Ɛrm ɛsɛl ecʼob kok e lɛl
Ɛrm ɛsɛl ecʼAbŋ Lala e wɛl ɛwar
1
Ɛgŋ gbɛl Teofil,
ɛm eci lɛl krɛkrɛ ab ɛm,
† mi dad ów a fɛŋ eke Jesu kok,
ke yɛgm nuŋ ↄb ɛm ɛtŋ
2 toŋ igŋ lɛgŋ a eke Nyam oc imʼn afr a.
Gbuŋ ke lʼúyu afr a,
agŋ a eke li sↄsum lʼot ɛsɛ ɛrm ɛsɛl af a,
nʼↄŋ wɛl sol Abŋ Lala ecʼabusu ɛm.
3 Tasi ɛm a,
in e luw a e jam a,
lʼɛlu sos ↄkm li yɛgm in ecʼɛrm ɛsɛl a sakp ɛrŋ ɛrŋ ɛm eke nʼanŋ owr.
Sɛgŋ ekŋ yony ɛtŋ eke lʼɛlu sos ↄkm li yɛgm wɛl,
ke li dad wɛl Nyam e gbreŋgbi usu a ecʼodad.
4 Lɛgŋ nyam,
eke nʼam ij ob wɛl ab a,
lʼijl wɛl nɛny ninɛ:
«Kì kpabr es Jerusalɛm e lís,
kↄ ànŋn low a ekʼɛm Ɛs ɛwar ↄny a,
ob ap a eke mi dad ↄny ow e low a ecʼeku ɛm: †
5 Jan ok agŋ mij nuŋ mij ɛm,
kↄ ↄny,
lɛgŋ tɛl ɛm,
wɛl bʼow ok ↄny mij nuŋ Abŋ Lala ɛm.» †
Jesu am uyu afr
6 Ɛrm ɛsɛl a ekʼɛlul Jesu ɛm a ibrmʼn ninɛ:
«Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ,
kↄ lɛgŋ na ɛm anake bʼow ɛwl sigm Israɛl ecʼes ɛw ab es ab ee?» †
7 Jesu dad ɛl ninɛ:
«Ow elm ↄny itmn eke kʼuwr sɛgŋ a lele wanci ab ab e low any,
kↄ ɛm Ɛs bɛbm ɛw es in obi ecʼabusu ɛm.
8 Gbɛkↄ ↄny bʼow ɛŋan lɛc nyam lɛgŋ a ekʼAbŋ Lala bʼow us ↄny es nuŋ af a.
Ɛtŋ ↄny bʼow eel ɛm ecʼadaŋku,
dadr ɛm ecʼodad Jerusalɛm,
Jude e wus a nimum af lele Samari ab,
toŋ okr wus e nuŋ.» †
9 Eke li dad ów amua uwr ke -nʼam lɛr ow a,
Jesu am uyu afr,
ɛtŋ jru ow ɛdŋn ɛl any.
10 Eke ɛrm ɛsɛl a ecʼany a kↄkŋ afr cɛ ke -nʼam lɛr yogŋ a eke Jesu am uyu im a,
kpɛkŋ agŋ yony eke sus mob efu anŋ ɛl any af
11 ɛtŋ dad ɛl ninɛ:
«Galile ecʼagŋ,
bla sosiɛm ɛtŋ iymn es aŋa am lɛɛr afr ee?
Jesu na eke ŋgboŋ ↄny ecʼaraŋn aam afr a,
bʼow ɛwl mɛny ow elel a cɛ eke ɛkan in nʼaam a.»
Matias usr Judas usu
12 Sica ɛrm ɛsɛl a anŋ lafɛny eke wɛl bʼɛsŋ Olivie lafɛny a ogŋ,
ɛtŋ ɛwl mɛny ow Jerusalɛm.
Lafɛny a,
baŋn a e saw cɛ ow anŋ:
yogŋ lele baŋn ab ab kilo nyam cɛ. †
13 Eke -lʼowr -lʼokr Jerusalɛm a,
-lʼuyu -nʼim êl afr a eke -li bʼanŋ sɛgŋ fɛŋ a.
Kin ɛrm ɛsɛl a ekʼanŋ yogŋ a ecʼen:
Piɛr,
Jan,
Jak lele Andre ab,
Filip lele Toma ab,
Bartelemi lele Matie ab,
Jak ekʼel Alfe jim,
Simↄ ɛb dogŋn ɛs lele Jud ekʼel Jak jim ab.
14 Ɛl lele ↄyↄw a lele Jesu lis Mari lele Jesu lisijimɛl ab ab sɛgŋ fɛŋ -li bʼas luku usu nyam -ni ŋↄŋn Nyam.
15 Sɛgŋ ab ɛm e nyam ɛm,
ↄmn ɛsɛl ekʼↄtu eke kʼij agŋ ekŋ nↄhↄn as luku.
Piɛr igb ɛl ecʼaraŋn ɛtŋ dad ɛl ninɛ:
16 «Agŋ lisijimɛl,
ow it eke yecʼa ekʼAbŋ Lala dad Nyam e Lɛl ɛm a kʼiy nɛny.
Lʼikŋ anym lʼɛcr David ɛm,
lʼɛwar Judas eke nyimn agŋ a ekʼɛdŋn Jesu a e lís e low.
17 Ke Judas yɛji,
ɛy ɛrm ɛsɛl ab ɛm e nyam ekʼin yɛji ↄny in eci juma.
18 Ɛtŋ in eci low ŋuŋ e li kok a eci labm eke wɛl sↄgʼr ab ɛm,
lʼↄl ↄgm nyam,
ɛtŋ yogŋ nʼanŋ afr lʼɛy wus nuŋ nuŋ lʼↄb lok es ɛtŋ in e sugŋ a fɛŋ ok ↄkm.
19 Jerusalɛm ecʼagŋ a fɛŋ iri low na,
ow sosiɛm ɛl ecʼɛbr ab ɛm -lʼɛsŋ ↄgm a “Akɛldama”,
ekʼel nyandrɛ ɛm “Mebl ecʼↄgm”.
20 Ɛtŋ Selu e lɛl ab ɛm kin yecʼeke wɛl nↄn:
Ke in ecʼêl a ɛ́ru es ↄfr,
ke ɛgŋ kaka kʼírm ɛm.
Ɛtŋ ɛmɛny wɛl nↄn:
Ke ɛgŋ ɛjeci úsrʼr usu in eci juma ab ɛm.†
21-22 Ow sosiɛm,
ow akpl ekʼɛgŋ nyam kʼow akr ɛy af ij Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ Jesu e luw ɛm anŋ igb a e daŋku.
Ke ɛgŋ a él agŋ a eke bʼanŋ ɛy ab sɛgŋ fɛŋ,
usu a fɛŋ eke sʼɛc Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ Jesu ab a ecʼɛgŋ nyam,
lɛgŋ a ɛtŋ eke Jan okʼr mij nuŋ a toŋ ke igŋ lɛgŋ a eke nʼŋgboŋ ɛy ecʼaraŋn nʼim afr a.»
23 Wɛl ok agŋ yony ↄkm ɛl ecʼaraŋn:
Josɛf eke wɛl bʼɛsŋ Barsabas ke wɛl bʼok en es Justus,
lele Matias ab.
24 Ɛtŋ dedeku a nimum ŋↄŋn Nyam dad ninɛ:
«Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ,
ŋ eke uw agŋ fɛŋ ecʼɛrm ab any a,
yɛ̀gm ɛy ɛl yony na ɛm ecʼɛgŋ eke sↄsum oc
25 eke kʼel ɛrm ɛs,
ke ídr juma a eke Judas igŋ ɛlu es im usu a ekʼel in ecʼa.»
26 -Li kok sↄsum oc ɛtŋ ow ɛy Matias af;
ɛtŋ lʼɛy ɛrm ɛsɛl lɛw nyam a ecʼeb ab ɛm.