1 Nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ yɛ, “Nsɛ ana yɛ mɛ‐daa ana, fan nu mɛ asɩn mʋ nɩɩ n biti n lɛɛ kɔnɔ fanɛ asɛ falɛ!” 2 Nɩɩ ba maa nu fɛɛ Gyiwu abi katɔwɛ tɔ nɩɩ ɔ sʋ ɛɛ tɔwɛ bamʋ asɛ mʋ, bamʋ kpini ba laatɔ diin.

Nɩɩ Pɔɔlɩ tɔwɛ yɛ, 3 “N gyɛ Gyiwu obii nɩn, nɩɩ ba kʋʋgɛ mɛ Taasu, Silisiya ɔsʋwʋlɛ sʋ. Amaa ba bɩla mɛ Gyerusalem kadɛ lala nɩmʋ tɔ. Nɩɩ Gamaliye ɩ kaapʋ mɛ anɛ naana ana nbara mʋ nɩɩ ba buu mʋ. Nɩɩ n kpan mɛ n‐yɩɩ n sun Ɩbwaarɛ fɛɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ fan sʋ tɔ falɛ. 4 Nɩɩ n nyanla bamʋ nɩɩ ba buu Yesu ɔkpa mʋ naa fʋʋ bamʋ lewu tɔ. Nɩɩ n kɩtaa anyɩn yɛ akyɩɩ gbaa naa tii obu. 5 Nɩɩ oseepu bɩlɩsa asɛ yɛ Gyiwu kʋbʋ abɩlɩsa mʋ gbaa bɛɛ taalɛ gyii falɛ asɩn nɩmʋ kesintin. Nɩɩ n bɩla n nyɛ ɩwʋlɛ n lɩɩ bamʋ asɛ fɛɛ n taa naa sa bamʋ bɩrɩsa ana Gyiwu abi mʋ nɩɩ ba bʋ Damasiko kadɛ tɔ. Kɛ ɩ sa mɛ ɔkpa n naa kɩtaa asa anɩmʋ, ŋmina bamʋ taa bamʋ ba Gyerusalem kɛ ba bɩɩtɛ bamʋ asʋ.

6 “N maa naa n kpee nɩɩ n naa tiri Damasiko kakyʋwapɛ asɛ mʋ, opula tɔ nɩɩ ɩ ŋalɩgɛ mi ansi sʋ fɛɛ bʋlayɩ maa wɛɛ ɩsɛɛ mʋ lɩɩ sʋsʋ ba kyaabɔɔ mɛ. 7 Nɩɩ n lɩɩ tɩyɛ kasɛ nu ɔbʋlɛ kʋ maa taasɛ mɛ yɛ, ‘Sɔɔlɩ! Sɔɔlɩ! Mɩnɛ waa nɩɩ fɩɩ nyanla mɛ kanɩn?’

8 “Nɩɩ n taasɛ yɛ, ‘Fʋ anɩmʋ nɩn, Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ?’ Nɩɩ ɔ lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, ‘Mɛ Yesu mʋ nɩɩ n gyɛ Ganasareti‐nyɩn nɩɩ fɩɩ nyanla mʋ nɩn.’ 9 Tʋtɔ nɩɩ bamʋ nɩɩ ba bʋ mɛ asɛ mʋ, ba wu ɩŋalɩgɛsa mʋ, amaa ba man bɩɩ ɔbʋlɛ mʋ nɩɩ kɩ tɔwɛ mɛ asɛ mʋ.

10 “Nɩɩ n taasɛ yɛ, ‘Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ, nɛnɛ nɩɩ n waa?’

“Nɩɩ Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ mʋ tɔwɛ mɛ yɛ, ‘Kʋsʋ, kɛ fu kpee Damasiko. Tʋtɔ nɩɩ ɔkʋ ii biti ɔ ba tɔwɛ fʋ kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ tɔwɛ yɩla yɛ fʋ waa.’ 11 Lɩɩ kanan mʋ nɩɩ ɩ ŋalɩgɛ mi ansi sʋ mʋ, ɩ yɛgɛ nɩɩ n biliŋi gyaatanapʋ. Nɩɩ mɛ bɩrɩsa ana mʋ nɩɩ ba bʋ mɛ asɛ mʋ ba kɩtaa mɛ kɩbaa tɔ kpee Damasiko.

12 “Nɩɩ ɔnyɩn kʋ bʋ tʋtɔ nɩɩ bɛɛ tɩɩ mʋ yɛ Ananiyasi. Nɩɩ ee sun Ɩbwaarɛ ee buu Gyiwu abi nbara mʋ kyɛɛkyɛɛ sʋ, nɩɩ Gyiwu abi mʋ nɩɩ ba tɛ tʋtɔ mʋ, ba sʋ bɛɛrɛɛ ba sa mʋ. 13 Nɩɩ ɔ ba mɛ asɛ ba yɩlɛ tɔwɛ mɛ yɛ, ‘Mɛ bɩrɩsa Sɔɔlɩ, fu ansi i bugi.’ Nɩɩ opula tɔ nɩɩ mi ansi a bugi nɩɩ n wu mʋ.

14 “Tʋtɔ nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ mɛ yɛ, ‘Anɛ naana ana Ɩbwaarɛ ɩ lɛɛ fʋ yɩla fɛɛ fʋ bɩɩ mu kebiti, kɛ fu wu mʋ kɩyaafɔlɛ kyɩrɛkyɩrɛ Yesu mʋ, kɛ fu nu mʋ asɩn mʋ lɩɩ mʋ kɔnɔ tɔ. 15 Kɛ fʋ baa fʋ gyɛ mʋ kesintin ogyipu sa asa kpini, lɩɩ kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ fu wu nɩɩ fu nu mʋ sʋ. 16 Nɩɩ mɩnɛ nɩɩ fʋ bɩla fu gyoo? Kʋsʋ yɩlɛ kɛ fʋ yɛgɛ ba gyee fʋ Ɩbwaarɛ kekyugyee kɛ ɔ taa fʋ alibi kɛɛ fʋ, kɛ fʋ tɩɩ Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ kɩtɩɩ.’

17 “Saŋa mʋ nɩɩ n bwii kpee Gyerusalem nɩɩ n kpee n kʋlɛ kabwaarɛ‐kʋlɛ kabwaarɛ‐sunkpa ayɛ mʋ tɔ mʋ, n nyɛ ansi sʋ kɩlɛɛkaapʋ. 18 Nɩɩ n wu Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ Yesu nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ mɛ yɛ, ‘Waa bilen lɩɩ Gyerusalem, lɩɩ fɛɛ fu kesintin asɩn mʋ nɩɩ fii biti fu gyii lɩɩ mɛ n‐yɩɩ sʋ mʋ, ba mɛɛ yɛ ba kɔɔlɛ gyii.’

19 “Nɩɩ n tɔwɛ yɛ, ‘Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ, bamʋ gbaa‐gbaa be nyi kanan mʋ nɩɩ n loo bamʋ kabwaarɛ kʋlɛkpa ibu ana tɔ, n dayɩ yɛgɛ n kɩtaa bamʋ nɩɩ ba kɔɔlɛ fu gyii mʋ n kpee n tii obu. 20 Saŋa mʋ nɩɩ bɛɛ mɔɔ fʋ kesintin ogyipu Sitefen mʋ, n yɩlɛ tʋtɔ kyula mu kelewu mʋ, nɩɩ mɛ ɩ kɩɩ bamʋ nɩɩ ba mɔɔ mʋ mʋ ɩkaalɛ sʋ. 21 Nɩɩ Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ mʋ tɔwɛ mɛ yɛ, “natɛ, n biti n sun fʋ lɩɩ nfɩɩ kpee kata‐kata bamʋ nɩɩ ba man gyɛ Gyiwu abi mʋ asɛ”.’ ”

22 Nɩɩ asa mʋ ba nu Pɔɔlɩ katɔwɛ naa fʋʋ mʋ asɩn mʋ nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ falɛ sʋ. Tʋtɔ nɩɩ ba diyaa bamʋ ɩbʋlɛ kuusi yɛ, “Fan lɛɛ ɔnyɩn nɩmʋ lɩɩ kasɛ sʋ, ɔ man dagaa maa bɩla kyɩna nkpa tɔ.”

23 Saŋa mʋ nɩɩ bee kuusi bɛɛ lɛɛ bamʋ ɩkaalɛ bee fugiti, yɛgɛ bɛɛ waa apurutiti mʋ, 24 nɩɩ anaakɔpʋ ɔbɩlɩsa mʋ sa kɔnɔ yɛ ba taa Pɔɔlɩ loo bamʋ kɩkpaara sʋ. Kɛ ba tɩŋɛ mʋ taasɛ mʋ kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ ɔ waa, nɩɩ bee kuusi bɛɛ wʋrɩgɛ mʋ sʋ kanɩn. 25 Amaa saŋa mʋ nɩɩ ba ŋmina Pɔɔlɩ kɛ ba bun mʋ tɩŋɛ mʋ mʋ, ɔ taasɛ ɔbɩlɩsa mʋ nɩɩ ɛɛ kɩɩ anaakɔpʋ kɩlɩfa sʋ mʋ yɛ, “Ɩ dɛ ɔkpa fɛɛ ba tɩŋɛ ɔmʋ nɩɩ Roma obii ba kɔɔlɛ mʋ fɛɛ odibii, nɩɩ ba man pɩɩta gyii mʋ asɩn kɛ ba bun mʋ kʋpwɛ?”

26 Saŋa mʋ nɩɩ ɔbɩlɩsa mʋ nɩɩ ɛɛ kɩɩ anaakɔpʋ kɩlɩfa sʋ mʋ nu kanɩn mʋ, ɔ naa kasɛ asɩn mʋ sa anaakɔpʋ kpini ɔbɩlɩsa mʋ. Nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ mʋ yɛ, “Roma abi ba kɔɔlɛ ɔnyɩn nɩmʋ fɛɛ odibii nɩn, amaa kɩɩ kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ an biti an waa?”

27 Ɩmʋ sʋ anaakɔpʋ ɔbɩlɩsa mʋ naa taasɛ Pɔɔlɩ yɛ, “Tɔwɛ mɛ, Roma abi ba kɔɔlɛ fʋ fɛɛ odibii?”

Nɩɩ Pɔɔlɩ lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Ɛɛhn, n gyɛ.”

28 Nɩɩ anaakɔpʋ ɔbɩlɩsa mʋ yɛ, “N nyita afulee gaa pɔyɩ nɩɩ Roma abi ba kɔɔlɛ mɛ fɛɛ odibii.”

Amaa Pɔɔlɩ lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Mɛɛ mɛ bɩrɛ ba kʋʋgɛ mɛ nɩn fɛɛ Roma odibii.”

29 Ɩmʋ sʋ bamʋ nɩɩ ba daa bee biti fɛɛ ba taasɛ Pɔɔlɩ kɔnɔ tɔ asɩn mʋ, ba bwii kamaa bilen. Nɩɩ ɩ waa anaakɔpʋ ɔbɩlɩsa mʋ gbaa kufuu fɛɛ maa yɛgɛ nɩɩ ba ŋmina Pɔɔlɩ yɛgɛ ɔ gyɛ Roma obii.

30 Anaakɔpʋ ɔbɩlɩsa mʋ maa biti o wu kʋtɔ kʋlʋn mʋ nɩɩ Pɔɔlɩ dan waa sʋ nɩɩ Gyiwu abi bɛɛ pwɩɩ mʋ mʋ, ɩmʋ sʋ lɩɩkaakɛ mʋ, ɔ yɛgɛ nɩɩ ba saŋɛ Pɔɔlɩ. Nɩɩ ɔ tɩɩ Gyiwu abi aseepu bɩlɩsa yɛ bamʋ kʋbʋ‐kʋbʋ abɩlɩsa mʋ ba sarɛ. Tʋtɔ nɩɩ ɔ bɩya Pɔɔlɩ ba yɩlɛ bamʋ ansi tɔ.