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{\MTB Ẹkwo k'ẹto,

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\par }\OneChap {\PP \VerseOne{1}Ẹkwo-ozi ọwaa shi l'ẹka mubẹ onye e meru ọgurenya chọchi. Onye mu ede iya anụ bụ onye ono, mu yeru obu ono, bụ iya bụ Gáyọsu; okfu lẹ mu l'iya tụkowaru bya amaru ọkpobe okfu ono.


\par }{\PP \VS{2}Ọnya mu; mu ekfujekwa anụ Nchileke t'o mekwaa t'iphemiphe ọbule dụru ngu lẹ mma; yo mekwaaphu t'ọ bụru ẹhu-ba-dụ-mma nwẹnkinyi bụ iphe ụko iya a-dụje ngu; mbụ ẹge mu mawaru-a l'ọgbodo ndzụ ngu ono, nọ l'ime obu ngu ono bẹ ẹhu dụkwaphu mma.

\VS{3}Ẹhu tsọru mu ẹna nshinu teke o nweru ụnwunna, byaru bya akọoru mu l'i vudoshikwaduru-a ike l'ọkpuberu okfu ono; ndzụ ngu l'ọ ha abụkotaleruphu ndzụ ire-lanụ.

\VS{4}Ẹ to nwekwa iphe ọdo, a-kajẹfua mu ome t'ẹhu tsọ mu ẹna; t'a gụfu lẹ mu nụru l'ụnwu mu; bẹ ndzụ ẹphe bụkotalephu ndzụ ire-lanụ.


\par }{\SH Aaja Gáyọsu ajaja
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{\PP \VS{5}Ọnya mu; iikoshijekwa l'ọ gbaru t'e gude ire ngu ẹka l'iphe iimekpooru ụnwunna ayi; mbụkpo jeye mẹ ụnwunna, byaru abyabya.

\VS{6}Ẹphe kọru chọchi-wa kẹ n-yemobu nke ngu. Byiko; yejekwaru ẹphe ẹka teke ẹphe gbeshiru ije ẹphe. Mejekpelekwaruphu ẹphe iphe jiru Nchileke ẹpho.

\VS{7}Lẹ keshinu ẹphe gbeshiru ije k'okfu ẹhu Kuráyisutu b'ẹ to nwekwa iphe ẹphe kwejewaru nata l'ẹka ndu ẹ-ta bụdu ndu kẹ Kuráyisutu.

\VS{8}Ọo ya bụ lẹ ndu dụ ẹge ono bẹ gbaru t'ayi yejeru ẹka; t'ọ bụru iya bụ l'ayi l'ẹphe tụko gbaru mgba l'eje ozi kẹ ọkpobe okfu ono.


\par }{\SH Dayótirifisu; mẹ Dimítiriyọsu
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{\PP \VS{9}O nweru nwẹkwo-ozi, mu deru nụ chọchi; ọbu lẹ Dayótirifisu, bụ onye woru onwiya dobe l'ishi te eyeduru mu ọnu.

\VS{10}Ọo ya bụ lẹ mu -bya bẹ mu e-wofuta iphe oomeebe, bụ iya bụ mkpọkoro okfu, eshije iya l'ọnu, oogudeje adzụshi ẹjo-ire ekpu ayi. Onanu te dzu iya; yo gbeshi ọdo; bya ajịka t'ụnwunna ba abya t'ẹphe lẹ ndu chọchi jịa; bya akpọshikwaphu ụnwunna t'ẹphe lẹ ndu chọchi ba jị; bya ebufu ẹphe lẹ chọchi.


\par }{\PP \VS{11}Ọnya mu; ba mụkwa ẹka ẹjo iphe; mụkwaa ẹka iphe-ọma. Ọ kwa onye eme ọhuma bụ kẹ Nchileke. Onye eme ẹji ta phụbukwaa Nchileke.


\par }{\PP \VS{12}Dimítiriyọsu bẹ ọnu wụkoru l'ome-ọhuma nk'iya. Ọ kwaphụ ẹge ono bẹ ọkpobe okfu ono l'onwiya aja iya; ayịbedua l'onwayi l'ajakwa iya phụ. Unubẹdua marua l'ajaja, ayi aja iya bẹ bụkwa oswi-okfu.


\par }{\SH Ekele mkpọ-chi ishi iya
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{\PP \VS{13}Iphe, mu ga e-de hakwa l'igwe; ọbu l'ẹ tọ bụdu mkpịshi-ẹkwo; mẹ mini-ẹkwo bẹ mu e-gude dekotaru ngu iya.

\VS{14}Mu arịkwa lẹ mu ta anọhedu ọphu baru ishi; mu akpakfuta ngu; mu lẹ nggu ekfugbawaru l'ifu l'ifu.


\par }{\PP \VS{15}T'ẹhu dụkwa ngu agu.

\par }{\PP Ọ̀nyà ngu phẹ ajịkwa ngu phụ. Jịkwaaruphu ayi ndu ọ̀nyà ayi phẹ l'ẹhu l'ẹhu-o.

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