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Afr e Nyam nuŋ igŋ
1 Ɛmɛny ow e jam a, mʼɛkn low ɛjeci. Afr, mʼɛkn lisany nyam eke fig, ɛtŋ lebl a ekʼanŋ ɛsɛ krↄkr eci lebl af ke mʼikŋ anym mʼiri a, dadʼm ninɛ: «Ùyu af aŋa, ke mi yɛ́gmʼŋ ow e jam ecʼów eke bʼow ow a.»
2 Kpɛkŋ Abŋ ocʼm ɛtŋ afr yogŋ, mʼɛkn atufu lɛkpn nyam ekʼɛgŋ nyam sig es af. 3 Ɛgŋ a eke sig es af a eci jɛjn a am ot mebn sↄbↄ ɛrŋ ɛrŋ es ɛsɛ jasp lele sarduan ab af. Nyamgodi eke am jɛjn ɛsɛ lebn emerod af a iwr ɛlul atufu lɛkpn ab ɛm. † 4 Atufu lɛkpn likŋ lele yar ab did iwr ɛlul atufu lɛkpn ligbɛl ab ɛm, ɛtŋ agŋ ekpekp likŋ lele yar ab sig es af. -Li sus mob efu ɛtŋ -lʼus sika tufɛ. 5 Afr eci ŋɛŋn lele nyamgbrany ab ab am anŋ atufu lɛkpn ab ɛm ok ↄkm. Mrabri lↄbŋ eke wɛl gigŋ a am iri any af yogŋ. Mrabri lↄbŋ a el Nyam ecʼabŋ lↄbŋ a. 6 Atufu lɛkpn a ecʼany af a, okij ekʼayl toŋ am ɛkan es ke ot lebn ufu pum pum es anŋ.
Araŋn yogŋ, mindey yar eke ɛl ecʼanym lele jam ab a el anyamn ↄfr a, iwr did ɛlul atufu lɛkpn ab ɛm. 7 Krɛkrɛ eci ndey a anŋ ɛsɛ kukuma af, yony ɛm ecʼa anŋ ɛsɛ id liy af, nyahan ɛm ecʼa ɛli any ɛsɛ ɛgŋ ecʼab af, ɛtŋ yar ɛm ecʼa anŋ ɛsɛ káká ekʼigb nyɛnyn ↄw es af. † 8 Mindey yar amua e nyam nyam ɛli ↄw nↄhↄn, ɛtŋ -lʼɛli anyamn eb ɛl ↄw a nimum, ew lele af ab. Ɛtŋ ncok lele lɛgŋ owr ab nɛny bʼanŋ ɛl ɛm -nʼam dad -lʼɛsɛ:
«Lala, lala, lala el Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ Nyam Abusu Ɛs eci,
in eke nʼanŋ godʼɛtŋ, nʼanŋ yɛfɛnyna ke nʼam ow a eci.» †
9-10 Ɛgŋ a ekʼanŋ owr sɛgŋ fɛŋ eci ke sig es atufu lɛkpn ab af a, mindey yar a bi kↄklmʼn, bʼusrʼr sos ɛtŋ bʼↄŋʼn bia. Ɛtŋ sakp sakp fɛŋ eke -li bi kↄklm ow a, agŋ ekpekp likŋ lele yar ab ab a bʼok ↄwrↄkp wus ɛgŋ a eke sig es atufu lɛkpn ab af a ecʼany af. -Li bʼigŋ ɛgŋ a ekʼanŋ owr sɛgŋ fɛŋ ecʼa nuŋ. -Li bʼot ɛl eci sika tufɛ a -li wↄwl atufu lɛkpn a ecʼany af yogŋ ke -nʼam dad -lʼɛsɛ:
11 «O, Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ, ɛy e Nyam,
it eke kʼɛŋn anygbɛl,
es susm lel abusu ab,
aŋke ŋ kok ob fɛŋ ɛtŋ ŋ ecʼerur ɛm ob fɛŋ anŋ owr ɛtŋ bʼok sel.»
† 4:3 Bɛ̀bmn Ezekiɛl 1.26-28; 10.1. † 4:7 Bɛ̀bmn Ezekiɛl 1.22; 1. 5-10; 10.14. † 4:8 Bɛ̀bmn Ezekiɛl 1.18; 10.12; Esayi 6.2-3.