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Osuusunu ongwi esho
1 Ngwi ungwɔnɛ wa nyɛ nɛ, ani ndinɛ, ta mmana mi iyayi mgbi ani onufozu lasisa mi esho. Man ela ngwi ani teyi fwo le gbɔdzɛ yi ani dafi agba ma gbɛɛ, <<Ba esho mmɛnɛni, ta n ka tso abu ungwɔ nka kyɔ onɔ ngwi ungwɔnɛ wa nyɛ mani.>> 2 Labɔ mata ani dzɛ mi Onodzi, man inggisɛ sɔdzɛ itsuutɔ mgbi Imgbasho wa dzɛkɛ inɛ mbi ani. 3 Ongwu ndi sɔdzɛ mmana ma odzɛɛdzɛ mgban dzɛ dafi ikwutsɛ onyina-nyina bɛyi ikwutsɛ nli omuma gloglo mani. Mmbwo olowa, nlu ikwutsɛ ngwi dzɛ yi enotse dafi indrakpakpa kwɔkwɔ, loka wo itsuutɔ nani. 4 Itsuutɔ angbeka nghi osudenɛ kpakɛkɛ wo itsuutɔ nani, engyukwo osudenɛ di sɔto efu tsatsadu. A wo angwuto onzundzɛ di tukwu okpapyi abashi mi ikye mgbi ama. 5 Mi itsuutɔ na mmbwo naabɔ tɔ, kwadu, akpala di gbo. Ola ipitila nghi egyafa tole gbɛ mi iyayi itsuutɔ nani. Ngwi li onodzi egyafa mgbi Imgbasho mani. 6 Mi iyayi itsuutɔ na ungwɔ oka di dzɛ ele dafi onekyoo idzinggi, gbosa dafi ikwutsɛ ola mani sɔdzɛ idzidzɛ.
Adan owamyɛ nghi enɛ ngwu dzɛ yi inɛ mi iyayi bɛyi iyikpa loka wo itsuutɔ nani. 7 Adan owamyɛ ongwu ababɔ ma dzɛ dafi ugaba, ongwu fan dzɛ dafi mnda ngwi a won elozu, ongwu ta dzɛ yi inɛ dafi inggisɛ, ongwu nɛ dzɛ dafi uyɛɛ nle bulu mani. 8 Ali atta owamyɛ enɛ ntona dzɛ yi asha egyin yi inɛ kpatsɛ ele, kwo yi asha mgban mi esɛ kpaa. Onɔ yi otu duu a yama kwulɛsɛ ogbɛɛ:
<<Osaan, osaan, osaan
li Otsɛ Imgbasho onghaangha,
ongwu nteyi dzɛ, di dzɛ onɛnɛ, dika dzɛ nghataa gyegwu ba.>>
9 Alonɔ ni atta owamyɛ ntona kye okwɔkwɔ yi mmwɛ bɛyi angba nu ongwu nsɔdzɛ itsuutɔ di dzɛ oshishe gyegwu-gyegwu na, 10 engyukwo osudenɛ ntona li tukwukɛ esɛ nu ongwu nsɔdzɛ itsuutɔ na, di sunu ongwu ndzɛ oshishe gyegwu-gyegwu nani. A li gbe okpapyi mgbi ama lakiyayi itsuutɔ si gbɛɛ:
11 <<Abu mɛ, Otsɛ bɛyi Imgbasho mgbi eyi,
ogbɛ okwɔkwɔ yi mmwɛ bɛyi mfye,
lubana abu ta alungwɔ duu,
ma mi oweka mgbi abu a ta ma
di dzɛ mi odzɛɛdzɛ mgbi ama aani.>>