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Thi a tɨnɨ ŋkuoŋ nnu ŋa Minnwi chhu nɛ
1 Nthɛ yie ghɔ, a pie ŋa p̂ia ya mfɛ ndɨɨ yia mbīgi ni yaoŋ ŋa pia ni njaʼo nɛ, kaŋ minthɛ nɛ pia lərə ndɔllɔ ŋkuoŋ ghɔ. 2 Nthɛ ŋa ŋkɨ̀nɨ Minnwi* ŋa ghaŋ ntaoŋ Minnwi ni māʼaŋ nɛ, ni nōoŋ ŋa ŋoŋ nthɛ a yɨʼə noŋ yi ŋkuoŋ ghɔ, ŋguoŋ ndɨɨ ŋa ŋoŋ chwīe nnu ŋa a lɔ njiʼi ŋkāʼo nɛ, ki ntɨnɨthɔ nɛ, a fāʼo njɔ́ nɔ haʼaŋ a kāʼo nɛ. 3 Ti minthɛ pia tei kiʼɛ pi nɛiŋ nɔ haʼaŋ p̈ia mieŋ ki tigi thɔ yia ŋkuoŋ ŋkiɛŋ shɛndaoŋ lūgu nu yei? A ni mfǔoŋ Taathɔ nchīi lūgu nu yei, pa ŋgwa pɛ ŋa pugu ni njaʼo nɛ nōoŋ ni pia ŋa a yie ghɔ shini. 4 Minnwi ŋkaa yu ni mbɔ miŋkwentie pa nnu pighɔ, ntɔgɔ pi ŋkuoŋ pa lì ŋa a ni nōoŋ pugu pa nnu ghraoghrao ŋa a ni nchwīe, pugu pa ŋkwaŋ ŋkwaŋ nnu ghrɨ́ ŋa a ni nchwīe nu pugu pa fɛ́ mooŋ Jijwɛ, ŋa a ni ŋgrā ŋkwaŋ nɔ haʼaŋ a khwā nɛ.
Ŋoŋ ŋa lūgu nu yia llɔ mbhɔ yu nɛ
5 Minnwi shini ndɔ njiʼi nūʼɔŋ pi ghaŋ ntaoŋ pi ŋa pugu shaʼa mbhi fhi ŋa a thɔ nu nɛ, mbɔ mbhi yɛ ŋa pia chrā nu nthɛ yie nɛ. 6 Nɔ haʼaŋ pi chhu yichəɨ lɨʼɨ moŋ Ŋwaʼaŋlɨ Minnwi nɛ,
“Ŋoŋmishua pɔ pi khɔ ŋa ɔ chhɔ mbīʼi pi ju
ki Muuŋ Ŋoŋmishua ŋa ɔ lɨna nu ni ju?
7 Ɔ chwīe vi nɔ muuŋ kuo ndɨɨ a pɔ njiŋ ghaŋ ntaoŋ pɔ.
Ɔ shhɔ̄ vi ni ŋkie ndighaʼo pugu pa pɔ nu chɨɨchɨɨ,†
8 nūʼɔŋ vi ŋa a shaʼa ju ŋguoŋ yaoŋ ghao.”
Nɔ nūʼɔŋ nu vi ŋa a thɔ nshaʼa ŋguoŋ yaoŋ ghao, njiŋ yi pɔ ŋa yichəɨ yaoŋ lɔ njiʼi mbɔ fɔ ŋa a lɔ njiʼi nthɔ nshaʼa ju. Ndɔ ti ndwɛ nɛiŋ, pia lɔ njiʼi njəɨ vi a chhɔ nshaʼa ŋguoŋ yaoŋ ghao. 9 Ndɔ ndwɛ, pia yəɨ pi ju ŋa pi chwīe vi nɔ muuŋ kuo ndɨɨ a pɔ njiŋ pa ghaŋ ntaoŋ Minnwi nɛ, mbɔ Jishɔ. Pi shhɔ̄ vi ni ŋkie ndighaʼo pugu pa ghaʼo nu nthɛ ŋgəʼɨ gu ŋa a ni ntɔgɔ moŋ ghɔ nɛ. Yie ghɔ ni mbhɔ nɛnnɛ ŋa ntɔgɔ ŋkuoŋ pwapuŋ Minnwi minthɛ a khu gu nɔ ligi ŋguoŋ ŋgwa ghao.
10 Nthɛ ŋa a ni ŋkāʼo ŋa ju ŋa ŋguoŋ yaoŋ pɔ nthɛ pi ju ndɔ ndhɔ pi mbhɔ yu nɛ chwīe Jishɔ pɔ ki ntəɨ ntɔgɔ pi moŋ yəɨ nu ŋgəʼɨ. Yei pɔ pi nɔ chwīe nu ntou ŋgwa fāʼo ndighaʼo. Jishɔ ju ŋa a chuʼɔ shɛndaoŋ kie nu ndūgu, ndɔ ŋgɛ̄rɛ ŋgwa ŋgə̄ɨ nɔ fɔ nɛ. 11 Ju ŋa a shɨ̄gao ŋgwa ŋa pugu pɔ yi taoŋtaoŋ nɛ pugu ju ghɔ ŋa pi shɨ̄gao vi ŋa a pɔ yi taoŋtaoŋ nɛ llɔ pi moŋ taʼa ndaaŋoŋ. A chwīe yie ghɔ paʼa a lɔ njiʼi mfāʼo lrithɔ nɔ mɛ̄iŋ nu vugu ni pa lǐŋ pi, 12 nchhu nu ŋa,
“Ǹshi nchīi ligi yɔ ni pa lǐŋ paŋ,
shi njrāo ŋkhǐ ŋgaʼo ligi yɔ moŋ kɨrɨ yugu.”
13 Ŋkamuʼɔŋ a pɨnɨ nchhu ŋa, “Ǹshi njɨʼə noŋ a pi mbɨŋ yu.” A pɨnɨ nchhu ŋkamuʼɔŋ ŋa, “M̀bɔ nɛiŋ hɛiŋ pigi pa puoŋ pɛ ŋa Minnwi fɛ vəɨ nɛ.”
14 Nthɛ ŋa pa puoŋ pɔ pi ŋgwamishua ni frɛinoŋ pugu pa chhǐ nɛ, Jishɔ ŋkaa yu ni mbɔ ŋoŋmishua nɔ pugu, nnɛ ŋa ntɔgɔ pi ŋkuoŋ khu nu mi, minthɛ a pɨrɨ ŋoŋ ŋa a fāʼo ghrɨ́ gu nɛ, mbɔ devɨ, 15 nnɛ mfuʼu ŋgwa pɛ ŋa pugu ni ŋkɨna moŋ ŋkɨ̌ɨ moŋ ŋguoŋ chɔmbhi yugu ghao nthɛ pɔgɔ nu ŋa pugu shi ŋkhu nɛ.
16 Nthɛ ŋa shishini, a lɔ njiʼi ŋgɛ̄rɛ pi ghaŋ ntaoŋ Minnwi, a ghɛ̄rɛ pi mbhɛ̌ yaoŋ Abrahaŋ. 17 Nthɛ yie ghɔ, a ni mbie ŋa pi chwīe vi a pɔ nɔ lǐŋ pi moŋ ŋguoŋ shɛndaoŋ ghao, nji ŋa minthɛ a pɔ ŋkiɛŋ Taathɔ pa Thishɨ Ghaŋ Fɛʼiŋgiɛŋ ŋa a fāʼo kwoshɨnɨ ndɔ mfāʼo niʼiŋ njùʼɔ moŋ fāʼa nu fàʼa Minnwi. Nnɛ minthɛ a fɛ yaoŋ fɛʼiŋgiɛŋ ŋa a shi nshɨ̄gao phɨ ŋgwa nɛ. 18 Nthɛ ŋa ju nduthɔ yi gha kwo yəɨ ŋgəʼɨ ndɨɨ ŋa pi mōoŋ vi nɛ, a fāʼo ghrɨ́ nɔ ghɛ̄rɛ nu ŋgwa pɛ ŋa mōoŋ nu thɔ nu ni pugu nɛ.
* 2:2 Ŋkɨ̀nɨ yei hɛiŋ pɔ pi gɨ́ Mushi. Pa ŋgwa Juu ni nji yugu ŋa Gɨ́ ghɔ ni mfɛ Minnwi ni Mushi ntɔgɔ pi mbhɔ pa ghaŋ ntaoŋ pi. † 2:7 Pi pīgi moŋ pichəɨ pa Ŋwaʼaŋlɨ Minnwi llɛshhɨ ŋa Ɔ nūʼɔŋ vi ŋa a lɨna nu ni ŋguoŋ yaoŋ ŋa ɔ ni nchwīe nɛ.