1 Yesu maa kpɩlɩgɛ lɩɩ kɩbɩɩ mʋ sʋ ba mʋ, asa damantɛ ba buu mʋ. 2 Tʋtɔ nɩɩ ɔnyɩn kʋ mʋ nɩɩ ɛɛ lɔ kibootoo ba muŋa mu amulii sʋ mu ansi tɔ nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ yɛ, “Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ nɩɩ ɩ pɩrɛ fʋ mʋ, fɩɩ taalɛ yɛgɛ mɛ n‐yɩɩ ɩ lɔŋɔ sʋ.”

3 Nɩɩ Yesu tɛɛŋɛ mʋ kɩbaa mata ɔnyɩn mʋ. Nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ mʋ yɛ, “Ɩ pɩrɛ mɛ, fʋ n‐yɩɩ ɩ lɔŋɔ sʋ.” Opula tɔ nɩɩ mʋ kibootoo mʋ kɩ lʋwɛ. 4 Nɩɩ Yesu tɔwɛ mʋ yɛ, “Man waa fʋ tɔwɛ ɔkʋ, amaa taa fʋ n‐yɩɩ naa kaapʋ Ɩbwaarɛ Oseepu, kɛ fʋ lɛɛ saraga fɛɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ Mosesi nbara ɩ kaapʋ mʋ, kɛ ɔkʋmaa nɩmʋ o wu fɛɛ fʋ n‐yɩɩ ɩ lɔŋɔ sʋ.”

5 Yesu maa loo Kapanum kadɛ tɔ mʋ, Roma anaakɔpʋ ɔbɩlɩsa kʋ ba mʋ asɛ ba kʋlɛ mʋ yɛ ɔ kyɛ mʋ tɔ. 6 Ɔ tɔwɛ mʋ yɛ, “Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ, mɛ kɩyaafɔlɛ dɛ mɛ kɩkpaara sʋ ɛɛ lɔ mʋgʋlɛ‐mʋgʋlɛ, ɩɩ tɔɔrɔɔ mʋ gaa.”

7 Ɩmʋ sʋ, Yesu tɔwɛ mʋ yɛ, “N biti n naa kyɛ mʋ kʋlɔ.”

8 Nɩɩ anaakɔpʋ ɔbɩlɩsa mʋ lɛɛ mʋ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ n man dagaa fɛɛ fʋ ba mɛ kɩkpaara sʋ. Amaa dan sa kɔnɔ, mɛ kɩyaafɔlɛ mʋ ii biti ɔ kpaarɛ. 9 Lɩɩ fɛɛ ngbaa mɛ n bʋ akʋ ɔlʋn kasɛ nɩn, yɛgɛ anaakɔpʋ ba bʋ mɛ kasɛ. N kan tɔwɛ ɔkʋ yɛ, ‘Kpe nfɩɩ,’ nɩɩ ee kpee. Nɩɩ n tɔwɛ ɔkʋ yɛ, ‘Ba nfɩɩ,’ nɩɩ ɛɛ ba. Nɩɩ n tɔwɛ mɛ kɩyaafɔlɛ yɛ, ‘Waa ɩnɩmʋ,’ nɩɩ ɛɛ waa ɩmʋ.”

10 Yesu maa nu kanɩn mʋ, i kyinkyin mʋ, nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ bamʋ nɩɩ ba buu mʋ mʋ yɛ, “N tɔwɛ fanɛ kesintin fɛɛ Ɩsɩrayɩ abi kpini tɔ mʋ, n man pɩɩta wu ɔsa mʋ nɩɩ ɔ sʋ falɛ kɩkɔɔlɛ‐gyii damantɛ nɩmʋ kedubi. 11 N tɔwɛ fanɛ yɛ asa gaalaagaa bee biti ba lɩɩ kyɔwɛ kɩlɩɩ yɛ kyɔwɛ kɩtɩyɛ, kɛ ba maa Abraham maa Isaki yɛ Gyekobu ba ba bʋga kyɩna bamʋ ɩkyɩnakpa mʋ nɩɩ ɩ gyɛ kuwura‐gyii kensi‐gyii ngyaŋɛ mʋ tɔ. 12 Amaa fanɛ mʋ nɩɩ naafɔɔ fan gyɛ kuwura‐gyii abi mʋ, bee biti ba taa fanɛ funti kewu tɔ kitentenbiri tɔ katɩn mʋ nɩɩ kusu yɛ anobi keduŋi bʋ.”

13 Nɩɩ Yesu tɔwɛ anaakɔpʋ ɔbɩlɩsa mʋ yɛ, “Kpewu! Ii biti ɩ waa sa fʋ fɛɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ fʋ kɔɔlɛ gyii mʋ.” Nɩɩ kanɩn saŋa maŋa tɔ kyɛɛkyɛɛ nɩɩ mʋ kɩyaafɔlɛ mʋ nyɛ alanfɩya.

14 Yesu maa ba Pita kɩkpaara sʋ mʋ, o wu fɛɛ Pita mʋ‐saa kyɩɩsa dɛ ɛɛ lɔ kibirima. 15 Ɔ kɩtaa mʋ kɩbaa tɔ nɩɩ kibirima mʋ kɩ yɛgɛ mʋ, nɩɩ ɔ kʋsʋ kɩtaa bamʋ kɩfɔ.

16 Saŋa mʋ nɩɩ kyɔwɛ tɩyɛ mʋ, nɩɩ asa ba taa alɔpʋ kʋkyɔ mʋ nɩɩ nbwɩɩ libi ba tɛ bamʋ sʋ mʋ bɩya Yesu. Nɩɩ ɔ sa nbwɩɩ libi mʋ kɔnɔ gya bamʋ kʋsaa alɔpʋ mʋ sʋ, nɩɩ ɔ kyɛ alɔpʋ mʋ kpini. 17 Ɩnɩmʋ ɩ yɛgɛ nɩɩ asɩn mʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ Isaya tɔwɛ Asɩnkyan yɩlasa mʋ tɔ mʋ ɩ ba tɔ. Asɩn mʋ ɩ gyɛ yɛ,

18 Yesu maa wu asa damantɛ ba maa kyaabɔɔ mʋ mʋ, ɔ tɔwɛ mu asunpu mʋ yɛ ba faa kpee benbe. 19 Nɩɩ nbara ɔkaapʋpʋ kʋ ba mʋ asɛ ba tɔwɛ yɛ, “Ɔkaapʋpʋ n biti n buu fʋ kpee katɩn kʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ fii kpee mʋ.”

20 Nɩɩ Yesu lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Agboogboo ba sʋ ɩbɔ bɛɛ dɛ tɔ, nɩɩ nbwiibi ba sʋ nsʋswaa, amaa mɛ, Daadimaadi Obii‐nyɩnsa mʋ bɩrɛ, n man sʋ katɩn mʋ nɩɩ n dɛ fʋʋtɛ.”

21 Mʋ ɔbɩɩlapʋ kʋ gbaa tɔwɛ mʋ yɛ, “Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ, yɛgɛ n naa pula mɛ‐sɛ pɔyɩ.”

22 Amaa Yesu tɔwɛ mʋ yɛ, “Buu mɛ kɛ fʋ yɛgɛ bamʋ nɩɩ be du fɛɛ alewupu mʋ, be kpee naa pula bamʋ alewupu.”

23 Nɩɩ o loo ɔkʋlɩ tɔ nɩɩ mʋ abɩɩlapʋ mʋ ba buu mʋ loo. 24 Ba maa gyan ɔbʋn lala mʋ sʋ bee kpee mʋ, opula tɔ nɩɩ afuu lala i tigi yɛgɛ ɩɩ da apaa ii loo ɔkʋlɩ mʋ tɔ. Amaa yɛgɛ Yesu dɛ nsɩɩrɛ. 25 Abɩɩlapʋ mʋ ba naa kyiŋi mʋ, nɩɩ ba tɔwɛ mʋ yɛ, “Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ, mɔlɩgɛ anɛ! An biti a muuri!”

26 Ɔ lɛɛ bamʋ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Fanɛ mʋ nɩɩ fanɛ kɩkɔɔlɛ‐gyii kɩ man kyɔ, mɩnɛ ɩ waa nɩɩ fan sʋ kufuu kanɩn?” Nɩɩ ɔ kʋsʋ pʋntɛ afuu yɛ apaa mʋ sʋ, nɩɩ ɩ waa diin.

27 Nɩɩ i kyinkyin asa mʋ, nɩɩ ba taasɛ yɛ, “Mɩnɛ nyɩmɩsa ndee? Halɩɩ afuu yɛ apaa gbaa ii nu mʋ asɛ.”

28 Yesu maa fʋʋ ɔbʋn mʋ benbe mʋ nɩɩ kɩ gyɛ Gadara ɔsʋwʋlɛ mʋ, anyɩn anyɔ kʋ mʋ nɩɩ nbwɩɩ libi ba tɛ bamʋ sʋ mʋ ba lɩɩ nkyan tɔ ba gyaŋa mʋ. Ba kyɩna ba libi gaa fɛɛ ndʋnbwɛ, nɩɩ ɔkʋ mɛɛ taalɛ bɔla kanɩn ɔkpa maŋa sʋ. 29 Ba kuusi yɛ, “Ɩbwaarɛ mu‐Bii, mɩnɛ nɩɩ fii biti anɛ asɛ? Fʋ ba nɩn yɛ fʋ ba waa anɛ awʋrʋfɔ pɔyɩ kɛ ɩmʋ saŋa mʋ ɩ fʋʋ, abɛɛ?”

30 Akuuri damantɛ kʋ ba yɩlɛ tʋtɔ kɩbaafʋn bee gyii. 31 Nɩɩ nbwɩɩ libi mʋ ba kʋlɛ Yesu yɛ, “Nɩɩ fʋ kan fii biti fʋ gya anɛ bɩrɛ, yɛgɛ a naa loo akuuri damantɛ nɩmʋ tɔ.”

32 Ɔ tɔwɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Fan natɛ!” Nɩɩ ba lɩɩ anyɩn mʋ tɔ naa loo akuuri mʋ tɔ. Nɩɩ akuuri damantɛ mʋ kpini ba sɩlɛ kpɩlɩgɛ kidenbi mʋ naa tɩyɛ ɔbʋn lala mʋ tɔ nɩɩ ba wu. 33 Nɩɩ bamʋ nɩɩ bɛɛ kɩɩ akuuri mʋ sʋ mʋ, ba sɩlɛ kpee kadɛ tɔ, naa tɔwɛ kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ kɩ waa kpini yɛ ɩmʋ nɩɩ ɩ waa anyɩn anyɔ mʋ nɩɩ nbwɩɩ libi ba tɛ bamʋ sʋ mʋ. 34 Kanɩn sʋ kadɛ mʋ tɔ asa kpini ba lɩɩ ba naa gyaŋa Yesu. Ba maa wu mʋ mʋ, ba kʋlɛ mʋ yɛ ɔ lɩɩ bamʋ ɔsʋwʋlɛ sʋ.