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Ɩbwaarɛ lɛɛ Ɩsɩrayɩ abi
fɛɛ mʋ asa bitisa
1 Lɩɩ maa Krisito a maa gyɛ kʋkʋlʋn sʋ mʋ, asɩn mʋ nɩɩ n tɔwɛ falɛ ɩ gyɛ kesintin, n mɛɛ tɩn antɩŋɛsa. Kayaayu Kyɩrɛkyɩrɛ mʋ yɛ mɛ nfɛɛrɛ tɔ ii gyii mɛ kesintin, fɛɛ ɩmʋ nɩɩ n tɔwɛ falɛ ɩ man gyɛ antɩŋɛsa. 2 Mɛ ɔtɔ tɔ ɩ fɔyɩ mɛ nɩɩ mɛ kɔkɔlɔ tɔ ki nyita sa mɛ asa. 3 Naafɔɔ nɩɩ ii biti ɩ waa mʋ, n biti n taa mɛ n‐yɩɩ sa kɛ Ɩbwaarɛ ɔ tɔwɛ mɛ nnɔ, kɛ ɩ barɩgɛ maa Yesu nsana, kɛ ɩ yɛgɛ mɛ asa Ɩsɩrayɩ abi ba nyɛ nkpa. 4 Ɩsɩrayɩ abi ba gyɛ Ɩbwaarɛ asa. Bamʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ lɛɛ nɩɩ ɔ taa bamʋ waa mʋ asa, bamʋ nɩɩ ɔ lɛɛ mʋ bʋnyaa kparɛ mʋ kaapʋ, nɩɩ maa bamʋ ba waa katɔwɛ kyula, nɩɩ ɔ sa bamʋ mʋ Nbara mʋ, nɩɩ ɔ kaapʋ bamʋ ɔkpa mʋ nɩɩ ba taa sʋ sun mʋ, nɩɩ bamʋ nɩɩ ɔ da kɔkɔlɔ sʋ sa. 5 Nɩɩ Ɩsɩrayɩ abi banɩmʋ tɔ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ asa kparɛ‐kparɛ mʋ ba lɩɩ, nɩɩ Krisito maa ba fɛɛ nyɩmɩsa kayɩɩ‐wʋlɛ tɔ mʋ, ɔ lɩɩ kanɩn kɩnaana maŋa tɔ. Ɩbwaarɛ ɩ gyɛ ɔmʋnɩ kʋtɔ kʋmaa kɩ bʋ mʋ kasɛ, nɩɩ ayɩn‐bi a gyɛ mʋ lɛɛ kakpaa. Amen!
6 Amaa ɩ man gyɛ yɛ Ɩbwaarɛ man waa asɩn mʋ nɩɩ ɔ da mʋ kɔkɔlɔ sʋ tɔwɛ yɩla mʋ tɔ nɩn. Kpalɩ fɛɛ man gyɛ bamʋ nɩɩ ba lɩɩ Ɩsɩrayɩ kɩnaana mʋ tɔ kpini ɩ gyɛ Ɩsɩrayɩ abi kesintin. 7 Abɛɛ ɩ man gyɛ bamʋ nɩɩ ba lɩɩ Abraham kɩnaana mʋ tɔ kpini ɩ gyɛ Abraham anaana‐bii. Lɩɩ fɛɛ Ɩbwaarɛ tɔwɛ sa Abraham yɛ, “Lɩɩ Isaki kanan tɔ nɩɩ fii biti fʋ nyɛ anaana‐bii. 8 Asɩn mʋ kasɛ ɩ gyɛ yɛ, man gyɛ nbii mʋ nɩɩ Abraham kʋʋgɛ mʋ kpini ɩ gyɛ Ɩbwaarɛ mu‐bii ana. Amɔɔ bamʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ da mʋ kɔkɔlɔ sʋ sa Abraham mʋ nkʋn ɩ gyɛ mʋ anaana‐bii. 9 Kpalɩ fɛɛ falɛ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ da mʋ kɔkɔlɔ sʋ tɔwɛ Abraham, ‘Kesu kakʋ falɛ saŋa kɛ n ba bwii ba mʋ, fʋ‐ka Sara ii biti ɔ kʋʋgɛ kebii‐nyɩnsa‐bii.’
10 “Man gyɛ ɩmʋ nkʋn. Amaa ɔkyɩɩ mʋ nɩɩ ba tɩɩ mʋ yɛ Rebeka mʋ ɔ kʋʋgɛ nbwaara‐bii mʋ nɩɩ bamʋ‐sɛ gyɛ anɛ naana Isaki. 11 Amaa ba maa man pɩɩta kʋʋgɛ bamʋ gbaa kɛ ba waa asɩn danbɩrasa abɛɛ alibi mʋ, Ɩbwaarɛ wʋla lɛɛ kaapʋ fɛɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ ɛɛ lɛɛ ɔkʋ nɩɩ ɛɛ tɩɩ mʋ mʋ, ɩ man bɔla ɔsa maa awaasa sʋ. 12 Lɩɩ fɛɛ pɔyɩ ba kʋʋgɛ nbii mʋ Ɩbwaarɛ tɔwɛ Rebeka yɛ, ‘Ɔbɩlɩsa asɛ mʋ ii biti o be sun kebii asɛ mʋ.’ 13 Kanɩn nɩɩ ɔ wʋla tɔwɛ Asɩnkyan yɩlasa mʋ tɔ yɛ, ‘N biti Gyekobu, amaa n kisi Esawu.’
14 “Ɩmʋ sʋ nɛnɛ nɩɩ an biti a tɔwɛ? A tɔwɛ yɛ Ɩbwaarɛ mɛɛ waa mʋ asɩn kyɛɛkyɛɛ abɛɛ? Ayee, ɩ man gyɛ kanɩn. 15 Kpalɩ fɛɛ ɔ tɔwɛ Mosesi yɛ,
‘Ɔmʋ nɩɩ n biti n wu kʋwɛɛ mʋ, mʋ nɩɩ n biti n wu kʋwɛɛ,
nɩɩ ɔmʋ nɩɩ mɛ kɔkɔlɔ kɩɩ kyɔɔ mʋ sʋ mʋ, mʋ nɩɩ mɛ kɔkɔlɔ kii biti kɩ kyɔɔ mʋ sʋ.’
16 Ɩmʋ sʋ ɩ man gyɛ nyɩmɩsa kɩpɩrɛ sʋ abɛɛ maa kpan mʋ n‐yɩɩ sʋ, amaa ɩ gyɛ Ɩbwaarɛ kʋwɛɛ kuwu nɩn. 17 Kpalɩ fɛɛ Asɩnkyan yɩlasa mʋ tɔ mʋ Ɩbwaarɛ tɔwɛ Faro yɛ, ‘Ɩnɩmʋ sʋ nɩɩ n bun fu kuwura kɛ n bɔla fʋ sʋ lɛɛ mɛ ɔlʋn kaapʋ, kɛ asa mʋ nɩɩ ba bʋ dulinyaa kpini tɔ ba yɩn mɛ kɩtɩɩ.’ 18 Ɩnɩmʋ kpini ɩ kaapʋ fɛɛ bamʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ ii biti o wu kʋwɛɛ mʋ, bamʋ nɩɩ ee wu kʋwɛɛ, nɩɩ bamʋ nɩɩ ee biti ba waa mʋ kʋsʋ tɔ ɔlʋn mʋ, ɛɛ yɛgɛ nɩɩ ba waa kʋsʋ tɔ ɔlʋn.
19 “Fanɛ tɔ ɔkʋ ii biti ɔ taasɛ mɛ yɛ, ‘Nɩɩ ɩ gyɛ kanɩn bɩrɛ, ɔkʋ mɛɛ taalɛ kina Ɩbwaarɛ kebiti mʋ, mɩnɛ ɩ waa sʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ san ɛɛ pwɩɩ anɛ kʋsʋ tɔ ɔlʋn sʋ?’ 20 Amaa nyɩmɩsa, fʋ ɩ gyɛ anɩmʋ, nɩɩ fɩɩ taalɛ tɔwɛ gyaŋa Ɩbwaarɛ? Kʋtɔ pɔyɩsa ɩ taalɛ tɔwɛ ɔmʋ nɩɩ ɔ pɔyɩ kɩmʋ mʋ yɛ, ‘Mɩnɛ ɩ waa nɩɩ fʋ pɔyɩ mɛ falɛ?’ 21 Lɩɩ fɛɛ ɔpɔyɩpʋ sʋ ɔkpa fɛɛ ɔ barɩgɛ kabɔlɛ kuli tɔ kɩnyɔ, kɛ ɔ taa kʋkʋ pɔyɩ lapɛ mʋ nɩɩ bɛɛ yɛgɛ bɛɛ yɩla kensi‐gyii akɛ, kɛ ɔ taa kʋkʋ pɔyɩ lapɛ mʋ nɩɩ bee gyii tɔ kakɛ kʋmaa.
22 “Kanɩn ɔkpa kʋlʋn sʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ ii biti fɛɛ ɔ lɛɛ mʋ agbʋ kaapʋ asa, kɛ ba wu mʋ ɔlʋn mʋ, amaa bamʋ nɩɩ ɔ nyɛ agbʋ bamʋ sʋ, nɩɩ ɩ dagaa fɛɛ o nyita bamʋ mʋ, ɔ nyɛ kenyiita gaa sa bamʋ. 23 Nɩɩ ɔ bɩla ee biti fɛɛ ɔ lɛɛ mʋ bʋnyaa kparɛ mʋ kaapʋ mʋ asa mʋ nɩɩ ee wu bamʋ kʋwɛɛ, nɩɩ ba gyɛ bamʋ nɩɩ ɔ lɔŋɔ bamʋ yɩla sa mʋ bʋnyaa mʋ. 24 Anɛ ɩ gyɛ bamʋ nɩɩ ɔ tɩɩ mʋ, nɩɩ ɩ man gyɛ Gyiwu abi mʋ tɔ nkʋn, amaa ɔ tɩɩ bamʋ nɩɩ ba man gyɛ Gyiwu abi mʋ tɔ gbaa. 25 Fɛɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ tɔwɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ Hoseya ɔwʋlɛ mʋ tɔ mʋ yɛ,
‘Asa mʋ nɩɩ naafɔɔ ba man gyɛ mɛ asa mʋ, n biti n tɩɩ bamʋ mɛ asa.
Nɩɩ ɔsʋwʋlɛ mʋ nɩɩ n man sʋ kebiti sa bamʋ mʋ, n biti n biti bamʋ.’
26 Nɩɩ ii biti ɩ ba fɛɛ opula mʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ tɔwɛ bamʋ yɛ,
‘Fan man gyɛ mɛ asa mʋ,
kanɩn opula maŋa tɔ nɩɩ bee biti ba tɩɩ bamʋ, Ɩbwaarɛ nkpa wuya mu‐bii ana.’ ”
27 Ɩbwaarɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ Isaya gbaa kuusi tɔwɛ lɩɩ Ɩsɩrayɩ abi sʋ yɛ,
“Halɩɩ Ɩsɩrayɩ abi ba maa kyɔ fɛɛ ɔpʋ kɔnɔ kɩkyafa falɛ gbaa mʋ,
bamʋ tɔ akalɩsa akʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ ii biti ɔ ba mɔlɩgɛ.
28 Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ Ɩbwaarɛ ii biti o gyii mʋ asɩn kasɛ sʋ bilen‐bilen kɛ ɔ lʋwɛ ɩmʋ
kɛ ɔ tɩn ɩmʋ kɩdɩyɛ.”
29 I du nɩn fɛɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ Isaya wʋla tɔwɛ yɩla mʋ yɛ,
“Fɛɛ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ Ɔlʋn kpini wuya
man dɩn dan yɛgɛ anɛ odu tɔ sa akʋ yɩla mʋ,
naafɔɔ an dɩn muuri fɛɛ Sodom yɛ Gomora abi mʋ.”
Ɩsɩrayɩ abi ba man kɔɔlɛ
asɩn mʋ gyii
30 Ɩmʋ sʋ mɩnɛ nɩɩ an biti a tɔwɛ? An biti an tɔwɛ yɛ, bamʋ nɩɩ ba man gyɛ Gyiwu abi, nɩɩ bamʋ ansi an man payɩ bee biti ɩkpa kyiigisa mʋ, lɩɩ bamʋ kɩkɔɔlɛ Yesu gyii sʋ mʋ, Ɩbwaarɛ kɔɔlɛ bamʋ fɛɛ bamʋ ɩkpa i kyiigi mʋ asɛ. 31 Amaa Ɩsɩrayɩ abi mʋ bɩrɛ, ba payɩ ansi bee buu nbara mʋ bee biti fɛɛ Ɩbwaarɛ ɩ kɔɔlɛ bamʋ yɛ bamʋ ɩkpa i kyiigi mʋ asɛ, yɛgɛ ba man nyɛ ɩmʋ. 32 Mɩnɛ maa waa sʋ? Lɩɩ fɛɛ ba man taa kɩkɔɔlɛ‐gyii sʋ bee biti, amaa ba sʋ ba naa yɛ awaasa sʋ nɩn. Nɩɩ ba siti “Kubuu sitisa” mʋ lɩɩ tɩyɛ, 33 fɛɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ tɔwɛ lɩɩ Yesu mʋ nɩɩ ɔ yɩlɛ sa kubuu nɩmʋ asɩn Asɩnkyan yɩlasa mʋ tɔ yɛ,
“Fan kɩɩ! N taa kubuu mʋ nɩɩ kɩ yɛgɛ asa ba siti mʋ yɩla Siyon kadɛ tɔ.
Kɛ kanɩn kɩfʋlɛ‐buu maŋa kɩ yɛgɛ asa ba lɩɩ bɛɛ tɩyɛ.
Amaa ɔkʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ɔ kɔɔlɛ mʋ gyii mʋ, mɛɛ yɛ o gyii ipeeli.”