1 Sica Pↄl lele Silas ab ɛcr Anfipolis baŋn lele Apoloni baŋn ab eci im ok Tesaloni; yogŋ, Jwifɛl eci Nyam nuŋ igŋ usu anŋ. 2 Ɛsɛ elel eke sakp sakp fɛŋ li bi kok ab af a, Pↄl im ɛy Nyam nuŋ igŋ usu a. Nɛnɛgŋ kpa kpa kpa sakp nyahan, lʼatar ów es Nyam odad nuŋ af agŋ a ekʼanŋ yogŋ ab ab. 3 Nʼam ayal lʼok wɛl ɛtŋ nʼam yɛgm wɛl eke Nyam Lɛl ɛm a, ow akpl eke Mesi a kʼij gbre ke ánŋ luw ɛm igb. Nʼam dad wɛl lʼɛsɛ: «Jesu na eke mʼam dad ↄny in ecʼodad a, in anake lʼel Mesi a.» 4 Jwifɛl ab ɛm e bɛb odad a ok es sos ɛm ɛtŋ -lʼow -nʼɛŋn Pↄl lele Silas ab. Grɛkɛl nↄnↄ ekʼam igŋ Nyam nuŋ a lele bosu amamn ɛm ecʼↄyↄw nↄnↄ ab yɛji kok ɛbɛn.

5 Gbɛkↄ Jwifɛl a nyamnɛyr am ↄny. -Lʼas ów marɛm marɛm ɛsɛl eke -nʼɛŋan ɛbɛrŋ ɛm a luku, -nʼam is odad agŋ ab ɛm, ɛtŋ -nʼam bubr agŋ ɛm baŋn a. Ca -lʼigb -lʼok Jasↄn ecʼakŋ a, -nʼam ↄl Pↄl lele Silas ab eke -li kʼↄny -lʼot -nʼim dedeku a ecʼany af. 6 Eke -nʼɛŋnm wɛl a, -lʼↄdu Jasↄn lele agŋ lisijimɛl bɛb ab es -lʼow baŋn a ecʼes ɛw ɛsɛl a ecʼany af, ɛtŋ -nʼam ↄg -li dad -lʼɛsɛ: «Agŋ amua inymn wus na nimum es afr; sica ɛy ogŋ a -lʼok a! 7 Ɛtŋ Jasↄn eb ok ɛl akŋ! Agŋ amua fɛŋ am kok ów ekʼelm Sesar ecʼol a eci, aŋke -nʼam dad eke es ɛw ɛs ɛjeci nyam in anŋ eke wɛʼn bʼɛsŋ Jesu.»

8 Sodad amua ↄŋ dedeku a lele ɛb a ecʼes ɛw ɛsɛl ab ab sos inym es afr. 9 -Nʼↄŋ Jasↄn lele agŋ lisijimɛl ab ab ɛw os es gbuŋ ɛtŋ -lʼɛlu wɛl es.

10 Kpɛkŋ eke lɛgŋ uk a, agŋ lisijimɛl a ↄŋ Pↄl lele Silas ab im Bere. Eke -lʼokr yogŋ a, -nʼim Jwifɛl e Nyam nuŋ igŋ usu a. 11 Bere e Jwifɛl a bʼɛgŋ low eb akm Tesaloni ecʼa; -lʼeb Nyam odad a ɛl e sos ɛm iŋn fɛŋ ɛm. Ɛtŋ sɛgŋ fɛŋ -li bi wewr Nyam Lɛl a, yecʼɛtŋ ke -lʼɛkn eke Pↄl ecʼodad eke bi dad ɛl a el nawrɛ. 12 Ɛl ɛm ecʼagŋ nↄnↄ ub nawrɛ; ɛtŋ Grɛkɛl ab ɛm, bosu amamn ɛm ecʼↄyↄw nↄnↄ lele egŋ nↄnↄ ab yɛji ub nawrɛ.

13 Kↄ eke Tesaloni e Jwifɛl a iri eke Pↄl am dad Nyam odad Bere baŋn ɛm yɛjʼa, -lʼow -nʼam ŋuŋn dedeku a mɛrm ɛm -nʼↄŋ wɛl ɛw jeŋ jeŋ. 14 Ow sosiɛm, kpɛkŋ agŋ lisijimɛl a ↄŋ Pↄl imn okij any a eci; gbɛkↄ Silas lele Timote ab gbɛ anŋ Bere. 15 Agŋ a ekʼaam nyimn Pↄl a im ɛwlʼl toŋ ok Atɛn baŋn, ɛtŋ -lʼɛwl -nʼim Bere Silas lele Timote ab ecʼamani a eke Pↄl ↄŋ ab ab. Amani ab ɛm, nʼam ibrm eke wɛl kʼow fafa ɛŋnʼn.

16 Eke Pↄl am eku Silas lele Timote ab Atɛn yogŋ a, low am ɛyʼr sos ɛm eke ɛb na kʼel sɛkp eci nuŋ igŋ ↄfr. 17 Nyam nuŋ igŋ usu yogŋ, li bʼatar ów es Jwifɛl lele agŋ a ekʼelm Jwifɛl ke am igŋ Nyam nuŋ ab ab, ɛtŋ ɛbɛrŋ ɛm yɛji sɛgŋ fɛŋ li bʼatar ów es agŋ ɛjeci eke li bʼɛŋn ab ab. 18 Epikurɛl lele Sitoyikɛl eci low yɛgm ɛsɛl ab ab †Epikurɛl eci low yɛgm ɛsɛl a bi tutr eke wɛl bʼanŋ owr lↄsŋn owi eci cɛ. -Li bi tutr eke Nyam ɛ́wm wus e low any, kↄ marɛm marɛm cɛ ów in bʼow. Sitoyikɛl eci low yɛgm ɛsɛl a ɛ́gŋm lↄsŋn e low ebm. -Li bi tutr eke sol anŋ eke bi nyimn wus ɛtŋ ow it eke wɛl kʼatr sos es ɛlum sol amua. yɛji am atar ów es Pↄl ab. Ɛl ɛm ecʼagŋ bɛb am ibrm ɛsɛ: «Nɛnym gbɛl ɛs na, bla odad iy nʼam dad gbɛ ee?» Eke agŋ bɛb am iri Pↄl dad Jesu ecʼodad lele luw ɛm anŋ igb owi ab a,†luw ɛm anŋ igb:Luw Ɛm Anŋ Igb, Grɛk ɛm a yↄw e nin (Anastasis). Eke Pↄl am dad Jesu lele luw ɛm anŋ igb owi ab a, ow ↄtu eke kʼↄŋ Atɛn baŋn eyŋ a tutr eke Pↄl am dad nyàm yony ecʼodad: Jesu ekʼel nyàm igŋ lele Luw Ɛm Anŋ Igb ekʼel nyàm yↄw ab ab e low. -nʼam dad -lʼɛsɛ: «Ɛgŋ na, ɛsɛ etu e sinyam a cɛ ecʼodad owʼn am dad af.»

19 Ow sosiɛm -lʼoc Pↄl ab -nʼim baŋn a ecʼów bɛbm ɛsɛl a †baŋn a ecʼów bɛbm ɛsɛl a:Grɛk ɛm a, Ayeropaj. Atɛn e lafɛny nyam e nin; yogŋ ów bɛbm ɛsɛl bʼↄny ɛl e luku as. ecʼany af, ɛtŋ -li dad ow ninɛ: «Kↄ sʼↄtu eke si kʼuw low yɛgm owr na eke am dad ow ecʼodad ab any ee? 20 Eke am dad ɛy ów eke am iti ɛy any a sosiɛm, sʼam erur eke si kʼuw ow e nyandrɛ ab any.» 21 Tasi ɛm a, Atɛn eyŋ a fɛŋ lele etu agŋ a ekʼir ɛl ab a, bʼeb sɛgŋ nↄnↄ am iri oglog am dad ów owr ecʼodad cɛ.

22 Pↄl inym es ów bɛbm ɛsɛl a ecʼany af ɛtŋ dad ninɛ: «Atɛn eyŋ, mʼam ɛbmn nyamn eke low low fɛŋ ɛm eel Nyam nuŋ igŋ ɛsɛl tasi. 23 Tasi ɛm a, eke mʼam ɛc ↄny eci baŋn ɛm a ke mʼam ɛkn ↄny e sinyam nuŋ igŋ e mob a, mʼɛkn egb waw usu nyam eke wɛl nↄn: “Nyàm eke wɛl uwm any eci”. †Egb waw usu na eke wɛl kok ↄŋ nyàm eke wɛl uwm any a, Atɛn eyŋ e tutr ɛm a, nyàm ɛjeci nyam ekʼow kʼↄdm -lʼijal es sosiɛm eci. Ɛɛ! Yecʼa eke am igŋn nuŋ ke uwmn any a anake mʼam ow mi dad ↄny in ecʼodad a. 24 Nyam a eke kok wus na nimum lele mob fɛŋ ekʼanŋ ɛm ab a, anake el afr lele wus ab eci Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ a, ɛtŋ lʼírm Sinyamel ekʼagŋ us ab ɛm. 25 Lʼibram eke agŋ kʼↄŋʼn ob kaka fɛŋ ɛsɛ owʼn ↄnym ob af; tasi ɛm a, in anake li bʼↄŋ agŋ a fɛŋ owr anŋ, sel lele mob mob fɛŋ ab a. 26 Ɛgŋ nyam coco ɛm, li kok ɛbr ɛbr a fɛŋ ɛtŋ lʼok wɛl wus na nimum af. Lʼok akpo nʼↄŋ wɛl, ɛtŋ susu susu a eke -li kʼir a yɛji, lʼɛdŋ ow e sereb a. †Ɛgŋ nyam coco ɛm:Adam ɛm, Nuŋ Ɔb 1.28. Lʼɛdŋ ow e sereb a: Ol Ɔkn 32.8. 27 Li kok ɛbɛn yecʼɛtŋ ke agŋ a ↄ́lʼl es. Ɛtŋ eke es ↄl a am ɛw bↄbrm ɛm yɛji, kʼaw ke -lʼↄtu eke -li kʼɛŋn ow, aŋke Nyam anm kpekpe ɛgŋ kaka eci. 28 Tasi ɛm a, ↄny e lɛl nↄn ɛsɛl a yɛji dad ninɛ: “In ɛm sʼanŋ owr, sʼↄtu eke si kʼan es sʼɛc, ɛtŋ sʼanŋ.” Ɛtŋ lɛl nↄn ɛs ɛjeci nyam yɛji dad ninɛ: “Sʼel in ecʼey.” †Pↄl am ebr ɛl e lɛl nↄn ɛsɛl a, Epimenid lele Aratↄs ab ecʼodad a eke dad ab ɛm.

29 Eke sʼel in ecʼey a, si kʼↄ́nyn tutr eke Nyam anŋ ɛsɛ sika ɛm nyàm, os ɛm nyàm oglog lebn ɛm nyàm ekʼagŋ ij mɛwl kok ɛl ecʼów tutr ɛm af. 30 Agŋ ecʼany uwm ɛm ecʼów eke kok lɛgŋ a ekʼɛc ab ɛm a, Nyam ɛwm ɛrm af ij, kↄ nʼam ibrm susu a fɛŋ ecʼagŋ a eke kʼitŋn ɛl ecʼes an a. 31 Lʼoc lɛgŋ nyam lʼɛw es, eke ɛgŋ a eke li sↄsum lʼoc ab ɛm, li bʼow li jɛj wus e low lʼok nɛnyɛmbri nyam ɛm. Lʼɛlu ow e low ↄkm agŋ fɛŋ ecʼany af ɛgŋ na eke lʼigbm luw ɛm ab ɛm!»

32 Eke -lʼirir Pↄl dad luw ɛm anŋ igb ecʼodad a, agŋ bɛb am kokrʼr miyɛr, ɛtŋ oglog am dad ɛsɛ: «Lɛgŋ ɛjeci ke sʼíri ŋ ecʼodad na.» 33 Af aŋa anake Pↄl ɛlu ɛl es a. 34 Kↄ agŋ bɛb gbɛ ɛgŋ in e low a eb ɛtŋ ub nawrɛ. Ɛl ɛm a, Denis ekʼel ów bɛbm ɛsɛl ab ɛm ecʼɛgŋ a, yↄw nyam eke wɛl bʼɛsŋ Damaris a lele agŋ ɛjecʼab anŋ ɛm.