1 ’Ma ɗete, mɔ Ɓeyudɛn kwáŋ mɔ te ɛ yeti Ɓeyudɛn kɔ kɛ ŋge? ’Sendi, mɛpɛsina mɛte yi Ɓeyudɛn kelɛ kɛ́ káma ɓo kɛ ŋge? 2 Ma mɛyasi mɛnɔri hɛnɛ yiɓa kpasa mɛyasi kɛ mɛnje hɛnɛ kɛ yan. Bosa yasi, yo nde, Njambiyɛ ɓoŋma mɛlɛpi mɛnɛ kaŋɛ nyɛ ɓo. 3 Hɛ ta lɛpɔ ɓa ndana nɛ ŋge? Ŋgɛ ɓɛ nde, ɓaŋa kɛ njoka yan tì tikɛ temɔ kɛ mɛlɛpi mɛte yi Njambiyɛ lɛpima kɛ́, ’Njambiyɛ má ɗiyɔ kinɛ tonjɛ mɛyasi mɛte yi nyɛ sima kpo kɛ́? 4 Ko mbɛt na. Ɓomɔ hɛnɛ dûkwɛ nde, Njambiyɛ lɛ́pi ndi gbakasi, ma mumɔ hɛnɛ lɛ́pi ndi ja̧. Yo nda yi yo kɛtinate kɛ mɛkana mɛ Njambiyɛ nde: ‹Ɓomɔ dûkwɛ nde, wɛ Njambiyɛ, wɛ lɛ́pi ndi gbakasi kɛ mɛyasi mɛte yi wɛ lɛpɛ kɛ́. Sendi, ŋgɛ wúnɛ ɓomɔ tɛmɛ kɛ jɔsi, wɛ ta kaɓɔ lɛpi.›

5 Ma kɔtu mɛkele mɛte yi wusɛ kelɛ kɛ́ kɛ teɗye nde, Njambiyɛ nɛ ŋgbeŋ. Ma ɗete, hɛ yakama lɛpɔ nɛ ŋge? ’Hɛ kina lɛ́pi nde, Njambiyɛ kél mɛyasi kɔtute komɛ nyɛ punjɛ ŋgambi nɛ teɗye wusɛ mɛbɔnɛ kɛ́ na? Ma mi kɛ lɛpina ɗete nda yi ɓomɔ yakama lɛpina kɛ́. 6 Yasi wɛtɛ, ko yo yeti ɗete na. ’Ma ŋgɛ Njambiyɛ kelɛ kɔtu mɛkele, a má nje kelɔ nan yí pɛsɔ nɛ jɔsi ɓotu ɓe mɛnɛti maka?

7 Sendi, ja̧ te yi mi kelɛ kɛ́ kɛ kpalɔ kelɔ nde, Njambiyɛ têɗya nɛ saŋsaŋ kwa̧ to te nde, nyɛ nɛ ŋgbeŋ. Yo kɛ kelɔ nde, mɛluksa mɛnɛ pûndu puyɛ. ’Ma ɗete, a ta jɔse mi nde, mi mɔ mɛɓeyɔ kɛto ŋge? 8 Ŋgɛ ɓɛ nde, mɛyasi kêlnaŋgwɛ ɗete, ’yite hɛ kina lɛpi nde: ‹Hɛ kêl ɓeya mɛyasi, nɛ́ kimɔ mɛyasi nje pundu kɛte na›? Ɓaŋa ɓomɔ kɛ ɗiki pɛsɔ lɛpi nyɛ kɛ numbu su nde, wusɛ kɛ ɗiki lɛpɔ njɛl mɛlɛpi mɛte yite. Lɛpi ta ɓalɔ kɛ to yan, ɓo má saŋgwa nɛ mɛbɔnɛ mɛte yi yakama nɛ ɓo kɛ́.

9 ’Hɛ ta nje lɛpɔ ɓa ndana nde ŋge? ’Wusɛ Ɓeyudɛn kwa̧ ka ɓɛsɔ ɓomɔ? Ko na, kɛto hɛ sima si teɗye nde, ko Ɓeyudɛn ko ɓotu ɓete ɓe yeti Ɓeyudɛn ɓaka, mɛɓeyɔ kɛ namɔ ɓo hɛnɛ. 10 Yo nda yi yo kɛtinate kɛ mɛkana mɛ Njambiyɛ nde: ‹Kinɛ mumɔ wɛtɛ nɛ wɛtɛ ɛ kelɛ yasi nɛ ŋgbeŋ na, ko wɛtɛ. 11 Kinɛ mɔ te ɛ nɛ ɗyanɔ na. Kinɛ mɔ te ɛ sa̧ nje te yi duwɛ Njambiyɛ na. 12 Ɓo hɛnɛ sima jatɔ kɛ ɓeya nje. Ko ɓo yeti nɛ ɗeti te yi kelɔ yiŋa yaŋa na. Kinɛ wɛtɛ nɛ wɛtɛ kɛ njoka yan kɛ kelɔ kimɔ yasi na, ko wɛtɛ. 13 Ŋgɔŋgɛlɛ yan kɛ ɓoŋna nɛ ɓoŋsɔŋ te yi ɗiyɛ nyasɛ kɛ́. Mɛɗyem man, yo yí seɓila ɓomɔ. Mada ɓenyɔŋɛ kɛ nji̧ mɛɗyem man. 14 Numbu yan tonduma nɛ mɛkita nɛ̀ mɛlɛpi mɛte yi lu̧ mumɔ kɛ temɔ nda sɔru kuɓu. 15 Ɓo nɛdɔ te yi kɛ̀ punjɛ mɛkiyɔ. 16 Ɓo kɛ ɓekiɗye ɓomɔ tikɔ ɓo kɛ mɛbɔnɛ kɛ mbɛy hɛnɛ te yi ɓo kwa̧ kɛte. 17 Ɓo yeti kɛ duwɛ nje te yi nyɛ mumɔ tɛte kɛ́ na. 18 Kambina Njambiyɛ yeti nɛ mbɛt kɛ ɗyanɔ ɗyan na.› 19 Hɛ duwa̧ nde, yasi hɛnɛ te yi mɛmboŋga lɛpɛ kɛ́, yo lɛ́pi ndi nyɛ ɓotu ɓete yi mɛmboŋga mɛte nja̧ kɛto yan ɓaka, nɛ́ ɓomɔ hɛnɛ ɗiɓi numbu, nɛ́ ɓotu ɓe mɛnɛti maka hɛnɛ duwɛ nde, ɓo nɛ mɛjɔsɔ kɛ mbɔmbu Njambiyɛ, 20 kɛto Njambiyɛ ti pɛ́si nde, mumɔ mɛ nɛ ŋgbeŋ kɛ mbɔmbu wenɛ, kɛto kelna mɛyasi mɛte yi mɛmboŋga lɛpɛ kɛ́ na. Kɛto siya yasi te yi mɛmboŋga kelɛ, yo ndi teɗya mumɔ mɛɓeyɔ mɛnɛ.

21 Ma ndana Njambiyɛ kɛ teɗye wusɛ nda yi nyɛ pɛsɛ nde, mumɔ yakama ɓɛ nɛ ŋgbeŋ kɛ mbɔmbu wenɛ kinɛ kwa̧ nɛ nje mɛmboŋga na. Mɛmboŋga mɛte yi Mɔyisi kɛtima kɛ́ nɛ̀ ɓotu ɓe punja mɛlɛpi mɛ Njambiyɛ nja̧ lɛpɔ sendi ɗete. 22 Ɛ nde, Njambiyɛ pɛ́si nde, mumɔ mɛ nɛ ŋgbeŋ kɛ mbɔmbu wenɛ nɛ nje tikina temɔ kɛ yi Yesus Krist. Njambiyɛ kél ɗete nɛ ɓomɔ hɛnɛ te ɓe tikɛ temɔ kɛ yi Yesus ɓaka, kɛto a yeti kɛ nɛmbɛ njoka ɓomɔ na. 23 Yo nde, ɓomɔ hɛnɛ kelma mɛɓeyɔ, ɛ Njambiyɛ soŋɛ mɛluksa mɛnɛ kɛ yotu yan. 24 Ma Njambiyɛ nɛ ŋgikwa, ɗete a pɛsima nde, ɓo mɛ ndana nɛ ŋgbeŋ kɛ mbɔmbu wenɛ nɛ gbɛlate. A kelma ɗete nɛ nje mɛkolna mɛte yi Krist Yesus nja̧ nje kolɔ nɛ ɓo kɛ́. 25-26 Njambiyɛ tɔkuma Yesus yi nyɛ nɛ sadaka, na gwe punjɛ mɛkiyɔ mɛnɛ yí soŋɛ nɛ ŋgambi Njambiyɛ kɛ mɛɓeyɔ mɛte yi ɓomɔ kelma kɛ́. Njambiyɛ sóŋa ŋgambi nɛ ɗete kɛ yi ɓotu ɓete ɓe tikɛ temɔ kɛ yi Yesus Krist ɓaka, nɛ́ ɓo ɓɛ nɛ tɛ. A kwaɗya teɗye nɛ nje te yite nde, nyɛ nɛ ŋgbeŋ, kɛto a gbisimama kinɛ teɗye ɓomɔ mɛbɔnɛ kɛ ɓeya mɛyasi mɛte yi ɓo kelma mbɔmbu kɛ́ na. Ma kɛ ŋgimɔ te yɔkɔ ndana, a kɛ teɗye ɓomɔ nde, nyɛ nɛ ŋgbeŋ. A kɛ kwaɗyɛ ɗiyɔ ndi nɛ ŋgbeŋ, pɛsɔ sendi nde, ɓaka hɛnɛ ɓe tikɛ temɔ kɛ yi Yesus ɓaka mɛ nɛ ŋgbeŋ kɛ mbɔmbu wenɛ.

27 Ma to yasi te yi mumɔ ta ɓendiɗye nɛ yotu kɛte kɛ́ ɓa we? Kinɛ yaŋa wɛtɛ nɛ wɛtɛ na. Kɛto ŋge? ’Kɛto kelna yiŋa kimɔ mɛkele? Ko na. Yasi wɛtɛ, yo ndi kɛto tikina temɔ kɛ yi Yesus, yeti kɛto kelna mɛyasi mɛte yi mɛmboŋga lɛpɛ kɛ́ na. 28 Kɛto wusɛ kɛ takɛ gbate nde, Njambiyɛ pɛ́si nde, mumɔ mɛ nɛ ŋgbeŋ kɛ mbɔmbu wenɛ kɛto tikina temɔ kɛ yi Yesus, yeti kɛto kelna yasi te yi mɛmboŋga lɛpɛ kɛ́ na. 29 ’Yite nde, Njambiyɛ ndi Njambiyɛ Ɓeyudɛn siyɛ? ’Nyɛ yeti sendi Njambiyɛ te yi yiŋa mɛkandɔ na? I̧ gbate, nyɛ Njambiyɛ te yi yiŋa mɛkandɔ sendi, 30 kɛto Njambiyɛ ndi wɛtɛ nɛ wɛtɛ. Yo ndi nyɛ nyɛpɔ sendi ta pɛsɔ nde nɛ̀ ɓotu ɓete ɓe pɛsina nɛ̀ ɓaka ɓe ti pɛ́sinaŋgwɛ ɓaka ta ɓɛ nɛ ŋgbeŋ kɛ mbɔmbu wenɛ nɛ nje tikina temɔ kɛ yi Yesus Krist. 31 Yikɛ yi wusɛ lɛpɛ kɛ́, ’wusɛ lɛ́pi ka nde, wusɛ lêŋ mɛmboŋga mɛ Njambiyɛ kɛto tikina temɔ kɛ yi Yesus? Ja̧, yeti ɗete na! Wusɛ kɛ kpalɔ lɛpɔ nde, mɛmboŋga nɛ kpasa misi mɛsay mɛte yi nyɛ kelɛ kɛ́.