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Etiɛn ecʼodad e dad
1 Egb waw ɛs ligbɛl a ibrm Etiɛn ninɛ: «Ów amua eke wɛl am dad ŋ e lís a, kↄ nawrɛ ee?» 2 Etiɛn ↄdu eb dad ninɛ: «Agŋ lisijimɛl lel agŋ ɛsɛl ab, ìgŋn lↄru es irir: eke ɛy lagŋ Abraham anŋ Mesopotami wus af a, gbuŋ eke li kʼim lʼir Aran a, anygbɛl e Nyam ɛlu sos ↄkm yɛgmʼn. 3 Li dad ow ninɛ: “Ŋ̀gboŋ ŋ ecʼɛb na lele ŋ ecʼeb na ɛm ab, ke ím ɛb a eke mi bʼow mʼↄkŋʼŋ abu ab ɛm!”†Ɛ̀kn Nuŋ Ɔb 12.1. 4 Ow sosiɛm Abraham ŋgboŋ Kalde eyŋ ecʼɛb ab ɛm ɛtŋ im ir Aran. Sica eke ɛs uw oc es a, Nyam oc owʼr ɛb na ɛm eke iir lɛgŋ na ɛm a. 5 Ɛb na ɛm, Nyam ↄↄm Abraham usu kaka, lʼubrm usu logli yɛji nʼↄↄm ow; gbɛkↄ Nyam ij nɛny eke bʼow oc wus a nimum ↄŋʼn, ke in ecʼalaw a eke bʼow anŋ in ɛm ok ↄkm a, ɛl yɛji idr wus a. Ke lɛgŋ ab ɛm a, Abraham ↄnym iy kaka. †Akr 4: ɛ̀kn Nuŋ Ɔb 11.31; 12.4. Akr 5: ɛ̀kn Nuŋ Ɔb 17.8. 6 Kin yecʼeke Nyam dadʼr: “Ŋ ecʼalaw bʼow ir etu ɛb, ɛtŋ yogŋ -li bʼow -lʼel madu wɛl ijr ɛl gbre toŋ akpo duw. 7 Gbɛkↄ ɛb a eke ŋ ecʼalaw a bʼow el madu ɛl ecʼabu ɛm a, mi bʼow mi jɛj ɛl e low mʼok. Ow e jam a, -li bʼow -lʼigb yogŋ ke -lʼow -lʼigŋʼm nuŋ aŋa na.”†Nuŋ Ɔb 15.13-14; Ɔkm Ok 3.12. 8 Ɛtŋ Nyam kok sinm na Abraham ab ekʼow e mɛny ɛwr el likr es ubr. Ow ɛm Abraham ubr jim Isak likr es eke lʼew ow ba ow bʼij sɛgŋ niwn a; ɛbɛn nɛny nyam Isak yɛji bubr Jakↄb likr es, ɛtŋ Jakↄb yɛji bubr jimɛl ekʼel ɛy lagŋɛl lɛw yony a ekr es. †Ɛ̀kn Nuŋ Ɔb 17.10-14; 21.4.
9 Sica ɛy lagŋɛl ↄnyn Josɛf nyamn ɛyr, ɛtŋ -lʼↄl -lʼij ow eke ow kʼel adu Ejipt. Gbɛkↄ Nyam anŋ in ab; 10 lʼeb lʼɛlu ow es gbre fɛŋ ɛm. Nʼↄŋ ow nuŋ ɛm ↄny ɛtŋ Faraↄn ekʼel Ejipt ecʼɛb ebu a ecʼany af, lʼakpal ow. Faraↄn ɛw Josɛf Ejipt ɛb a lel in ecʼakŋ a ecʼob fɛŋ ab ecʼes ɛw ɛs. 11 Lek ligbɛl ɛy Ejipt ɛb ɛm lele Kana ɛb ɛm ab. Ow ↄŋ gbre am afŋn es, ɛtŋ ɛy lagŋɛl ɛ́ŋnm ob kaka eke kʼij. 12 Eke Jakↄb iri ekʼob ij anŋ Ejipt a, lʼɛrm jimɛl ekʼel ɛy lagŋɛl a im akp nyam. 13 Sica eke -nʼimn sakp yony ɛm a, Josɛf okm sos ↄkm lisijimɛl a uwʼr any, ɛtŋ ow ↄŋ Faraↄn uw Josɛf ecʼagŋ ab any. 14 Ɛtŋ Josɛf ↄŋ wɛl im oc ɛs Jakↄb lel in ecʼagŋ a fɛŋ ekʼij agŋ ekŋ nyahan agŋ lɛw yen a ow. 15 Jakↄb ow ir Ejipt toŋ uw yogŋ, ɛy lagŋɛl a yɛji. 16 Wɛl ot ɛl e sos megl a im Sikɛm, ɛtŋ uwↄmu a ekʼAbraham ↄl os ɛm Amↄr jimɛl ecʼabu ɛm Sikɛm baŋn a wɛl ot ɛl es. †Akr 9: ɛ̀kn Nuŋ Ɔb 37.11,28; 39.2,21. Akr 10: ɛ̀kn Nuŋ Ɔb 41.39-41. Akr 11: ɛ̀kn Nuŋ Ɔb 41.57; 42.1-2. Akr 13: ɛ̀kn Nuŋ Ɔb 45.1,16. Akr 14: ɛ̀kn Nuŋ Ɔb 45.9-10, 17-18; agŋ ekŋ nyahan agŋ lɛw yen: Nuŋ Ɔb 46.27, Sɛptant ɛm ecʼodad wɛl oc. Akr 15: ɛ̀kn Nuŋ Ɔb 46.1-7; 49.33. Akr 16: ɛ̀kn Nuŋ Ɔb 23.3-16; 33.19; 50.7-13; Joswe 24.32.
17 Sica eke lɛgŋ ow titm eke Nyam ki kok ów a fɛŋ eke lʼɛwar Abraham a, ɛy ecʼagŋ a am ɛny bobn Ejipt ɛb ab ɛm. 18 Ɛtŋ ɛb ebu ɛjeci nyam eke uwm Josɛf any a, ɛy ↄkm am nyimn ɛb a. 19 Ɛb ebu na ɛju ɛy ecʼagŋ a ɛtŋ ↄnyn ɛy lagŋɛl milↄlu, ↄny ɛl lɛc ɛm -li digŋ ɛl ecʼey mɛny nɛnym -lʼok es eke kʼuw. †Akr 17-18: Ɔkm Ok 1.7-8; Akr 19: Ɛ̀kn Ɔkm Ok 1.10,11,22. 20 Lɛgŋ ab ɛm anake wɛl ew Mois a; lʼel iy ekʼakpl ke Nyam erur. Wɛl gbagblʼl ɛs ecʼakŋ a toŋ awl nyahan. 21 Sica eke wɛl igŋ ɛluʼl es a, Faraↄn jↄw a ocʼr ɛtŋ gbagblʼl ɛsɛ in ecʼiy lokm af. †Ɛ̀kn Ɔkm Ok 2.3-10. 22 Ow ↄŋ Mois uw Ejipt eyŋ e low fɛŋ any, ɛtŋ lʼel ɛgŋ gbawru odad ebl ɛm lel ów kok ɛm ab.
23 Eke Mois ↄny akpo ekŋ yony a, lʼerur eke li kʼim lʼɛkn Israɛl eyŋ ekʼel in ecʼɛbr ecʼagŋ a. 24 Lʼɛkn Ejipt iy nyam ekʼam ↄnyn Israɛl iy nyam milↄlu; lʼeb ow ecʼusu a eke li ki dogŋn ow, ɛtŋ low a eke li ki kok lʼↄbar any ab ɛm lʼibi Ejipt iy a. 25 Li tutr eke lisijimɛl Israɛl eyŋ a bʼow iri eke Nyam am ow ɛcr in ɛm eb ɛlu ɛl es, kↄ -lʼirim ɛbɛn. 26 Eke lɛgŋ ɛny a, Mois uyum Israɛl eyŋ yony ekʼam ogŋ mum ab, ɛtŋ lʼerur eke li kʼↄny lʼokr wɛl ɛm. Li dad wɛl ninɛ: “Ɛm lawlɛl, ↄny agŋ lisijimɛl ↄfr eel, bla sosiɛm ɛtŋ am ↄnyanin milↄlu ee?” 27 Kↄ ɛgŋ nyam a ekʼam ↄnyn lawl a milↄlu a itr Mois ɛtŋ dadʼr ninɛ: “Kↄ ŋ, bwo ɛwʼŋ ɛsɛ ɛy ecʼes ɛw ɛs af, ɛsɛ ɛy e jɛj ok ɛs af ee? 28 Am erur eke kʼibiʼm ɛsɛ elel eke efi cɛ, ibi Ejipt iy ab af ee?” 29 Eke Mois iri sodad amua a, lʼuru es nʼim lʼir Madian ɛtŋ lʼew ey yony yogŋ. †Akr 23-29: Ɔkm Ok 2.11-15, 21-22; 18.3-4.
30 Eke akpo ekŋ yony ɛcʼa, loj a e titm Sinayi lafɛny ab ɛm, afr ɛrm ɛs nyam yɛgm Mois sos, duw luku ekʼam iri al ab ɛm. 31 Eke Mois ɛkn ɛbɛn a, ow ɛwʼr any iti. Gbɛkↄ eke lʼerur e li kʼɛri nʼim li titm ke lʼɛ́kn a, lʼiri Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ e lebl ekʼam dadʼr ɛsɛ: 32 “Mʼel alagŋɛl e Nyam, Abraham, Isak lele Jakↄb ab e Nyam.” Mois erŋn am ↄny ufŋ ɛtŋ ↄ́tum igblm any ogŋ. 33 Ɛtŋ Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ dadʼr ninɛ: “Ɔ̀ny ŋ eci cↄkrukpↄ a ot es akr ɛm, aŋke usu a ekʼinym es a, usu lala. 34 Mʼɛkn ɛm ecʼagŋ a e gbre ekʼam ij Ejipt a, mʼiri ɛl e sↄmu ikŋ a ɛtŋ mʼus es eke mi ki sↄg ɛl. Òw, ke sica mʼɛ́rmʼŋ Ejipt.” †Akr 30 toŋ 34: Ɔkm Ok 3.1-10.
35 Mois nyam a cɛ eke Israɛl eyŋ ogŋ ke dadʼr ninɛ: “Bwo ecʼɛgŋ ɛwʼŋ ɛsɛ ɛy ecʼes ɛw ɛs lele ɛy e jɛj ok ɛs af a,”†Ɔkm Ok 2.14. in cɛ Nyam ɛrmʼn ɛsɛ es ɛw ɛs lele sↄg ɛs af, afr ɛrm ɛs a eke ɛlu sos ↄkm yɛgmʼn duw luku ab ɛm a ecʼabu ɛlum ɛm. 36 Mois anake ↄny Israɛl eyŋ ok ↄkm Ejipt, low any iti owi lele mɛny ɛwr owi e li kok ɛb ab ɛm, Okij Ebl a ogŋ a lele loj ab ɛm eke -nʼanŋn toŋ ij akpo ekŋ yony a. †Akr 35: Ɔkm Ok 2.14. Akr 36: Ɔkm Ok 7.3; 14.21; Awl 14.33. 37 Ɛmɛny Mois na cɛ anake dad Israɛl eyŋ ninɛ: “Nyam bʼow awŋ ↄnykokobaↄb ɛs nyam ɛsɛ ɛm af†ɛsɛ ɛm af:odad na Grɛk ɛm a, wɛl ↄtu ekʼitŋn ɛjecʼɛm dad ɛsɛ ɛsɛ elel eke lʼɛrm im ab af. Ol Ɔkn 18.15-18.eke bʼow el ↄny ecʼagŋ ab ɛm ecʼɛgŋ nyam.” 38 Eke Israɛl eyŋ as luku loj a, Mois anake anŋ ɛy lagŋɛl lele afr ɛrm ɛs a eke am dadʼr odad Sinayi lafɛny af a ecʼaraŋn a; ɛtŋ lʼeb sel ɛŋn e sodad Nyam ogŋ lʼow nʼↄŋ ɛy. †Ɛ̀kn Ɔkm Ok 19.1–20.17; Ol Ɔkn 5.1-33.
39 Gbɛkↄ ɛy lagŋɛl ɛgŋm ↄnym in ecʼɛlum; -lʼigŋ ow ɛtŋ -lʼerur eke -li kʼɛwl mɛny -nʼim Ejipt. 40 -Li dad Arↄn ninɛ: “Kòk sinyam eke bʼan es ɛy ecʼany af ↄŋ ɛy, kↄ Mois ekʼↄny ok ɛy ↄkm Ejipt a, sʼuwm low yecʼeke ɛŋnʼn ab any.” 41 -Li kok id ewli ɛsɛ nyàm af ɛtŋ -li waw egb -nʼↄŋ ow, -li gbɛgbl es nyàm na ekʼɛl obi -li kokr a eci. †Akr 39: ɛ̀kn Awl 14.3; Akr 40: Ɔkm Ok 32.1; Akr 41: Ɔkm Ok 32.2-6. 42 Nyam ↄny nyamn oc ɛl es af ɛtŋ ɛgb ɛl es -lʼigŋ afr e mílɛ́l nuŋ, ɛsɛ elel eke wɛl nↄn kokoba ↄb ɛsɛl e lɛl ɛm ab af:
Israɛl eyŋ, tasi, ɛm aprʼm mindey lele segb waw ɛjecʼab
loj a eke anŋn toŋ ow ij akpo ekŋ yony ab ee?
43 Njaŋ! Gbɛkↄ abur ↄny e nyàm Molↄk eci nuŋ igŋ êl a
lele ↄny e lɛ́l nyàm Refan e mɛny ɛwr ab ab owr,
ekŋ ɛm nyàm amua eke kokr eke kʼigŋn nuŋ a.
Na sosiɛm anake mi bʼow mʼɛwl ↄny madu ↄkr ɛm,
44 Gbad ɛm êl a eke sinm a e lɛl anŋ ɛm a, ɛy lagŋɛl ↄnym ab loj a. Wɛl usʼr kpɛ kpɛ kpɛ ɛsɛ elel eke Nyam yɛgmn Mois ab af. 45 Gbad ɛm êl ikŋ na wɛl ocʼr ↄŋ ey a ekʼusr ɛy lagŋɛl usu a; -lʼoc ab -nʼim lɛgŋ ab ɛm eke Joswe am nyimn ɛl a. Nyam ogŋ ɛb ɛb a ekʼanŋ ɛl anym a, ɛtŋ -lʼeb sɛb a. Êl a gbɛ anŋ toŋ igŋ David e lɛgŋ ɛm a. †Ɛ̀kn Ɔkm Ok 25.9,40; Joswe 3.14-17. 46 David ɛŋn bibm Nyam ecʼany af ɛtŋ lʼibrm ow abusu eke li kʼus êl nyam nʼↄŋ Jakↄb e Nyam a. †Jakↄb e Nyam:Ob Kok eci silɛl esig oglog ɛm a Jakↄb ecʼalaw. 2 Samiɛl 7.1-16; 1 Ów e Wɛl Nↄn 17.1-14. 47 Gbɛkↄ, Salomↄ anake us êl a. †Ɛ̀kn 1 Ɛ́b Ebu 6.1-38; Ów e Wɛl Nↄn 3.1-17. 48 Ke Afr Kpekpe e Nyam a írm mel ekʼagŋ ecʼabu bʼus ab ɛm, ɛsɛ elel eke kokoba ↄb ɛs a dad ab af:
49 Nyam dad ninɛ: “Afr el ɛm ecʼɛb ir usu,
ɛtŋ wus el ɛm ecʼakr es ok usu.
Bogŋ ecʼêl tasi ↄtur eke kʼusr ↄŋnʼm ee?
Bogŋ ogŋ tasi mʼↄtu eke mi kʼir ee?
50 Ɛtŋ kↄ ow elm ɛm obi mi kokm mob amua fɛŋ ee?” †Esayi 66.1-2.
51 Ɔny agŋ és ɛfuu ekʼↄny ecʼɛrm lel ↄru ab babl Nyam ecʼɛsŋ a e lís; sɛgŋ fɛŋ am atarir Abŋ Lala ab cɛ! Ɔny anŋn ɛsɛ ↄny lagŋɛl ab af! 52 Bogŋ eci kokoba ↄb ɛs ↄny lagŋɛl ijrm gbre ee? -Lʼibi agŋ a ekʼↄb ɛl Nɛny Nyam Ɛs nyam coco a eke kʼow a e kokoba a; ɛtŋ sica in anake ↄny ɛjur ir ke ibir ir a. †Bɛ̀bmn Esayi 63.10; 2 Ów e Wɛl Kok 36.16; Matie 23.31. 53 Ɔny eke Nyam ɛcr in ecʼafr ɛrm ɛsɛl ab ɛm ↄŋ ↄny in ecʼol a, †Amani Sig ɛm a, ow elm afr ɛrm ɛsɛl e low wɛl dadm (Ɔkm Ok 19), kↄ ol e low yɛgm ɛsɛl bɛb e tutr ɛm a, Nyam ecʼol a eke Mois eb Sinayi lafɛny af a, ow el afr ɛrm ɛsɛl ɛm ow ɛcr. Bɛ̀bmn Galat 3.19; Ebre 2.2. ↄny, ɛluamn ol ikŋ na!»
Etiɛn e luw owi
54 Sanedrɛn ecʼagŋ a ɛrm ebl afŋn es sodad amua eke -lʼirir a sosiɛm, ɛtŋ -nʼam sasagr an ɛm -lʼok Etiɛn af. 55 Kↄ ekʼAbŋ Lala iyʼr ɛm a, nʼam lɛr afr, ɛtŋ lʼɛkn Nyam ecʼanygbɛl a lele Jesu ekʼinym es Nyam e lidr abu af ab. 56 Li dad ninɛ: «Ɛ̀kan, mʼam ɛkn afr eke fig lele ɛgŋ ecʼIy ekʼinym es Nyam e lidr abu af ab.»
57 Eke -li bʼiri ɛbɛn a, -li babl ↄru es ɛtŋ -nʼam babarm. Ɛl fɛŋ -lʼok Etiɛn af, 58 -lʼↄdu -lʼɛlu ow ↄkm baŋn a, ɛtŋ -nʼam ↄr ow mebn ɛm eke -li kʼibi ow. Adaŋku a ok ɛl e mob sus ɛm ab es ŋgbafrɛ nyam eke wɛl bʼɛsŋ Sↄl a ecʼanym eke kʼↄsu. 59 Eke wɛl am ↄrʼr mebn ɛm a, Etiɛn am ŋↄŋn Nyam ɛsɛ: «Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ Jesu, èb ɛm ecʼabŋ a!» 60 Ow e jam a, lʼok ↄwrↄkp wus ɛtŋ li barm lebl tuↄtuↄ ɛm ninɛ: «Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ, kʼↄ̀ŋ ɛl -li kʼebr ɛm e luw na e ligbↄw!» †Bɛ̀bmn Luk 23.34. Eke li dad sodad amua ba ow bʼuwr a, lʼok sel es.
†7:3 Ɛ̀kn Nuŋ Ɔb 12.1.
†7:5 Akr 4: ɛ̀kn Nuŋ Ɔb 11.31; 12.4. Akr 5: ɛ̀kn Nuŋ Ɔb 17.8.
†7:7 Nuŋ Ɔb 15.13-14; Ɔkm Ok 3.12.
†7:8 Ɛ̀kn Nuŋ Ɔb 17.10-14; 21.4.
†7:16 Akr 9: ɛ̀kn Nuŋ Ɔb 37.11,28; 39.2,21. Akr 10: ɛ̀kn Nuŋ Ɔb 41.39-41. Akr 11: ɛ̀kn Nuŋ Ɔb 41.57; 42.1-2. Akr 13: ɛ̀kn Nuŋ Ɔb 45.1,16. Akr 14: ɛ̀kn Nuŋ Ɔb 45.9-10, 17-18; agŋ ekŋ nyahan agŋ lɛw yen: Nuŋ Ɔb 46.27, Sɛptant ɛm ecʼodad wɛl oc. Akr 15: ɛ̀kn Nuŋ Ɔb 46.1-7; 49.33. Akr 16: ɛ̀kn Nuŋ Ɔb 23.3-16; 33.19; 50.7-13; Joswe 24.32.
†7:19 Akr 17-18: Ɔkm Ok 1.7-8; Akr 19: Ɛ̀kn Ɔkm Ok 1.10,11,22.
†7:21 Ɛ̀kn Ɔkm Ok 2.3-10.
†7:29 Akr 23-29: Ɔkm Ok 2.11-15, 21-22; 18.3-4.
†7:34 Akr 30 toŋ 34: Ɔkm Ok 3.1-10.
†7:35 Ɔkm Ok 2.14.
†7:36 Akr 35: Ɔkm Ok 2.14. Akr 36: Ɔkm Ok 7.3; 14.21; Awl 14.33.
†7:37 ɛsɛ ɛm af:odad na Grɛk ɛm a, wɛl ↄtu ekʼitŋn ɛjecʼɛm dad ɛsɛ ɛsɛ elel eke lʼɛrm im ab af. Ol Ɔkn 18.15-18.
†7:38 Ɛ̀kn Ɔkm Ok 19.1–20.17; Ol Ɔkn 5.1-33.
†7:41 Akr 39: ɛ̀kn Awl 14.3; Akr 40: Ɔkm Ok 32.1; Akr 41: Ɔkm Ok 32.2-6.
†7:43 Akr 42 toŋ 43: Amↄs 5.25-27, Sɛptant ɛm ecʼodad wɛl oc. Molↄk: Amori eyŋ e nyàm eke Nyam ifn akm sinyam a fɛŋ. In eci nuŋ igŋ ab ɛm li bʼibrm eke wɛl kʼoc etuey wawr egb ↄŋʼn (Ob Ap 18.21; 20.2-5; 1 Ɛ́b Ebu 11.7; 2 Ɛ́b Ebu 23.10; Jeremi 32.35). Refan: nyàm sig nyam eke wɛl bʼigŋ nuŋ ɛsɛ lɛ́l ligbɛl nyam Saturn ecʼes ɛw ɛs af.
†7:45 Ɛ̀kn Ɔkm Ok 25.9,40; Joswe 3.14-17.
†7:46 Jakↄb e Nyam:Ob Kok eci silɛl esig oglog ɛm a Jakↄb ecʼalaw. 2 Samiɛl 7.1-16; 1 Ów e Wɛl Nↄn 17.1-14.
†7:47 Ɛ̀kn 1 Ɛ́b Ebu 6.1-38; Ów e Wɛl Nↄn 3.1-17.
†7:50 Esayi 66.1-2.
†7:52 Bɛ̀bmn Esayi 63.10; 2 Ów e Wɛl Kok 36.16; Matie 23.31.
†7:53 Amani Sig ɛm a, ow elm afr ɛrm ɛsɛl e low wɛl dadm (Ɔkm Ok 19), kↄ ol e low yɛgm ɛsɛl bɛb e tutr ɛm a, Nyam ecʼol a eke Mois eb Sinayi lafɛny af a, ow el afr ɛrm ɛsɛl ɛm ow ɛcr. Bɛ̀bmn Galat 3.19; Ebre 2.2.
†7:60 Bɛ̀bmn Luk 23.34.