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Pↄl im ok Efɛs ɛb ɛm
1 EkʼApolↄs anŋ Korɛnt a, Pↄl ebr mafɛny ɛm eci im ɛy Efɛs. Nʼɛŋn jam ɛsɛl bɛb yogŋ 2 ɛtŋ lʼibrm wɛl ninɛ: «Kↄ eke ubr nawrɛ a, ɛŋan Abŋ Lala ee?» -Li dad ow ninɛ: «EkʼAbŋ Lala nyam anŋ yɛji, sʼirim; wɛl dadm ɛy ow e low.» 3 Ow ↄŋ Pↄl ibrm ɛl ninɛ: «Ke sica bogŋ e mij ok nuŋ ɛŋan ee?» -Li dad ow ninɛ: «Jan eci mij ok nuŋ a eke yɛgm agŋ a.» 4 Pↄl dad ɛl ninɛ: «Lɛgŋ ab ɛm a, Jan am ok agŋ a ekʼɛgŋ eb eke kʼitŋn ɛrm a mij nuŋ ɛtŋ nʼam dad Israɛl ecʼagŋ a eke kʼub ɛgŋ a eke bʼow anŋʼn jam ow a nawrɛ, ɛgŋ a el Jesu.» †Ɛ̀kn Matie 3.11; Mark 1.4, 7-8. 5 Eke -lʼirir ów amua a, -nʼↄŋ wɛl ok ɛl mij nuŋ Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ Jesu e nin ɛm. 6 Pↄl at ɛl abu nuŋ ɛtŋ -nʼɛŋn Abŋ Lala. -Nʼam ɛbr sɛbr eke wɛl uwm any ɛtŋ -nʼam iri Nyam ogŋ ecʼodad -li dad. 7 Agŋ a fɛŋ ↄtu ekʼij agŋ lɛw yony.
8 Pↄl bʼim Nyam nuŋ igŋ usu a, ɛtŋ yogŋ awl emum nyahan, li bi dad ów ↄmn ɛm tasi. Nʼam dad Nyam e gbreŋgbi usu a ecʼodad ɛtŋ nʼam ↄl elel eke li kʼeb agŋ a ekʼam iri in ecʼodad a. 9 Gbɛkↄ agŋ nↄnↄ am ↄny lↄru aru, ɛ́gŋm ekʼub nawrɛ ɛtŋ dedeku a ecʼany af, am cak Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ Jesu ecʼejagb a e low. Ow sosiɛm Pↄl ɛlu ɛl es, ot jam ɛsɛl ab ab im, ɛtŋ sɛgŋ fɛŋ am dad Nyam odad Tiranus e lɛl êl ɛm a. 10 Low na ibn toŋ ij akpo yony; ow ↄŋ agŋ a ekʼir Azi ogog a, Jwifɛl lele agŋ ekʼelm Jwifɛl ab ab iri Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ ecʼodad a.
Seva ecʼey a
11-12 Pↄl ɛm, Nyam am kok sakrowa ɛgbɛl toŋ batŋ agŋ bʼot sigbad, oglog nuŋ es awŋ eke Pↄl ɛw sos a ís ↄ́lu a: ↄl a bʼoc ɛl es lís ɛtŋ abŋ eŋuŋ a bʼok ↄkm ɛl ɛm. 13 Jwifɛl bɛb eke bʼɛc susu susu ogŋ abŋ eŋuŋ eke bʼanŋ ↄ́lu ɛm a, ɛl yɛji am ɛbm oc Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ Jesu e nin a ogŋn abŋ eŋuŋ ok ↄkm. -Li bi dad abŋ eŋuŋ a -lʼɛsɛ: «Jesu a eke Pↄl am dad in e low a e nin ɛm, mʼam dad ↄny eke kʼokr ↄkm!» 14 Ɛbɛn eke egb waw ɛs ligbɛl nyam, Jwif eke wɛl bʼɛsŋ Seva a, ecʼey lↄbŋ a yɛji bi kok ana. 15 Kↄ lɛgŋ nyam, abŋ ŋuŋ nyam dad ɛl ninɛ: «Mʼuw Jesu any ɛtŋ mʼuw ɛgŋ ekʼel Pↄl ab any, ɛtŋ kↄ ↄny, bwo el ↄny ee?» 16 Ɛtŋ ɛgŋ a eke abŋ ŋuŋ ir ɛm a ɛy ɛl af, ɛtŋ lʼɛy lɛc lʼakm wɛl fɛŋ; lʼↄr wɛl lɛc ɛm toŋ batŋ mob kok kok ɛl; -lʼuru es -lʼok ↄkm akŋ a -nʼim sos ↄfr.
17 Efɛs ecʼagŋ a, Jwifɛl lel agŋ ekʼelm Jwifɛl ab ab, iri low na; ɛl fɛŋ erŋn am ↄny ɛl ɛtŋ agŋ am ↄny Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ Jesu e nin a ecʼɛlum ligbɛl. 18 Agŋ nↄnↄ a eke ub nawrɛ a ow dedeku a fɛŋ ecʼany af ɛgŋ ów eŋuŋ a eke -li kokr a e low eb. 19 Agŋ nↄnↄ a eke kok cam owi a ot ɛl e silɛl a ow, ɛtŋ dedeku a fɛŋ ecʼany af -lʼofŋ. Wɛl ub silɛl a ecʼos abi ekʼↄtu eke kʼij a, ɛtŋ ɛl ecʼos ab ɛm, ow ij jɛtɛ efu fandi ekŋ yony lele lɛw ab. †Ɛl eci os, jɛtɛ ufu nyam el juma kok ɛs nyam e lɛgŋ nyam eci labm sↄg. 20 Elel eke Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ ecʼabusu ɛm, Nyam ecʼodad a am eb es ke am ɛlu in e lɛc a ↄkm ana.
Efɛs ɛb ɛm e dedeku a ecʼɛrm bebl
21 Eke ów amua ɛc ok es a, Abŋ Lala nyimn Pↄl †Abŋ Lala nyimn Pↄl:odad na Grɛk ɛm a, wɛl ↄtu ekʼitŋn ɛjecʼɛm dad ɛsɛ Pↄl ɛgŋ eb. eke kʼɛcr Maseduan lele Akayi ab eci, ke im Jerusalɛm. Nʼam dad eke ekʼin im yogŋ, owʼn it ke in ím Rom yɛji. 22 Ow sosiɛm nʼↄŋ in ecʼabu ɛlum ɛsɛl yony, Timote lele Eras ab ikŋ anym im Maseduan, kↄ in obi a gbɛ ɛmɛny nʼanŋ Azi sɛgŋ bɛb.
23 Lɛgŋ na af, ɛrm bebl ligbɛl ɛy Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ Jesu ecʼejagb a sosiɛm. 24 Sika iny ɛs nyam eke wɛl bʼɛsŋ Demetrius bʼoc jɛtɛ ufu kokr nyàm yↄw Artemis †Artemis el nyàm yↄw eke Azi ecʼagŋ nↄnↄ bʼigŋ nuŋ. -Li bi tutr eke ow bʼↄŋ agŋ ey ew, ow bʼakpal egb. Nʼↄny nuŋ igŋ susu likŋ lele lɛw lele nyahan ab, ɛtŋ Efɛs anake el ow eci usu ligbɛl a. Lɛgŋ ab ɛm a, in e nyamel gbɛl a el wus na nimum eci mob amamn ab ɛm e ligbɛl marɛm nyam. eci nyamel ekekey, ɛtŋ ow bʼↄŋ juma kok ɛsɛl a bʼɛŋn os nↄnↄ. 25 Lʼas in e juma kok ɛsɛl a lele agŋ ɛjecʼa eke ɛl e juma a ot in ecʼa es a luku ɛtŋ li dad wɛl ninɛ: «Agŋ o, uwr any eke ow el juma na anake bʼↄŋ ɛy sʼir ɛb sɛnyn sɛnyn a. 26 Am ɛkan ɛtŋ am irir low eke Pↄl ikŋ na am kok a: tasi ɛm a, nʼam dad eke sinyam a eke agŋ in kok a, in elm nyàm, ɛtŋ lʼeb agŋ nↄnↄ, ow elm Efɛs aŋa sↄny cɛ, kↄ Azi wus nimum af yɛji. 27 Low na ↄtu eke ki ŋuŋn ɛy e juma a, ke ɛmɛny ow ↄ́ŋ nyàm yↄw Artemis e nyamel gbɛl a irmn in ecʼany a; nyàm yↄw na eke Azi lele wus na nimum ecʼagŋ a fɛŋ ab bʼigŋ nuŋ a e sagb a bʼow oc es!»
28 Eke -lʼirir sodad amua a, agŋ a ɛrm ebl afŋn es ɛtŋ am ↄg dad ɛsɛ: «Efɛs eci Artemis a el ligbɛl!» 29 Ɛrm bebl a eb es ɛb a fɛŋ ɛm. Agŋ a ↄny Gayus lele Aritak ab, Maseduan wus af eyŋ yony eke bʼɛwl Pↄl usu, ɛtŋ dedeku ɛm -lʼub -lʼok dedeku a e luku as usu a. 30 Pↄl am erur eke kʼokm sos ↄkm dedeku a ecʼany af, kↄ jam ɛsɛl a ɛdŋn in. 31 Azi wus ab af eci idr ɛsɛl bɛb a ekʼel lawlɛl a, ↄŋʼn bↄwl ŋↄŋnʼn eke li kʼiim dedeku a e luku as usu a. 32 Wanci ab af a, luku as a wuwal: agŋ bɛb bʼↄny na ke dad, amua bʼↄny na ke dad, ɛtŋ nↄnↄ gbɛl ecʼa, -lʼuwm low a sosiɛm eke -nʼanŋn luku as ab ɛm ab any. 33 Jwifɛl a akŋ ów a ok Alesandr nɛnym ɛtŋ -lʼikŋm ow anym eke li ki dad. Alesandr igbl abu ogŋ: lʼerur eke dedeku a ecʼany af li kʼeb odad li dad lʼotar akr. 34 Gbɛkↄ sica eke ow ok ɛl es sos ɛm eke ow el Jwif a, ɛl fɛŋ -lʼↄg lebl nyam toŋ ow kok wanci ↄmu yony: «Efɛs eci Artemis a el ligbɛl!»
35 Sↄg a anŋ ɛm toŋ ɛtŋ sica ɛb a eci es ɛw ɛs a ↄtu ɛdŋn dedeku a ɛtŋ dad ninɛ: «Efɛs ecʼagŋ, yewalil ↄ! Agŋ a fɛŋ uw any eke Efɛs ecʼɛb a bʼↄsu Artemis gbɛl a e nuŋ igŋ usu a lele in e lebn ɛm nyàm ekʼanŋ afr ɛy wus ab ab. 36 Ow itim ɛgŋ kaka any. Ow sosiɛm ↄtur eke ki yewalil tiŋ, kì kokr nyamb owi. 37 Kin, otr agŋ amua owr aŋa, -lʼiym nyamel gbɛl a e mil ɛtŋ -li wɛwrm ɛy e nyàm yↄw a yɛji. 38 Eke Demetrius lele in e juma kok ɛsɛl ab ab ↄny low ɛgŋ ab a, ow ↄny sɛgŋ eke wɛl bi jɛj ów ok ɛtŋ es ɛw ɛsɛl yɛji anŋ: yogŋ anake -li kʼim -li jɛj -lʼok a. 39 Ɛtŋ ɛmɛny eke ↄnyn low eke kʼibrmn a, wɛl bʼow dad ow ecʼodad luku as gbɛl a eke bʼan es ol af a ecʼany af. 40 Tasi ɛm a, yɛfɛnyna e low na ekʼɛy a, af yogŋ a, wɛl ↄtu eke kʼot ɛy ɛsɛ agŋ low ɛgŋm ebm ɛsɛl af, aŋke low kaka anm ekʼam ayal ɛy ecʼɛŋanin na, ɛtŋ si kʼow sʼↄnym odad ebl ekʼow af si kʼotar ɛŋanin na e low akr sɛnyn sɛnyn.» 41 Eke li dad ów amua uwr a, lʼigbl luku as a ecʼagŋ a sos ogŋ.
†19:4 Ɛ̀kn Matie 3.11; Mark 1.4, 7-8.
†19:19 Ɛl eci os, jɛtɛ ufu nyam el juma kok ɛs nyam e lɛgŋ nyam eci labm sↄg.
†19:21 Abŋ Lala nyimn Pↄl:odad na Grɛk ɛm a, wɛl ↄtu ekʼitŋn ɛjecʼɛm dad ɛsɛ Pↄl ɛgŋ eb.
†19:24 Artemis el nyàm yↄw eke Azi ecʼagŋ nↄnↄ bʼigŋ nuŋ. -Li bi tutr eke ow bʼↄŋ agŋ ey ew, ow bʼakpal egb. Nʼↄny nuŋ igŋ susu likŋ lele lɛw lele nyahan ab, ɛtŋ Efɛs anake el ow eci usu ligbɛl a. Lɛgŋ ab ɛm a, in e nyamel gbɛl a el wus na nimum eci mob amamn ab ɛm e ligbɛl marɛm nyam.