1 Wɛtɛ yesɔ Yesus ɓa̧ kɛ teɗye mɛlɛpi mɛ Njambiyɛ lɛpɔ Kimɔ Tom nyɛ ɓomɔ kɛ mbanjɔ Njambiyɛ. Semɔ semɔ, ɛ ɓekum ɓe ɓotu ɓe nyɛna sadaka nyɛ Njambiyɛ nɛ̀ ɓotu ɓe kɛtina mɛyasi nɛ̀ ɓetomba ɓe ɗya ɗya̧ 2 diyɛ nyɛ nde: «Ɗeti te yi wɛ kelɛ nɛ mɛyasi mɛte yikɛ kɛ́ wúla we? Lɛpɔ nyɛ wusɛ. Nda nyɛ wɛ ɗeti nde, kelɔ mɛyasi mɛte?» 3 Ɛ nyɛ yeŋsa nyɛ ɓo nde: «Mi sendi, mi ndi nɛ lɛpi wɛtɛ yi mi ta diyɛ wunɛ: 4 Nda tomɛ Jaŋ nde, a njâki tɔpɛ ɓomɔ kɛ mɔrɔku? Yo Njambiyɛ ho yo ɓomɔ? Wunɛ yêŋsaŋgwɛ nyɛ mi.» 5 Ɛ ɓo kandɛ mɛdiyna tandɛ yan lɛpɔ nde: «Ŋgɛ wusɛ lɛpɛ nde: Yo Njambiyɛ tomɛ nyɛ, a ta diyɛ wusɛ nde: ‹Ma kɛto ŋge yi wunɛ tì tikɛ temɔ kɛ yasi te yi nyɛ lɛpima kɛ́?› 6 Ma ŋgɛ wusɛ nje yeŋsa nde: Yo ɓomɔ tomɛ nyɛ, yite ɓomɔ hɛnɛ ta lu̧ wusɛ nɛ mɛtari wo, kɛto ɓo kɛ kombile duwɛ nde, Jaŋ ɓa̧ mɔ punja mɛlɛpi mɛ Njambiyɛ.» 7 Ɛ ɓo yeŋsa nde: «Wusɛ yeti kɛ duwɛ Mɔ te ɛ tomma nyɛ nde, a njâki tɔpa ɓomɔ kɛ mɔrɔku kɔ na.» 8 Ɛ nyɛ yeŋsa nyɛ ɓo nde: «Mi sendi, mi yeti kɛ lɛpɔ yaŋa nyɛ wunɛ kɛ kasi ɗeti te yi mi kelɛ nɛ mɛyasi mɛte kɛ́ na.»

9 Kɛ kɔŋte, ɛ nyɛ nyɛ wɛtɛ kanɔ nyɛ ɓomɔ nde: «Wɛtɛ mbam sama ŋgwaŋ *vinyɛ. Ɛ nyɛ kaŋɛ yo nyɛ ɓaŋa ɓotu ɓe mɛsay nde, ɓo ɓâkiɗya. Kɛ kɔŋte, ɛ nyɛ nje kwa̧ kɛ̀ lɔndunate kɛ yiŋa mɛnɛti kɛ̀ ya ɓuɗya mɛtu. 10 Kɛ mɛmbumɔ ma si ɗetɔ kɛ ŋgwaŋ, ɛ nyɛ tomɛ wɛtɛ mɔ mɛsay kɛnjɛ kɛ yi ɓari, nɛ́ ɓo njesɛ nyɛ ŋgaɓiyɛ mɛmbumɔ mɛte yenɛ. Yasi wɛtɛ, ɛ ɓotu ɓete mɛndɛ mɔ tomun yɔkiɗye nyɛ nɛ gboŋgo ɓɔ. 11 Ɛ nyɛ ɓasiɗye tomɔ wɛtɛ mɔ mɛsay. Ɛ ɓotu ɓe ɓakiɗya ŋgwaŋ mɛndɛ nyɛ toyɛ nyɛ wuŋgwɛ, yɔkiɗye nyɛ nɛ gboŋgo ɓɔ. 12 Kɛ mɛŋga yitatite, ɛ nyɛ tomɛ sendi wɛtɛ mɔ mɛsay. Ɛ ɓo ɗuɗye nyɛ yɔkiɗye nɛ mɛpeŋ kɛ yotu. 13 Ndana, ɛ sa ŋgwaŋ lɛpɛ nde: ‹Mi ta kelɔ nan? Mi ta tomɔ mɔnmbɛ, sɔŋ temɔ mbɛ, ta ɓɛ, ɓo ta kambɔ nyɛ.› 14 Ko ɓɛkɔ ɗete, kɛ ɓotu ɓe ɓakiɗya ŋgwaŋ ma ɓɛŋɛ nyɛ kɛ́, ɛ ɓo saŋgwɛ ŋgiŋ lɛpɔ nde: ‹Yo nyɛ ta tika nɛ mɛlikɔ mɛ saŋgwɛ. Wusɛ wôku nyɛ, nɛ́ wusɛ tika nɔ.› 15 Ɛ ɓo ɓu̧ nyɛ kɛ̀ ɓetɛ kɛ kɔŋ ŋgwaŋ wo.»

Ndana, ɛ Yesus diyɛ nde: «Sa ŋgwaŋ ta kelɔ nan nɛ ɓo? 16 A ta nje girise ɓo hɛnɛ kaŋɛ ŋgwaŋ nyɛ ɓaŋa.» Kɛ ɓomɔ ma wokɔ mɛlɛpi mɛnɔri kɛ́, ɛ ɓo lɛpɛ nde: «Yaŋa tî kelnaŋgwɛ ɗete na.» 17 Yasi wɛtɛ, ɛ Yesus kaŋɛ misi ɓɛŋɛ nɛ ɓo lɛpɔ nde: «Yo kɛtinate kɛ mɛkana mɛ Njambiyɛ nde: ‹Tari*f1* te yi ɓotu ɓe sumna njumɔ sɛŋma kɔ kpalma nje ɓɛ saŋgwɛ kondu,› ma to lɛpi te nde ŋge? 18 Ŋgɛ mumɔ nje ɗumɔ mbɔmbu nɛ kɛte, a ta ɓalɔ nyaŋsaŋgwɛ lekwɛ nɛ mutu mutu. Sendi, ŋgɛ kondu te ɓalɛ kɛ to mumɔ, yo ta pɔsɔ nyɛ nɛ mbɔl.» 19 Ɓekum ɓe ɓotu ɓe nyɛna sadaka nyɛ Njambiyɛ nɛ̀ ɓotu ɓe kɛtina mɛyasi saŋma nje te yi ɓiye nyɛ ndi kɛ kiya ŋgimɔ te yite. Yasi wɛtɛ, ɓo kambima ɓomɔ. Ɓo duwa̧ nde, Yesus nyɛ́ki kanɔ te suŋgwɛ nɛ ɓo.

20 Ndana, ɛ ɓo kandɛ saŋna mɛnje tomɔ ɓomɔ yi pɛmna nɛ. Ɓotu ɓete ɗikima kelɔ mɛmbɔlɛ nda kimɔ ɓomɔ, simande ɓo ta wokɔ yiŋa kɔtu lɛpi kɛ numbu nɛ, nɛ́ ɓo ɓiy nyɛ, nyɛ ɓotu ɓe pɛsina jɔsi, nɛ́ ɓo nje kwaŋɗye nyɛ kɛnjɛ nyaŋgwɛ kum te ɛ ɗiyɛ nɛ mɛnɛti man kɔ. 21 Ɛ ɓotu ɓete lɛpɛ nyɛ Yesus nde: «Yekele, wusɛ duwa̧ nde, wɛ kɛ lɛpina teɗye sendi yasi nɛ ŋgbeŋ kinɛ nɛmbɛ njoka ɓomɔ na. Yasi wɛtɛ, wɛ téɗya yɔ nje Njambiyɛ gbate gbate. 22 ’Hɛ gbôku ka garama nyɛ *Sesar, ho hɛ tî gboku na?» 23 Yesus duwa̧ likisi yan. Ɛ nyɛ lɛpɛ nyɛ ɓo nde: 24 «Wunɛ têɗya mi sule wɛtɛ. Yekambiyɛ nɛ̀ mɛkɛti mɛte yi kɛte kɛ́ téɗya nda?» Ɛ ɓo yeŋsa nde: «Yo yi Sesar.» 25 Ɛ nyɛ lɛpɛ nyɛ ɓo nde: «Ɗete, wunɛ nyɛ̂ki Sesar mɛyasi mɛte yenɛ, nyɛ Njambiyɛ mɛyasi mɛte yenɛ.» 26 Ma ɓo ti yaka ɓiye nyɛ nde, a lɛpima yiŋa kɔtu lɛpi kɛ mbɔmbu ɓomɔ na. Yasi wɛtɛ, ɓo ŋgbakimama nda yi Yesus yeŋsama nɔ nyɛ ɓo kɛ́, ɛ ɓo ɗiɓɛ numbu.

27 Ɓaŋa ɓomɔ kɛ njoka *Ɓesadusɛ̧ ka̧ kɛ̀ yi Yesus. Ɓesadusɛ̧ lɛ́pi nde, mumɔ tí womiyɛ na. Ɛ ɓo lɛpɛ nyɛ Yesus nde: 28 «Yekele, Mɔyisi kɛtima kɛ mɛmboŋga nde: ‹Ŋgɛ mumɔ ɓɛ nɛ maŋ, ŋgɛ maŋ wenɛ te gwe tikɔ nyari kinɛ ja ɓenɛ na, na ɓôŋ kusɔ te, na ja kwaŋɗye nɛ ɗinɔ maŋ ɛ gwa̧ kɔ.› 29 Ma yo ɓa̧ nɛ ɓɔnɔ ɓembam yitan jɔ yiɓa kɛ mɔy yan. Tomba mɔy ɓoŋma nyari. Ɛ nyɛ gwe tikɔ nya te kinɛ ja ɓenɛ nyɛ na. 30 Ɛ ɛ kɔŋte nje ɓu̧ kusɔ. Ɛ nyɛ gwe sendi tikɔ nyɛ kinɛ ja ɓenɛ nyɛ na. 31 Ɛ mɔ yitatite nje ɓu̧ sendi nya te. Yo kelnama ɗete nɛ ɓo yitan jɔ yiɓa hɛnɛ. Ɓo gwa̧ kinɛ tikɔ mɔnɔsikɛ wɛtɛ na. 32 Ɗiyɔ kɛ́, ɛ nyari nje gwe sendi. 33 Ma komɛ ɓemuŋ ta womiyɛ kɛ́, nya kɔ ta nje ɓɛ nya nda kɛ njoka yan, kɛto ɓo hɛnɛ yitan jɔ yiɓa ɓoŋma nyɛ nɛ mɛgwaki?» 34 Ɛ Yesus yeŋsa nyɛ ɓo nde: «Ɓembam nɛ̀ ɓoma ɓete ɓe ndi ndana kɛ mɛnɛti ɓaka kɛ kelɔ mɛgwaki. 35 Yasi wɛtɛ, ɓotu ɓete ɓe Njambiyɛ ɓɛŋma kimɔte nde, ɓo ta womiyɛ kɛ njoka ɓemuŋ ɓɛ nɛ joŋgwɛ kɛ mbokɔ te yi ta nje kɛ́ tí kelɔ mɛgwaki se na. 36 Ɓo tí gwe se na, kɛto ɓo ta ɓɛ nda ɓejaki ɓe Njambiyɛ. Ɓo ta ɓɛ ɓɔnɔ ɓe Njambiyɛ, kɛto ɓo ma womiyɛ kɛ njoka ɓemuŋ. 37 Mɔyisi téɗya nde, ɓomɔ ta womiyɛ kɛ mbɛy te yi nyɛ lɛpima kasi mɔnɔ jeti te ɛ ɓa̧ kɛ ɓiye ɗitɛ kɔ komɛ nyɛ jeɓa Baba Mbokɔ nde: ‹Njambiyɛ te ɛ Abaraham, Njambiyɛ te ɛ Isak, Njambiyɛ te ɛ Yakɔp.› 38 Njambiyɛ yeti Njambiyɛ ɓemuŋ na, nyɛ Njambiyɛ te ɛ ɓotu ɓete ɓe nɛ joŋ ɓaka. Kɛ yenɛ, ɓotu ɓete ɓe ma gwe ɓaka hɛnɛ nɛ joŋ.» 39 Ɛ ɓaŋa kɛ njoka ɓotu ɓe kɛtina mɛyasi jayɛ lɛpɔ nde: «Yekele, wɛ lɛpima kimɔte.» 40 Kɛ kɔŋte, ɓo kinɛ ɓoɓɛ diyɛ se nyɛ yiŋa diyan na.

41 Ɛ Yesus nje lɛpɔ nyɛ ɓo nde: «Ɓomɔ lɛ́pi nde, *Krist mɔnɔ Davit nan? 42 Kɛto Davit nɛ ŋguru wenɛ kɛ lɛpɔ kɛ mɔy mɛkana mɛ Ɓesom nde: ‹Baba Mbokɔ lɛpima nyɛ Nyaŋgwɛ Kumande wombɛ nde: Ɗiyɔ mɛtiɗyɛ kɛ mbam ɓɔ mbɛ 43 kumɔ nde, mi sîki kawule ɓependɔ ɓɔ tikɔ kɛ nji̧ mɛkol mɔ.› 44 Davit jeɓama Krist nde Nyaŋgwɛ Kumande, ma Krist ta kpalɔ nje ɓɛ mɔnɔ wenɛ nan?»

45 Kɛ ŋgimɔ te yi ɓomɔ hɛnɛ ɓa̧ kɛ wokɔ mɛlɛpi mɛte yi Yesus ɓa̧ kɛ lɛpɔ kɛ́, ɛ nyɛ lɛpɛ nyɛ ɓejekɛ ɓenɛ nde: 46 «Wunɛ ɗîy nɛ sɔsɔ nɛ ɓotu ɓe kɛtina mɛyasi. Ɓo kwáɗyikwɛ jaŋa nɛ nyaŋgwɛ ndulɛŋ ndulɛŋ mɛgambo kɛ mbɔmbu ɓomɔ, kwaɗyɛ sendi nde, ɓomɔ kɛ̂ nyɛnɔ ɓo kɛ mɛmbɛy komɛ ɓomɔ ɗiki wesiɗya kɛ́. Ɓo kwáɗyikwɛ ɗiyɔ kɛ bosa mɛmbɛy kɛ mɛmbanjɔ mɛwesiɗya mɛ Ɓeyudɛn, sa̧ sendi kpasa mɛmbɛy kɛ mɛtu̧ mɛdina. 47 Ɓo wɛ́njila mɛyasi hɛnɛ nɛ mbul kɛ mɛɓɔ mɛ ɓekusɔ ɓoma, ɗiki nje kelɔ sɛwna mɛŋgwɛta, nɛ́ ɓomɔ ɓɛŋ nde, ɓo kimɔ ɓomɔ. Njambiyɛ ta jɔse ɓo teɗye ɓo nyaŋgwɛ mɛbɔnɛ kwa̧ to te.»