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Pɔɔlɩ abwaarɛsɩn katɔwɛ Efeso
1 Saŋa mʋ nɩɩ Apolosi bʋ Korinto mʋ, Pɔɔlɩ taa kasɛ sʋ halɩɩ ɔ ba fʋʋ Efeso. Tʋtɔ nɩɩ ɔ naa wu akɔɔlɛ‐gyipu akʋ. 2 Nɩɩ ɔ taasɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Fan maa kɔɔlɛ gyii mʋ, fan nyɛ Kayaayu Kyɩrɛkyɩrɛ mʋ?” Nɩɩ ba yɛ, “Ayee, an man pɩɩta nu gbaa yɛ Kayaayu Kyɩrɛkyɩrɛ kʋ bʋ tɔ.”
3 Ɩmʋ sʋ Pɔɔlɩ bɩla taasɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Kanɩn bɩrɛ, Ɩbwaarɛ kekyugyee mɔmɔ nɩɩ fan nyɛ?” Nɩɩ ba lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Gyɔn kekyugyee mʋ nɩɩ an nyɛ.”
4 Nɩɩ Pɔɔlɩ tɔwɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Gyɔn kekyugyee kɩ gyɛ nfɛɛrɛ kɩkyɛɛgɛ lɩɩ alibi tɔ ba Ɩbwaarɛ asɛ nɩn. Kanɩn sʋ Gyɔn tɔwɛ asa yɛ, ba kɔɔlɛ ɔmʋ nɩɩ ɔ bʋ mʋ kamaa tɔ ɛɛ ba mʋ gyii, mʋ ɩ gyɛ Yesu.” 5 Ba maa nu kanɩn mʋ, Pɔɔlɩ gyee bamʋ Ɩbwaarɛ kekyugyee lɩɩ Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ Yesu kɩtɩɩ tɔ. 6 Pɔɔlɩ maa taa mʋ abaa gyaga bamʋ sʋ mʋ, Kayaayu Kyɩrɛkyɩrɛ kɩ ba bɔla bamʋ tɔ. Nɩɩ ba tɔwɛ ntɔwɛ pʋpwɛ, nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ bɔla bamʋ sʋ tɔwɛ asɩn. 7 Asa mʋ ba gyɛ anyɩn kudu‐anyɔ nɩn.
8 Ɩbwaayɩ ɩsa mʋ tɔ mʋ, Pɔɔlɩ i kpee Gyiwu abi kabwaarɛ‐kʋlɛ ɔgyaŋɛkpa, ɔ yɩlɛ kɩnyɩn tɔ ɛɛ tɔwɛ bamʋ kɛ ba kɔɔlɛ Ɩbwaarɛ kuwura‐gyii mʋ asɩn gyii. 9 Amaa akʋ ba waa nkɔlɔ ɔsɩɩ kina, ba man kɔɔlɛ Yesu asɩn mʋ gyii. Nɩɩ ba tɔwɛ asɩn libi yii Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ Ɔkpa mʋ sakyɔ maŋa tɔ. Nɩɩ Pɔɔlɩ lɩɩ ɔgyaŋɛkpa mʋ, nɩɩ ɔ taa akɔɔlɛ‐gyipu mʋ buu mʋ n‐yɩɩ. Kakɛ kʋmaa nɩmʋ maa akɔɔlɛ‐gyipu mʋ bee kpee Tiranu ɔkaapʋkpa nɩɩ ɛɛ kaapʋ bamʋ. 10 Ɔ kaapʋ kanɩn nsu nnyɔ nɩɩ ɩ yɛgɛ nɩɩ Gyiwu abi yɛ Giriki abi mʋ nɩɩ ba bʋ Asiya ɔsʋwʋlɛ sʋ kpini ba nu Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ Yesu asɩn mʋ. 11 Nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ bɔla Pɔɔlɩ sʋ waa asɩn kyinkyinsa gaa. 12 Nɩɩ ɩ yɛgɛ nɩɩ asa ba taa atɔ fɛɛ bɔrɩdɩba‐bi yɛ ntaa‐bi mʋ nɩɩ ɩ wʋla mata Pɔɔlɩ n‐yɩɩ mʋ, ba taa naa mata alɔpʋ nɩɩ ba nyɛ alanfɩya, nɩɩ nbwɩɩ libi mɔɔ nɩn, kɛ ba lɩɩ. 13 Gyiwu abi akʋ mʋ nɩɩ ba naa bɛɛ gya nbwɩɩ libi mʋ, ba waa kɔkɔlɔ ɔsɩɩ taa Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ Yesu kɩtɩɩ fɛɛ ba taalɛ gya nbwɩɩ libi lɩɩ ɔkʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ɔ sʋ mʋ tɔ. Nɩɩ bɛɛ tɔwɛ nbwɩɩ libi yɛ, “Lɩɩ Yesu kɩtɩɩ mʋ nɩɩ Pɔɔlɩ tɔwɛ mʋ asɩn mʋ sʋ mʋ, n sa fanɛ kɔnɔ yɛ fan lɩɩ.” 14 Ɩ gyɛ Gyiwu oseepu bɩlɩsa asɛ mʋ nɩɩ bɛɛ tɩɩ mʋ yɛ Sikefa mu‐bii anaa anyɩnsa asunɔ ɩ waa kanɩn mʋ.
15 Kakaakʋ ba maa kpee ba naa waa kanɩn mʋ, nɩɩ kabwɩɩ libi mʋ lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, “N nyi Yesu, nɩɩ n bɩla n nyi Pɔɔlɩ, amaa anɩmʋ ana ɩ gyɛ fanɛ?” 16 Nɩɩ ɔnyɩn mʋ nɩɩ kabwɩɩ libi mʋ bʋ mʋ tɔ mʋ, tɩyɛ bamʋ sʋ, taalɛ bamʋ kpini. Nɩɩ ɔ dayɩ bamʋ larɩgɛ, nɩɩ ba taa kubolonkpan sɩlɛ lɩɩ kɩkpaara mʋ sʋ. 17 Gyiwu abi yɛ Giriki abi mʋ nɩɩ ba bʋ Efeso mʋ, ba maa nu kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ kɩ waa mʋ, ɩ kɩtaa bamʋ kufuu. Nɩɩ ba taa bɛɛrɛɛ taa sa Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ Yesu kɩtɩɩ mʋ. 18 Nɩɩ asa damantɛ mʋ nɩɩ ba kɔɔlɛ Yesu gyii mʋ, ba lɛɛ bamʋ nnɔ tɔ alibi mʋ nɩɩ ba waa tɔwɛ sakyɔ tɔ. 19 Bamʋ adamantɛ mʋ nɩɩ ba gyɛ Sɩtaanɛ adangana awaapʋ mʋ, ba taa bamʋ ɩwʋlɛ mʋ nɩɩ ɩ kaapʋ bamʋ afasɩn mʋ, ba bʋga tɔ nɩɩ ba tuwa ɩmʋ sakyɔ mʋ tɔ. Ba maa waa ɩwʋlɛ mʋ kpini afulee kɔnɔ mʋ, ɩ waa fɛɛ nderebi ngbɩn adunuu. 20 Kanɩn sʋ Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ Yesu asɩn mʋ ɩ yɩlɛ nɩɩ ɩ nyɛ ɔlʋn.
Ɔlanba lala tɩyɛ Efeso sʋ
21 Ɩnɩmʋ kpini kamaa mʋ, Pɔɔlɩ waa nfɛɛrɛ fɛɛ ee biti ɔ bɔla lɩɩ Masedoniya yɛ Akiya kɛ o kpee Gyerusalem. Nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ yɛ, “Nɩɩ n kan kpee tʋtɔ kamaa mʋ, ɩ dagaa maa bɔɔ Roma gbaa sʋ.” 22 Nɩɩ o sun mʋ akyɛtɔpʋ Timoti maa Erasitu kpee Masedoniya. Nɩɩ mɛɛ mʋ sii Asiya ɔsʋwʋlɛ sʋ gbɛrɛɛ.
23 Kanɩn saŋa maŋa tɔ mʋ, lɩɩ fɛɛ Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ Ɔkpa mʋ sʋ mʋ, tɔɔrɔɔ damantɛ tɩyɛ Efeso kadɛ tɔ. 24 Gbiti ɔŋalagɛpʋ kʋ bʋ Efeso tʋtɔ nɩɩ bɛɛ tɩɩ mʋ yɛ Demetirisu. Ɔ sʋ gbiti ɛɛ bɩlɛ ibu‐pipi fɛɛ ɔdakpa kyɩɩsa Atemisi obu. Nɩɩ mʋ yɛ abuupu mʋ kpini ba sʋ kusun mʋ nɩɩ bɛɛ nyɛ kɩmʋ afulee. 25 Nɩɩ Demetirisu tɩɩ abuupu mʋ kpini yɛ bamʋ nɩɩ ɩ maa bamʋ kusun kɩ gyɛ kʋkʋlʋn mʋ gyaŋɛ. Nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Mɛ tɔɔmaa ana fen nyi fɛɛ an nyɛ anɛ kigyii an lɩɩ kusun nɩmʋ sʋ. 26 Yɛ fanɛ gbaa‐gbaa fan wu nɩɩ fan nu, fɛɛ Pɔɔlɩ nɩmʋ naa ee nyita asa damantɛ nfɛɛrɛ. Nɩɩ ɩ man gyɛ Efeso nfɩɩ nkʋn, amaa Asiya ɔsʋwʋlɛ sʋ kpini. Nɩɩ ɔ naa ɛɛ tɔwɛ yɛ, ‘Anyɩrɩpɛ mʋ nɩɩ ba taa abaa pɔyɩ mʋ, man gyɛ Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ gbaa kpini‐kpini.’ 27 Man gyɛ anɛ kusun wʋlɛ nkʋn ii biti i nyita. Amaa anɛ ɔdakpa kyɩɩsa obu yɛ mʋ kɩtɩɩ Atemisi mʋ, ee biti o wu. Nɩɩ asa mʋ nɩɩ ba bʋ Asiya ɔsʋwʋlɛ yɛ dulinyaa tɔ kpini, mʋ nɩɩ ba sʋ bɛɛrɛɛ bɛɛ sa ɔdakpa lala nɩmʋ mʋ, ii biti i biliŋi kɩyan.”
28 Ba maa nu falɛ mʋ, ɩ nyɛ bamʋ agbʋ. Nɩɩ ba piili bee kuusi yɛ, “Anɛ Efeso abi, anɛ ɔdakpa Atemisi mʋ, ɩ gyɛ ɔdakpa lala!” 29 Opula tɔ nɩɩ kadɛ mʋ tɔ kyaŋɛ ɔlanba. Nɩɩ asa mʋ ba naa kɩtaa Gayusi maa Arisitako mʋ nɩɩ ba gyɛ Masedoniya abi, nɩɩ bee buu Pɔɔlɩ mʋ. Nɩɩ ba bʋga bamʋ kpee asa ɔgyaŋɛkpa. 30 Nɩɩ Pɔɔlɩ daa ee biti fɛɛ o kpee sakyɔ mʋ tɔ, amaa akɔɔlɛ‐gyipu mʋ ba man sa mʋ ɔkpa. 31 Nɩɩ Pɔɔlɩ mʋ kyɛmɩnɛ ana gbaa mʋ nɩɩ ba gyɛ Asiya abɩlɩsa akʋ ba sa kɔnɔ kʋlɛ mʋ fɛɛ ɔ man waa kɛ o kpee sakyɔ mʋ tɔ.
32 Nɩɩ sakyɔ mʋ be mee nu abaa kasɛ. Akʋ bee kuusi yɛ falɛ, nɩɩ banɩmʋ mɔɔ ba yɛ bamʋ lɛɛ ndee. Nɩɩ akʋ mɔɔ ba bʋ tʋtɔ yɛgɛ ba man nyi kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ kii kpee sʋ tʋtɔ. 33 Nɩɩ Gyiwu abi mʋ ba nin Alekisanda kyʋŋɛ kʋbʋ mu ansi tɔ ɔ yɩlɛ bamʋ ayaa tɔ tɔwɛ sa bamʋ. Nɩɩ ɔ nyɛɛ bamʋ kɩbaa yɛ ba laatɔ kɛ ɔ lɛɛ asa mʋ kɔnɔ sa bamʋ. 34 Amaa asa mʋ ba maa bɩɩ fɛɛ Alekisanda gyɛ Gyiwu obii mʋ, ba kuusi kyɛɛrɛɛ fɛɛ kerefi anyɔ bɛɛ tɔwɛ yɛ, “Anɛ Efeso abi, anɛ ɔdakpa Atemisi mʋ, ɩ gyɛ ɔdakpa lala!”
35 Nɩɩ kadɛ mʋ tɔ ɔwʋlɛ kyanpʋ yɛgɛ nɩɩ sakyɔ mʋ yɛgɛ ɔlanba mʋ. Nɩɩ ɔ yɛ, “Efeso abi, ɔkʋmaa nɩmʋ nyi fɛɛ anɛ ɔdakpa lala Atemisi, yɛ ɩmʋ kubuu mʋ nɩɩ kɩ lɩɩ sʋsʋ ba tɩyɛ mʋ, ɩmʋ kumu ɩ gyɛ Efeso kadɛ nɩmʋ. 36 Ɩmʋ sʋ ɩnɩmʋ ɩ man sʋ kamɔɔrɛ‐gyii, fan laatɔ kɛ fan man kpala. 37 Asa mʋ nɩɩ fan bɩya nfɩɩ falɛ, ba man yuuri ɔdakpa kʋtɔ kʋkʋ, nɩɩ ba man tɔwɛ da anɛ ɔdakpa kyɩɩsa mʋ sʋ. 38 Ɩmʋ sʋ nɩɩ Demetirisu maa mʋ tɔɔmaa ana be nyi fɛɛ ba sʋ asɩn akʋ ba pwɩɩ bamʋ bɩrɛ, an sʋ kakɛ mʋ nɩɩ an gyii asɩn kɩbanɛ abɩlɩsa ansi tɔ. Kanɩn sʋ bɛɛ taalɛ ba pwɩɩ bamʋ asɩn ogyikpa tʋtɔ. 39 Nɩɩ fan san fan sʋ asɩn akʋ mʋ, kanɩn bɩrɛ fan naa gyii fanɛ asɩn ogyikpa fɛɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ nbara mʋ ɩ kaapʋ mʋ. 40 Nɩɩ an man bɩɩ mʋ, an biti an nyɛ ndaga ɔlanba nɩmʋ kɩpwɩɩ. Lɩɩ fɛɛ nɩɩ ba naa taasɛ anɛ ɩmʋ asɩn mʋ, an man sʋ asɩn akʋ nɩɩ an taalɛ taa kaapʋ tɔ lɩɩ kʋtɔ mʋ sʋ nɩɩ ɔlanba mʋ waa.” 41 Nɩɩ kadɛ mʋ tɔ ɔwʋlɛ kyanpʋ mʋ maa tɔwɛ ɩnɩmʋ lʋwɛ mʋ, nɩɩ ɔ yɛgɛ sakyɔ mʋ yaasɛ tɔ.