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1 Dɛa Yuda ũ kã́fĩa kpele a vĩi? Ài kpele tↄ̃zↄ̃a vĩi? 2 A kã́fĩa vĩ zↄ̃ↄ yã́pii guu. Sɛ̃́ia gĩa Lua a yã́ nànɛ́ ń ↄzĩɛ. 3 Kɛ́ an gbɛ̃eↄ náai vĩo, bↄ́ a vĩi? An náaisai mɛ́ a Lua náai bãdɛa? 4 Ó! Aawo! Lua náai vĩ, baa kɛ́ gbɛ̃́piiá ɛɛdeɛ, lá a kɛ̃a láuwa wà mɛ̀:
Tó n yã'ò, n yã́ aↄ zɛvĩ,
tó wà yã́kpalɛkɛ̀nnↄ, n yã́ a ble.*
5 Tó wá vãikɛ lɛ́ Lua maakɛ bↄ gupuau, bↄ́ yã́ wá oi? Wá o Lua yã́ zɛvĩo, kɛ́ ì pↄkũmabↄbↄwá yã́i yã̀? Gbɛ̃nazĩna yã'oa ↄ̃ málɛ owa. 6 O! Aawo! Tó Lua yã́ zɛvĩo, kpelewa a fↄ̃ yã́kpalɛkɛ ń dṹniaoi? 7 Gbɛ̃e a mɛ, tó a ɛɛdekɛ lɛ́ Lua náai kã́fĩ mɛ́ àlɛ aà tↄbↄ, bↄ́yãi a yãdaaàla lán duunkɛnawai? 8 Tó ń ò màa ńlɛ mɛ wà yãvãikɛ, yãmaa i bↄu. Gbɛ̃eↄ ma tↄbɛ̃ɛsì aa mɛ̀ màa mi o. Lua yãdaanla kↄ̃sìńnↄ.
Gbɛ̃e maao
9 Too! Wá Yudaↄ wá sã̀ↄ yã̀? Aawo bá! Asa ma bↄbↄ ń Yudaↄ ń buipãleↄ píi kↄ̀, ampiiá duuna zↄↄnɛ. 10 A kɛ̃a Lua taalau wà mɛ̀:
Gbɛ̃e maao, baa do.
11 Laaidee kuo, luakĩiwɛɛlɛnae kuo.
12 Aa pã̀alɛ ḿpii, aa fↄkpà,
yãmaakɛnae kuo, baa do.†
13 An nↄ̀sɛ dɛ lán kaadↄɛmbɛwaɛ.
Aaì lɛnakasanɛ́,
mlɛ̃̀ sɛwɛ kú ń lɛ́u,‡
14 yã́'ĩi ń gbɛ̃́kaao mɛ́ ń lɛ́ pà.§
15 Aa wãa ń gbɛ̃dɛao,
16 aaì músi ń pↄsiao kpáńzi,
17 aa aafia zɛ́ dↄ̃o,*
18 aa Lua vĩa vĩo.†
19 Wá dↄ̃ kɛ́ Lua ikoyã píi dɛ gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ kú a ↄzĩↄ yã́ ũɛ, kɛ́ gbɛ̃́pii lɛ́ gↄ̃ kpaaũa, dṹnia gbɛ̃́pii i gↄ̃ tàaede ũ Luaɛ. 20 Asa gbɛ̃e a bↄ maa Luaɛ ikoyãpi kũa yã́io.‡ Lua ikoyã mɛ́ ì to wà duuna dↄ̃.
Lá Lua ì to yã́ bↄńnↄ na
21 Lá Lua ì to yã́ bↄńnↄ na bↄ̀ gupuau sa, lá a yã́ kú Mↄizi ikoyã ń ãnabiↄ láↄ guuwa. I kɛ aà ikoyã kũa yã́ no. 22 Lua ì to yã́ bↄńnↄ na Yesu Kilisi náaikɛa yã́iɛ. Gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ lɛ́ aà náaikɛ píi yã́ɛ, asa gbɛ̃e adoo. 23 Gbɛ̃́pii duunakɛ̀, ↄ̃ aa kɛ̃̀sã Lua gawii. 24 Lua ì to yã́ bↄńnↄ na gba ũ a gbɛ̃kɛ yã́i ń Kilisi Yesu pↄ́ ń bó gbãao. 25 Aàpi Lua kpà duuna awakpabↄ ũ gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ aalɛ aà au náaikɛↄnɛ, kɛ́ à ↄlↄ gbɛ̃́piiɛ i yãkɛ a zɛ́waɛ. À mɛnakɛ̀ yãa, i duun ziↄ yãdao, 26 ↄ̃ tia kɛ́wa a ↄ̀lↄnɛ́ i yãkɛ a zɛ́wa. Beewa Lua ì yãkɛ a zɛ́wa mɛ́ ì to yã́ bↄ ń Yesu náaikɛnaↄ na lↄ.
27 Lá màaɛ, gbɛ̃nazĩna a fↄ̃ ĩ́anadã lↄe? Bee kuo. Bↄ́yãi ni? Kɛ́ a dɛ yãkɛa yã́ ũo, Yesu náaikɛa yã́ɛ yã́i. 28 Asa má è Lua ì to yã́ bↄ ń gbɛ̃́o na aà Luapi náaikɛa yã́iɛ, ikoyãkũa ku a guuo. 29 Luaá Yudaↄ Luaɛ ńdoa? Buipãleↄ Luan sↄ̃oa? Ao, buipãleↄ Luaɛ lↄ. 30 Asa Lua mɛ̀ndoɛ.§ A to yã́ bↄ ń gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ tↄ̃zↄ̃̀o na a náai pↄ́ àlɛ kɛ yã́iɛ, mɛ́ a to yã́ bↄ ń gyafↄↄdeo na a náai doũpi musu lↄ. 31 Wálɛ ikoyã bãdɛ ń luanaaikɛao yã̀? Màa no, wálɛ a kpɛlaɛ.
* 3:4 Soũ 51.6 † 3:12 Soũ 14.1-3 ‡ 3:13 Soũ 5.10, 140.3 § 3:14 Soũ 10.7 * 3:17 Isa 59.7-8 † 3:18 Soũ 36.1 ‡ 3:20 Soũ 143.2, Gal 2.16 § 3:30 Iko 6.4