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Gyiwu abi kʋbʋ‐kʋbʋ
abɩlɩsa ba kɩtaa
Pita maa Gyɔn
1 Pita maa Gyɔn ba san ba maa sʋ bɛɛ tɔwɛ asa mʋ asɛ mʋ, nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ aseepu akʋ, yɛ kabwaarɛ‐sunkpa ayɛ akunpu mʋ ɔbɩlɩsa yɛ, Sadusi abi* ba ba fʋʋ tʋtɔ. 2 Nɩɩ ba nyɛ agbʋ waa Pita maa Gyɔn fɛɛ ba maa kaapʋ bɛ tɔwɛ asa mʋ yɛ Yesu bwii kyiŋi ba nkpa tɔ, nɩɩ ɩ kaapʋ fɛɛ kelewu kyiŋi kɩ bʋ tɔ sa asa kpini. 3 Ɩmʋ sʋ ba kɩtaa Pita maa Gyɔn naa tii bamʋ obu naa fʋʋ kayɩkɛ, lɩɩ fɛɛ kyɔwɛ maa tɛɛ lʋwɛ sʋ mʋ ba tii bamʋ obu naa fʋʋ kayɩkɛ. 4 Amaa asa gaalaagaa mʋ nɩɩ ba nu Yesu Krisito asɩn danbɩrasa mʋ, ba kɔɔlɛ gyii nɩɩ kʋbʋ mʋ kɩ nyɛ akyɔ bɛɛ waa fɛɛ anyɩn ngbɩn‐nnuu.
5 Lɩɩkaakɛ mʋ Gyiwu abi agyankpaapʋ yɛ abɩlɩsa yɛ Mosesi nbara akaapʋpʋ ba naa sarɛ Gyerusalem. 6 Bamʋ nɩɩ ba sarɛ tʋtɔ ɩ gyɛ oseepu bɩlɩsa asɛ Anasi yɛ Kefasi yɛ Gyɔn yɛ Alekisanda yɛ oseepu bɩlɩsa asɛ mʋ, mʋ kʋʋpʋ ana. 7 Ba taa Pita maa Gyɔn ba ba yɩlɛ bamʋ ansi tɔ, nɩɩ ba taasɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Mɩnɛ ɔlʋn nɩɩ fan nyɛ abɛɛ anɩmʋ kɩtɩɩ nɩɩ fan sʋ fan waa ɩnɩmʋ falɛ?”
8 Tʋtɔ mʋ, Pita mʋ nɩɩ Kayaayu Kyɩrɛkyɩrɛ kɩ bɔla mʋ tɔ mʋ lɛɛ bamʋ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Agyankpaapʋ yɛ abɩlɩsa, 9 fan taasɛ anɛ ndaga asɩn danbɩrasa mʋ nɩɩ an waa boobi nɩmʋ, nɩɩ kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ kɩ yɛgɛ nɩɩ ɔ nyɛ alanfɩya. 10 Kanɩn sʋ ɩ dagaa fɛɛ fanɛ yɛ Ɩsɩrayɩ abi kpini fan bɩɩ fɛɛ ɔnyɩn mʋ nɩɩ ɔ yɩlɛ nfɩɩ falɛ, Yesu Krisito mʋ nɩɩ ɔ lɩɩ Nasareti, ɔmʋ nɩɩ fan da mʋ mata oyu laasa sʋ mʋ, nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ bwii kyiŋi mʋ ba nkpa tɔ mʋ, ɩ yɛgɛ nɩɩ ɔ nyɛ alanfɩya. 11 Nɩɩ Yesu ɩ gyɛ ɔsa mʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ Asɩnkyan yɩlasa mʋ ɩ tɔwɛ yɛ,
‘Kubuu mʋ nɩɩ fanɛ, apɔyɩpʋ fan kina yɛ kɩ man bʋrɔn mʋ,
kanɩn kubuu maŋa ɩ ba biliŋi kubuu kparɛ ɩmʋ kpini tɔ.’
12 Nɩɩ ɔkʋ man bʋ tɔ nɩɩ ɛɛ taalɛ mɔlɩgɛ asa, amɔɔ Yesu nkʋn, lɩɩ fɛɛ kɩtɩɩ pʋpwɛ kʋ man bɩla ɔ bʋ dulinyaa tɔ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ taa sa yɛ kɩ mɔlɩgɛ anɛ.”
13 Ɩ waa abɩlɩsa mʋ kpini kanankʋ fɛɛ Pita maa Gyɔn ba maa yɩlɛ kɩnyɩn tɔ, nɩɩ ba bɩɩ fɛɛ ba man gyɛ bamʋ nɩɩ be nyi ɩwʋlɛ. Tʋtɔ nɩɩ ba wu fɛɛ ba wʋla ba gyɛ Yesu abuupu nɩn. 14 Kpalɩ fɛɛ ba maa wu boobi mʋ nɩɩ ba kyɛ mʋ, maa yɩlɛ Pita maa Gyɔn asɛ mʋ, ba man taalɛ nyɛ asɩn kʋ ba tɔwɛ. 15 Ɩmʋ sʋ ba dan sii tɔwɛ bamʋ nɩn yɛ ba lɩɩ nsarɛ obu mʋ tɔ, nɩɩ ba sii ba taa Pita maa Gyɔn sʋ nfɛɛrɛ. 16 Nɩɩ ba taasɛ abaa yɛ, “Nɛnɛ nɩɩ an biti a waa asa anɩmʋ? Ɔkʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ɔ bʋ Gyerusalem nyi yɛ bamʋ ɩ waa asɩn kyinkyinsa nɩmʋ, nɩɩ a mɛɛ taalɛ gyii ɩ mʋ ɩmɔɔrɛ. 17 Amaa pɔyɩ kɛ a tii asɩn nɩmʋ kɛ ɩ man naa lɩɩ asa asɛ kata‐kata mʋ, a da bamʋ amu tɔ yɛ, ɩ nɩmʋ i gyii bamʋ ɔkaa, ba man bɩla taa Yesu kɩtɩɩ asɩn tɔwɛ sa asa.”
18 Ɩmʋ sʋ nɩɩ ba bwii tɩɩ Pita maa Gyɔn ba lenbu mʋ tɔ tɔwɛ bamʋ yɛ kakaakʋ ba man bɩla lɩɩ tɔwɛ abɛɛ kaapʋ lɩɩ Yesu kɩtɩɩ tɔ. 19 Amaa Pita maa Gyɔn ba lɛɛ bamʋ kɔnɔ nɩn yɛ, “Fanɛ gbaa‐gbaa fanɛ fan kɩɩ damu maŋa tɔ ɩmʋ nɩɩ ɩ bʋrɔn lɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ ansi tɔ. An nu fanɛ asɛ abɛɛ Ɩbwaarɛ asɛ? 20 Lɩɩ fɛɛ a mɛɛ taalɛ yɛgɛ kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ anɛ gbaa‐gbaa anɛ an wu nɩɩ an nu mʋ kɩtɔwɛ.”
21 Ɩmʋ sʋ nɩɩ abɩlɩsa mʋ ba lɔŋɔ da Pita maa Gyɔn amu tɔ kenken nɩɩ ba yɛgɛ bamʋ yɛ ba natɛ. Ba man nyɛ ɔkpa mʋ nɩɩ ba yɩlɛ sʋ taa bɩɩtɛ bamʋ asʋ, kpalɩ fɛɛ asa kpini ba maa yɩn Ɩbwaarɛ lɩɩ kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ ba waa mʋ sʋ. 22 Ɔnyɩn mʋ nɩɩ ba waa asɩn kyinkyinsa kyɛ mʋ mʋ, gyii ɔ kyɔ nsu adɩna.
Krisito akɔɔlɛ‐gyipu
kabwaarɛ‐kʋlɛ
23 Saŋa mʋ nɩɩ ba dan yɛgɛ Pita maa Gyɔn mʋ, ba bwii kpee bamʋ kyɛmɩnɛ ana akɔɔlɛ‐gyipu mʋ asɛ naa tɔwɛ bamʋ kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ abɩlɩsa yɛ aseepu‐bɩlɩsa mʋ ba tɔwɛ. 24 Akɔɔlɛ‐gyipu mʋ ba maa dan nu kanɩn mʋ, nɩɩ bamʋ kpini ba waa kɔnɔ kʋlʋn kʋlɛ kabwaarɛ‐kʋlɛ yɛ, “Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ Ɩbwaarɛ, fʋ mʋ nɩɩ fʋ tʋʋ sʋsʋ yɛ kasɛ yɛ ɔpʋ yɛ kʋtɔ kʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ kɩ bʋ ɩmʋ tɔ kpini. 25 Fʋ bɔla Kayaayu Kyɩrɛkyɩrɛ sʋ nɩɩ fʋ yɛgɛ anɛ naana Dawidi, fʋ kɩyaafɔlɛ tɔwɛ yɛ,
‘Mɩnɛ ɩ waa sʋ nɩɩ ndɛndɛmandɛ bɛɛ nyɛ agbʋ?
Mɩnɛ ɩ waa sʋ nɩɩ asa anɩmʋ bɛɛ fɛ nfɛɛrɛ libi kanɩn?
26 Kasɛ sʋ awura bɛɛ kʋʋla bamʋ n‐yɩɩ kʋsʋ yɩlɛ,
nɩɩ akɩɩsʋpʋ mɔɔ bɛɛ sarɛ
bɛɛ kʋsʋ yɩlɛ Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ Ɩbwaarɛ maa Ɔmʋ nɩɩ ɔ lɛɛ mʋ sʋ.’
27 Kesintin, asɩn nɩmʋ a ba tɔ fɛɛ Herodi maa Pontiyu Paleti yɛ Ɩsɩrayɩ abi yɛ ndɛndɛmandɛ ba sarɛ kadɛ nɩmʋ tɔ, bee ŋmina agyina kʋsʋ yɩlɛ Yesu sʋ fʋ Kɩyaafɔlɛ Kyɩrɛkyɩrɛ mʋ nɩɩ fʋ lɛɛ mʋ. 28 Kesintin ba sarɛ kanɩn nɩn ba ba waa kʋtɔ kʋmaa mʋ lɩɩ fʋ ɔlʋn sʋ, yɛ fʋ kɔkɔlɔ biti mʋ nɩɩ fʋ wʋla paa yɛ ɩ waa mʋ. 29 Ɩmʋ sʋ, Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ, nbɩɩnbɩɩ bɩɩ aŋaala mʋ nɩɩ bɛɛ ŋaala anɛ falɛ kɛ fʋ sa anɛ, fʋ ayaafɔlɛ kɔkɔlɔ ɔsɩɩ kɛ a taalɛ tɔwɛ fʋ asɩn danbɩrasa mʋ. 30 Tɛɛŋɛ fʋ abaa kɛ alɔpʋ ba nyɛ alanfɩya, kɛ fʋ waa adangana yɛ asɩn kyinkyinsa bɔla fʋ kɩyaafɔlɛ kyɩrɛkyɩrɛ Yesu kɩtɩɩ sʋ waa kaapʋ asa.”
31 Saŋa mʋ nɩɩ ba kʋlɛ kabwaarɛ‐kʋlɛ lʋwɛ mʋ, opula mʋ nɩɩ ba sarɛ mʋ gyingyen. Nɩɩ Kayaayu Kyɩrɛkyɩrɛ mʋ loo bɔla bamʋ kpini nɩɩ ba piili bɛ tɔwɛ Ɩbwaarɛ asɩn mʋ yɛ kɔkɔlɔ ɔsɩɩ.
Krisito akɔɔlɛ‐gyipu
kakyɩna tɔ kɔnɔ kʋlʋn
32 Akɔɔlɛ‐gyipu kʋbʋ mʋ kpini ba waa nfɛɛrɛ kʋlʋn yɛ kɔkɔlɔ kʋlʋn. Bamʋ ɔkʋ mɛɛ tɔwɛ yɛ, kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ ɔ sʋ mʋ gyɛ mʋ lɛɛ. Kʋtɔ kʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ba sʋ mʋ gyɛ bamʋ kpini lɛɛ. 33 Asunpu mʋ ba tɔwɛ Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ Yesu Krisito kelewu kyiŋi mʋ asɩn ba kaapʋ lɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ ɔlʋn lala mʋ sʋ. Nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ waa bamʋ kpini kusee. 34 Ɔkʋ man bʋ bamʋ kʋbʋ mʋ tɔ nɩɩ kʋtɔ kʋ ki tiri mʋ kpaa. Lɩɩ fɛɛ bamʋ nɩɩ ba sʋ kasɛ abɛɛ akpaara mʋ, ba fɛ ɩmʋ yɛgɛ ba sʋ afulee mʋ ba ba, 35 ba yɩla asunpu mʋ kagya kasɛ, nɩɩ ba barɩgɛ ɩmʋ tɔ fɛɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ i tiri ɔkʋmaa nɩmʋ.
36 Kanɩn nɩɩ Gyosefu, mʋ nɩɩ ɔ lɩɩ Lewi kebunɔ, nɩɩ ba kʋʋgɛ mʋ Sipuru, nɩɩ asunpu mʋ bɛɛ tɩɩ mʋ yɛ Banabasi, (kɩmʋ kasɛ ɩ kaapʋ fɛɛ, Ɔmʋ nɩɩ ɛɛ waa asa aniya tɔ). 37 Mʋ gbaa mʋ fɛ mʋ kasɛ mʋ nɩɩ ɔ sʋ mʋ, nɩɩ ɔ taa afulee mʋ ba waa asunpu mʋ kagya kasɛ.
* 4:1 Sadusi abi ba gyɛ Gyiwu abi kʋbʋ kʋ mʋ nɩɩ ba mɛɛ kɔɔlɛ bee gyii fɛɛ kekyiŋi lɩɩ lewu tɔ kʋ bʋ tɔ.