcɛyɩ wiyaʋ siŋŋ yɔ, e-ɖuutu yɔɔ nɛ mba ɛya-wɛ yɔ* pɔ-yɔɔ lɛ, ɛtaasɔɔlɩ se ekizi mbʋ pɛlɛ pɔzɩ-ɩ yɔ. 27 Ðɩnɛ ɛlɛ, wiyaʋ tiyi sɔɔja nɔɔyʋ kpaagbaa nɛ eheyi-i se ɛkɔnɩ Yohanɛɛsɩ ñʋʋ. Peeɖe ɛlɛ woba nɛ ɛsɛtɩ ɛ-ñʋʋ salaka taa 28 nɛ ɛɖʋ-kʋ tɛlɛm nakʋyʋ taa nɛ ɛkɔna. Ɛcɛlɩ-kʋ pɛlɛ, nɛ ɛlɛ woni-kʋ nɛ ɛcɛlɩ e-ɖoo. 29 Ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa nɩ mbʋ lɛ, pɔkɔɔ nɛ pakpaɣ e-tomnaɣ nɛ powoni pepi pɩlaʋ* nakʋyʋ taa.

30 Apostoloowaa kpeɣli Yesu cɔlɔ nɛ pɛkɛdɩ-ɩ mbʋ payɩ palaba nɛ tɔm ndʋ payɩ pawɩlaa yɔ.+ 31 Nɛ eheyi-wɛ se: «Ɩkɔɔ nɛ ɖiwolo lone nɖɩ ɖɩ-taa ɛyaa fɛyɩ yɔ nɛ ɩhɛzɩ pazɩ.»+ Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ɛyaa sakɩyɛ kɔŋaɣ nɛ pɛɖɛɣ, nɛ pataahiɣ alɩwaatʋ se pɔtɔɔ tɔɔnaɣ maɣmaɣ. 32 Pʋyɔɔ pakpa kpɩyʋʋ taa se powolo lone nɖɩ ɖɩ-taa ɛyaa fɛyɩ yɔ se pɛwɛɛ pe-ɖeke.+ 33 Ɛlɛ pɛɖɛɣaɣ lɛ, ɛyaa na-wɛ nɛ ɛyaa sakɩyɛ nɩɩ-tʋ, nɛ palɩɩnɩ tɛtʋ tɩŋa taa nɛ pese nɛ pɛlɛyɩ-wɛ talʋʋ peeɖe. 34 Nɛ ɛlɩɣaɣnɩ kpɩyʋʋ taa lɛ, ɛna ɛyaa samaɣ sɔsɔɔ nakɛyɛ, nɛ kɔ-tɔm labɩ-ɩ pʋtɔdɩyɛ,+ mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ kaawɛ ɛzɩ heŋ weyi ɩfɛyɩnɩ ninɖiɣyu yɔ.+ Nɛ ɛpaɣzɩ-kɛ tɔm sakɩyɛ wɩlʋʋ.+

35 Nɛ wɩsɩ caɣaɣ ɖʋʋ lɛ, ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa ñɔtɩnɩ-ɩ nɛ peheyi-i se: «Lone ɖɩnɛ ɖiposini ɖɩsɩ nɛ ɖanaɣ tɛm ɖanʋʋ.+ 36 Yele samaɣ nɛ kɛɖɛɛ, nɛ kapɩzɩ kowolo kɔfɩnaa nɛ tɛtʋ cikpetu ndʋ tɩwɛ pɩ-cɔlɔ yɔ tɩ-taa, nɛ kaya nabʋyʋ nɛ kɔtɔɔ.»+ 37 Ecosi-wɛ se: «Mɩ-maɣmaɣ ɩha-kɛ nabʋyʋ nɛ kɔtɔɔ.» Nɛ pɔpɔzɩ-ɩ se: «Ɛzɩ pɩwɛɛ se ɖiwolo nɛ ɖɩya kpɔnɔnaa dinaarɩwaa* 200 nɛ ɖɩha ɛyaa nɛ pɔtɔɔ yaa we?»+ 38 Ɛpɔzɩ-wɛ se: «Kpɔnɔnaa ɛzɩma ɩwɛna? Iwolo nɛ ɩna!» Powoba nɛ pewili lɛ, pocosi-i se: «Kpɔnɔnaa 5 nɛ kpakpasɩ 2.»+ 39 Nɛ ɛpɔzɩ ɛyaa se pacaɣ tindima tindima ñɩtʋ lɛŋ ñɩndʋ yɔɔ.+ 40 Peeɖe pekpeɣli ɖama, nabɛyɛ mɩnʋʋ mɩnʋʋ, nɛ lalaa nɩɩnʋwa nɩɩnʋwa. 41 Nɛ ɛkpaɣ kpɔnɔnaa mba pa-kagbanzɩ nɛ kpakpasɩ nzɩ sɩ-naalɛ, nɛ ɛkpazɩ ɛ-ɛsa nɛ ɛsɔdaa nɛ ɛwazɩ pɩ-yɔɔ.+ Pʋwayɩ lɛ, ɛpɛlɩ kpɔnɔnaa nɛ ɛpaɣzɩ-wɛ cɛlʋʋ tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa se paba ɩtayɩ-wɛ ɛyaa, nɛ ɛtayɩ kpakpasɩ nzɩ sɩ-naalɛ ɛyaa tɩŋa. 42 Nɛ pa-tɩŋa pɔtɔɔ nɛ pahaɣ; 43 nɛ pekpeɣli kpɔnɔ hɔɔlasɩ nzɩ sɩkazaa yɔ, nɛ sisu ɖɔkɩŋ 12, patɩkpɛndɩnɩ kpakpasɩ.+ 44 Mba pɔtɔɔ kpɔnɔnaa yɔ, pa-taa abalaa kaakpɛndɩ 5 000.

45 Nɛ kpaagbaa mbʋ lɛ, eheyi ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa se pakpa kpɩyʋʋ taa nɛ pɛɖɛɛ-ɩ nɔɔ kidiiliŋ lɛɛkʋ yɔɔ Bɛtɩsayidaa hɔɔlʋʋ taa, nɛ ɛ-maɣmaɣ eyele ɛyaa samaɣ nɛ kɛɖɛɛ.+ 46 Ɛlɛ ɛlabɩ-wɛ wele wele nɛ pɩtɛ lɛ, ɛɖɛɛ nɛ ɛkpa pʋʋ nakʋyʋ yɔɔ se ɛtɩmɩ.+ 47 Wɩsɩ ɖʋwa lɛ, kpɩyʋʋ kaawɛ teŋgu hɛkʋ taa, ɛlɛ ɛnʋ ñɛwɛɛ e-ɖeke tataa.+ 48 Nɛ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ ɛna-wɛ pɛwɛɛ nɛ palʋkɩ se pasaa kpɩyʋʋ, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ helim makaɣ tuluŋa lɛ, ɛɖɔ nɛ ewobini pɔ-yɔɔ tanaŋ tɛɛ pala,* ɛɖɔŋaɣ lɩm yɔɔ; ɛlɛ ɛla ɛzɩ ɛcaɣaɣ se ɛɖɛɛ pɔ-yɔɔ yɔ. 49 Pana-ɩ ɛwɛɛ nɛ ɛɖɔŋ teŋgu yɔɔ lɛ, pamaɣzɩ se: «Ðoziye yaa!» Nɛ pama kubuka. 50 Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ pa-tɩŋa pana-ɩ nɛ sɔɔndʋ kpa-wɛ. Ɛlɛ kpaagbaa mbʋ lɛ, ɛyɔɔdɩnɩ-wɛ nɛ ɛtɔ se: «Sɔɔndʋ ɛtaakpa-mɩ! Ma na; itaase sɔɔndʋ.»+ 51 Ðɩnɛ ɛlɛ, ɛkpa pɔ-cɔlɔ kpɩyʋʋ taa, nɛ helim yele mabʋ. Nɛ pɩɖɩɣzɩ-wɛ siŋŋ, 52 mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ pataanɩɩ kpɔnɔnaa mba ɛɛtayaa yɔ pɔ-tɔbʋʋ, nɛ pa-laŋa taanɩɣ tɔm taa lɛɛ lɛɛ.

53 Pɛtɛzɩ teŋgu lɛ, pɔkɔɔ Jeneezaarɛɛtɩ nɛ pasɩɩ kpɩyʋʋ pɩ-cɔlɔ.+ 54 Ɛlɛ pañɩtaa nɛ palɩɩ kpɩyʋʋ taa lɛ, ɛyaa tɩlɩ Yesu. 55 Pese nɛ pɔcɔɔ egeetiye nɖɩ ɖɩ-tɩŋa, nɛ papaɣzɩ kʋdɔndɩnaa kpaɣʋ taya yɔɔ nɛ powokini ɖenɖe ɖenɖe panɩɣaɣ se ɛwɛɛ yɔ. 56 Nɛ ɖenɖe payɩ ewokaɣ yɔ, paa pɩtɩɩkɛ tɛtʋ cikpetu taa, yaa tɛtʋ sɔsɔtʋ taa, yaa kɔfɩnaa taa yɔ, pasɩɣaɣ kʋdɔndɩnaa kɩyakɩŋ taa,* nɛ petendiɣ-i se eyele nɛ potukuni cɛɛkɛ e-toko kɩtɩnʋʋ nɔɔ.+ Nɛ mba payɩ potukaɣni-kɛ yɔ, pɔ-yɔɔ cɛkɩ.