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Bↄazu Lutu sɛa
1 Bↄazu gɛ̀ zↄ̃̀lɛ wɛ̃́lɛ bĩ́ibↄlɛu, ↄ̃ a è daɛ fɛ̃̀ɛɛ gbɛ̃bona pↄ́ a a yã'òpi lɛ́ mↄ́. Ɔ̃ à mɛ̀: Ma gbɛ̃́, mↄ ǹ zↄ̃lɛ. 2 Ɔ̃ à wɛ̃́lɛ gbɛ̃zↄ̃ↄↄ sìsi gbɛ̃ↄn kwi à mɛ̀ aa zↄ̃lɛ. 3 Ɔ̃ a ò daɛ fɛ̃̀ɛɛ pↄ́ a aà bopiɛ: Naomi pↄ́ sù ń Mↄabu bùsuo lɛ́ wá vĩ̀i Ɛlimɛlɛki tↄↄlɛ saalo yia. 4 Ɔ̃ má è a maa mà a yã'onɛ, ní lú wá gbɛ̃zↄ̃ↄ pↄ́ zↄ̃lɛa laↄ wáa. Tó ń ye ǹ boɛ, bo. Tó ń ye ǹ bo sↄ̃o, omɛɛ mà ma, asa ḿmɛ ń a boa zɛ́ vĩ. Tó n baa gɛ̃̀, mapi. Ɔ̃ gↄ̃ɛpi mɛ̀: Má bo. 5 Ɔ̃ Bↄazu mɛ̀: Tó n tↄↄlɛpi lù Naomi ń Mↄabu nↄɛ Lutuowa, ńyↄ̃ gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ gà gyaa e lↄ, kɛ́ aà tↄ́ e gↄ̃ a túbiwa. 6 Ɔ̃ daɛ fɛ̃̀ɛɛ gbɛ̃bonapi mɛ̀: Tó màaɛ, má boo, kɛ́ másu mà azĩa túbi ↄ̃̀ↄkpao yã́i. Ǹ n pↄ́ bo, asa má fↄ̃ boo. 7 Isaili bùsuu yãa tó gbɛ̃́ lɛ́ tↄↄlɛ bo ge àlɛ a lɛũkpakɛ, tó àlɛ yã́ midɛ, ì a kyale gba do bↄ à dↄ gbɛ̃́waɛ yã́pi midɛa seela ũ Isailiↄnɛ. 8 Kɛ́ daɛ gbɛ̃bonapi ò Bↄazuɛ aà lú, ↄ̃ à a kyale bↄ̀ a kpà Bↄazuwa.* 9 Ɔ̃ Bↄazu ò gbɛ̃zↄ̃ↄpiↄnɛ ń gbɛ̃́ kĩniↄ píi: Ámɛ á seeladeↄ ũ gbã, ma Ɛlimɛlɛki ń Malonio ń Kilionio pↄ́ↄ lù Naomiwa píi. 10 Ɔ̃ ma Maloni gyaa Lutu, Mↄabu nↄɛ èu nↄ ũ lↄ, kɛ́ gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ gàpi tↄ́ e àↄ ku a túbiwa, kɛ́ aà tↄ́ su ga aà gbɛ̃́ↄ guu ge aà wɛ̃́lɛɛ bee guuo.† Ámɛ á yã́pi seeladeↄ ũ gbã.
11 Ɔ̃ gbɛ̃zↄ̃ↄpiↄ ń gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ kú bↄlɛ guuↄ píi mɛ̀: Wámɛ wá a seeladeↄ ũ. Dii to nↄɛ pↄ́ lɛ́ gɛ̃ n uapi gↄ̃ lán Lasɛli ń Leaowa.‡ An pla ḿpii aamɛ aa Isailiↄ kàlɛ. Aà to n gbãa àↄ kã́fĩ Ɛflata bùsuu, ní tↄbↄ Bɛtɛlɛũ. 12 Dii to bui pↄ́ á kpama ń nↄɛpioↄ aa gↄ̃ lán Pɛlɛzi pↄ́ Tamaa ì ń Yudao§ buiↄwa.
Davidi buibↄkĩi
13 Ɔ̃ Bↄazu Lutu sɛ̀ a nↄ ũ. À wùlɛaànↄ, ↄ̃ Dii aà gbà nↄ, ↄ̃ à nɛ'ì gↄ̃ɛ ũ. 14 Ɔ̃ nↄɛↄ ò Naomiɛ: Wa Dii sáaukɛ̀, i n to bonasai gbão. Nɛ́pi tↄbↄ Isailiↄ guu. 15 A n nↄ̀sɛ níninɛ, i n gwa n zikũ guu, asa n nɛ́ gyaa pↄ́ yenzi mɛ́ a maanɛ dɛ nɛgↄ̃ɛ gbɛ̃ↄn soplaↄla mɛ́ nɛ'ì. 16 Ɔ̃ Naomi nɛ́pi sɛ̀ a kpà a kùɛ, à gↄ̃̀ aà gwana ũ. 17 Ɔ̃ nↄɛ pↄ́ kú weↄ mɛ̀: Wà nɛgↄ̃ɛ ì Naomiɛ. Ɔ̃ aa tↄkpàɛ̀ Ɔbɛdi. Ɔ̃mɛ Yɛse mae, Davidi dezi ũ.
18 Pɛlɛzi buiↄ tↄ́n kɛ:
Pɛlɛzi mɛ́ Ɛzↄ̃nↄ ì,
19 Ɛzↄ̃nↄ Laũ ì, Laũ Aminadabu ì,
20 Aminadabu Naasↄ̃ ì, Naasↄ̃ Salamↄ ì,
21 Salamↄ Bↄazu ì, Bↄazu Ɔbɛdi ì,
22 Ɔbɛdi Yɛse ì, Yɛse Davidi ì.*
* 4:8 Iko 25.9 † 4:10 Iko 25.5-6 ‡ 4:11 Daa 29.31 § 4:12 Daa 38.29 * 4:22 Mat 1.3-5, Luk 3.31-33