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Kúlɛa Luaɛ musu
1 A gbɛa ma zɛ è wɛ̃a luabɛ. Ɔ̃ ma lↄↄ pↄ́ má mà káau lán kã̀ae'ↄwa mà lↄ à mɛ̀: Mↄ la, mí yã́ pↄ́ a mↄ bee gbɛa ↄlↄnɛ. 2 Wegↄ̃ↄ Lua Nisĩna dɛ̀dɛa, ↄ̃ ma kpalabaa è luabɛ we, gbɛ̃e zↄ̃lɛwa. 3 Gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ zↄ̃lɛwapi lɛ́ tɛkɛ lán gbɛ̀ bɛɛɛde pↄ́ wì mɛ diamaa ń saadↄaniowa. Nàali liaa kpalabaapizi, a í dɛ búunnↄ lán ɛmɛlodiwa.* 4 Kpalabaa mɛ̀n baasↄo mɛ̀ndosaiↄ liaai, gbɛ̃zↄ̃ↄ gbɛ̃ↄn baasↄo mɛ̀ndosaiↄ zↄ̃lɛzↄ̃lɛwà. Aa pↄ́ pua dadaa, aa vua fùa kpákpaa. 5 Lou lɛ́ pílɛ, àlɛ bↄ kpalabaapi kĩ́i, àlɛ pũna, àlɛ vĩ.† Filia naa kpalabaapi aɛ mɛ̀n sopla‡ Lua Nisĩna mɛ̀n soplapiↄ ũ. 6 Díi da kpalabaapi aɛ lán ísiwa, a da wásawasa e a guu.§
Kpalabaaↄ zãnguo pↄ́ bɛ̃́ɛ mɛ̀n síiↄ̃ↄ liaa kpalabaapizi. Wɛ́ fĩfĩmá kpɛ ń aɛo. 7 Pↄ́ bɛ̃́ɛpiↄ sɛ̃́ia bↄ̀ nↄ̀ↄmusuwa, a plaade bↄ̀ gáaewa, a àaↄ̃de oa bↄ̀ gbɛ̃nazĩna oawa, a síiↄ̃de bↄ̀ kúu pↄ́ lɛ́ vuawa.* 8 Pↄ́ bɛ̃́ɛ mɛ̀n síiↄ̃piↄ baade gã̀sĩa vĩ mɛ̀n soolosoolo. Wɛ́ fĩfĩ an gã̀sĩapiↄwa a guu ń a kpɛo.† Fãanɛ ń gwãasĩnao aaìↄ o láasai:
Kuaadoade, kuaadoade, kuaadoade,
Dii Lua Gbãapiide.‡
A ku yãa, a ku tia, mɛ́ àlɛ mↄ́.
9 Tó pↄ́ bɛ̃́ɛ mɛ̀n síiↄ̃piↄ gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ zↄ̃lɛa báawa ìↄ ku gↄↄpiipi tↄbↄ̀ aa bɛɛɛ dↄ̃̀ɛ̀ aa aà sáaukpà, 10 gbɛ̃zↄ̃ↄ gbɛ̃ↄn baasↄo mɛ̀ndosaipiↄ ì wúlɛwulɛ aà aɛ aa misiilɛɛ̀, aaì ń fùa gogo kálɛ kpalabaapi aɛ, aaì mɛ:
11 Dii wá Lua, n ka wà n tↄbↄ,
wí bɛɛɛ ń gbãao dↄ̃nɛ,
asa n pↄ́pii kɛ̀,
an kɛa ń ń kuao dɛ n pↄeã ũɛ.
* 4:3 Eze 1.26-28 † 4:5 Bↄa 19.16 ‡ 4:5 Eze 1.13, Zkl 4.2 § 4:6 Eze 1.22 * 4:7 Eze 1.5-10 † 4:8 Eze 1.18, 10.12 ‡ 4:8 Isa 6.2-3