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1 Ɖe-liu wɛ mbʋ kpem se ɖɩkɔɔ mɩ-tɛ nɛ pɩɩsɔsʋʋ lɛ, ɖɩtɛzɩ labʋ lɩmaɣza se ɖɩcaɣ ɖe-ɖeke Atɛɛnɩ 2 nɛ piyele ɖitiyi ɖa-tʋmlaɖʋ Timootee. Ɛkɛ Ɛsɔ tʋmlaɖʋ nɛ esusuu Krɩstʋ Laŋhɛzɩyɛ Tɔm. Ɖitiyi-i mɩ-cɔlɔ se eyele nɛ ɩtɛzɩ pɩʋ nɛ pɩlabɩ-mɩ hʋnʋm mi-lidaʋ wɛnaʋ taa 3 nɛ lɛɛlɛɛyɔ taa kʋñɔmɩŋ ɛtaañamsɩ mɩ-taa nɔɔyʋ. Mɩ-maɣmaɣ ɩtɛm naʋ se ɩnʋ Ɛsɔ ɖʋwa se pɩtɛmnɩ-ɖʋ. 4 Alɩwaatʋ ndʋ ɖɩɩwɛ mɩ-cɔlɔ yɔ, ɖɩɩtɛm-mɩ heyuu se ɖɩkɔŋ tɔɔʋ kʋñɔmɩŋ. Mbʋ ɩtɛm naʋ, mbʋ talɩna yɔ. 5 Me-liu wɛ mbʋ kpem nɛ pɩɩsɔsʋʋ lɛ, mɛntɛzɩ tiyuu Timootee se ɛkɔɔ nɛ mana se ɩwɛnɩ lidaʋ mbʋ? Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, sɔɔndʋ kpaɣaɣ-m se takɩyʋ ɛtaakɔɔ ɛtakɩ-mɩ nɛ tʋmɩyɛ nɖɩ ɖɩlaba yɔ, ɖɩpɩsɩ falaa ñɩnɖɛ.
6 Lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, Timootee lɩnɩ mɩ-tɛ nɛ ɛtalɩ. Ɛkɔnɩ-ɖʋ tɔm kɩbandʋ mi-lidaʋ wɛnaʋ nɛ mɩ-sɔɔlɩm nɛ ɛzɩma mbʋ ɩwɛɛ ɩtɔzʋʋ ɖɔ-yɔɔ camɩyɛ nɛ ɛzɩma mbʋ mi-liu wɛɛ kpem ɖɔɖɔ ɛzɩ ɖa yɔ se ɩtasɩ-ɖʋ naʋ yɔ pɔ-yɔɔ. 7 Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, taabalaa, paa ɖɩnɩɣ siziŋ nɛ ɖɩtɔkɩ kʋñɔmɩŋ yɔ, ɖa-laŋɩyɛ hɛnɩ-mɩ mi-lidaʋ wɛnaʋ yɔɔ. 8 Lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, ɖenɖe ɖɩnɩwa se ɩwɛ mi-ɖeɖe mbʋ mɩ nɛ Kɩpaɣlʋ mɩ-kpɛndʋʋ taa yɔ, pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, ɖitisi fezuu. 9 Ɛzɩma kpem ɖɩpɩzɩɣ ɖɩsa Ɛsɔ mɩ-yɔɔ laŋhʋlʋmɩyɛ nɖɩ iyeba nɛ ɖɩwɛnɩ ɛ-ɛsɩndaa yɔ ɖɩ-yɔɔ? 10 Ɖɩwɛɛ ɖitendiɣ-i wɩsɩ nɛ ɖoo siŋŋ se ɛha-ɖʋ nʋmɔʋ nɛ ɖɩtasɩ mɩ-ɛsɩndaa naʋ nɛ ɖɩtɛzɩ-mɩ wɩlʋʋ mbʋ pɩkazɩ-mɩ mi-lidaʋ wɛnaʋ taa yɔ.
11 Ɖa-Caa Ɛsɔ maɣmaɣ nɛ ɖa-Kɩpaɣlʋ Yesu pɔñɔɔzɩ ɖa-nʋmɔʋ nɛ ɖɩpɩzɩ ɖɩtalɩ-mɩ! 12 Kɩpaɣlʋ eyele nɛ ɩtɛzɩ ɖama sɔɔlʋʋ nɛ ɩtɛzɩ ɖɔɖɔ lɛlaa tɩŋa payɩ sɔɔlʋʋ ɛzɩ ɖɩsɔɔlʋʋ-mɩ yɔ. 13 Mbʋ eyeki nɛ ɩtɛzɩ pɩʋ nɛ ɩwɛɛ cɩɖɩcɩɖɩ nɛ paanaɣ kawanaɣ nakɛyɛ mɩ-yɔɔ ɖa-Caa Ɛsɔ ɛsɩndaa puwiye nɖɩ ɖa-Kɩpaɣlʋ Yesu nɛ ɛ-ñɩma tɩŋa payɩ pɔkɔŋ yɔ.