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Ɛgŋ eke bʼↄny ↄmn Krist ɛm a, el nɛny nyam ɛs
1 Sica ɛm lisijimɛl, sos ɛm iŋn ↄny eke okar af Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ ab a. Ɛtŋ ow ɛymʼm sos ɛm eke mʼam ebr low yecʼa eke mʼikŋ anym mʼawŋ ↄny ow e lɛl ab ɛm; ↄny ecʼa ow akpl ɛbɛn. 2 Ɛ̀wr sos ɛrm juma eŋuŋ kok ɛsɛl amua, mↄwr amua, † eke am ucu yadŋ ɛm e likr es ubr owi ↄny es a e lís! 3 Agŋ eke ɛl eci likr es ubr el tasi a, ow ow el ɛy, aŋke ɛy si bʼigŋ Nyam nuŋ in ecʼAbŋ a ecʼabu ɛlum ɛm, si bʼɛlu ɛy e sos ɛm iŋn ↄkm Jesu Krist sosiɛm ɛtŋ sʼocm ɛy ecʼↄmn a sʼɛlum ów amua eke el agŋ ɛm ecʼów ab ɛm. 4 Ke mʼↄtu cɛ eke ɛm yɛji, mʼóc ɛm ecʼↄmn a mʼɛlu ów amua e kok ɛm. Ɛtŋ eke ɛgŋ nyam ↄny tutr eke ów amua e kok bʼism ɛgŋ bibm ab, ke ɛm tasi anake mʼↄtu eke mi kʼↄny tutr akpasu na a. 5 Ɛm, wɛl ubrʼm likr es eke wɛl ewʼm bake ow ij sɛgŋ niwn a. Ɛm, Israɛl iyli tasi mew ɛm ɛtŋ, Bɛnjamɛ ecʼeb ɛm ecʼɛgŋ, Ebre e liy mebl ɛm ɛtŋ. Yecʼeke el Jwifɛl ecʼol ecʼɛlum ecʼa, ke ɛm Farisiɛl ecʼogog mʼanŋ; 6 ɛtŋ ɛm ecʼol ecʼɛlum ligbɛl eke mʼↄny a, ↄŋʼm mʼijr agŋ ekʼel Krist ecʼa gbre. † Sica yecʼeke el ol e jɛj ok nɛny nyam ɛm a, mʼↄnym abr ɛnym kaka.
7 Gbɛkↄ, ów amua fɛŋ eke mi lɛr ɛsɛ ob ↄny tasi af a, Krist sosiɛm a, sica mʼam lɛr ɛl ɛsɛ ów ↄfr ↄfr ekʼↄnym any af. 8-9 Jesu Krist ɛm Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ ecʼany eke mi kʼuw a, anake el low tasi eke ↄny any a. Ɛm e tutr ɛm a, low fɛŋ eke wɛl bʼɛŋn a, elm low kaka Krist ecʼany uw a ecʼany af. Krist sosiɛm, mʼigŋ fɛŋ mʼɛlu es. Mʼↄ́ny Krist anŋ ɛm ab, ke mʼókr af in ab a sosiɛm, mʼam lɛr ów amua fɛŋ ɛsɛ lirŋ af e suw af. Ow elm ol e mʼam ɛlum a sosiɛm mʼelm low nɛnyɛmbri nyam ɛs, kↄ ↄmn eke mʼↄny Krist ɛm a sosiɛm. Nyam anake bʼↄŋ ɛgŋ el low nɛnyɛmbri nyam ɛs a, ɛtŋ ɛgŋ eke bʼↄny ↄmn in ɛm a, li bʼↄŋ ow ow el nɛny nyam ɛs. 10 Low a cɛ eke mʼam erur a el: ke mʼúw Krist any, ke mʼúw abusu a yɛji ekʼↄŋʼn lʼigb luw ɛm ab any. Ɛtŋ ow eke ɛmɛny mʼam erur a el: ke mʼíj gbre in ab, ke mʼúw ɛsɛ in ecʼab af. 11 Ɛbɛn eke mʼam ↄny ↄmn eke batŋ mʼuw, ke ɛm yɛji mʼánŋ agŋ ekʼuw ab ɛm mʼigb ana.
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12 Mi dadm mʼɛsmɛ mʼɛŋn ow e mʼam ↄl ab ŋ̂, oglog ke mi kok ow iy nɛny ŋ̂! Gbɛkↄ mʼam uru es † mʼim cɛ eke mi kʼɛŋn es uru a eci labm sↄg a, aŋke Jesu Krist jɛj ↄnyʼm lɛgŋ a ɛtŋ. 13 Njaŋ, agŋ lisijimɛl, mi dadm eke mʼɛŋn labm sↄg a ŋ̂; gbɛkↄ low nyam cɛ mʼam kok: mʼíjl low sig fɛŋ es, ke mʼátr sos es mʼim mʼɛŋn ow a ekʼanŋʼm anym a. 14 Mʼam uru es mʼim eke mi kʼigŋ ow e nuŋ, yecʼɛtŋ ke mʼɛ́ŋn labm sↄg a eke Nyam, Jesu Krist ɛm, am ɛsŋ ɛy eke si kʼɛŋn afr a.
15 Ɛy fɛŋ eke sʼↄny ↄmn eke usu a, sʼↄ́nyn tutr nyam coco na. Ow e jam a, ekʼↄny ɛm ecʼagŋ nyam nyam am ↄny tutr ɛjeci, Nyam bʼow ayal ow e low ↄŋ ↄny. 16 Kↄ ca, aŋa eke sʼow bake sʼigŋ a, sʼébr ebr nyam a cɛ eke sʼeb toŋ ke sʼigŋ aŋa a.
17 Agŋ lisijimɛl, ↄny fɛŋ kòkr ɛsɛ ɛm af. Si yɛgm ↄny sɛwl; ow sosiɛm lɛ̀ɛr agŋ a fɛŋ eke bʼan es sɛwl ikŋ na af a. 18 Mi dad ↄny sakp nↄnↄ yɛji ɛtŋ mʼam ebr ɛm mi dad ↄny ↄŋn ikŋ ɛm yɛfɛnyna yɛjʼeke: agŋ nↄnↄ anŋ eke ɛl ecʼes an a bi yɛgm eke -lʼel Krist ecʼolikŋ a ecʼefnu. † 19 Ɛl akpasu na, irm cɛ -li bʼow -lʼirm, aŋke ɛl e Nyam el ɛl eci lok a, † ɛtŋ low eke kʼel ɛ́s ↄny ɛl a, bʼiŋn ɛl sos ɛm. Ɛl, wus ecʼów cɛ bʼanŋ ɛl nuŋ ɛm. 20 Ɛy ecʼa gbɛ, ɛy ecʼɛb ir usu anŋ afr, ɛtŋ ɛgŋ a eke sʼam eku ɛsɛ ɛy e sↄg ɛs af, eke el Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ Jesu Krist a, bʼow anŋ afr yogŋ ow. 21 Ɛtŋ li bʼow lʼitŋn ɛy e sos megl a eke bʼugŋ es a, ke nʼↄ́ŋ ow anŋ ɛsɛ in ecʼanygbɛl e sos megl ab af, in ecʼabusu a eke ow ɛm li bʼↄŋ mob fɛŋ is es in ecʼes ɛw a ecʼany af a.
† 3:2 Jwifɛl ogŋ a ↄwr el ndey nyam ekʼaylm, ke el sikpl ecʼob. Ɛ̀kn Matie 7.6. Aŋa, wɛwr. † 3:6 Ob Kok 8.3; 22.4; 26.9-11. † 3:12 Gbɛkↄ mʼam uru es:aŋa Pↄl oc es eke wɛl bʼuru eci labm sↄg eke wɛl bʼɛŋn e low am bɛbmn Krist ɛm e labm sↄg eke wɛl bʼɛŋn ab ab. † 3:18 Krist ecʼolikŋ a ecʼefnu:agŋ amua ecʼa, Krist ecʼolikŋ af a eke uw a elm ɛl e low. -Lʼɛgŋmn eke -li kʼij gbre ɛsɛ ow ecʼab af. † 3:19 ɛl e Nyam el ɛl eci lok a:aŋa Pↄl, kʼaw ke ow él ob e wɛl dɛdŋn Mois ecʼol ab ɛm eke wɛl kʼijm a e low nʼam dad (Rom 16.18; Kolↄs 2.16, 20-21) oglog ke ow él likr es ubr owi.