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Abamanyisi baa bʉtʉngʉlʉ
1 Looli akabalɨlo kaa bakunguluka, baaboniike abakunguluka baa bʉtʉngʉlʉ mBanyaisilaɨli. Abamanyisi baa bʉtʉngʉlʉ bo lʉlʉʉlo aabikʉboneka pakatɨ pamyɨnu. Abandʉ abo aabikwingɨsya ɨmanyisyo sya loonangɨko, nʉ kʉnkaana Jesu, ʉNdongosi ʉNkʉlʉmba ʉjʉ aabapokile mbʉtʉlanongwa. Kʉ njɨla ɨjo aabikwipelela ʉkʉpyutigwa abeene mbɨmbɨbɨ. 2 Kangɨ abandʉ bingi aabikʉkakongaga akajɨɨlo kaabo akaa bʉlogwe, na kʉnongwa jaabo aabikʉtʉkigwaga aba bikʉkonga akajɨɨlo akaa bwanalooli. 3 Abamanyisi baa bʉtʉngʉlʉ abo, kʉ bʉpafu bwabo, aabikʉbabʉʉlaga ʉtʉpango ʉtwa bʉtʉngʉlʉ ʉkʉtɨ bakabe ɨkyʉma kʉ bʉsyobi.
Looli ʉkʉfuma liijolo Kyala iitendekiisye ʉkʉbalonga. Alɨ maaso, kangɨ aikʉbapyuta! 4 Fyobeene abandʉmi bo batʉlile ɨnongwa, Kyala akaabapeliile ɨkɨsa, looli aabasopile mmooto, kʉno bapinyiigwe ɨminyololo. Ʉko kʉ ngiisi bikʉguulɨla iisikʉ ɨlya kʉlongigwa. 5 Kangɨ akabalɨlo kala akaa Nwaka, Kyala akaabapeliile ɨkɨsa abandʉ aba bakantiilaga. Aalɨmpokile Nwaka paapo aalɨ ndʉmbɨlɨli ʉngolofu, pamopeene na bandʉ abangɨ bahaano na babɨlɨ, looli aabapyutile abandʉ boosa aba bakantiilaga kʉ njɨla jaa mweleesyo ʉnnywamu. 6 Kangɨ Kyala aabalongile abandʉ abaa nkaaja akaa mu Sotoma na kaa mu Gomola, aabapyutile nʉ mooto, aababɨɨkile ʉkʉja baa kʉkeetelamo kʉlɨ ɨsi aasikʉbaaga abandʉ aba batikʉntiila Kyala. 7 Aalɨmpokile Looti ʉmundʉ ʉngolofu, ʉjʉ akajɨɨlo akabiibi fiijo akaa bandʉ abo abatʉlanongwa kaalɨmpelile ʉkʉsulumania. 8 Looti ʉngolofu ʉjo aatʉʉgalaga pamopeene na bandʉ abo ababiibi, kʉ masikʉ mingi aasulumeenie fiijo bo ikʉpɨlɨka amasyʉ gaabo nʉ kʉkabona akajɨɨlo kaabo akabiibi. 9 Ʉkʉkongana na ɨsyo syosa, tʉsyageenie nalooli ʉkʉtɨ ʉNtwa ameenye muno ikwisa kʉbapoka abandʉ mu ngʉbɨlo aba bikʉntiila ʉmwene. Kangɨ ameenye muno ikwisa kʉbafundɨla abatʉlanongwa pi isikʉ lɨla ɨlya kʉbalonga, 10 fiijo aba bikʉfikonga ɨfinyonyo fya loonangɨko ɨfya mbɨlɨ, nʉ kwila ɨndagɨlo sya Kyala.
Abamanyisi baa bʉtʉngʉlʉ abo balɨ nʉ lʉkaani na matingo, batikʉtiila ʉkʉfitʉka ɨfipeligwa ɨfi fikʉtʉʉgala kʉmwanya. 11 Looli na paapo abandʉmi balɨ nʉ bʉlagɨli na maka fiijo ʉkʉfikɨnda ɨfipeligwa ɨfyo, poope batikʉfisitaaka nʉ kʉfitʉka nkyeni mwa Kyala. 12 Abamanyisi baa bʉtʉngʉlʉ abo bikʉfitʉka ɨfi bakafimanya. Bafwene nɨ finyamaana ɨfi fikaja na mahala, ɨfi fikʉpaapigwa itolo ʉkʉtɨ fikoligwege nʉ kʉbooligwa! Bo lʉlʉʉlo Kyala ikwisa kʉbapyuta boope. 13 Kangɨ aabikʉhombigwa ɨngʉbɨlo kʉ ngʉbɨlo ɨsi bababombiile abandʉ abangɨ. Bikʉhoboka ʉkʉbomba ɨmbiibi pabwelu. Bikʉhoboka ʉkʉbasyoba bo batʉʉgeele pakʉlya pamopeene na nuumwe. Kʉ njɨla ɨjo bikʉbanyasya bo ʉlwa mababye mmwenda ʉmwelu. 14 Amaaso gaabo giiswile ʉbʉlogwe, nɨ finyonyo fyabo ɨfya kʉbomba ɨmbiibi fitikʉmalɨka. Bikʉbasyoba abandʉ aboonywa ndwitɨko. Biijʉʉlile ʉkʉja bamangʼanyi baa finyonyo fya kyʉma. Baguniigwe na Kyala! 15 Bajɨlekile ɨnjɨla ɨngolofu, basobile nʉ kʉjɨkonga ɨnjɨla ɨjɨ aajɨkongile Balaamu, ʉmwana gwa Beoli. Ʉmwene aaliiganile ʉkʉkabɨla mbʉsyobi, 16 looli alɨnkʉkemeligwa kʉnongwa jaa bʉtʉlanongwa bwake. Ɨmbunda ɨjɨ jɨtikʉjoba, jaajobile ngatɨ mundʉ, ʉkʉsigɨla ʉbʉkonyofu bwa nkunguluka jʉla.*
17 Abandʉ abo balɨ bo ɨnyiibʉko ɨjɨ amɨɨsi gʉʉmile, ngatɨ lʉbeefu ʉlʉ lukʉgutigwa nʉ mbelo. Kyala aababɨɨkiile ʉbʉjo ʉbwa kʉja mu ngiisi ɨnywamu fiijo. 18 Bikʉjoba ɨnongwa ɨsya matingo ɨmbosya miino. Bikʉfibombela ɨmbombo ɨfinyonyo fyabo ɨfya mbɨlɨ, ʉkʉbategelela abandʉ aba bandile ʉkʉmmwitɨka Kyala, aba balekile ʉkʉtʉʉgala kʉ bandʉ abatʉlanongwa. 19 Bikʉfinga ʉkʉbapa ʉbwabʉke abandʉ abo, ngɨmba abeene bo aba bikʉlongosigwa nʉ tʉndʉ ʉtʉ tukʉtwala ʉloonangɨko. Namanga ʉmundʉ ntʉmwa gwa kandʉ kokoosa aka kikʉnndongosya. 20 Lɨnga balipo aba biitatwile mu mbiibi sya nkiisʉ kʉ njɨla jaa kʉmmanya ʉNtwa nʉ Mpoki gwɨtʉ Jesu Kɨlɨsiti, lɨnga bikʉkoligwa nʉ kʉlongosigwa kangɨ nɨ mbiibi ɨsyo, po akajɨɨlo kaa bandʉ abo aakikʉjaga kabiibi ʉkʉkɨnda kʉbwandɨlo. 21 Po ngalɨ kanunu kʉmyabo lɨnga bakaajɨmeenye sikʉ ɨnjɨla ɨjo ɨmbagɨsye nkyeni mwa Kyala. Na paapo baajɨmeenye, baalʉlekile ʉlʉlagɨlo ʉlwikemo ʉlʉ baapeeliigwe. 22 Ɨsi basibombile sikʉtʉnangɨsya ʉbwanalooli bwa sya mbʉpɨngamu ɨsi sikʉtɨ, “Ɨmbwa jikʉgagomokela amateesi gaake,”† nɨ singi ɨsi sikʉtɨ, “Ɨngʉlʉbe ɨjɨ joogile jikwibungulusya kangɨ mmatope!”
* 2:16 Bala kalata gwa Ɨmbalɨlo 22:4-35; 31:16. † 2:22 Bala kalata gwa Ɨsya Mbʉpɨngamu 26:11.