1 Wɛtɛ mbam nde Lasar ɓalma nɛ kɔn. A ɓa̧ mɔ Betani, ɗya Mariya ɓenɛ maŋ wenɛ Marta. 2 Yo ɓa̧ Mariya te ɛ lɔmbuma lɔbinda kɛ mɛkol mɛ Kumande Yesus titɔ yo nɛ nyiŋɔ to nɛ kɔ. Yo ɗyɔmbu ɗyenɛ Lasar kɔnɛ. 3 Ɛ ɓeɗyɔmbu ɓenɛ ɓaka yiɓa tomɛ mumɔ kɛ̀ lɛpɔ nyɛ Yesus nde: «Nyaŋgwɛ Kumande ɓɛŋa, sɔŋ temɔ wɔ kɛ kɔnɔ.» 4 Kɛ Yesus ma wokɔ ɗete kɛ́, ɛ nyɛ lɛpɛ nde: «Kɔn te yeti kɔn sɔŋ na, yasi wɛtɛ, yo kɔn te yi Njambiyɛ ta teɗye nyaŋgwɛ ɗeti mɛluksa mɛnɛ, nɛ́ Mɔnɔ wenɛ ɓɛ nɛ mɛluksa kɛ kɔn te.»

5 Temɔ Yesus ɓa̧ kɛ yotu Marta ɓenɛ maŋ ɓu̧ ɗyɔmbu ɗyan Lasar. 6 Kɛ nyɛ ma si wokɔ kasi kɔn Lasar kɛ́, ɛ nyɛ nje kwaŋɗye sendi mɛtu yiɓa ndi kɛ mbɛy te komɛ nyɛ ɓa̧ kɛ́. 7 Kɛ kɔŋte, ɛ nyɛ lɛpɛ nyɛ ɓejekɛ ɓenɛ nde: «Wusɛ yɔ̂kwɛ nɛ kɔkɔ kɛ̀ Yuda.» 8 Ɛ ɓejekɛ lɛpɛ nyɛ nyɛ nde: «Yekele, kɔŋte tì pa kikɔ na, Ɓeyudɛn kwaɗya lu̧ wɛ nɛ mɛtari wo, ma ndana ’wɛ kɛ kwaɗyɛ yɔkwɛ nɛ kɔkɔ kɛ̀ sendi mate nde?» 9 Ɛ nyɛ yeŋsa nde: «’Yesɔ wɛtɛ yeti nɛ hawa kamɔ jɔ yiɓa na? Ŋgɛ mumɔ kɛndɛ nɛ yesɔ, a yeti kɛ ɓomiyɛ ɓaki na, kɛto a kɛ ɓɛŋɛ mɛjasi mɛ yesɔ. 10 Ma yasi wɛtɛ, ŋgɛ mumɔ kɛndɛ nɛ tu, a kɛ ɓomiyɛ ɓaki, kɛto a kinɛ mɛjasi kɛ yotu nɛ na.» 11 Kɛ nyɛ ma si lɛpɔ ɗete kɛ́, ɛ nyɛ nje lɛpɔ nyɛ ɓo nde: «Sɔ wusu Lasar kɛ jakɔ, yasi wɛtɛ, mi ta kɛ̀ jemɛ nyɛ.» 12 Ɛ ɓejekɛ lɛpɛ nyɛ nyɛ nde: «Nyaŋgwɛ Kumande, ŋgɛ ɓɛ nde, a kɛ jakɔ, yotu nɛ ta ŋgbanjɔ lalɛ.» 13 Yasi yinɔri Yesus lɛ́pi nɛ kasi sɔŋ Lasar. Yasi wɛtɛ, kɛ yan, ɓo takima yan nde, a lɛ́pi nɛ gbɛla jakɔ. 14 Ɗete, ɛ Yesus nje lɛpɔ nɛ gbas gbas nyɛ ɓo nde: «Lasar ma gwe. 15 Ma ŋgɛ mi ɓɛŋɛ wunɛ ɗekɛ kɛ́, mi nɛ mɛsosa, kɛto mi tì ɓɛ kɛ mbɛy te na. Ɗete, wunɛ ta nje tikɔ temɔ nɛ mi. Yasi wɛtɛ, hɛ kɛ̂n mate.» 16 Ndana, ɛ Tomasi te yi ɓo ɗikima jeɓa sendi nde Ɓeadan kɔ lɛpɛ nyɛ njɔŋ nɛ nde: «Wusɛ sendi, hɛ kɛ̂n mate, nɛ́ sinɛ ɓe Nyaŋgwɛ Kumande kɛ̀ gwe mate.»

17 Kɛ Yesus ma ɗya̧ kɛ́, a njáki dolɔ nde, yo mɛ mɛtu yini yi ɓo pumbuma nɛ Lasar kɛ́. 18 Betani ɓa̧ kɛ kɛki Yerusalɛm, njokate tì kumɛ kilomɛta yitati na. 19 Ɗete, ɛ Ɓeyudɛn ɓuɗyate nje ɓɛŋɛ Marta ɓenɛ Mariya kɛ sɔŋ ɗyɔmbu ɗyan yí nyɛ ɓo mɛŋgitɛ.

20 Ndana, kɛ Marta ma wokɔ nde, Yesus kɛ nje kɛ́, ɛ nyɛ kwa̧ kɛ̀ saŋgwa nɛ nyɛ, ɛ Mariya ɗiyɛ nɛ kɛ tu̧. 21 Ɛ Marta lɛpɛ nyɛ Yesus nde: «Nyaŋgwɛ Kumande, wɛ má ɓɛki waka, ma ɗyɔmbu ɗyembɛ tì gwe na. 22 Yasi wɛtɛ, mi duwa̧ nde, ko ndana yasi hɛnɛ te yi wɛ ta diyɛ Njambiyɛ, a ta nyɛ wɛ yo.» 23 Ɛ Yesus lɛpɛ nyɛ nyɛ nde: «Ɗyɔmbu ɗyɔ ta womiyɛ.» 24 Ɛ Marta yeŋsa nyɛ nyɛ nde: «Mi duwa̧ nde, a ta womiyɛ komɛ ɓemuŋ ta womiyɛ nɔ kɛ njena yesɔ siyna mbokɔ kɛ́.» 25 Ɛ Yesus lɛpɛ nyɛ nyɛ nde: «Mi mbɛ mɔ womiya ɓemuŋ, mi sendi joŋgwɛ. Mɔ te ɛ tikɛ temɔ nɛ mi, mɔ te ta ju̧, ko ɓɛkɔ nde, a gwâki. 26 Sendi, mumɔ hɛnɛ ɛ joŋna tikɔ temɔ nɛ mi, ko mɔ te tí gwe na. ’Wɛ kɛ tikɔ temɔ kɛ lɛpi te nde?» 27 Ɛ Marta yeŋsa nyɛ nyɛ nde: «I̧, Nyaŋgwɛ Kumande. Mi ma tikɔ temɔ nde, wɛ *Krist, Mɔnɔ Njambiyɛ, yɔkɔ yi ɓa̧ nde, a yâkaŋgwɛ nje kɛ mɛnɛti maka kɔ.»

28 Kɛ nyɛ ma si lɛpɔ ɗete kɛ́, ɛ nyɛ kwa̧ mbɔmbila kɛ̀ lɛpɔ nyɛ maŋ wenɛ Mariya nde: «Yekele ma ɗya̧, a kɛ jeɓa wɛ.» 29 Kɛ Mariya ma wokɔ ndi ɗete kɛ́, ɛ nyɛ tɛmɛ nɛ ŋgɛt kwa̧ kɛ̀ pɛ yi Yesus. 30 Yinɔri Yesus tì pa nyiŋɛ mɔy ɗya na, a ɓa̧ ndi kɛ mbɛy te yi Marta ka̧ saŋgwa nɛ nyɛ kɛ́. 31 Ndana, kɛ Ɓeyudɛn ɓete ɓe ɓa̧ ɓenɛ ɓe Mariya kɛ tu̧ kɛ nyɛna nyɛ mɛŋgitɛ ɓaka ma ɓɛŋɛ nde, a tɛmma nɛ ŋgɛt pundɔ kɛ́, ɛ ɓo ɓeŋgwɛ nyɛ, takɛ nde, a kɛ́n kɛ ɓoŋsɔŋ kɛ̀ lelɔ.

32 Kɛ Mariya ma kumɔ kɛ mbɛy te yi Yesus ɓa̧ kɛte, kaŋɛ misi ɓɛŋɛ nɛ nyɛ kɛ́, ɛ nyɛ ɓalɛ kɛ mɛkol mɛnɛ lɛpɔ nyɛ nyɛ nde: «Nyaŋgwɛ Kumande, wɛ má ɓɛki waka, ma ɗyɔmbu ɗyembɛ tì gwe na.» 33 Kɛ Yesus ma ɓɛŋɛ Mariya kɛ lelɔ, ɓɛŋɛ Ɓeyudɛn ɓete ɓe nja̧ ɓenɛ ɓe Mariya kɛ lelɔ sendi kɛ́, ɛ ŋgambi sɔŋ kwa̧ nyɛ, ɛ mɛtakina nje nyɛ kɛ temɔ. 34 Ɛ nyɛ diyɛ ɓo nde: «Wunɛ púmbu nyɛ we?» Ɛ ɓo yeŋsa nyɛ nyɛ nde: «Nyaŋgwɛ Kumande, inja ɓɛŋɛ.»

35 Ɛ Yesus lelɛ. 36 Ɛ Ɓeyudɛn ɗiyɛ lɛpɔ nde: «Nɛ ɓɛ̂ŋa ndi, a ɓa̧ kɛ kwaɗyɛ nyɛ ɓuɗyate.» 37 Ɛ ɓaŋa kɛ njokate lɛpɛ yan nde: «’Gba mbam kɔ ɛ ɓutuma misi mɛ mɔ ɗiɓina misi kɔ, ma nyɛ ti yaka kelɔ nde, Lasar ti gwáki na?»

38 Ɛ ŋgambi sɔŋ ɓasiɗye kwa̧ Yesus, ɛ nyɛ kwa̧ kɛ̀ kɛ ɓoŋsɔŋ. Ɓoŋsɔŋ te ɓa̧ ŋguku tari, ɓo ɓoŋma wɛtɛ tari ɗiɓɔ nɛ numbu te. 39 Ɛ Yesus lɛpɛ nde: «Wunɛ njêŋa tari soŋɛ.» Ɛ Marta te ɗyɔmbu nɛ Lasar te ɛ gwa̧ kɔ lɛpɛ nyɛ nyɛ nde: «Nyaŋgwɛ Kumande, a mɛ kɛ numbɔ ndana, kɛto yo mɛ mɛtu yini yi ɓo pumbuma nɛ nyɛ kɛ́.» 40 Ɛ Yesus lɛpɛ nyɛ nyɛ nde: «’Mi tì lɛpɛ nyɛ wɛ nde, ŋgɛ wɛ tikɛ temɔ kɛ lɛpi te yi mi lɛpɛ kɛ́, wɛ ta ɓɛŋɛ nyaŋgwɛ ɗeti mɛluksa mɛ Njambiyɛ na?» 41 Ndana kɛ́, ɛ ɓo njeŋɛ tari soŋɛ. Ɛ Yesus kaŋɛ misi kɛnjɛ kwey lɛpɔ nde: «Da, mi kɛ nyɛ wɛ wosoko, kɛto wɛ ma wokɔ mɛŋgwɛta mɛmbɛ. 42 Yo nde, mi duwa̧ mbɛ nde, wɛ kɛ wokɔ mɛŋgwɛta mɛmbɛ kpo nɛ kpo. Yasi wɛtɛ, mi lɛ́pi yikɛ kɛto ŋgil te yikɛ yi ma wesiɗya kɛ kɛki mbɛ kɛ́, nɛ́ ɓo tiki temɔ nde, yo wɛ tomɛ mi njesɛ.» 43 Kɛ nyɛ ma si lɛpɔ ɗete kɛ́, ɛ nyɛ kembiɗya lɛpɔ nɛ mɛn kɛ kwey nde: «Lasar, pundɔ.» 44 Ɛ mɔ te ɛ ɓa̧ ndana muŋte kɔ pundɛ, mɛɓɔ nɛ̀ mɛkol ɓɔynate nɛ mɛlambɔ, to nɛ̀ mbɔmbu ɓa̧ sendi ɓɔynate nɛ wɛtɛ pɛl kandɔ. Ɛ Yesus lɛpɛ nyɛ ɓomɔ nde: «Wunɛ sôŋa mɛyasi mɛnɔri kɛ yotu nɛ, tikɔ nyɛ, na kwa̧.»

45 Ɓeyudɛn ɓuɗyate ɓe nja̧ kɛ yi Mariya ɓaka ɓɛŋma yasi te yi Yesus kelma kɛ́, ɛ ɓo tikɛ temɔ kɛ yenɛ. 46 Yasi wɛtɛ, ɓaŋa kɛ njokate kwaŋma kɛ̀ dolɔ *Ɓefarisɛ̧ yekiɗye yasi te yi Yesus kelma kɛ́ nyɛ ɓo. 47 Ndana, ɛ ɓekum ɓe ɓotu ɓe nyɛna sadaka nyɛ Njambiyɛ nɛ̀ Ɓefarisɛ̧ wesiɗye ɓotu ɓete ɓe ɓa̧ kɛ njoŋ ɓotu ɓe nyaŋgwɛ jɔsi Ɓeyudɛn ɓaka lɛpɔ nde: «Hɛ ta kelɔ yikɛ nan, kɛto mbam kɔ kɛ kelɔ ɓuɗya mɛyekambiyɛ? 48 Ma ŋgɛ wusɛ ɓɛŋɛ nɛ misi nde, a kɛ́n mbɔmbu yí kelɔ mɛkele mɛte, ɓomɔ hɛnɛ ta tikɔ temɔ kɛ yenɛ, wɛ ɓɛ́ŋa, ɓotu ɓete ɓe ɗiyɛ nɛ mɛnɛti mɛ Rom ɓaka ta nje yaŋgile mbanjɔ Njambiyɛ su nɛ kandɔ ɗyusu.»

49 Ndana, ɛ wɛtɛ kɛ njoka yan nde Kayif ɛ ɓa̧ nyaŋgwɛ kum ɓotu ɓe nyɛna sadaka nyɛ Njambiyɛ kɛ sew te ɛte kɔ lɛpɛ nyɛ ɓo nde: «Ko gba wunɛ kinɛ ɗyɔŋgɔ na! 50 ’Wunɛ yeti kɛ duwɛ nde, yo kimɔte pɛ yun nde, mumɔ wɛtɛ gwâki kɛ numbu kandɔ, laŋsa nde, ɓo gîrisa ndiŋgɛlɛ kandɔ na?» 51 Yinɔri yi Kayif lɛpima kɛ́, yo ti wúla kɛ ɗyanɔ ɗyenɛ nɛ ŋguru wenɛ na. Yo nde, a lɛ́pi kɛto a ɓa̧ nyaŋgwɛ kum ɓotu ɓe nyɛna sadaka nyɛ Njambiyɛ kɛ sew te ɛte, ɛ nyɛ punjɛ lɛpi te yi wulma kɛ numbu Njambiyɛ yi ɓa̧ nde, yo ta kelna kɛ́. Ɛ nyɛ kandɛ si lɛpɔ nde, Yesus yâkaŋgwɛ gwe kɛto kandɔ ɗyan Ɓeyudɛn. 52 Ma yo tí ɓɛ ndi kɛto kandɔ Ɓeyudɛn ɓepɔ na, yasi wɛtɛ, yo ta ɓɛ sendi yí saŋgwɛ ɓɔnɔ ɓe Njambiyɛ ɓe ɗiyɛ mɛmbɛy nɛ mɛmbɛy, nɛ́ ɓo nje ɓɛ ndi njɔŋ wɛtɛ. 53 Kandɛ yesɔ te, ɛ ɓo nyɛ ŋgiŋ yí sa̧ nɛ nje te yi ɓo yakama wo nɛ Yesus. 54 Ɗete, Yesus tì yombila punjɛ se yotu kɛ njoka Ɓeyudɛn na. Yasi wɛtɛ, a nja̧ ɗuwɛ komɛte kwa̧ kɛ̀ kɛ pɔku mɛnɛti mɛte yi kɛ̀ kɛki koŋgor kɛ́, kɛ wɛtɛ ɗya nde Efrayim. Ɛ nyɛ kwa̧ ɗiyɔ mate ɓenɛ ɓejekɛ ɓenɛ.

55 Jesɔ *Paska Ɓeyudɛn ɓa̧ kɛ wuta, ɛ ɓuɗya ɓomɔ tɛmɛ kɛ mɛɗya yí kɛ̀ pɛ Yerusalɛm, yite jesɔ tì pa kandɛ na. Ɓo kandima kwa̧, nɛ́ ɓo pa kɛ̀ weya sɛmbɔ ɓeŋgwɛ mɛmboŋga mɛ misɔn yan. 56 Ɛ ɓo ɗiki sa̧ Yesus, ɗiki lɛpɔ diyna tandɛ yan kɛ mbanjɔ Njambiyɛ nde: «Nɛ ɓɛ́ŋa nan? Nɛ táka gba nde, a ta nje kɛ jesɔ wa?» 57 Yinɔri ɓekum ɓe ɓotu ɓe nyɛna sadaka nyɛ Njambiyɛ nɛ̀ *Ɓefarisɛ̧ ma lɛpɔ nyɛ ɓomɔ nde, ŋgɛ wɛtɛ mumɔ duwɛ mbɛy te yi Yesus ɗiyɛ kɛte kɛ́, nɛ̀ nyɛ kɛ̂n lɛpɔ, nɛ́ ɓo kɛ̀ ɓiy nyɛ.