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Gbãakpaa Lua yã́wa
1 Báaadeↄn gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ aa ku tàaesai
aa Dii ikoyã kũaↄ ũ.
2 Báaadeↄn gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ aaì Dii yã'onɛ ma
aaì aà kĩ́i wɛɛlɛ ń nↄ̀sɛmɛndooↄ ũ.
3 Aali yãkpaanlakɛo,
aaì aà dↄ̀ↄ sɛ́.
4 N n ↄtondↄkĩi ↄ̀lↄwɛ̃ɛ,
kɛ́ wàↄ tɛi ń laaio.
5 Má ye màↄ ku ma dↄ̀ↄwaɛ,
míↄ n yãdilɛnɛↄ kũa.
6 Tó má n yãdilɛaↄ kũa píi,
bee a to wí ma kũo.
7 Gↄↄ pↄ́ málɛ n yãmaapiↄ dada,
má n sáaukpa ń nↄ̀sɛpuaoɛ.
8 Máↄ n yãdilɛnɛↄ kũaɛ,
ńsu ma to we míↄmiↄo.
9 Kpelewa ɛ̀waaso a kɛ àↄ ku gbãlɛsaii?
Sema aà yãkɛa kpaaĩ ń n yã́o.
10 Málɛ n kĩ́i wɛɛlɛ ń nↄ̀sɛmɛndoo,
ńsu to mà pãalɛ n yãdilɛaↄnɛo.
11 Ma n yã́ dà ma sↄ̃ guu,*
kɛ́ másu duunakɛnɛo yã́i.
12 Ma n sáaukɛ̀, Dii,
ǹ n yãdilɛnɛↄ damɛɛ.
13 N ikoyã pↄ́ bↄ̀ ń lɛ́uↄ píi,
má dau siu nɛ́ɛ.
14 Málɛ pↄnakɛ ń n yã'onɛↄ
lá wì kɛ ń àizɛɛowa.
15 Málɛ n ↄtondↄkĩi wàaipa,
ma làasoo ku n kɛkɛáↄwa.
16 Ma pↄ kɛ̀na n yãdilɛaↄwa,
n yã́ a sãmaguo.
17 Yãmaakɛ mapi n zↄ̀blenaɛ,
mí e màↄ ku màↄ n yã́ kũa.
18 Ma wɛ́ kɛ̃́mɛɛ,
kɛ́ mà wɛsi n ikoyã bↄnsaɛↄlɛ.
19 Bↄ̀mↄn ma ũ dṹnia guu,†
ńsu ǹ n yãdilɛaↄ ulɛmɛɛo.
20 N ikoyãↄ nidɛa gↄↄpii
mɛ́ tò ma nisĩna vùa.
21 Ni waladeↄ lele, ni láaikɛmá,
gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ pã̀alɛ n yãdilɛaↄnɛpiↄ.
22 Ma bↄ sↄ̃́sↄ̃a ń sa pↄ́ aaì kamaguou,
asa má n yã'onɛↄ kũaɛ.
23 Baa kɛ́ kíaↄ zↄ̃̀lɛ lɛkpàaĩmazi,
ma làasoo aↄ ku n yãdilɛnɛↄwaɛ.
24 N yã'onɛↄ mɛ́ ì ma pↄ kɛ na,
n yã́pi mɛ́ ì lɛdaa.
25 Ma nisĩna naa líwa.
Ma misi lá ń òwa.
26 Ma a yãkɛaↄ dↄ̀dↄnɛ, ↄ̃ ń wèa.
Ǹ n yãdilɛnɛↄ damɛɛ.
27 To mà n ↄtondↄkĩiↄ dↄ̃,
ma làasoo iↄ ku n yãbↄnsaɛↄwa.
28 Kua pↄsiau ma nↄ̀sɛ ↄ́ↄlↄ̀.
Ma gba gbãa lá ń òwa.
29 Ma kɛ̃ sã́sãzɛwa,
ní ma gba zɛ́ mà zɛ ń n ikoyão.
30 Ma sĩana zɛ́ sɛ̀,
ma sↄ̃ ìↄ ku n ikoyãwa.
31 Má n yã'onɛↄ kũa ↄplapla.
Dii, ńsu to wí ma kũo.
32 Má wãa ń n yãdilɛaↄ,
asa n ma sↄ̃ dàmɛɛ doũɛ.
33 Dii, ǹ n yãdilɛnɛↄ zɛ́ ↄlↄmɛɛ
màↄ kũa e ma wɛ̃ni lɛ́u.
34 Ma gba ↄ̃nↄ màↄ n ikoyã kũa,
míↄ zĩkɛwà ń nↄ̀sɛmɛndoo.
35 Ma da n yãdilɛaↄ zɛ́u,
asa bee mɛ́ ì kamagu.
36 To ma sↄ̃ ta n yã'onɛↄwa,
asu tá gbɛ̃ble'aiwao.
37 To ma wɛma pↄ́ gianaↄla,
ma lɛ́ ń láo n zɛ́ guu.
38 Yã́ pↄ́ ń ò kɛ mapi n zↄ̀blenaɛ,
lɛ́ pↄ́ ń gbɛ̃̀ n vĩakɛnaↄnɛpi.
39 To sↄ̃́sↄ̃a pↄ́ má a vĩa vĩ gɛ̃ ma swã́ kpɛ,
asa n yãkɛkɛa maaɛ.
40 Má ye n ↄtondↄkĩii fá,
ma lɛ́ ń láo n maakɛa guu.
41 Dii, mↄ gbɛ̃kɛkɛmɛɛ,
ma suaba lá ń òwa,
42 mí yã́zãsi ma sↄ̃̀sↄ̃nawa,
asa málɛ n yã́ náaikɛ.
43 Ńsu to màↄ ku sĩana'oanɛ́ saio,
asa n ikoyãↄ ↄ̃ ma wɛ́ dↄi.
44 Máↄ n ikoyãↄ kũa
za gbã e gↄↄpiiɛ,
45 míↄ bɛ ma laaiwa,
asa ma n ↄtondↄkĩi wɛ̀ɛlɛɛ.
46 Má n yã'onɛↄ o kíaↄnɛ,
wí a ma kũo.
47 N yãdilɛaↄ ì ma pↄ kɛ na,
asa má ye yã́piↄiɛ.
48 Má ye n yãdilɛaↄi ↄ̃ ma ↄdↄi,
mi làasookɛ n yãdilɛnɛↄwa.
49 To yã́ pↄ́ ń ò n zↄ̀blenaɛ dↄngu,
asa ń tò ma wɛ́ dↄiɛ.
50 Ma nↄ̀sɛ ì níni ma taasikɛa guu,
asa n yã́ mɛ́ ì ma lɛ́ ń láo.
51 Waladeↄ lɛ́ ma yáalↄ maamaaɛ,
ń beeo má pãalɛ n ikoyãɛo.
52 Mi làasookɛ n ikoyã yãaↄwa,
ↄ̃ aaì ma nↄ̀sɛ nínimɛɛ, Dii.
53 Ma pↄ ì pa maamaa
vãikɛnaↄ pãkpaa n ikoyãi yã́i.
54 Mi lɛsi n yãdilɛnɛↄ musu
ma kua dṹniau bↄ̀mↄ ũ guu.
55 N yã́ ìↄ dↄmagu gwã́, Dii,
ↄ̃ miↄ n ikoyãↄ kũa.
56 Má yã́ beeↄ dↄ́ɛ dↄ̃,
asa miↄ n ↄtondↄkĩi gwaɛ.
57 Dii mɛ́ ma baa ũ,
ma lɛgbɛ̃̀ ma mɛ̀ má n yãma.
58 Mi awakpanɛ ń nↄ̀sɛmɛndoo,
sùuukɛmanↄ lá ń òwa.
59 Ma a yãkɛaↄ gwà,
ↄ̃ ma n yã́zɛ sɛ̀.
60 Máↄ wãa, má zɛzɛo,
má n yãdilɛaↄ da.
61 Baa tó gbɛ̃vãiↄ ba lìamazi,
n ikoyãↄ sãmaguo.
62 Mi fɛlɛ mà n sáaukpa wɛɛdo
n ikoyã maapiↄ musu.
63 N vĩakɛnaↄ gbɛ̃nan ma ũ,
gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ aaì n ↄtondↄkĩi gwaↄ.
64 Dii, n gbɛ̃kɛ dṹnia pà.
Ǹ n yãdilɛnɛↄ damɛɛ.
65 N maakɛ̀ mapi n zↄ̀blenaɛ,
lá ń òwa, Dii.
66 Wɛzɛ̃ ń dↄ̃ao damɛɛ,
asa ma n yãdilɛaↄ sìɛ.
67 E ǹyↄ̃ gɛ́ ↄtↄ̃ↄlɛia, má sã́sãaɛ,
ãma tiasa má n yã́ kũa.
68 Ń maa mɛ́ ni yãmaakɛ.
Ǹ n yãdilɛnɛↄ damɛɛ.
69 Baa kɛ́ waladeↄ yã́sia lì wa nànaa,
miↄ n ↄtondↄkĩi gwa ń nↄ̀sɛmɛndooɛ.
70 An swã́ yìaa, aa sↄũkũ̀,
mapi sↄ̃ ma pↄ na n ikoyãwa.
71 N ↄtↄ̃ↄlɛaa kɛ̀ maaɛ,
asa ma e ma n yãdanɛↄ dàdaɛ.
72 Ikoyã pↄ́ lɛ́ bↄ n lɛ́u maamɛɛ
dɛ vua ń ã́nusu ↄwatɛ̃ ↄ̀aa sↄoↄla.
73 N ↄ mɛ́ ma ikàsa, ↄ̃ n ma kɛ.
Ma gba ↄ̃nↄ mà n yãdilɛaↄ dada.
74 Tó n vĩakɛnaↄ ma e, an pↄ ì kɛ na,
asa n yã́ ↄ̃ ma wɛ́ dↄi.
75 Dii, má dↄ̃ kɛ́ n ikoyãↄ maa,
kɛ́ ń náai vĩ yã́i ↄ̃ n ↄtↄ̃̀ↄlɛa.
76 Gbɛ̃kɛkɛmɛɛ, ma nↄ̀sɛ i níni,
lá ń ò mapi n zↄ̀blenaɛwa.
77 Mↄ ǹ wɛ̃nadↄ̃mɛɛ màↄ ku aafia,
asa n ikoyãↄ mɛ́ ma pↄnakɛbↄ ũ.
78 To wí waladeↄ kṹ, asa aa yãdↄ̀aɛ,
mí làasookɛ n ↄtondↄkĩiwa.
79 To n vĩakɛnaↄ mↄ ma kĩ́i,
gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ aa n yã'onɛ dↄ̃piↄ.
80 To màↄ ku tàaesai n yã́ↄ musu,
kɛ́ wí su ma kũo yã́i.
81 Ma sↄ̃anzi ǹ ma suaba e ma nisĩna lòo,
n yã́ ↄ̃ ma wɛ́ dↄi.
82 Ma wɛdↄ̀dↄ n lɛgbɛ̃ai e ma wɛ́ wò,
bↄɛ ńyↄ̃ ma nↄ̀sɛ nínimɛɛi?
83 Má dɛ lán báa bↄ̀ↄ pↄ́ tɛ́zãna màwaɛ,
ń beeo n yãdilɛnɛↄ lí sãmaguo.
84 Mapi n zↄ̀blena máↄ n dã e bↄɛ ni?
Bↄɛ ńyↄ̃ ĩada ma wɛ̀lɛↄwai?
85 Waladeↄ ì ɛyↄ̃mɛɛ,
an yã́ lí kↄ̃'e ń n ikoyãoo.
86 N yãdilɛaↄ píi náai vĩ.
Dↄmalɛ, asa wàlɛ ĩadaa pãɛ.
87 À gↄ̃̀ yↄↄ aa ma bↄ dṹniauɛ,
mapi sↄ̃ mi n ↄtondↄkĩi tó weo.
88 Ma lɛ́ ń láo n gbɛ̃kɛ yã́i,
mí n yã'onɛ ma.
89 Dii, n yã́ ìↄ ku gↄↄpiiɛ,‡
a zĩ́napɛlɛa musu n bɛ.
90 Ń náai vĩ wɛ̃ ń wɛ̃o,
n dṹnia kàlɛ, ↄ̃ a ku.
91 N ikoyãↄ mɛ́ tò pↄ́pii kú gbã,
asa pↄ́pii misiilɛanɛ.
92 Tó n ikoyã mɛ́ ma pↄnakɛbↄ ũo,
dↄ̃ ma mìdɛ ma taasikɛa guu.
93 N ↄtondↄkĩi a sãmagu bauo,
asa a sabai ↄ̃ n ma lɛ ń láo.
94 N pↄ́n ma ũ, ma suaba,
asa miↄ n ↄtondↄkĩi wɛɛlɛɛ.
95 Gbɛ̃vãiↄ lɛ́ ma wɛ,
ↄ̃ ma laai ku n yã'onɛↄwa.
96 Má è pↄ́pii maa lɛ́ kuɛ,
ãma n yãdilɛaↄ zↄ̃ↄ lɛ́ vĩo.
97 Má ye n ikoyãi à kɛ̀ zài,
miↄ làasookɛwà gↄↄpiiɛ.
98 N yã́ tò ma ↄ̃nↄ dɛ ma ibɛɛↄla,
asa a ku ma sↄ̃u gↄↄpiiɛ.
99 Ma wɛzɛ̃ dɛ ma yãdanɛdeↄla,
asa ma làasoo ìↄ ku n yã'onɛↄwaɛ.
100 Ma ↄ̃nↄ dɛ maezↄ̃ↄↄla,
asa miↄ n ↄtondↄkĩiↄ gwaɛ.
101 Mi gbápɛlɛ zɛ́ vãie guuo,
kɛ́ mà e màↄ n yã́ kũa yã́i.
102 Mi kɛ̃ n ikoyãↄwao,
asa ḿmɛ ń dàmɛɛ.
103 N yã́ↄ namɛɛ à kɛ̀ zài,
a na dɛ zↄ́a ma lɛ́u.
104 N ↄtondↄkĩi ì ma gba ↄ̃nↄ,
a yã́i tò má za sã́sãzɛ píiu.
105 N yã́ mɛ́ filia ũ ma gbázĩ,§
ì gupumɛɛ zɛ́u.
106 Ma lɛgbɛ̃̀ ↄ̃ ma kpalɛ ma siwà,
ma mɛ̀ máↄ zĩkɛ n ikoyãↄwaɛ.
107 Ma taasikɛa kɛ̀ zài, Dii.
Ma lɛ́ ń láo lá ń òwa.
108 To n sáau pↄ́ málɛ kpá kángu,*
ní n ikoyãↄ damɛɛ, Dii.
109 Gↄↄpii miↄ ku ga lɛ́zĩɛ,
ń beeo n ikoyãↄ lí sãmaguo.
110 Vãikɛnaↄ baikpàmɛɛ,
kási mi zã n ↄtondↄkĩiwao.
111 N yã'onɛↄá ma pↄ́ɛ gↄↄpii,
aaì to ma pↄ kɛ na.
112 Ma a sↄ̃ kpà n yãdilɛnɛↄwa,
máↄ kũa gↄↄpii e ma wɛ̃ni lɛ́uɛ.
113 Má za nↄ̀sɛmɛmpladeↄgu,
má ye n ikoyãi.
114 Ḿmɛ ń ma ulɛkĩi ń ma sɛ̀ngbaoo ũ,
n yã́ ↄ̃ ma wɛ́ dↄi.
115 À gomala vãikɛnaↄ,
kɛ́ mà zĩkɛ ma Lua yãdilɛaↄwa.
116 Ǹyↄ̃ ma kũa lá ń òwa, míↄ ku,
ńsu to tãmaa ma nɛo.†
117 Ǹyↄ̃ dɛ ma gbãa ũ, míↄ aafia,
ma wɛ́ iↄ pɛ n yãdilɛnɛwa láasai.
118 Ɔzↄ̃ gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ pã̀alɛ n yãdilɛnɛɛi,
an mↄafiliyã a àikɛnɛ́o.
119 Ni dṹnia vãikɛnaↄ waa bìsa ũ,
a yã́i tò má ye n yã'onɛi.
120 Má n vĩa vĩ, ma mɛ ì seenata,
n ikoyãↄ ì to vĩa ma kũ.
121 Ma yãkɛ̀ a zɛ́wa wásawasaɛ,
ńsu ma to ma ĩadamadeↄnɛo.
122 Kpɛ́gaausi mapi n zↄ̀blenaɛ,
ńsu to waladeↄ ma wɛtão.
123 Ma wɛ́ dↄ n dↄnlɛi e ma wɛ́ wò,
má sↄ̃́anzi ǹ ma suaba lá ń òwa.
124 Yãkɛmɛɛ n gbɛ̃kɛ guu,
ní n yã́ da mapi n zↄ̀blenaɛ.
125 N zↄ̀blenan ma ũ, ma gba ↄ̃nↄ,
kɛ́ mà n yã'onɛↄ yáasi dↄ̃.
126 N yãkɛgↄↄ kà, Dii,
wàlɛ bↄ n ikoyã kpɛ.
127 Má ye n yãdilɛaↄi dɛ vuaa,
baa vua baasaa.
128 Má è n ↄtondↄkĩi maa,
a yã́i má za sã́sãzɛ píiu.
129 N yã'onɛↄ dɛmɛɛ yãbↄnsaɛ ũ,
Ayãmɛto má dà ma sↄ̃u.
130 N yã́ bↄↄlɛkɛa ì gupunɛ́,
ì nↄ̀sɛdoũdeↄ gba ↄ̃nↄ.
131 Ma lɛ́ ɛlɛa, málɛ we fòofoo,
asa n ikoyãↄ ni lɛ́ ma dɛɛ.
132 Ma wɛgwa, sùuukɛmanↄ,
lá ni kɛ gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ ye n tↄ́iↄnɛwa.
133 Ma dazɛwa lá ń òwa,
ńsu to yãvãie kibleao.
134 Ma bↄ gbɛ̃́ taiinkɛnaↄ ↄzĩ,
kɛ́ màↄ n ↄtondↄkĩi gwa.
135 Mapi n zↄ̀blena wɛgwa,
ní tó mà n yãdilɛnɛↄ dↄ̃.
136 Wɛ́'i lɛ́ bàalɛ ma kùawa,
kɛ́ wa n ikoyã kũao yã́i.
137 Dii, ń maa,
n yãkɛkɛaↄ zɛvĩ.
138 N n yã́ↄ dìlɛ a zɛ́wa,
aa náai vĩ maamaaɛ.
139 N yã́ lɛ́ kɛ ma ibɛɛↄnɛ yãe ũo,
ↄ̃ a yã́ lɛ́ ma dɛ.
140 Wa è n yã́ sãa vĩo,
mapi n zↄ̀blena, má yei maamaaɛ.
141 Pↄen ma ũo, wì sakamagu,
ń beeo n ↄtondↄkĩi lí sãmaguo.
142 N yã́ ìↄ zɛvĩ gↄↄpiiɛ,
n ikoyã sĩana vĩ.
143 Taasi n yã'ↄ̃mao ma le,
ãma n yãdilɛaↄ mɛ́ ma pↄnakɛbↄ ũ.
144 N yã'onɛↄ maa gↄↄpiiɛ,
ma gba ↄ̃nↄ kɛ́ màↄ ku.
145 Mi n sísi ń nↄ̀sɛmɛndoo,
wea Dii, míↄ n yãdilɛnɛↄ kũa.
146 Mi lɛzunzi,
ma suaba, míↄ n yã'onɛↄ kũa.
147 Mi fɛlɛ gudↄsai mà wiilɛma,
n yã́ ma wɛ́ dↄi.
148 I lí na ma wɛ́u gwãasĩnao,
kɛ́ mà e làasookɛ n yã́wa yã́i.
149 Ma yãma n gbɛ̃kɛ yã́i, Dii,
ma lɛ́ ń láo lá n ikoyã'òwa.
150 Gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ lɛ́ lɛkpaaĩmaziↄ kãi,
aa zã̀ ń n ikoyão.
151 Ń kumanↄ kãi, Dii,
n ikoyã píi sĩana vĩ.
152 Má dↄ̃̀ n yã'onɛↄwa à gɛ̃̀gɛ̃,
kɛ́ ń dìlɛ àↄ ku gↄↄpii yã́i.
153 Ma taasi gwa, ní ma suaba,
asa n ikoyã i sãmaguo.
154 Zɛmanↄ, ní ma bↄ,
ma lɛ́ ń láo lá n a lɛgbɛ̃̀wa.
155 N dↄnlɛ zã̀ ń vãikɛnaↄ,
asa aali n yãdilɛnɛↄ wɛɛlɛo.
156 Ń sósobi vĩ zↄ̃ↄ, Dii,
ma lɛ́ ń láo lá n ikoyã'òwa.
157 Ma ĩadamadeↄ ń ma wɛ̀lɛↄ dasi,
ãma mi pãalɛ n yã'onɛↄnɛo.
158 Má ye n náaikɛnsaiↄ gĩyãio,
kɛ́ aaliↄ n yã́ kũao yã́i.
159 Gwa lá má ye n ↄtondↄkĩii.
Dii, ma lɛ́ ń láo n gbɛ̃kɛ yã́i.
160 N yã́pii zĩ́naá sĩanaɛ,
n ikoyãↄ maa, aa láaa vĩo.
161 Gbãadeↄ ì ĩadaa pã,
ãma n yã́ ↄ̃ má a vĩa vĩ.
162 Mi pↄnakɛ ń n lɛgbɛ̃ao,
lán gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ àizɛɛ zↄ̃ↄ kↄ̃mpawa.
163 Má za mↄafiliu, má ye a yã́io,
n ikoyã má yei.
164 Miↄ n táasilɛ gↄↄ do gɛ̃n soplapla
kɛ́ n ikoyãↄ maa yã́i.
165 Gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ ye n ikoyãiↄ aafia zↄ̃ↄ,
yãe lí tó aa fùo.‡
166 Ma wɛ́ dↄi ǹ ma suaba, Dii,
mi zĩkɛ n yãdilɛaↄwa.
167 Má n yã'onɛↄ kũa ń nↄ̀sɛo,
má yei maamaaɛ.
168 Mi n ↄtondↄkĩi gwa, mi n yãma,
asa ma kɛkɛá píi kú n ↄzĩɛ.
169 To ma wiilɛa kama, Dii,
ma gba ↄ̃nↄ lá ń òwa.
170 To ma wabikɛa n le,
ma suaba lá n a lɛgbɛ̃̀wa.
171 N táasilɛa aↄ dↄ ma lɛ́uɛ,
asa ni n yãdilɛnɛↄ damɛɛ.
172 Má lɛsi n lɛgbɛ̃a musu,
asa n yãdilɛaↄ maa píiɛ.
173 Ǹyↄ̃ kú ń dↄamalɛ sↄuo,
asa ma zɛ ń n ↄtondↄkĩioɛ.
174 Málɛ a nidɛ ǹ ma suaba, Dii,
n ikoyã mɛ́ ma pↄnakɛbↄ ũ.
175 To màↄ ku, míↄ n táasilɛ,
to n ikoyãↄ aaↄ ma kũa.
176 Ma liaa lán sã pↄ́ sã̀sãwa,
mapi n zↄ̀blena, ma wɛɛlɛ,§
asa n yã́ↄ i sãmaguo.
* 119:11 Luk 2.19 † 119:19 Ɛbɛ 11.13 ‡ 119:89 Mat 24.35, 1Piɛ 1.25 § 119:105 Yaa 6.23 * 119:108 Ɛbɛ 13.15 † 119:116 Lom 5.5 ‡ 119:165 1Zãa 2.10 § 119:176 Luk 15.4