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Iyele you
1 You nɛ lʋbɩyɛ palɩnɩ le mɩ-hɛkʋ taa? Mbʋ́ ɩsɔɔlɩ labʋ kpem nɛ pʋwɛɛ mɩ-taa nɛ piseɣtiɣ-mɩ yɔ, pʋ-cɔlɔ pɩlɩnaa. 2 Mi-liu wɛ nabʋyʋ, ɛlɛ́, ɩɩpɩzɩɣ se ihiɣ-pʋ. Ɩɖʋʋ ɛsɩyɛ lɛlaa ñɩm yɔɔ nɛ ɩcaɣ se ɩkʋ-wɛ, ɛlɛ́, pɩɩlɩɣ-mɩ pʋyʋ. Ḿbʋ́ labɩna nɛ ɩwɛɛ iyou nɛ ɩlʋkɩ. Ŋgʋ́, ɩtasʋlʋmɩ Ɛsɔ yɔɔ itehiɣ-pʋ. 3 Paa ɩsʋlʋmɩ-ɩ yɔ, ɛɛhaɣ-mɩ, mbʋ́ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɩɩsɩŋ sʋlʋmʋʋ: ɩsʋlʋmʋʋ mbʋ́ ɩcaɣ se ɩkpaɣ nɛ ɩlabɩnɩ mbʋ́ ɩsɔɔlaa kpem yɔ. 4 Mɩ, ɩwɛ ɛzɩ acɛyɛ tɩnaa yɔ! Ɩtatɩlɩ se yee nɔɔyʋ ɛsɔɔlɩ kedeŋa ñɩm kpem yɔ, ɛpɩsɩɣ Ɛsɔ koyindu naa we? Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, weyi ɛsɔɔlʋʋ kedeŋa ñɩm yɔ, ɛpɩsɩɣ Ɛsɔ koyindu kpaagbaa. 5 Ɩmaɣzɩɣ se Ɛsɔtɔm Takayaɣ taa tɔm tʋnɛ, tɩfɛyɩ wazaɣ naa we? Ńdʋ́ lɛ se: “Ɛsɔ ñɩnɩɣ fezuu ŋgʋ́ ɛha-ɖʋ yɔ nɛ sʋsɩ.” 6 Ŋgʋ́, ɛnʋ lakɩnɩ-ɖʋ lootiye siŋŋ. Pʋwɛ ɛzɩ pamaʋ ka-taa ɖɔɖɔ yɔ. Pamawa se: “Ɛsɔ kʋyʋʋ mbá pakpazɩɣ pa-tɩ yɔ pɔ-yɔɔ. Ɛlɛ́, ɛlakɩ mbá paba ñetisiɣ pa-tɩ yɔ lootiye.” 7 Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, itisi mɩ-tɩ Ɛsɔ tɛɛ. Ɩkaɖɩnɩ eleeu, pʋbʋ, eseɣ eyebi-mɩ. 8 Ɩkpɩtɩnɩ Ɛsɔ nɛ ɛ́lɛ́ kpɩtɩnɩ-mɩ. Kɩwɛɛkɩm laɖaa mɩ! Ɩlɩzɩ mi-nesi pʋ-tɔm taa. Nɔsɩ naalɛ tɩnaa mɩ! Iyele mɩ-lɩmaɣza kɩdɛkɛdɛɛ. 9 Ɩtɩlɩ mɩ-kʋñɔŋ nɛ iwili nɛ ɩtɩmɩ. Iyele mi-woŋa nɛ iwili, iyele ɖɔɖɔ mɩ-laŋhʋlʋmɩyɛ nɛ mɩ-laŋa wɛɛkɩ. 10 Itisi mɩ-tɩ Kɩpaɣlʋ tɛɛ nɛ ɛkpazɩ-mɩ.
Ɩtaahʋʋ lɛlaa tɔm
11 Taabalaa! Ɩtaayɔɔdɩ ɖama yɔɔ tɔm ɛzaɣ́tʋ. Weyi ɛyɔɔdʋʋ lɛlʋ yɔɔ tɔm ɛzaɣ́tʋ yaa ɛkpɛzɩɣnɩ-ɩ yɔ, ɛyɔɔdɩ ɖɔɖɔ mbʋ́ paɖʋ paɣtʋ taa yɔ pʋ-yɔɔ tɔm ɛzaɣ́tʋ nɛ ɛtɛ ɛkpɛɛnɩ-tʋ. Yee ŋkpɛɣnɩ paɣtʋ yɔ, ŋŋɖɔŋ tɩ-yɔɔ, ɛlɛ́, ŋkpaɣ ña-tɩ se ŋkɛ tɔm hʋyʋ. 12 Ŋgʋ́, Ɛsɔ ɖeke koŋ ɖʋʋnɩ paɣtʋ, ɛnʋ lɛ tɔm hʋyʋ. E-ɖeke koŋ ɛpɩzɩɣnɩ ɛya ɛyáa ñʋʋ yaa ɛkʋ-wɛ. Weyi ña ñɛkpɛzɩɣnɩ lɛlaa yɔ, ŋmaɣzɩɣ se ña lɛ anɩ kpem?
Ñɩm tɩŋʋʋ ɖʋzʋʋ ɛyʋ
13 Mbá mɩ ɩlakɩ tamaɣ se: “Sɔnɔ yaa cee ɖiwoki tɛtʋ tʋnɛ tɩ-taa nɛ ɖɩcaɣ peeɖe pɩnaɣ nɛ ɖɩla tadɩyɛ nɛ ɖihiɣ liidiye” yɔ, iwelesi lɛɛlɛɛyɔ nɛ ɩnɩɩ. 14 Ɩtatɩɩsɩm mbʋ́ pʋkɔŋ-mɩ tɛmnaʋ cee yɔ! Ɩwɛ ɛzɩ hulumiye nɖɩ́ ɖɩñɛyɩɣ alɩwaatʋ pazɩ nɛ pʋwayɩ ɖɩcɛ nɛ paatasɩɣ-ɖɩ naʋ yɔ. 15 Pɩɩwɛɛ se ɩtɔ se: “Yee Kɩpaɣlʋ liu ɛwɛɛ yɔ, ɖɩwɛɣ wezuu nɛ ɖɩla pʋnɛ yaa pʋnɛ.” 16 Ɛlɛ́, lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, mɩ mɩkʋndʋʋ nɛ ɩɩsɩɣ mɩ-tɩ pʋ-cɔlɔ. Pɩtɛ kʋndʋʋ ḿbʋ́, pɩfɛyɩ ɖeu. 17 Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, yee nɔɔyʋ ɛsɩm mbʋ́ pʋmʋnaa se ɛla yɔ nɛ ɛɛlakɩ-pʋ yɔ, ɛlabɩ kɩwɛɛkɩm.