Kɩyakʋ ŋgʋ Kɩpaɣlʋ kitiɣ kɔm yɔ
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1 Mɛ-ɛgbaadɩnaa, ɩɩnaɣ takayaɣ naalɛ ñɩŋga ŋga mamaɣ-mɩ yɔ. Ka nɛ kajalaɣ ñɩŋga sɩ-naalɛ sɩ-taa lɛ, mancaɣ se mɔntɔzɩ-mɩ mbʋ ɩtɛm sɩm yɔ nɛ menfezi mɩ-lɩmaɣza nɛ ɩmaɣzɩ camɩyɛ. 2 Me-liu wɛɛ se ɩtɔzɩ tɔm ndʋ Ɛsɔ lɔɔyɩsɩ tɩnaa yɔɔdɩ ɖooo lɔŋ yɔ tɩ-yɔɔ. Ɩtɔzɩ ɖɔɖɔ paɣtʋ ndʋ Kɩpaɣlʋ weyi ɛkɛ ɖa-ñʋʋ yaɖʋ yɔ, ɛtɩŋnɩ e-*tiyiyaa yɔɔ nɛ eheyi-mɩ se ɩla yɔ tɩ-yɔɔ. 3 Mbʋ pʋwɛɛ se ɩtɩlɩ kpem yɔ lɛ se kɛtɛzaɣ alɩwaatʋ taa lɛ, mba powoŋuu-mɩ yɔ, pɔkɔŋ lɩʋ. Pɔkɔŋ labʋ ɛzaɣtʋ ndʋ pa-maɣmaɣ pe-liu wɛɛ yɔ 4 nɛ pɔtɔ se: “Kɩpaɣlʋ tɔm se ɛkɔŋ lɛ, pɩla ɛzɩma? Le ɛwɛɛ yɔ? Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɖooo ɖa-canaa sɩbʋ nɛ halɩ nɛ sɔnɔ yɔ, pɩtɩŋa payɩ pʋwɛ pi-ɖeɖe ɛzɩ ɖooo pɩɩwɛʋ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ Ɛsɔ labɩ kedeŋa yɔ.” 5 Ɛyaa mba pɔpɔzʋʋ pa-tɩ mbʋ yɔ, paacaɣ petisi se: ɖooo lɔŋ Ɛsɔ kɔyɔɔdɩ kʋyɔɔdʋ se ɛsɔtɔnʋʋ nɛ tɛtʋ palɩɩ nɛ palɩɩ ɖɔɖɔ. Ɛkpaɣ lɩm nɛ ɛlabɩnɩ tɛtʋ nɛ ɛtɩŋnɩ pʋ-yɔɔ nɛ ɛɖɔkɩ-tʋ. 6 Lɩm ɖɔɖɔ Ɛsɔ keɖezini mbʋ pɩtɩŋa payɩ pʋwɛ kedeŋa yɔɔ yɔ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ eeyeba nɛ tɛʋ sɔsɔʋ nɩɩ nɛ lɩm su kɔ-yɔɔ yɔ. 7 Ɛsɔ kɔyɔɔdɩ kʋyɔɔdʋ ɖɔɖɔ se ɛsɔtɔnʋʋ nɛ tɛtʋ mba ɖɩnaɣ lɛɛlɛɛyɔ yɔ, pɛwɛɛ mbʋ nɛ pʋkɔɔ pɩsɩnɩ kɩyakʋ ŋgʋ paɖʋʋ-wɛ miŋ nɛ pañaɣ lusa yɔ. Puwiye nɖɩ Ɛsɔ kɔŋ kañadɩnaa tɔm hʋnaʋ nɛ eyele pɛtɛŋɛlɩ.
8 Ɛlɛ, mɛ-ɛgbaadɩnaa, tɔm natʋyʋ wɛɛ, pɩfɛyɩ se ɩsɔɔ-tʋ kaʋ. Ndʋ lɛ se: Kɩpaɣlʋ ɛsɩndaa lɛ, evemiye kʋɖʋmɖɩyɛ wɛ ɛzɩ pɩnzɩ kutoku nɛ pɩnzɩ kutoku ñɛwɛɛ ɛzɩ evemiye kʋɖʋmɖɩyɛ yɔ. 9 Nabɛyɛ maɣzɩɣ se Kɩpaɣlʋ tala lɔŋ mbʋ eheyi ɛyaa se ɛlakɩ yɔ. Ŋgʋ pɩtɛkɛ mbʋ. Ɛlɛ, mɩ-yɔɔ ɛɖɔkɩ ɛ-hɔyɛ. Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, ɛtɔsɔɔlɩ se nɔɔyʋ ɛtɛŋɛlɩ. Ɛlɛ, ɛsɔɔlaa se ɛyaa tɩŋa payɩ ɛlɛɣzɩ wɛtʋ.
10 Kɩyakʋ ŋgʋ Kɩpaɣlʋ kɔŋ yɔ, pʋwɛɣ ɛzɩ mɩlʋ kɔŋʋʋ yɔ. Puwiye nɖɩ lɛ, pɩyakɩ kɔkɔɖɛ sɔsɔɖɛ naɖɩyɛ siŋŋ nɛ ɛsɔtɔnʋʋ mʋʋ. Miŋ ñakɩ mbʋ pʋwɛ ɛsɔdaa yɔ. Tɛtʋ nɛ mbʋ pɩtɩŋa payɩ pʋwɛ tɩ-yɔɔ yɔ, paatasɩɣ wɛʋ. 11 Ɛzɩma mbʋ pʋwɛɛ se pɩtɩŋa payɩ pʋkɔŋ ɖem mbʋ yɔ, pʋwɛɛ se ɩɖɔ ɛzɩ pʋmʋnaʋ yɔ. Ɩwɛɛ cɩɖɩcɩɖɩ mi-wezuu caɣʋ taa nɛ ɩla mbʋ Ɛsɔ liu wɛɛ yɔ. 12 Ɩla mbʋ nɛ ɩɖaŋnɩ kɩyakʋ ŋgʋ Ɛsɔ kɔŋ yɔ. Ɩñɔɔzɩ mɩ-tɩ nɛ kɩyakʋ ŋgʋ kɩtalɩ lɔŋ. Puwiye nɖɩ ɛsɔtɔnʋʋ mʋʋ miŋ nɛ mbʋ pʋwɛ ɛsɔdaa yɔ puyoli pɩtɩŋa. Pɩɩsɛkɩɣ pʋyʋ. 13 Ɛlɛ, Ɛsɔ heyi-ɖʋ se ɛlakɩ ɛsɔtɔnʋʋ kɩfalʋʋ nɛ tɛtʋ kɩfatʋ. Peeye mbʋ pʋtʋʋzaa yɔ pʋkɔŋ wɛʋ. Mbʋ ɖɩɖaŋaa yɔ.
14 Mɛ-ɛgbaadɩnaa, pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, pɩ-ɖaŋʋʋ taa lɛ, pʋwɛɛ se ɩñaɣ pana nɛ ɩwɛɛ cɩɖɩcɩɖɩ Ɛsɔ ɛsɩndaa nɛ pataana kɩdɛkɛdɩm nabʋyʋ mɩ-yɔɔ. Ɩñaɣ pana ɖɔɖɔ nɛ ɩwɛɛ laŋhɛzɩyɛ taa ɛ-ɛsɩndaa. 15 Ɩtɩlɩ se ɖa-Kɩpaɣlʋ hɔyɛ ɖɔkʋʋ haɣnɩ-mɩ waɖɛ se pɩya mɩ-ñʋʋ. Mbʋ Ɛsɔ ha ɖa-taabalʋ kʋsɔɔlʋ Pɔɔlɩ lɔŋsɩnɖɛ nɛ ɛma nɛ eheyi-mɩ ɖɔɖɔ. 16 Mbʋ ɛma ɛ-takayɩsɩ nzɩ sɩtɩŋa sɩ-taa ɛkɛdɩ Kɩpaɣlʋ kɔm tɔm yɔ. Pʋwɛ kaɖɛ se ɛyaa ɛnɩɩ tɩ-taa natʋyʋ tɔbʋʋ. Tɔm ndʋ ɛyaa mba paasɩŋ pʋyʋ nɛ patapɩɩ yɔ, pɛɖɛzɩɣ kiŋgila nɛ yaayala. Palakɩ ɖɔɖɔ ɛzɩ palakʋʋ Ɛsɔtɔm Takayaɣ taa tɔm lɛɛtʋ yɔ. Mbʋ pelesiɣni pa-maɣmaɣ pa-tɩ.
17 Mɛ-ɛgbaadɩnaa mɩ lɛ, lɛɛlɛɛyɔ pɛkɛdɩ-mɩ ɛyaa kɩdɛkɛdɩŋ ɩnʋ ɩ-tɔm. Pʋ-yɔɔ lɛ, ɩkpa mɩ-tɩ nɛ wɛ. Pɩtɛkɛ mbʋ yɔ, pɔkɔŋ pepeɣzi-mɩ nɛ ɩtɩŋ-wɛ. Peeye ɩɩtasɩɣ wɛʋ mi-ɖeɖe mi-lidaʋ wɛnaʋ taa. 18 Ɛlɛ, pʋwɛɛ se ɩɖɛnɩ ɛsɩndaa lootiye nʋmɔʋ taa nɛ ɩtɛzɩ sɩm ɖa-Kɩpaɣlʋ Yesu Krɩstʋ weyi ɛkɛ ɖa-ñʋʋ yaɖʋ yɔ. Pasam-ɩ kpaɣ lɛɛlɛɛyɔ nɛ puwolo paa ɛsɩmtaa. Pɩla mbʋ!