Yesu kɛdʋʋ Lɩm Sɔʋ Sɔnzɩ Laɖʋ Yohanɛɛsɩ tɔm yɔ
(Luk 7.18-35)
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1 Yesu tɛm ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa hiu nɛ naalɛ kɛdʋʋ mbʋ etiyiɣ-wɛ se pala yɔ lɛ, ɛɖɛɛ nɛ ɛcɔʋ tɛtʋ ndʋ ndʋ tɩwɛ egeetiye nɖɩ ɖɩ-taa yɔ tɩ-taa nɛ ɛwɩlɩɣ nɛ esusuu ɛyaa Ɛsɔtɔm. 2 Alɩwaatʋ ndʋ lɛ, Lɩm Sɔʋ Sɔnzɩ Laɖʋ Yohanɛɛsɩ kɛwɛ salaka taa. Peeye ɛnɩ tʋmɩyɛ nɖɩ Krɩstʋ lakaɣ yɔ ɖɩ-taŋ nɛ ɛkʋsɩ ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa taa lɛlaa nɛ etiyi-wɛ se powolo 3 pɔpɔzɩ-ɩ nɛ pana se ɛnʋ lɛ weyi ɛ-tɔm paayɔɔdaa se ɛkaɣ kɔm yɔ yaa nɔɔyʋ wɛnɩ wayɩ?
4 Peeye Yesu cosi-wɛ se: “Iwolo iheyi-i mbʋ ɩnawa nɛ ndʋ ɩnɩwa yɔ: 5 yʋlʋmaa naɣ nɛ tala tɩnaa ɖɔŋ camɩyɛ nɛ canasɩ yɔɔ cɛkɩ nɛ ndamaa nɩɣ nɛ sɩɖaa feŋ, posusaɣ kʋñɔndɩnaa Laŋhɛzɩyɛ Tɔm. 6 Weyi eelesiɣ e-lidaʋ mɔ-yɔɔ yɔ, ehiɣ ɛ-tɩ!”
7 Eheyi Yohanɛɛsɩ tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa mbʋ lɛ, pacaŋ pɛɖɛɛ. Peeye ɛpazɩ ɛyaa samaɣ kɛdʋʋ Yohanɛɛsɩ ɛnʋ ɛ-tɔm nɛ ɛpɔzɩ-wɛ se: “Ɛbɛ iwobi naʋ lakʋ taa? Kɩñɩŋgbaɖɛ nɖɩ heɣlim ciɣdaɣ yɔ yaa we? 8 Ɛlɛ, ɛbɛ iwobi naʋ kpem? Nɔɔyʋ suni ñɩɣlɩm wondu nɛ ɛwɛɛ peeye naa wɛ? Ŋgʋ, mba posuu ñɩɣlɩm wondu yɔ, pɛwɛɣ awiya ɖɩsɩ taa. 9 Ɛbɛ kpem iiwobi naʋ? *Lɔɔyaɣ tʋ nɔɔyʋ yaa we? Toovenim lɛ, meheyiɣ-mɩ se ɩna weyi yɔ, ɛkɩlɩ lɔɔyaɣ tʋ. 10 Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, Yohanɛɛsɩ tɔm Ɛsɔ yɔɔdaa nɛ pama Ɛsɔtɔm Takayaɣ taa se:
‘Na, mancalɩɣ men-tiyiyu tiyuu nɛ ɛñɔɔzɩ ña-nʋmɔʋ.’ ”
11 Yesu tasɩ yɔɔdʋʋ se: “Toovenim lɛ, mankaɖɩɣ-mɩ se ɖooo yɔ, patalʋlɩdɩ nɔɔyʋ nɛ ɛkɩlɩ Lɩm Sɔʋ Sɔnzɩ Laɖʋ Yohanɛɛsɩ. Paa mbʋ yɔ, weyi ɛwɛ Ɛsɔ Kewiyaɣ taa nɛ patakpaɣ-ɩ payaa pʋyʋ yɔ, ɛlɛ kɩlɩ-ɩ. 12 Pɩkpaɣʋnɩ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ Yohanɛɛsɩ ɛnʋ esusi tɔm nɛ pʋkɔɔ pɩsɩnɩ lɛɛlɛɛyɔ yɔ, ɛyaa wɛɛ pɛtɛzɩɣ kʋyʋʋ Ɛsɔ Kewiyaɣ yɔɔ nɛ pañɩnɩɣnɩ ɖoŋ se pehiɣ-kɛ. 13 Lɔɔyɩsɩ tɩnaa tɩŋa nɛ *Mooyiizi pɔyɔɔdɩ Ɛsɔ Kewiyaɣ ŋga kɔ-tɔm nɛ pʋkɔɔ pɩsɩnɩ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ Yohanɛɛsɩ ɛnʋ ɛkɔma yɔ. 14 Ye mi-liu ɛwɛɛ se itisiɣ mɔn-tɔm yɔ, Yohanɛɛsɩ ɛnʋ lɛ *Elii weyi paayɔɔdaa se ɛkɔŋ yɔ. 15 Weyi ɛwɛnɩ nɩŋgbaaŋ lɛ, ɛnɩɩ!
16 “Ɛbɛ mɛnkɛdɩɣnɩ lɛɛlɛɛyɔ ɛyaa panɛ lee? Pɛwɛ ɛzɩ piya nzɩ sɩcaɣ mʋzʋʋ taa ɛyaa samaɣ ɖikpeɣliye nɛ sikou ɖama yɔɔ se: 17 ‘Ɖɩhʋlɩ-mɩ hɩsɩ se ɩpaa nɛ ikizi. Ɖitee kʋñɔŋ hendu nɛ itewii.’ 18 Toovenim lɛ, Yohanɛɛsɩ kɔma, ɛɛtɔkɩ tɔɔnaɣ, ɛɛñɔʋ sʋlʋm. Ɛlɛ, ɩtɔŋ se ekem alewaa. 19 Ɛyʋ Pɩyalʋ ñɔkɔma nɛ ɛtɔkɩ nɛ ɛñɔʋ lɛ, ɩɖaɣnɩɣ yɔɔdʋʋ se: ‘Ɩnaɣʋ ɛyʋ ɛnɛ yɔ, tɔkɩyɛ nɛ ñɔtʋ pɔ-yɔɔ ɖeke ɛmaɣzɩɣ. Ɛkɛ ɖɔɖɔ *tikee mʋyaa nɛ kɩwɛɛkɩm laɖaa lɛlaa pa-taabalʋ.’ Ɛlɛ, pasɩŋ Ɛsɔ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ nɛ ɛ-lakasɩ.”
Tɛtʋ ndʋ ndʋ tɩ-taa ñɩma kizi Yesu tɔm yɔ
(Luk 10.13-15)
20 Pʋwayɩ lɛ, Yesu pazɩ kalʋʋ tɛtʋ ndʋ ndʋ tɩ-taa ɛɛkɩlɩ labʋ hama lakasɩ yɔ tɩ-taa ñɩma. Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, pɛtɛlɛɣzɩ wɛtʋ, ɛkalɩ-wɛ se: 21 “Koraazɛɛ nɛ Bɛtsayɩda ñɩma mɩ! Pʋtɔɔ-mɩ! Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, palabɩ Ɛsɔ hama lakasɩ nzɩ mɩ-hɛkʋ taa yɔ, ye paalabɩ-sɩ Tiiri nɛ Sidɔɔ ñɩma pɔ-cɔlɔ yɔ, paatɛm caɣʋ tɔlɩma taa nɛ posuu kutokiŋ nɛ pɩwɩlɩ se pɛlɛɣzɩ wɛtʋ. 22 Pʋ-yɔɔ mankaɖɩɣ-mɩ se Tiiri nɛ Sidɔɔ pɛ-tɛtʋ taa ñɩma kʋñɔŋ ɛɛtalɩɣ mɩ-ñɩŋgʋ kɩyakʋ ŋgʋ Ɛsɔ hʋʋnɩ ɛyaa yɔ. 23 Mɩ Kapɛrnayum ñɩma lɛ, ɩmaɣzɩɣ se ɩkpaɣ ɛsɔdaa yaa we? Meheyiɣ-mɩ se ɩɩkpaɣ kaʋ. Ɛlɛ, itiki tɛtɛɛ ɖenɖe kʋñɔŋ pɩɩtɛŋ wɛɛ yɔ. Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ye Ɛsɔ hama lakasɩ nzɩ palabɩ mɩ-tɛ yɔ, paalabɩ-sɩ Sodom yɔ, tɛtʋ ndʋ tɩɩwɛ halɩ nɛ sɔnɔ. 24 Mbʋ mankaɖɩɣ-mɩ se kɩyakʋ ŋgʋ Ɛsɔ hʋʋnɩ ɛyaa yɔ, Sodom ñɩma kʋñɔŋ ɛɛtalɩɣ mɩ-ñɩŋgʋ.”
Yesu yaʋ ɛyaa se powolo ɛ-cɔlɔ nɛ pɛhɛzɩ yɔ
(Luk 10.21-22)
25 Alɩwaatʋ ndʋ tɩ-taa Yesu tɔm se: “Man-Caa! Ɛsɔdaa nɛ tataa Kɩpaɣlʋ! Mansaŋ-ŋ. Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ŋkuli tɔm ndʋ ŋmɛsɩ lɔŋsɩnɖaa nɛ lɛɣsɩnɖaa yɔ tɩ-yɔɔ nɛ piya ajamaa nɩɩ tɩ-tɔbʋʋ. 26 Man-Caa! Ñɔsɔɔlɩna se pɩla mbʋ nɛ pɩla ɖɔɖɔ.” 27 Pʋwayɩ lɛ, Yesu heyi ɛyaa se: “Pɩtɩŋa payɩ lɛ, man-Caa cɛlɩnɩ-m. Nɔɔyʋ tasɩ mbʋ mɛnkɛnaa yɔ nɛ pɩtasɩnɩ man-Caa. Ɖɔɖɔ lɛ, nɔɔyʋ tasɩm-ɩ nɛ pɩtasɩnɩ ɛ-Pɩyalʋ ma nɛ mba mɔnsɔɔlaa nɛ mawɩlɩ-ɩ-wɛ yɔ.