1 A ni mbɔ llɛ́ chəɨ, Jishɔ thi ŋkɨŋ ŋkhǐ chəɨ, pi mɛ̄iŋ ni Gɛnɛsharɛ, ŋgwa thɔ fra nu mbɨŋ yu nɔ yaʼo nu chrà Minnwi. 2 A yəɨ paa kikuoŋ a kaoŋ ŋkɨŋ ŋkhǐ, ghaŋ ŋgunu pighɔ kwo taoŋ moŋ ghɔ ŋgə̄ɨ nthɔ shɨ̄gao ndáŋ yugu. 3 Jishɔ nii moŋ taʼa kikuoŋ ghɔ, mbɔ yi Shemu, nchhu ghɔ ŋa a tūʼɔ a nii moŋ ŋkhǐ shɨgɛi. A chhɔ pi moŋ kikuoŋ ghɔ nthɔ njɛʼi ŋgwa.

4 Jishɔ gha mīʼɛŋ chrā nu, nchhu ni Shemu ŋa, “Chhwi kikuoŋ a pɨnɨ nii lɨʼɨ shishhi. Pəɨ māʼaŋ ndáŋ yəɨ ŋkhǐ nɔ kwo nu shhu.”

5 Shemu khwɛ̄ ŋa, “Masha, pigi kwo ya māʼaŋ ŋguoŋ tuʼu paʼa ndɔ ŋgwɛ̄iŋ yaoŋ, ndɔ nɔ haʼaŋ a chhu gɔ̀ nɛ, ǹshi māʼaŋ ndáŋ pighɔ ŋkhǐ.” 6 Pugu ni ŋga māʼaŋ ndáŋ yugu, ŋgwɛ̄iŋ ŋkiɛŋ ntou shhu ti pa ndáŋ yugu jɛ̄ shāa nu. 7 Pugu krao pichəɨ pakwo ŋgunu pugu ŋa pugu thɔ ŋgɛ̄rɛ vugu. Pugu thɔ mfuʼu shhu niʼiŋ moŋ paa kikuoŋ ghɔ, a lɨnaoŋ ti ntāʼa nu njīe.

8 Shemu Pita ni ŋga njəɨ yei nnu, ŋgū ni kwɛ́rɛ yi shhɨ Jishɔ, nchhu nu ŋa, “Lɔllɔ shhɨ a, ma Taathɔ, m̀bɔ pi ŋgaŋ nchwīe phɨ.” 9 Nduthɔ Shemu pugu pa ŋguoŋ ŋgwa ŋa pugu pugu ni mbɔ nɛ ghrāo nthɛ fɨʼɨ ntou shhu ŋa pugu ni ŋgwɛ̄iŋ nɛ. 10 Jɛiŋ pugu Jouŋ mbɔ puoŋ Shebedi ni ŋgrāo ŋkaa pugu, mbɔ pakwo ŋgunu Shemu.

Jishɔ chhu ni Shemu ŋa, “Kiʼi nuʼuŋ mbɔgɔ, jɛ̄ ndwɛ ŋgə̄ɨ nu shhɨ, ɔ shi ŋgwɛ̄iŋ pi ŋgwamishua.” 11 Pugu ni ŋga ntaoŋ ŋkaoŋ pa kikuoŋ yugu mbhi, mieŋ ŋguoŋ yaoŋ ghao njōu njiŋ Jishɔ.

12 Jishɔ ni ŋga mbɔ moŋ laʼataoŋ chəɨ, ŋga njəɨ nu, ŋoŋ chəɨ ghɨnɔmbaluŋ kwo kru vi ti ŋgaʼa yəɨ vi, ŋgū ni puŋ yi shhɛ ndɨ̄gəɨ vi ŋa, “Taathɔ, ɔ̈ ŋkhwā, ɔ chwīe m̀bɔ yi taoŋtaoŋ.”

13 Jishɔ fɛ mbhɔ yi ŋkāoŋ vi, nchhu nu ŋa, “Ǹtāʼa nu, pɔ yi taoŋtaoŋ!” Chomilaoŋ ghɔ, ghɨnɔmbaluŋ mmɛ mbɨŋ yu. 14 Jishɔ fɛ gɨ́ ghɔ ŋa, “Kiʼi nshwei ŋoŋ, ndɔ ghə̄ɨ nōoŋ noŋ yɔ ni ŋgaŋ fɛʼiŋgiɛŋ Minnwi a līi ghɔ nɔ nōoŋ nu ŋa Minnwi yɨ̄gɨ ghɨ̌nɔ yɔ, ndɔ mfɛ yaoŋ fɛʼiŋgiɛŋ nɔ haʼaŋ gɨ́ Mushi chhu nɛ.”

15 Ndɔ pa pishaʼakhɔ nthɛ vi ka mīʼɛŋ nyieŋnyieŋ mbīgi moŋ ntou lɨʼɨ, ntou yú ŋgwa kɨrɨ nɔ yaʼo nu pa nnu llɔ mbhɔ yu, a lɔ mbɨnɨ njɨ̄gɨ pa ghɨ̌nɔ yugu. 16 Ndɔ a thɔ mfuʼu noŋ yi, ŋgə̄ɨ nu lɨʼɨ ŋa ŋoŋ shi ki lɔ mbɔ nɛ, nthɔ nduoŋ Minnwi.

17 Llɛ́ chəɨ ni ŋga mbɔ Jishɔ thɔ njɛʼi nu nɛ, pa ŋgwa Farashi pugu pa ghaŋ yɛʼi ŋgwa ni gɨ́ chhɔ yəɨ yu. Pugu ni ndhɔ moŋ ŋguoŋ pa laʼataoŋ Galili, ni Judia, ni Jerushalɛiŋ. Ghrɨ́ Taathɔ ni mbɔ mbɨŋ Jishɔ nɔ yɨ̄gɨ nu ghɨ̌nɔ.

18 Wuʼɔ ndɨɨ ghɔ, pichəɨ pa ŋgwa tiɛŋ ŋkwíni ŋkuoŋ kúoŋ nthɔ nu nɔ ghɔ, mbaʼo nɔ nii nu ni ju nda, nūʼɔŋ vi shhɨ Jishɔ. 19 Nthɛ ŋa ŋgwa ni njiɛŋ ni njɨ nɛ, paʼa pugu lɔ mfāʼo shɛndaoŋ nɔ nii nu ni ju. Nɛnnɛ pugu tiɛŋ vi ŋkuʼɔ nɔ thɔnda, ŋaʼaŋ mbo fɔ, nshwiʼi vi ŋkuoŋ kúoŋ ghɔ tri kɨrɨ shhɨ Jishɔ. 20 Ndɨɨ ŋa Jishɔ ni njəɨ fɨʼɨ piŋ ŋa pugu fāʼo nɛ, a chhu ni ŋkwíni ghɔ ŋa, “Taannu a, pi līʼɛ pa phɨ pɔ.”

21 Pa ghaŋ yɛʼi gɨ́ Mushi pugu pa ŋgwa Farashi jɛ̄ nchhu nu ni noŋ pugu ŋa, “Yei pɔ pi gɔ̌ ŋa a nūʼɔŋ noŋ yi nɔ lɨʼɨ Minnwi? Mimfɛ a līʼɛ gɔ̌ ndīʼɛ phɨ ŋkiɛŋ Minnwi təʼɨ vi?”

22 Jishɔ ni nji nnu ŋa pugu ni mbīʼi nu nɛ mbie vugu ŋa, “Pəɨ kie nɛiŋ nthɔ mbīʼi ŋkwaŋ nnu pei nɛiŋ? 23  A yīʼɛ yəɨ, chhu nu ŋa, ‘Ǹdīʼɛ phɨ yɔ’, ki chhu nu ŋa, ‘Lɔllɔ nyieŋ’? 24  Yei pɔ nɔ chwīe nu ŋa pəɨ ji ŋa Muuŋ Ŋoŋmishua fāʼo ghrɨ́ nɔ līʼɛ nu pa phɨ.” A chhu ni ŋkwíni ghɔ ŋa, “Ǹchhu vɛ ŋa lɔllɔ, lɔ̄gɔ kúoŋ yɔ ŋgə̄ɨ laʼa.”

25 Wuʼɔ ndɨɨ ghɔ, a lɔllɔ ligi pugu, ndɔ̄gɔ yaoŋ ŋa a ni nūaŋ ŋkuoŋ ghɔ nɛ, ŋgə̄ɨ laʼa nchhɔ ŋgaʼo Minnwi. 26 Ŋguoŋ yugu ni ŋgrāo, wiwini wɛ̄iŋ vugu, pugu ghaʼo Minnwi, nchhu nu ŋa, “Pigi yəɨ ŋkiɛŋ nnu ghraoghrao shiʼa!”

27 Ŋguoŋ nnu pei ni ŋga ntɔgɔ, Jishɔ taoŋ mbhi njəɨ ŋgwɛ̄iŋ taashi chəɨ, ligi yi pɔ Levi, a chhɔ moŋ ntǎa kwe taashi, Jishɔ chhu ghɔ ŋa, “Thɔ njōu njiŋ a.” 28 A mieŋ ŋguoŋ yaoŋ ghao, ndɔllɔ njōu njiŋ yi.

29 Levi pīri mmɛ jɨ nda yu nɔ ghaʼo nu Jishɔ. Ntou pa ŋgwɛ̄iŋ taashi pugu pa ŋgwa nduoŋ ni nthɔ jɨ ghɔ ŋkaa pugu. 30 Pa ŋgwa Farashi pugu pa ghaŋ yɛʼi ŋgwa ni gɨ́ Mushi luo nu ni pa ghaŋ younjiŋ Jishɔ, nchhu nu ŋa, “A chwīe khɔ pəɨ jɨ yaoŋ ndɔ nnu nu pəɨ pa ghaŋ wɛ̄iŋ taashi pugu pa ghaŋ phɨ?”

31 Jishɔ khwɛ̄ ni pugu ŋa, “Ŋgwa ŋa pugu pɔ shishiʼi nɛ lɔ mfāʼo chà ŋgaŋ fhɔ̌, a fāʼo ŋgwa haʼaŋ pugu ghɨ̌nɔ nu nɛ. 32  Ǹdɔ njiʼi nthɔ pi nɔ gɛ̄ nu ŋgwa ndɨndɨ, ǹthɔ nthɛ pi ghaŋ phɨ, ŋa pugu pāʼa ŋkǔnu yugu ni phɨ.”

33 Pa thishɨ Nda Minnwi pie vi ŋa, “Pa ghaŋ younjiŋ Jouŋ ghà njiɛŋ njī ŋkhǐ nduoŋ Minnwi, ghaŋ younjiŋ pa ŋgwa Farashi wuʼɔ nchwīe pi nɛnnɛ. Ti a chwīe khɔ pa jɔ jɨ maoŋ ndɔ nnu nu?”

34 Jishɔ khwɛ̄ ni pugu ŋa, “Mimfɛ ɔ lāa maoŋ jɨ ni ghaŋ gɛ̀ lɨʼɨ láŋ ndɨɨ ŋa mimbia ŋgaŋ láŋ ghɔ wuʼɔ mbɔ pugu pugu nɛ? 35  Llɛ́ shi nthɔ ŋa pi shi mfuʼu mimbia láŋ ghɔ moŋ shɨna pugu, nɛnnɛ, pugu shi njī ŋkhǐ moŋ llɛ́ pighɔ.”

36 Jishɔ chhu luʼɔ chrà yei ni pugu, “Mbaʼa ŋoŋ shāa ndhwí fhi nchri paʼo ŋkuoŋ ndunu ndhwí nɔ ghɔ. Ä nchwīe nɛnnɛ, kaŋ a pɨrɨ ndhwí fhi ghɔ ndɔ mbaʼa pra ndhwí fhi ghɔ yiʼi nyīeŋ ŋkāʼo pugu yi ndunu. 37  A wuʼɔ haʼaŋ a pɔ ni mikei ŋgrào nɛ. Mbaʼa ŋoŋ niʼiŋ laʼo fhi moŋ ndunu mikei ŋgrào. Ä nchwīe nɛnnɛ làʼo fhi ghɔ fāʼo ntūgu mikei ghɔ nthɛ ŋa minthɛ paʼa a lɔ nuʼuŋ shwīi mbīgi, kaŋ làʼo ghɔ shi ŋkwrī, mikei ŋgrào ghɔ pɨrɨ gha. 38  A lɔ njiʼi ŋkāʼo nnɛ. Pəɨ wuʼɔ fāʼo nɔ niʼiŋ nu làʼo fhi moŋ mikei ŋgrào fhi. 39  Yichəɨ ŋoŋ lɔ mbɔ fɔ ŋa a ghà ŋga ŋkwo nnu ndunu làʼo mbɨnɨ ntāʼa làʼo fhi. Nthɛ ŋa a shi nchhu ŋa a pwa ndunu làʼo.”