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1 Abi eni wẹwẹ ali Ẹshinẹgba e ga a gbe akanya oghuo, anye lema ẹ, a khi zẹ ni a mie okhale oyi Ẹshinẹgba shi afuẹ. 2 Irari khi Ẹshinẹgba ọọ liẹ,
“Abi ẹghẹghẹ ni mhi rọ ya
riẹlẹ isomhelemhi na ẹ,
o rọ ramhi,
mhi ri esọ shi ẹ ekẹ,
abi ogbẹlẹ imiepfuese
oyẹẹ o rọ ramhi,
mhi kpaghiẹ ẹ obọ.”
Mhi gueyẹ ẹ khi memena o khi ẹghẹghẹ isomhelemhi, amo khi ogbẹlẹ imiepfuese.*
3 Anye ẹa ya pfi ọzuodẹ shi ọgbọkhọghuo odẹ, ini ẹgbọ e khi mẹ emini ọa ti okhọghuo gue shi akanya oyi Ẹshinẹgba ni anye ẹ gbe. 4 Ama abi ighumha eyi Ẹshinẹgba ni anye khi, eri anye ri emini anye khi khasẹ odẹkhodẹ, abi anye li ri egbe mie osoli ali umhamẹ ali iyese-udu-a. 5 A gbe anye itali, a gbo mu anye shi ọgba-ighumha, a la onyaghu kuale anye utse, anye gbe akanya agbeghua, anye mhuẹ umha-ke-lẹsẹ ali okiamhi.† 6 Ama anye kie la elemhi ipfuasẹ ali ilẹsẹ, ali irabọmudu ali isomhelemhi, rọte Ayẹmhẹ-nọ-pfuasẹ ali inono ni o rọte udu igẹsikia lasele. 7 Anye ẹ ngme ingmemhi igẹsikia, ali ekpabọ oyi Ẹshinẹgba o la anye egbe ẹ gbe akanya. Akhegbe oyanye khi iguẹ-ngeli odalo oyi Ẹshinẹgba, abi ọkhọli-okhuẹ ọ liẹ mu itsua okhọli mhuẹ obita ali ọgobọ. 8 A ri ekpẹ na anye a gbo yẹghẹ anye-a, a ngme onete oyanye, a gbo ngme onobe oyanye. Anye ẹgbọ igẹsikia, a lu anye elo-ẹgbhuẹ, 9 E li anye abi eni aa lẹsẹ, ama a kie lẹsẹ anye, a li anye abinẹ khi eni e ghuloa anye khi, ama, a mẹ ọli mẹ khi anye kie la agbọ. A na anye osoli ama aa gbolo anye-a, 10 Anye mhọli iyese-elemhi-a, ama anye kiele e ghẹlẹ, anye li abi eni ẹa mhuẹ, ama eri anye ri ebubu ẹgbọ khi eni e pfue. Anye li abi eni ẹa mhọli emhi khọghuo, ama emhikpa anye mhuẹ.
11 Ẹgbọ iKọriti, anye she ri igẹsikia nu ẹ ngme, anye khueghie udu oyi anye-a gbodogio deba ẹ. 12 Anye ẹa ti egbe je ukhokho inono ni anye mhọli na ẹẹ, ẹẹ tsẹ áà ke nono anye. 13 Irarighọ, mhi nu ẹ ngme abi eniyẹ eyẹmhẹ, a li mhọli usamhi nabi anye sa deba ẹ na anye. A khueghie udu oyẹ ẹ-a na anye gbodogio.
14 Khi zẹ ni u nu ọni ọa miesuọ ke riẹlẹ emhi kugbe. Sẹ, igẹsikia ali ẹgbhọli e li guẹ la asheghuo kugbe? Elọ o ku ákpá ali obili gbe? 15 Elọ e ku iKirisiti ali Ọkphaghiẹ? Abi elọ ọni ọ miesuọ ali ọni ọa miesuọ e mhọli kugbe? 16 Ilama-kugbe onoghuo o la Owa Oyi Ẹshinẹgba ali ikhumhi ọ? Irari khi Owa Oyi Ẹshinẹgba ni ọ la ọ, awa khi, ẹzẹzẹ abi Ẹshinẹgba ọ ngme ọli khi,
“Mhi ya la wẹ elemhi,
mhi la wẹ iteva a kia,
mhi khi Ẹshinẹgba ọyẹwẹ,
wẹwẹ e khi ẹgbọ eyẹmhẹ.”‡
17 “Irarighọ, a rọte wẹ iteva lasele,
ni a khi ọda shi wẹ ọ,
ali a khi ri obọ ti
emini ọa pfuasẹ,
ẹghẹghẹ aghọ
ni mhi ti ẹ mama egbe.”
Ẹshinẹgba Ọnọmhuẹ nọ funẹ nya,
ọ ngme na.§
18 “Mhi ya khi ita ẹ,
ẹẹ a khi imimhẹ
emọse ali ikpotso.”
Ẹshinẹgba Ọnọmhuẹ nọ funẹ nya
ọ ngme na.*
* 6:2 Li zẹ Aza 49.8 † 6:5 Li zẹ Ika 16.23 ‡ 6:16 Li zẹ iLẹv 26.12; Ezik 37.27; 1 iKọri 3.16; 6.19 § 6:17 Li zẹ Aza 52.11 * 6:18 Li zẹ 2 iSam 7.14; 1 Okhẹ 17.13; Aza 43.6; iJere 31.9