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ꞌLe Tesalonikɩ nyʋ ꞌkla-a ꞌPɔlʋ -ke Silaasɩ nyanɩ ꞌmʋ
1 ꞌPɔlʋ -ke Silaasɩ muꞌa a, -gwlɛ -ke ꞌmʋ ʋn -zi -nɩꞌa a, ꞌɩnnɩ ꞌka-a: Anfipolii -ke Apolonii, ꞌle, -gwlɔklagba ʋn-ʋ ꞌlaꞌa Tesalonikɩ, ʋn ꞌye ꞌle nyni. ꞌBho-o *ꞌZuifʋtɔlʋ -nɩꞌa ꞌbhoꞌa *-Lagɔwluꞌa ꞌlicɩaanbudu -nɩꞌo. 2 -Gblee, -bho ꞌPɔlʋ pa ꞌbho gwlɔ ꞌmʋ a, ꞌle -Lagɔwluꞌa ꞌlicɩaanbudu ꞌli ɔ-ɔ muꞌo -antanyɩ, ꞌka-a ɔ-ɔ nʋꞌo ꞌꞌcɩcɩ. ꞌƐ dɩ ɔ muꞌo ꞌle. *ꞌZuifʋꞌa lifɔzɔ tan dedeꞌa ꞌꞌyi, ꞌya ti, -Lagɔwlu ꞌcnɩ-ɛꞌɛ ꞌle ꞌɔ ꞌꞌbɔgʋ ꞌli, ɔ -ke nyʋ-ʋ -nɩꞌa ꞌbho -zaꞌa-a ꞌle ꞌya sʋɩ, 3 ꞌle ɔ-ɔ zɩza ꞌnɛ gbɔ, ɔ-ɔ tɔꞌɔ nyʋ -ka ɛ ꞌcnɩ-ɛꞌɛ see ꞌle -Lagɔꞌɔ ꞌꞌbɔgʋ ꞌli *ꞌɔ ꞌBhozayi -ɔ ꞌpʋʋnꞌa nyʋ-ʋ ꞌye-e ꞌkle ꞌye -mʋ ꞌle ɔ ꞌke ꞌmɛ. -Bho ɔ ꞌmɛ ɛ, ꞌle ɔ ꞌke glu -sɔ ꞌle ɔ ꞌke ti-nɩ -lrɛɛ. ꞌLe ɔ na: Ɔ-bɔ Zezii ꞌmnɔ -ke dɩ ꞌɩn-ɩ zaꞌa -laa amʋ -bodɩ ꞌmʋ, ꞌɩnnɔ ꞌmo-o -Lagɔꞌɔ ꞌBhozayi -ɔ ꞌpʋʋnꞌa nyʋ. 4 -Gblee, nyʋ-ʋ po ꞌɔ -lokui, ꞌwa tɔlʋ ꞌyeeꞌe-e wlu ꞌmnɛ -ziadɩ ꞌmʋ, ꞌle ʋn -ke ꞌPɔlʋ ꞌꞌwe ꞌye gbobhete. ꞌƖnnʋ ꞌmo-o *Glɛkɩꞌa -dadudu ʋn -ke ꞌZuifʋ-ʋ bʋbɔꞌɔ -Lagɔ -lue, ꞌɩnnʋ -ke ꞌnynɩbhlenynʋkpakpɩꞌa -dadudu.
5 Ɩ ziꞌa -kaa a, ꞌZuifʋ -yʋ -sieꞌa ti a, ʋ-beeꞌa lbhʋ ʋn nʋꞌa, ʋn ꞌnʋ-o ꞌɛ ꞌꞌmʋnynɩ, ꞌɩnnʋ muꞌo ꞌle -jeyi, ʋn ꞌye bhebheyitiꞌa nyʋ ꞌsrʋ po, ʋn ꞌye gbaagba yayi ti-za ꞌbho gwlɔ ꞌmʋ, Zasɔɔ -ke ꞌꞌbhli ꞌPɔlʋ -ke Silaasɩ -nɩꞌa, ʋn ꞌye ꞌle ꞌwlaa, ꞌle ʋn-ʋ ꞌbʋ ꞌʋ ti, ʋn ꞌke ʋ nyʋ wɔnyi kpa. 6 Ʋn -gbʋꞌa ꞌle a, ʋn -see ʋ ꞌye ꞌle ʋn ꞌye Zasɔɔ -ke ꞌlotʋꞌa ꞌꞌnynuu -lrʋʋ ꞌbho gwlɔ ꞌmʋꞌa nyʋklɩgbɩ wɔnyi kpa, ꞌle ʋn-ʋ ꞌꞌwɔꞌo: ꞌPɔlʋ -ke Silaasɩ gbaꞌa ꞌbhlʋkpa ya a, nyʋ ꞌmnʋ, ꞌɩnnʋ yiꞌe -dagbɛ. 7 ꞌƖnnʋ Zasɔɔ -mnɔɔ-ɔ poꞌo -budu ꞌli. ꞌWa ꞌweeꞌa ꞌꞌdu ꞌbho -aꞌba ꞌbhlʋkpayowliklagbaꞌa wlu. Ʋn na ꞌbhlʋkpayowli -lrɔɔꞌɔ wlu ʋn-ʋ ꞌꞌduꞌo ꞌbho. ꞌƖnnɔ ꞌmo-o *Zezii.
8 Nyʋklɩgbɩ -ke nyʋ -lrʋʋ-ʋ -nɩꞌa ꞌbho a, wlu ꞌmnɛ ꞌkpʋn -ʋ li. 9 ꞌƐ dɩ ʋn -zaꞌa Zasɔɔ ꞌꞌwe mɔni ꞌꞌlru ꞌmʋ ꞌle ꞌPɔlʋ -ke Silaasɩ ꞌke gwlɔ ꞌmnɛ ꞌmʋ ꞌwlʋ ꞌle ʋn ꞌye ʋ ꞌꞌyitiꞌꞌtayi.
Nyʋꞌa -dadudu ꞌde-e Zezii ꞌꞌgwli ꞌle Belee
10 Ʋn ꞌꞌtayi ꞌnʋ ꞌꞌyiti a, glu gwɛꞌɛ ɛ, ꞌbho -gbaa -lue ꞌmʋ ꞌlotʋꞌa ꞌꞌnynuu ꞌꞌluoꞌo-o ꞌPɔlʋ -ke Silaasɩ ꞌmʋ, ʋn ꞌye ʋ -jolʋ ꞌꞌnyɩ, ꞌle, -gwlɔ ʋn-ʋ ꞌlaꞌa Belee, ʋn ꞌye ꞌle mu. Ʋn nyniꞌa a, *ꞌZuifʋ -nɩꞌa ꞌbho a, ʋn ꞌmu-o ꞌwa *-Lagɔwluꞌa ꞌlicɩaanbudu ꞌli. 11 Ʋ-bee -nmɔꞌɔ-ɔ kpli ꞌmʋ, ʋn ꞌye ꞌZuifʋ -nɩꞌa Tesalonikɩ -zi. -Lagɔwlu ꞌPɔlʋ-ʋ tɔꞌɔ, ʋn ꞌpo -ɛ -lokui -pɔlʋzɛgɛ ti. -Ka zɔ zɩꞌa a, lɩ ɔ-ɔ tɔꞌɔ, ꞌka-a ʋn-ʋ ꞌcrɩ ꞌɩ ꞌmʋti ꞌle -Lagɔbɔgʋ ꞌli -bho ɩ ꞌꞌdu -zɛgɛ. 12 ꞌƐ dɩ ꞌwa -dadudu deꞌe *Zezii ꞌꞌgwli ꞌle Glɛkɩnynʋkpakpɩ-ɩ ꞌbhleꞌa ꞌnynɩ -ke *Glɛkɩnyukpasiꞌa -dadudu de ꞌɔ ꞌꞌgwli -lrɛɛ. 13 Ɛ ziꞌa -kaa a, ꞌZuifʋ -nɩꞌa Tesalonikɩ ꞌwɔn-ɔ ꞌbɔ ꞌPɔlʋ-ʋ ꞌza-a -Lagɔwlu ꞌmʋ ꞌbho Belee a, ʋn ꞌyi-e ꞌbho, ʋn ꞌye gbaagba yayi ti-za, ꞌle ʋn-ʋ gbaꞌa nyʋ ya. 14-15 ꞌƐ dɩ, ꞌlotʋꞌa ꞌꞌnynuu -nɩꞌa ꞌbho Belee, ꞌbho -yritayi ʋn kpaꞌa ꞌPɔlʋ ꞌle ꞌtɔnniwɔnli -bhoga -jeyi, ʋn -ke ɔ ꞌye mu, ꞌle, ꞌbhlʋkpa ʋn-ʋ ꞌlaꞌa Akayi, ꞌɛ -gwlɔ ʋn-ʋ ꞌlaꞌa Atɛɛnɩ, ʋn ꞌye ɔ ꞌle -nynia, ꞌle Silaasɩ -ke Timotee ꞌye ꞌbho -sie. Nyʋ ꞌmnʋ -nynia ꞌnɔ Atɛɛnɩ, ʋn ꞌka ꞌle yi a, ɔ ꞌꞌdu -ʋ wlu ꞌꞌyi, ɔ na: -Bho a mu, a ꞌtmʋʋ Silaasɩ -ke Timotee, ʋn yi -vuu!, ꞌle nyʋ ꞌmnʋ ꞌye ʋ wlu -ya.
ꞌPɔlʋ -nɩꞌe-e Atɛɛnɩ
16 A -gblee, ꞌPɔlʋ -nɩꞌa Silaasɩ -ke Timotee wɔnfuonamʋ ꞌle Atɛɛnɩ, ɔ-ɔ ꞌna-a gwlɔ ꞌmnɛ ꞌmʋ ti, kɔkuiꞌa -dadudu ʋn-ʋ bʋbɔꞌɔ ꞌbho ꞌwa gwlɔ ꞌmnɛ ꞌmʋ, ɔ ꞌye ꞌɩ a, ꞌya dɩ ꞌkpʋn -ɔ ꞌgwlʋ. 17 *ꞌZuifʋ -ke nyʋ -lrʋʋ-ʋ bʋbɔꞌɔ -Lagɔ, ꞌɩnnʋ -ke ꞌPɔlʋ-ʋ ꞌgbʋʋꞌo ꞌꞌlru ꞌle *-Lagɔwluꞌa ꞌlicɩaanbudu ꞌli ꞌle ɔ -ke ʋn-ʋ zaꞌa ꞌle -Lagɔwluꞌa sʋɩ, ꞌle, nyʋ -ke ɔ-ɔ ꞌgbʋʋꞌa ꞌbho ꞌpɛlʋ ꞌmʋ ꞌꞌyi, ɔ-ɔ zɩ ꞌɩ ʋ -bodɩ ꞌmʋ zɔꞌꞌo zɔ. 18 Dɩꞌa ꞌmʋticrɛmʋ ʋn-ʋ ꞌlaꞌa Epikiliɛɛ -ke nyʋ -lrʋʋ-ʋ na nɩꞌa nyɔ -lue ʋn-ʋ ꞌlaꞌa Zenʋꞌa -tɔtɔwlu ꞌmʋ ʋn-ʋ ꞌlaꞌa Stoyisiɛɛn, ꞌɩnnʋ -ke ꞌPɔlʋ-ʋ wluꞌo -lrɛɛ. ꞌLe ꞌwa tɔlʋ-ʋ nʋꞌo: ꞌYrɛlɛɛwluyi ꞌmnɔ, koo ɔ-ɔ ꞌlɛꞌɛ? -Lrʋʋ na: Kɔkuilreꞌa ꞌꞌdɩ ɔ-ɔ zaꞌo. Lɛ -ke dɩ ʋn-ʋ ꞌlɛꞌɛ -kaa, ꞌɩnnɛ ꞌmo-o ꞌPɔlʋ-ʋ ꞌtɔ-ɔ *Zeziiꞌa dɩ -ke -ka ɔ ꞌmɛ ka ꞌle ɔ ꞌyeꞌa glu -sɔ, ɔ ꞌyeꞌa ti-nɩ -lrɛɛ. 19 Ʋn nʋꞌa -kaa, ʋn ꞌꞌluo ꞌnɔ-ɔ ꞌmʋ ꞌle ʋn -ke ɔ ꞌye -da -lue nyʋ-ʋ ꞌgbʋʋꞌa ꞌꞌlru ʋn-ʋ ꞌlaꞌa Aleopasɩ mu ꞌle ʋn na: -Ɩn ꞌbhɛɛꞌɛ -ɩn ꞌke -amʋ -tɔtɔlɩlre -ke dɩ -a zaꞌa -amʋ -bodɩ ꞌmʋ gbɔzɩzaꞌa? 20 -Ɛkedɩmaa, lɛlre -ɩn -nɩꞌa -amʋ ꞌbʋꞌwɔɔn -nɩnamʋ, -aꞌba ꞌwɔn ꞌya gbɔ ꞌꞌkpi ꞌmʋti, zɩza nɩ gbɔ!
21 A -gblee, ʋ-bʋ Atɛɛnɩkɔmʋ ꞌmnʋ -ke ꞌlɩkpʋ -ke ʋn -deꞌa ꞌbho, ꞌwa nʋ lbhʋ -lrɛɛ -bho ɛ -se ꞌꞌlrugbʋʋɛ ꞌle ʋn ꞌke dɩlre -bodɩmʋzɩza ꞌle ʋn ꞌke ɩ -lokuipo. ꞌKa-a ʋn-ʋ nʋꞌo ꞌwa -nɔɔꞌɔ klɛ ti. 22 Ɩ -nɩꞌa kaa ꞌmʋ a, ꞌbho ꞌwa ꞌꞌlrugbʋʋnamʋ ꞌmnɔ nyʋꞌa ꞌꞌyigbeyi ꞌPɔlʋ -nynaꞌa ti ꞌle ɔ na:
Atɛɛnɩkɔmʋ-a, ꞌɩn ꞌye-e ꞌna -ka, ꞌle lɩ ꞌwee ꞌmʋ, a ꞌꞌduꞌa nyʋ -yʋ -kmaꞌa kɔkuiꞌa bʋbɔdɩ. 23 -Ɛkedɩmaa, ꞌɩn -naꞌa-a aꞌba gwlɔ ꞌmʋ ti, ꞌɩn ꞌye-e lɩ -ke ꞌmʋ a-a bʋbɔ nɩꞌa aꞌba -lagɔ -lue -lue ꞌle ꞌya ꞌꞌklumʋ -da -lue -lrɔɔ ʋn ꞌcnɩ-e ꞌbho lɛ ꞌꞌyri: ꞌLagalagɔ. ꞌTraamʋ ꞌtɔ ɔ, ɛbɛ ꞌmnɛ a seꞌa yibo a-a bʋbɔꞌɔ ꞌꞌyribhuo ꞌmʋti, ꞌɩnnɛ ꞌɩn yiꞌo ꞌɩn ꞌke amʋ -tɔ. 24 -Lagɔ nʋꞌa ꞌkmʋ -ke lɛꞌꞌo lɛ a-a ꞌyeꞌa ꞌnɔɔ ɛ ꞌmʋ li, ꞌɩnnɔ ꞌmo-o ꞌya -kɔyi. -Budu -yɛ nyunyuꞌa -kʋtɩ poꞌa, ɔ se ꞌle ꞌɛ ꞌlimʋ -nɩ. 25 Ɔ -see tiꞌbɔ nyunyɔ ꞌke ɔ lɛꞌꞌo lɛ ꞌꞌnyɩ. A -gblee, ꞌɩnnɔ ꞌꞌnyɩꞌe nyunyu ꞌwee tinɩɛ-e, -fɩfɛ -ke lɩ ꞌwee. 26 A -gblee, nyunyɔ -lue ꞌtɩn ɔ -yaꞌa ti, ꞌle ɔ ꞌmʋ, ꞌle-e nyunyudu ꞌwlʋꞌo ʋn ꞌye ꞌnɔɔ ꞌbhlʋkpa ꞌꞌkpi ꞌꞌyi, ꞌle ɔ ꞌye ꞌbhlʋkpabanʋ po ꞌle ɔ ꞌye ꞌya -nɔɔ ꞌꞌdu see ꞌle ʋn ꞌke ꞌꞌpapa ꞌmʋ ti-de. 27 Ɔ ꞌnʋ-o -kaa ꞌle nyʋ ꞌke dudua ʋn ꞌke ɔ tiꞌbɔ ꞌle ʋn ꞌke ɔ ꞌmʋtiyibo. -Ziadɩ moꞌo, -Lagɔ se nyɔꞌꞌo nyɔ gbo-tɛ. 28 ꞌLe ꞌɩnnɔ ꞌꞌnyɩꞌe -amʋ tinɩɛ, ꞌɔ dɩ -a naꞌo ꞌle -a ꞌye ti-nɩ. ꞌƖnnɛ aꞌba yakapomʋtɔlʋ ꞌyeeꞌe -ziadɩ ꞌmʋ, ʋn na: ꞌƆ gʋgɔmʋ -a ꞌꞌduꞌo.
29 A -gblee, -Lagɔꞌɔ gʋgɔmʋ -a ꞌꞌduꞌa dɩ ɛ se -kaa ti-nmɔ -a ꞌke ꞌgwlʋtipopo, ꞌnynɩbhlenɛtɩ -ke -babasʋkpʋ nyunyu cɛꞌɛ ꞌliti ʋn -bɛꞌɛ ʋn-ʋ bʋbɔꞌɔ, ɩ -ke -Lagɔ gʋgɔꞌo, nʋ. 30 -Nɔɔ -ke ꞌli nyunyu seꞌa -Lagɔ yibo, ʋn-ʋ nʋꞌa, -Lagɔꞌɔ zi ꞌya dɩ. ꞌTraamʋ ꞌtɔ ɔ, -Lagɔ-ɔ ꞌla-a nyʋ ꞌwee -nɩꞌa daꞌꞌo da ʋn ꞌke ꞌwa ꞌꞌnyinynidɩ ꞌꞌyiyibo ʋn ꞌke ɔ gbo ꞌꞌbhiti. 31 A ꞌke ɩ ꞌꞌyiyibo, -ɛkedɩmaa, -nɔɔ -lue ɔ ꞌꞌduꞌo. -Bho ɛ nyni, nyɔ -lue ɔ -zaꞌa ꞌbho ꞌle ɔ ꞌke ꞌkmʋ -zigle -tu ꞌle -ziadɩ ꞌmʋ. ꞌƐ ꞌꞌyriꞌa ꞌbɩ ꞌwlʋ-oꞌo ꞌle ɔ ꞌye nyɔ ꞌmnɔ glu -za ꞌle ꞌmɛmʋꞌa ꞌꞌklumʋ ꞌle ɔ ꞌye ti-nɩ -lrɛɛ.
32 -Gblee, ꞌPɔlʋ -zaꞌa nyɔ-ɔ -sɔꞌɔ glu ꞌle ꞌmɛmʋꞌa ꞌꞌklumʋ, -ɔ -nɩꞌa ti -lrɛɛꞌɛ dɩ ꞌmʋ, ʋn ꞌwɩn ꞌɩ ꞌbɔ, ʋn -drɩ ꞌnɔ-ɔ ꞌnynɩ, ꞌle -lrʋʋ na: -Bho -ɩn -flɔ ꞌꞌyi ꞌle -a ꞌke yi -a ꞌke -ɩnmʋ -lokuipo ꞌbho dɩ ꞌmnɛ ꞌꞌkpi, -a ꞌke ꞌbho ꞌmʋtiꞌwɔn. 33 ꞌBho ꞌmnɔ, ꞌbho-o ꞌPɔlʋ ꞌwlʋ -nɩꞌe ꞌbho ꞌwa ꞌꞌklumʋ. 34 Ɛ -nɩꞌa -kaa ꞌmʋ a, nyʋꞌa ꞌplan ꞌyeeꞌe-e ꞌPɔlʋꞌa wlu -ziadɩ ꞌmʋ ꞌle ʋn ꞌye -Lagɔwlu ꞌwɔɔn, ꞌle ꞌwa ꞌꞌklumʋ nyɔ -lue ʋn-ʋ ꞌlaꞌa Denisɩ -ɔ ꞌma-a ʋ-bʋ nyʋ-ʋ ꞌgbʋʋꞌa ꞌꞌlruꞌa nyɔ -lue-e, ꞌnynaakpʋ -lue ʋn-ʋ ꞌlaꞌa Damalisɩ -ke nyʋ -lrʋʋ.

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