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Pɔɔlɩ tɔwɛ abwaarɛsɩn
Tesalonika
1 Saŋa mʋ nɩɩ Pɔɔlɩ maa Silasi ba bɔla lɩɩ Amfipolisi yɛ Apoloniya ndɛ tɔ mʋ, ba naa fʋʋ Tesalonika kadɛ tɔ, katɩn mʋ nɩɩ Gyiwu abi kabwaarɛ‐kʋlɛ ɔgyaŋɛkpa bʋ mʋ. 2 Fɛɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ ɔ wʋla ɛɛ waa mʋ, Pɔɔlɩ kpee ɔgyaŋɛkpa mʋ tɔ. Nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ abwaarɛsɩn sa bamʋ nkɛ fʋʋtɛsa akɛ kanɩn ɩlɩɩ ɩsa. 3 Pɔɔlɩ lɛɛ kaapʋ tɔ fɛɛ, “Ɩ dagaa fɛɛ Ɔmʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ Wʋla lɛɛ mʋ o gyii awʋrʋfɔ, kɛ o wu kɛ ɔ bɩla kyiŋi.” Nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Yesu mʋ nɩɩ n tɔwɛ fanɛ mʋ asɩn falɛ ɩ gyɛ Ɔmʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ Wʋla lɛɛ mʋ.” 4 Gyiwu abi mʋ akʋ yɛ Giriki abi mʋ nɩɩ ba sɩlɛ Ɩbwaarɛ mʋ, yɛ akyɩɩ mʋ nɩɩ ba sʋ bɛɛrɛɛ kadɛ mʋ tɔ mʋ kpini ba kɔɔlɛ Pɔɔlɩ asɩn mʋ kyula yɛ ɩ gyɛ kesintin nɩɩ ba buu bamʋ.
5 Amaa Gyiwu abi mʋ nɩɩ ba san mʋ ba nyɛ kayɩɩ basa. Nɩɩ ba kpee kɩgya tɔ naa biti asa gyaga. Nɩɩ ba be tii bamʋ n‐yɩɩ sʋ, nɩɩ ba piili bɛɛ waa ɩlawʋ kadɛ mʋ tɔ. Nɩɩ ba kpala kpee Yasin ayɛ ba naa biti Pɔɔlɩ maa Silasi, kɛ ba kɩtaa bamʋ ba sakyɔ mʋ tɔ. 6 Amaa ba maa man wu bamʋ mʋ, ba kɩtaa Yasin maa Yesu akɔɔlɛ‐gyipu akʋ bɩya bamʋ kadɛ mʋ abɩlɩsa ansi tɔ. Nɩɩ ba kuusi yɛ, “Ba nɩmʋ ɩ gyɛ bamʋ nɩɩ ba biliŋaa dulinyaa bee bun mʋ, ba ba nfɩɩ. 7 Nɩɩ Yasin kɔɔlɛ bamʋ waa mʋ kɩkpaara sʋ. Bamʋ kpini ba fɔyɩ Owura lala Kasaro kɔnɔsa nbara, nɩɩ ba tɔwɛ yɛ Owura pʋpwɛ kʋ bʋ tɔ nɩɩ bɛɛ tɩɩ mʋ yɛ Yesu.” 8 Sakyɔ mʋ yɛ kadɛ abɩlɩsa mʋ ba maa nu falɛ asɩn mʋ, ɩ tɔɔrɔɔ bamʋ gaa. 9 Nɩɩ ba yɛgɛ Yasin maa mʋ tɔmaa ana ba ka afulee mʋ nɩɩ ɩ dagaa, nɩɩ ba yɛgɛ bamʋ.
Ba kpiya Pɔɔlɩ maa Silasi
Bereya kadɛ tɔ
10 Kanɩn kakɛ maŋa kagyanbwɛ, nɩɩ Yesu akɔɔlɛ‐gyipu ba sun Pɔɔlɩ maa Silasi kpee Bereya kadɛ tɔ. Ba maa fʋʋ tʋtɔ mʋ ba kpee Gyiwu abi kabwaarɛ‐kʋlɛ ɔgyaŋɛkpa. 11 Asa mʋ nɩɩ ba bʋ Bereya mʋ nfɛɛrɛ ɩ dɛ kasɛ ɩ kyɔ bamʋ nɩɩ ba bʋ Tesalonika. Lɩɩ fɛɛ ba taa bamʋ nkɔlɔ kpini kɔɔlɛ asɩn mʋ yɛgɛ bɛɛ bɩla bɛɛ kɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ Asɩnkyan yɩlasa mʋ tɔ, kakɛ kʋmaa bɛɛ kɩɩ yɛ kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ Pɔɔlɩ tɔwɛ mʋ ɩ bʋ tɔ kanɩn. 12 Kanɩn sʋ Gyiwu abi damantɛ yɛ Giriki akyɩɩ mʋ nɩɩ ba sʋ bɛɛrɛɛ yɛ anyɩn gaalaagaa ba kɔɔlɛ asɩn mʋ gyii.
13 Saŋa mʋ nɩɩ Gyiwu abi mʋ nɩɩ ba bʋ Tesalonika ba nu yɛ Pɔɔlɩ bʋ Bereya ɛɛ tɔwɛ abwaarɛsɩn mʋ, ba ba tʋtɔ, bee fun bɛɛ waa asa mʋ. 14 Nɩɩ Yesu akɔɔlɛ‐gyipu mʋ ba waa bilen taa Pɔɔlɩ kpee kebunɔ, amaa Silasi maa Timoti ba sii Bereya kadɛ tɔ. 15 Nɩɩ anyɩn mʋ nɩɩ ba sun Pɔɔlɩ ɔkpa mʋ, ba sun mʋ ɔkpa kpee Antensi. Nɩɩ Pɔɔlɩ kala bamʋ fɛɛ Silasi maa Timoti ba waa bilen ba tu mʋ Antensi.
Pɔɔlɩ tɔwɛ abwaarɛsɩn
Antensi yɛ Aropago
16 Saŋa mʋ nɩɩ Pɔɔlɩ gyoo Silasi maa Timoti Antensi mʋ, maa wu fɛɛ ɩdakpa ɩ bɔla kadɛ mʋ tɔ mʋ, nɩɩ ɩ tɔɔrɔɔ mʋ gaa. 17 Ɩmʋ sʋ saŋa kʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ o kpee Gyiwu abi kabwaarɛ‐kʋlɛ ɔgyaŋɛkpa mʋ, maa Gyiwu abi yɛ Giriki abi mʋ nɩɩ ba sɩlɛ Ɩbwaarɛ mʋ bee gyii abwaarɛsɩn mʋ ɩmɔɔrɛ. Kanɩn sʋ nɩɩ ee kpee kɩgya tɔ kakɛ kʋmaa yɛgɛ maa asa bee gyii ɩmɔɔrɛ. 18 Nɩɩ Epikuriyan ɩwʋlɛ anyipu kʋbʋ yɛ Sitoki ɩwʋlɛ anyipu kʋbʋ bee piili bee gyii Pɔɔlɩ ɩmɔɔrɛ. Mʋ katɔwɛ mʋ tɔ mʋ, Pɔɔlɩ ɩ tɔwɛ asɩn danbɩrasa lɩɩ Yesu maa mu kiwu kyiŋi asɩn. Nɩɩ bamʋ akʋ ba taasɛ yɛ, “Mɩnɛ nɩɩ nyɩmɩsa gyaga nɩmʋ ii biti ɔ kaapʋ?” Nɩɩ akʋ ba lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, “I du fɛɛ ɛɛ kaapʋ akʋ ɩdakpa asɩn nɩn.” 19 Nɩɩ ba kɩtaa Pɔɔlɩ taa mʋ kpee Aropago ɔgyaŋɛkpa abɩlɩsa ansi tɔ. Nɩɩ ba taasɛ mʋ yɛ, “Fʋ taalɛ tɔwɛ anɛ kɩkaapʋ pʋpwɛ mʋ nɩɩ fʋ bɩya mʋ? 20 Asɩn mʋ nɩɩ fʋ sʋ fʋ bɩya anɛ mʋ ɩ gyɛ anɛ asʋ tɔ asɩn pʋpwɛ. Ɩmʋ sʋ ba kaapʋ anɛ ɩmʋ kasɛ.” 21 Antensi abi yɛ afɔ mʋ nɩɩ ba bʋ kadɛ mʋ tɔ mʋ gaalaagaa ba mɛɛ waa sɛhn tii asɩn pʋpwɛ mʋ kunu sʋ yɛ ɩmʋ katɔwɛ sʋ.
22 Ɩmʋ sʋ nɩɩ Pɔɔlɩ kʋsʋ yɩlɛ Aropago ngyaŋɛ mʋ tɔ, tɔwɛ yɛ, “Antensi anyɩn, n wu fɛɛ ɔkpa kʋmaa sʋ mʋ, kʋtɔ kʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ fen sun mʋ, fɛn sʋ kensi payɩ fen sun mʋ. 23 Lɩɩ fɛɛ n maa naa kadɛ mʋ tɔ mʋ, n wu atɔ mʋ nɩɩ fen muŋa fen sun. Nɩɩ n wu saraga kaswɩɩ mʋ nɩɩ bɛ kyʋrɔɔ kɩmʋ sʋ yɛ, ƖBWAARƖ MƲ NƖƖ AN MAN NYI MƲ MƲ LƐƐ. Ɩmʋ sʋ ɔmʋ nɩɩ fen sun, nɩɩ fen mee nyi mʋ mʋ, mʋ asɩn nɩɩ n biti n tɔwɛ fanɛ.
24 “Ɩbwaarɛ mʋ nɩɩ ɔ tʋʋ dulinyaa yɛ kʋtɔ kʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ kɩ bʋ kɩmʋ tɔ mʋ, mʋ ɩ gyɛ sʋsʋ yɛ kasɛ Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ. Ɔ mɛɛ kyɩna kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ ba taa abaa pɔyɩ mʋ tɔ. 25 Kʋtɔ kʋ kɩ man bʋ tɔ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ mɛɛ taalɛ waa, nɩɩ ɩ dagaa fɛɛ nyɩmɩsa ɔ waa sa mʋ. Lɩɩ fɛɛ mʋ ɩ sa nyɩmɩsa nkpa yɛ ɔ fʋʋtɛ yɛ kʋtɔ kʋmaa nɩmʋ. 26 Ɔ tʋʋ nyɩmɩsa kʋlʋn nɩɩ ɔ bɔla mʋ sʋ nɩɩ ɔ tʋʋ ndɛndɛmandɛ kpini, nɩɩ ɔ yɛgɛ nɩɩ ba kyɩna dulinyaa ɩsʋwʋlɛ mʋ sʋ kpini. Ɩbwaarɛ wʋla ŋmina yɩla opula mʋ nɩɩ asa ba kyɩna yɛ ɩmʋ saŋa. 27 Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ Ɩbwaarɛ waa ɩnɩmʋ nɩn, lɩɩ fɛɛ ee biti fɛɛ asa ba kɩɩ biti mʋ kɛ ba wu mʋ. Amaa yɛgɛ ɔ man bʋ kata yɛ anɛ tɔ ɔkʋ. 28 Nɩɩ mʋ sʋ nɩɩ an sʋ nkpa, nɩɩ an taalɛ an naa yɛgɛ an bʋ tɔ falɛ, fɛɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ fanɛ ɔlʋn‐bɩɩpʋ kʋ tɔwɛ yɛ, ‘Anɛ gbaa anɛ an gyɛ mu‐bii ana nɩn’.
29 “Nɩɩ ɩ gyɛ kesintin fɛɛ anɛ ɩ gyɛ Ɩbwaarɛ mu‐bii ana bɩrɛ mʋ, an man kan fɛ nfɛɛrɛ fɛɛ Ɩbwaarɛ keduli du fɛɛ suwa abɛɛ gbiti abɛɛ kubuu nɩɩ nyɩmɩsa taalɛ taa mʋ kanyaasɩn yɛ adawʋ pɔyɩ mʋ fɛɛ ɔdakpa. 30 Dɩdaa mʋ Ɩbwaarɛ man taa asa kimennyi waa sɛhn, amaa nbɩɩnbɩɩ ɔ sa asa kpini kɔnɔsa katɩn kʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ba bʋ fɛɛ ba yɛgɛ alibi kɩwaa. 31 Lɩɩ fɛɛ ɔ lɛɛ kakɛ yɩla mʋ nɩɩ ee biti ɔ bɔla ɔnyɩn mʋ nɩɩ ɔ wʋla lɛɛ mʋ kɛ ɔ talɛ ɔkʋmaa nɩmʋ kesintin ɔkpa sʋ. O kyiŋi kanɩn nyɩmɩsa maŋa lɩɩ lewu tɔ, waa kanɩn kaapʋ sa asa kpini yɛ ɩnɩmʋ ii biti ɩ waa.”
32 Ba maa nu Pɔɔlɩ asɛ lɩɩ kelewu kyiŋi asɩn mʋ, akʋ ba waa mʋ ahin‐sɩn, nɩɩ akʋ mɔɔ ba tɔwɛ mʋ yɛ, “An biti fɛɛ fu bwii tɔwɛ anɛ kanɩn asɩn nɩmʋ.” 33 Nɩɩ Pɔɔlɩ lɩɩ ɔgyaŋɛkpa mʋ. 34 Nɩɩ anyɩn akʋ ba buu mʋ nɩɩ ba kɔɔlɛ Yesu gyii. Bamʋ akʋ atɩɩ ɩ gyɛ Diyonisi mʋ nɩɩ ɔ gyɛ Aropago kʋbʋ mʋ tɔ ɔkʋ, yɛ ɔkyɩɩ mʋ nɩɩ bɛɛ tɩɩ mʋ yɛ Damarisi, yɛ asa mʋ akʋ.