1 Nɩɩ kʋbʋ mʋ kpini ba kʋsʋ taa Yesu naa sa ɔsʋwʋlɛ ɔkɩɩsʋpʋ Paleti. 2 Nɩɩ ba piili bɛɛ pwɩɩ mʋ asɩn nɩmʋ sʋ yɛ, “An wu kanyɩn nɩmʋ maa nyita anɛ asa yɛ ba man ka tʋʋtʋʋ sa Owura lala Kayisa. Nɩɩ ɛɛ tɩɩ mʋ n‐yɩɩ yɛ mʋ ɩ gyɛ Owura yɛ Ɔmʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ wʋla lɛɛ mʋ.”

3 Tʋtɔ nɩɩ Paleti taasɛ Yesu yɛ, “Fʋ ɩ gyɛ Gyiwu abi owura mʋ?”

Nɩɩ Yesu lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Ɛɛhn, ɩmʋ nɩɩ fʋ tɔwɛ maŋa.”

4 Nɩɩ Paleti tɔwɛ Ɩbwaarɛ aseepu bɩlɩsa mʋ yɛ kʋbʋ damantɛ mʋ yɛ, “N man wu ɔnyɩn nɩmʋ n‐yɩɩ sʋ asɩn pwɩɩsa akʋ.”

5 Amaa ba mata sʋ yɛ, “Ɔ taa mʋ kɩkaapʋ mʋ tɔwɛ kʋsaa Gyiwu abi kpini nkɔlɔ. O piili lɩɩ Galile nɩn halɩɩ ba lɩɩ nfɩɩ.”

6 Paleti maa nu Galile kɩtɩɩ mʋ, nɩɩ ɔ taasɛ yɛ, “Kanyɩn maa gyɛ Kagalile‐nyɩn nɩn?” 7 Maa bɩɩ fɛɛ Yesu lɩɩ owura Herodi ɔsʋwʋlɛ sʋ mʋ, ɔ taa mʋ kpiya Herodi. Saŋa maa tɔ yɛgɛ ngbaa mʋ ɔ bʋ Gyerusalem.

8 Owura Herodi maa wu Yesu mʋ, mu ansi i gyii gaa, lɩɩ fɛɛ ɔ wʋla ee biti mʋ kyɛɛrɛɛ yɛ o wu mʋ lɩɩ asɩn mʋ nɩɩ o nu lɩɩ mʋ sʋ mʋ. Ɔ sʋ tamaa fɛɛ o wu mʋ kɛ ɔ waa adangana kɛ o wu. 9 Owura mʋ taasɛ mʋ asɩn taasɛsa kɩkyɔ amaa Yesu man lɛɛ mʋ kɔnɔ. 10 Nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ aseepu bɩlɩsa yɛ nbara akaapʋpʋ mʋ ba maa sʋ ba yɩlɛ bɛɛ pwɩɩ mʋ. 11 Nɩɩ Herodi maa mʋ anaakɔpʋ bee yooli mʋ, nɩɩ ba ŋmasɛ mʋ. Nɩɩ ba taa kaalɛ bʋnswɩɩsa danbɩrasa kʋ bun mʋ, nɩɩ ba bwiiyaa mʋ kpee Paleti asɛ, 12 Kanɩn kakɛ maŋa nɩɩ ɔsʋwʋlɛ ɔkɩɩsʋpʋ Paleti maa owura Herodi ba biliŋi akyɛmɩnɛpʋ. Naafɔɔ ba kyɩna ba gyɛ adʋn nɩn.

13 Nɩɩ ɔsʋwʋlɛ ɔkɩɩsʋpʋ Paleti tɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ aseepu bɩlɩsa mʋ yɛ kadɛ abɩlɩsa yɛ asa mʋ kpini ba gyaŋɛ. 14 Nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Fanɛ ɩ bɩya ɔnyɩn nɩmʋ yɛ, mʋ ɩ bɩya kʋsʋ tɔ ɔlʋn ɔsʋwʋlɛ nɩmʋ sʋ. Amaa n maa mɛɛgɛ mʋ asɩn mʋ tɔ fanɛ ansi tɔ nfɩɩ mʋ, n man wu fanɛ asɩn pwɩɩsa mʋ akʋ mʋ sʋ. 15 Owura Herodi gbaa ɔ man wu alibi akʋ lɩɩ mʋ sʋ, nɩɩ o bwiiyaa mʋ bɩya anɛ. Kesintin tɔ mʋ, ɔnyɩn nɩmʋ man waa alibi mʋ nɩɩ ɩ dagaa lewu. 16 Kanɩn sʋ n biti n yɛgɛ ba tɩŋɛ mʋ awʋlɛ‐bi kɛ n yɛgɛ mʋ ɔ natɛ. 17 (Lɩɩ fɛɛ Kesu kɔnɔ kɔlɔŋɔ ngyaŋɛ kʋmaa mʋ, ɩ gyɛ dankaarɩ nɩn fɛɛ Paleti ɔ lɛɛ Gyiwu abi mʋ nɩɩ ba tii obu mʋ mʋ tɔ ɔkʋ sa bamʋ.)”

18 Nɩɩ kʋbʋ damantɛ mʋ ba kuusi kɔnɔ kʋlʋn sʋ yɛ, “Fan taa ɔnyɩn maŋa naa mɔɔ, kɛ fan lɛɛ Barabasi sa anɛ.” 19 Barabasi nɩmʋ tɔwɛ kʋsaa asa nkɔlɔ nɩɩ ba kɔ yɛ Roma kɩbanɛ, nɩɩ ɔ bɩla mɔɔ ɔsa kʋ ɩmʋ sʋ nɩɩ ba tii mʋ obu.

20 Paleti maa biti yɛ ɔ lɛɛ Yesu sʋ mʋ, o bwii tɔwɛ sa bamʋ. 21 Amaa ba maa sʋ bee kuusi yɛ, “Fan da mʋ oyu laasa sʋ, fan da mʋ oyu laasa sʋ!”

22 Paleti bwii tɔwɛ bamʋ asɛ kɩsasapʋ yɛ, “Mɩnɛ nɩn? Mɩnɛ alibi nɩɩ ɔnyɩn maŋa waa? N man wu alibi mʋ nɩɩ ɔ waa nɩɩ ɔ dagaa lewu. Kanɩn sʋ n biti n yɛgɛ ba tɩŋɛ mʋ awʋlɛ‐bi kɛ n yɛgɛ mʋ ɔ natɛ.”

23 Amaa ba lɔŋɔ kuusi tɔ kenken fɛɛ ɔkpa kʋmaa sʋ mʋ ba da mʋ oyu laasa sʋ. Nɩɩ bamʋ kekuusi mʋ i gyii sʋ. 24 Ɩmʋ sʋ Paleti waa mʋ nfɛɛrɛ fɛɛ ɔ waa bamʋ kebiti. 25 Kanɩn sʋ ɔmʋ nɩɩ ba tɔwɛ yɛ ɔ lɛɛ sa bamʋ mʋ, ɔ lɛɛ mʋ sa bamʋ. Mʋ ɩ gyɛ Barabasi mʋ nɩɩ ba tii mʋ obu lɩɩ mʋ kɩtɔwɛ kʋsaa asa nkɔlɔ nɩɩ ba kɔ yɛ kɩbanɛ, yɛ mʋ ɔsa kɩmɔɔ sʋ mʋ. Amaa nɩɩ ɔ taa Yesu sa bamʋ ba naa waa bamʋ kɔkɔlɔ biti.

26 Ba maa sʋ bee kpee mʋ, ba gyaŋa Simon Kakereni‐nyɩn mʋ ɔ lɩɩ kukura ee loo Gyerusalem. Nɩɩ ba nyan mʋ nɩɩ ɔ sʋla oyu laasa mʋ o buu Yesu. 27 Nɩɩ asa damantɛ kʋ ba buu mʋ, akyɩɩ mʋ nɩɩ bee su bɛɛ yɩyɛɛ bɛɛ sa mʋ mʋ gbaa ba tii sʋ. 28 Nɩɩ Yesu biliŋi tɔwɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Gyerusalem akyɩɩsa, fan man sʋ sa mɛ, fan su sa fanɛ n‐yɩɩ yɛ fanɛ‐bii ana. 29 Lɩɩ fɛɛ saŋa kʋ ii biti ɔ ba, kɛ ba tɔwɛ yɛ, ‘Kusee ɩ gyɛ sa agbentipu yɛ ɩtɔ mʋ nɩɩ ɩ man kʋʋgɛ kɩɩ abɛɛ anyɛpʋ mʋ nɩɩ nbii ba man nyɛpʋ.’ 30 Nɩɩ saŋa maŋa tɔ mʋ,

32 Nɩɩ ba taa asun libi wuya ana anyɔ tii Yesu sʋ ba naa mɔɔ. 33 Ba maa naa fʋʋ opula mʋ nɩɩ bɛɛ tɩɩ yɛ “Kumu Kɩwɛɛ mʋ”, nɩɩ ba da Yesu maa asun libi wuya ana mata iyu laasa sʋ. Ɔkʋ bʋ mʋ gyisa sʋ yɛgɛ ɔbanban mʋ mɔɔ bʋ mʋ bɩna sʋ. 34 Nɩɩ Yesu tɔwɛ yɛ, “Nsɛ, taa bamʋ alibi kɛɛ bamʋ, lɩɩ fɛɛ ba man nyi kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ bɛɛ waa.” Nɩɩ ba tʋʋ nbii barɩgɛ Yesu atɔ bunsa tɔ.

35 Asa mʋ ba yɩlɛ tʋtɔ ba kɩɩ mʋ halɩɩ Gyiwu abi abɩlɩsa mʋ bɛɛ waa mʋ yɛrɛyɛrɛ bɛɛ tɔwɛ yɛ, “Ɔ mɔlɩgɛ akʋ, nɩɩ ɔ kan ɔ gyɛ Krisito, Ɔmʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ wʋla lɛɛ mʋ, ɔ mɔlɩgɛ mʋ n‐yɩɩ.”

36 Nɩɩ anaakɔpʋ mʋ gbaa ba ba ŋmasɛ mʋ. Nɩɩ ba sa mʋ nta nyaŋɛsa. 37 Nɩɩ ba tɔwɛ yɛ, “Nɩɩ fʋ gyɛ Gyiwu abi owura kesintin mʋ, mɔlɩgɛ fʋ n‐yɩɩ.”

38 Nɩɩ ba kyʋrɔɔ asɩn kʋ mu amu sʋ yɛ, ƆNƖMƲ Ɩ GYƐ GYUDA ABI OWURA.

39 Asun libi wuya ana mʋ nɩɩ ba saa iyu laasa mʋ sʋ mʋ ɔkʋ piili ɛɛ saalɛ Yesu yɛ, “Man gyɛ fʋ ɩ gyɛ Ɔmʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ wʋla lɛɛ mʋ? Mɔlɩgɛ fʋ n‐yɩɩ kɛ fʋ mɔlɩgɛ anɛ?” 40 Amaa ɔbanban mʋ pʋntɛ mʋ sʋ yɛ, “Fʋ man sɩlɛ Ɩbwaarɛ, fɛɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ anɛ kpini an bʋ kʋsʋ bɩɩtɛ kʋlʋn tɔ falɛ? 41 Anɛ bɩrɛ ba bɩɩtɛ anɛ kʋsʋ kɩmʋ ɔkpa sʋ, fɛɛ asun libi mʋ nɩɩ an waa mʋ sʋ. Amaa ɔnyɩn nɩmʋ bɩrɛ ɔ man waa alibi akʋ.”

42 Nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ yɛ, “Yesu, fʋ kan ba gyii fu kuwura mʋ, fu nyiŋi mɛ.”

43 Nɩɩ Yesu lɛɛ mʋ kɔnɔ yɛ, “N tɔwɛ fʋ kesintin tɔ yɛ, ndaga kakɛ nɩmʋ fu biti fʋ kyɩna maa mɛ‐Sɛ, Ɩbwaarɛ asɛ Paradise tɔ.”

44 Ɩ kyɩna ɩ gyɛ kyɔwɛ amu nsana tɔ nɩn, nɩɩ kitentenbiri kɩ tɩyɛ ɔsʋwʋlɛ mʋ kpini sʋ naa fʋʋ kakyʋwapɛ kerefi asá saŋa, 45 lɩɩ fɛɛ kyɔwɛ yɛgɛ kɩda. Nɩɩ kɩtaa kunsa mʋ nɩɩ kɩ barɩgɛ kabwaarɛ‐sunkpa opula kyɩrɛkyɩrɛkpa Kɩkyɩrɛkyɩrɛ mʋ tɔ mʋ, kɩ kyatɛ tɔ kɩnyɔ. 46 Nɩɩ Yesu taa ɔbʋlɛ lala kuusi yɛ, “Nsɛ, n taa mɛ kala waa fʋ abaa tɔ.” Maa tɔwɛ ɩnɩmʋ lʋwɛ mʋ, nɩɩ mʋ ɔfʋʋtɛ tɩn.

47 Anaakɔpʋ kɩlɩfa ɔkɩɩsʋpʋ maa wu atɔ mʋ nɩɩ ɩ waa mʋ, ɔ yɩn Ɩbwaarɛ nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ yɛ, “Kesintin, ɔnyɩn nɩmʋ ɩkpa i kyiigi.” 48 Asa mʋ nɩɩ ba ba gyaŋɛ tʋtɔ bɛɛ kɩɩ mʋ, ba maa wu atɔ mʋ nɩɩ ɩ waa mʋ, bamʋ kpini ba taa nkɔlɔ nyita sawʋ kpewu. 49 Amaa bamʋ nɩɩ be nyi Yesu mʋ, yɛ akyɩɩ mʋ nɩɩ ba buu mʋ lɩɩ Galile ɔsʋwʋlɛ sʋ ba mʋ, ba yɩlɛ kata gbɛrɛɛ bɛɛ kɩɩ atɔ mʋ nɩɩ ɩ waa maŋa kpini.

50 Ɔnyɩn kʋ ɩ kyɩna ɔ bʋ tɔ nɩɩ bɛɛ tɩɩ mʋ yɛ Gyosefu. Nɩɩ ɔ lɩɩ Gyuda kadɛ mʋ nɩɩ bɛɛ tɩɩ yɛ Arimatiya mʋ, nɩɩ ɔ gyɛ nyɩmɩsa mʋ nɩɩ mʋ ɩkpa i kyiigi nɩɩ ɔ sʋ bɛɛrɛɛ. Nɩɩ o tii Gyiwu abi kpini abɩlɩsa kʋbʋ mʋ sʋ. 51 Amaa o man kyula bamʋ nfɛɛrɛ yɛ awaasa mʋ. Ɔ kyɩna ee gyoo Ɩbwaarɛ kuwura‐gyii mʋ nɩn. 52 Nɩɩ o kpee Paleti asɛ naa kʋlɛ Yesu kibuni mʋ. 53 Nɩɩ ɔ saatɛ Yesu kibuni mʋ lɩɩ oyu laasa mʋ sʋ, nɩɩ ɔ taa kɩtaa fufuli maalɛ mʋ, nɩɩ ɔ taa mʋ naa pula kakyan mʋ nɩɩ ba baaŋɛ kɩfʋlɛ tɔ nɩɩ ba man pɩɩta pula ɔkʋ kɩmʋ tɔ mʋ. 54 Ɩ kyɩna ɩ gyɛ kakɛ mʋ nɩɩ bɛɛ kʋʋla bamʋ n‐yɩɩ ba gyoo kakɛ fʋʋtɛsa akɛ mʋ.

55 Akyɩɩ mʋ nɩɩ ba buu Yesu lɩɩ Galile mʋ, ba buu Gyosefu nɩɩ ba naa wu kakyan mʋ, yɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ ɔ taa Yesu kibuni mʋ pula mʋ. 56 Nɩɩ ba kpewu naa kʋʋla atɔ liifensa yɛ ituulale mʋ nɩɩ ba taa ba sʋswa Yesu kibuni mʋ. Amaa ba taa bɛɛrɛɛ sa Mosesi nbara mʋ, nɩɩ ba fʋʋtɛ kakɛ fʋʋtɛsa kakɛ maŋa.