1 Ɩnɩmʋ kpini kamaa mʋ, Yesu naa ɔ naa Galile ɔsʋwʋlɛ sʋ. Ee mee biti maa loo Gyudeya ɔsʋwʋlɛ sʋ, lɩɩ fɛɛ Gyiwu abi abɩlɩsa bee biti ba mɔɔ mʋ. 2 Saŋa mʋ nɩɩ Gyiwu abi Kesu kɔnɔ abuu kiyii kensi‐gyii* 7:2 Gyiwu abi kesu kɔnɔ kensi‐gyii ngyaŋɛ nɩmʋ tɔ nɩɩ bee yii abu, nɩɩ bɛɛ kyɩna ɩmʋ tɔ mʋ. a maa tiri tɔ mʋ, 3 Yesu mu‐supu ana ba tɔwɛ mʋ yɛ, “Ɩ dagaa fʋ maa lɩɩ nfɩɩ kpee Gyudeya, kɛ fu abuupu ba naa wu fʋ asɩn kyinkyinsa mʋ nɩɩ fɩɩ waa mʋ. 4 Ɔkʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ee biti yɛ mʋ kɩtɩɩ ki dii mʋ, ɔ mɛɛ waa mʋ asɩn ɛɛ baala. Lɩɩ asɩn kyinkyinsa mʋ nɩɩ fɩɩ waa falɛ mʋ sʋ mʋ, ɩ dagaa fʋ maa lɛɛ fʋ n‐yɩɩ ifuli kaapʋ dulinyaa tɔ asa.” 5 Halɩɩ mu‐supu ana gbaa ba man kɔɔlɛ mʋ gyii.

6 Nɩɩ Yesu tɔwɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Mɛ saŋa mʋ nɩɩ ɩ dagaa mʋ, man pɩɩ fʋʋ, fanɛɛ fanɛ saŋa kʋmaa bʋrɔn sa fanɛ. 7 Dulinya asa mɛɛ taalɛ kisi fanɛ. Amaa mɛ nɩɩ bee kisi, lɩɩ fɛɛ n gyii bamʋ kesintin fɛɛ bamʋ asunsunsa ɩ gyɛ alibi. 8 Fanɛ fanɛ fan kpee kensi‐gyii ngyaŋɛ mʋ tɔ. N mɛɛ yɛ n kpee ngyaŋɛ mʋ tɔ nbɩɩnbɩɩ, lɩɩ fɛɛ mɛ saŋa man pɩɩta fʋʋ.” 9 Maa tɔwɛ ɩnɩmʋ maŋa lʋwɛ mʋ o sii kyɩna Galile.

10 Amaa Yesu mu‐supu ana ba maa lɩɩ kyʋn kensi‐gyii ngyaŋɛ mʋ tɔ mʋ, mʋ gbaa mʋ kpee nɩɩ ɔ man lɛɛ mʋ n‐yɩɩ ifuli. 11 Kensi‐gyii ngyaŋɛ mʋ tɔ mʋ Gyiwu abɩlɩsa mʋ bɛɛ kɩɩ bee biti mʋ, yɛgɛ bɛɛ taasɛ asa yɛ, “Fɩnɛ nɩɩ ɔnyɩn maŋa bʋ?”

12 Sakyɔ mʋ tɔ asa damantɛ bee muni abaa asɛ lɩɩ mʋ sʋ. Akʋ ba yɛ, “Ɔ gyɛ nyɩmɩsa danbɩrasa.” Nɩɩ akʋ mɔɔ ba yɛ, “Ɛɛ pɩna asa nɩn.” 13 Amaa ɔkʋ man taalɛ lɩɩ ifuli tɔwɛ Yesu n‐yɩɩ sʋ asɩn, lɩɩ fɛɛ ba maa sɩlɛ Gyiwu abɩlɩsa mʋ sʋ.

14 Ba maa waa kensi‐gyii ngyaŋɛ mʋ naa fʋʋ nsana mʋ, Yesu kpee Kabwaarɛ‐sunkpa ayɛ mʋ tɔ nɩɩ o piili ɛɛ kaapʋ asɩn. 15 Mʋ kɩkaapʋ mʋ i kyinkyin Gyiwu abɩlɩsa mʋ, nɩɩ ba taasɛ yɛ, “Nɛnɛ nɩɩ ɔnyɩn nɩmʋ man bɩɩla nɩɩ ɔ nyɛ falɛ kinyi?”

16 Nɩɩ Yesu lɛɛ bamʋ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Mɛ kɩkaapʋ mʋ man gyɛ mɛ gbaa‐gbaa mɛ lɛɛ. Ɩ lɩɩ ɔmʋ nɩɩ o sun mɛ mʋ asɛ nɩn. 17 Ɔkʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ee biti ɔ waa Ɩbwaarɛ kebiti mʋ, ee biti ɔ bu fɛɛ mɛ kɩkaapʋ mʋ lɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ asɛ, abɛɛ n tɔwɛ mɛ gbaa‐gbaa mɛ ɔlʋn sʋ nɩn. 18 Ɔmʋ nɩɩ ɛɛ tɔwɛ mʋ gbaa‐gbaa mʋ ɔlʋn sʋ mʋ, ɩɩ waa kanɩn nɩn ee biti bʋnyaa ɛɛ sa mʋ n‐yɩɩ. Amaa ɔmʋ nɩɩ ee biti bʋnyaa ɛɛ sa ɔmʋ nɩɩ o sun mʋ mʋ, ɩ gyɛ kesintin wuya, nɩɩ antɩŋɛsa kʋ ɩ man bʋ mʋ tɔ. 19 Mosesi man sa fanɛ nbara mʋ? Amaa fanɛ ɔkʋ man buu nbara mʋ. Mɩnɛ waa nɩɩ fen biti fan mɔɔ mɛ?”

20 Nɩɩ sakyɔ mʋ ba lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Nbwɩɩ libi ba bʋ fʋ tɔ. Anɩmʋ ana ii biti fʋ kɩmɔɔ?”

21 Yesu tɔwɛ bamʋ yɛ, “N maa waa adangana kʋlʋn kakɛ fʋʋtɛsa akɛ mʋ, nɩɩ ɩmʋ i kyinkyin fanɛ falɛ. 22 Mosesi sa fanɛ oduu kɩtɩn† 7:22 Ɩbwaarɛ yɩla oduu kɩtɩn katɔwɛ kyula sa Ɩsɩrayɩ abi yɛ ba waa. Ɩmʋ sʋ oduu kɩtɩn ɩ ba waa sɩnkaala mʋ nɩɩ ɩɩ kaapʋ fɛɛ ba gyɛ Ɩbwaarɛ lɛɛ. nbara, yɛgɛ kakɛ fʋʋtɛsa akɛ fɛn tɩn kebii oduu. Kesintin tɔ mʋ nbara mʋ man lɩɩ Mosesi asɛ, amaa ɩ lɩɩ anɛ naana ana asɛ. 23 Nɩɩ fan maa tɩn kebii oduu kakɛ fʋʋtɛsa akɛ, kɛ i mee nyita Mosesi nbara mʋ, mɩnɛ ɩ waa nɩɩ n kyɛ nyɩmɩsa laalaamuu kakɛ fʋʋtɛsa akɛ nɩɩ fɛn nyɛ agbʋ waa mɛ? 24 Fan man kɩɩ nyɩmɩsa awaasa kɛ fan bun mʋ kʋpwɛ, amaa fan kɩɩ asɩn mʋ tɔ danbɩrasa pɔyɩ kɛ fan bun kʋpwɛ.”

25 Nɩɩ Gyerusalem asa akʋ ba piili bɛɛ taasɛ yɛ, “Man gyɛ ɔnyɩn nɩmʋ nɩɩ bee biti mʋ yɛ ba mɔɔ mʋ? 26 Fan kɩɩ, mʋ ɩ yɩlɛ asa tɔ ɛɛ tɔwɛ mʋ, nɩɩ ɔkʋ mɛɛ tɔwɛ mʋ sɛhn. Abɛɛ abɩlɩsa mʋ ba bɩɩ nɩn fɛɛ mʋ ɩ gyɛ Krisito, Ɔmʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ wʋla lɛɛ mʋ? 27 Ɔnyɩn nɩmʋ bɩrɛ an nyi katɩn mʋ nu ɔ lɩɩ. Amaa Krisito, Ɔmʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ wʋla lɛɛ mʋ kan ba mʋ, ɔkʋ mɛɛ yɛ ɔ bɩɩ katɩn mʋ nɩɩ ɔ lɩɩ.”

28 Yesu maa san ɔ bʋ Kabwaarɛ‐sunkpa obu lala tɔ ɛɛ kaapʋ, nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ kenken yɛ, “Kesintin, fan nyi mɛ, nɩɩ fan nyi katɩn mʋ nɩɩ n lɩɩ. Man gyɛ mɛ gbaa‐gbaa mɛ ɔlʋn sʋ nɩɩ n ba nfɩɩ, amaa ɔmʋ nɩɩ o sun mɛ mʋ gyɛ kesintin wuya nɩɩ fanɛɛ fanɛ fan man nyi mʋ. 29 Amaa mɛɛ mɛ n nyi mʋ, lɩɩ fɛɛ n lɩɩ mʋ asɛ, nɩɩ mʋ i sun mɛ.”

30 Kanɩn sʋ ba biti yɛ ba kɩtaa mʋ, amaa ɔkʋ man taa mʋ kɩbaa mata mʋ, lɩɩ fɛɛ mʋ saŋa man pɩɩta fʋʋ. 31 Ɩmʋ kpini gbaa mʋ asa gaalaagaa ba kɔɔlɛ mʋ gyii sakyɔ mʋ tɔ. Nɩɩ bɛɛ taasɛ yɛ, “Nɩɩ Krisito, Ɔmʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ wʋla lɛɛ mʋ kan ba mʋ, ee biti ɔ taalɛ waa asɩn kyinkyinsa ɔ kyɔ ɩmʋ nɩɩ ɔnyɩn nɩmʋ waa falɛ?”

32 Farasii abi mʋ ba nu sakyɔ mʋ ba maa muni falɛ asɩn lɩɩ mʋ sʋ. Nɩɩ ba maa Oseepu bɩlɩsa mʋ ba sun Kabwaarɛ‐sunkpa obu lala akɩɩsʋpʋ yɛ ba naa kɩtaa mʋ ba. 33 Nɩɩ Yesu tɔwɛ bamʋ yɛ, “N mɛɛ yɛ n bɩla n kyɩna fanɛ asɛ kyɛɛrɛɛ, kɛ n bwii kpee ɔmʋ nɩɩ o sun mɛ mʋ asɛ. 34 Fen biti fan kɩɩ biti mɛ amaa fan mɛɛ yɛ fan wu mɛ, nɩɩ katɩn mʋ nɩɩ n bʋ mʋ, fan mɛɛ taalɛ ba tʋtɔ.”

35 Nɩɩ Gyiwu abɩlɩsa mʋ bɛɛ taasɛ abaa yɛ, “Fɩnɛ nɩɩ kanyɩn nɩmʋ ii biti o kpee nɩɩ a man bɩla yɛ a wu mʋ? Ee biti o kpee Giriki abi tɔ, katɩn mʋ nɩɩ anɛ asa ba yaasɛ loo, kɛ ɔ naa kaapʋ Giriki abi mʋ abɛɛ? 36 Maa tɔwɛ yɛ, ‘Fen biti fan biti mɛ amaa fan mɛɛ yɛ fan wu mɛ, nɩɩ katɩn mʋ nɩɩ n bʋ mʋ fan mɛɛ taalɛ ba tʋtɔ mʋ’ mɩnɛ nɩɩ ɛɛ kaapʋ?”

37 Nɩɩ kakɛ laalaalʋwɛ mʋ nɩɩ kɩ gyɛ kakɛ kparɛ kensi‐gyii mʋ tɔ mʋ, Yesu kʋsʋ yɩlɛ nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ kenken yɛ, “Ɔkʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ bʋlɩfɔ kan ɔ sʋ mʋ mʋ, ɔ ba mɛ asɛ ba nuu nkyu. 38 Ɔkʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ɔ kɔɔlɛ mɛ gyii mʋ, nkyu mʋ nɩɩ ɩɩ sa nkpa mʋ ii biti ɩ baa ɩ lɩɩ mʋ tɔ ɩɩ kyʋn fɛɛ ɔbʋn, fɛɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ Asɩnkyan yɩlasa mʋ ɩ tɔwɛ mʋ.” 39 Nkyu mʋ nɩɩ ɩɩ sa nkpa asɩn mʋ nɩɩ Yesu tɔwɛ nfɩɩ mʋ, yɩlɛ sa Kayaayu Kyɩrɛkyɩrɛ, nɩɩ bamʋ nɩɩ ba kɔɔlɛ mʋ gyii mʋ, bee biti ba ba nyɛ. Saŋa maŋa tɔ mʋ Kayaayu Kyɩrɛkyɩrɛ mʋ man pɩɩ ba, lɩɩ fɛɛ Yesu bʋnyaa man pɩɩta lɩɩ ifuli.

40 Sakyɔ mʋ ba maa nu maa tɔwɛ falɛ asɩn mʋ, bamʋ akʋ ba tɔwɛ yɛ, “Kesintin tɔ, ɔnyɩn nɩmʋ gyɛ Ɩbwaarɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ mʋ.”

41 Akʋ ba yɛ, “Mʋ ɩ gyɛ Krisito mʋ.” Nɩɩ akʋ mɔɔ ba taasɛ yɛ, “Nɛnɛ nɩɩ Krisito ii biti ɔ lɩɩ Galile? 42 Asɩnkyan yɩlasa mʋ ɩ tɔwɛ yɛ Krisito ii biti ɔ lɩɩ Owura Dawidi kanan tɔ, kɛ ba kʋʋgɛ mʋ Betilehem kadɛ tɔ katɩn mʋ nɩɩ Owura Dawidi daa kyɩna mʋ” 43 Lɩɩ kanɩn sʋ nbarɩgɛ tɔ ɩ ba sakyɔ mʋ tɔ lɩɩ Yesu sʋ. 44 Nɩɩ bamʋ akʋ bee biti ba kɩtaa mʋ, amaa ɔkʋ man taa kɩbaa mata mʋ.

45 Nɩɩ Kabwaarɛ‐sunkpa akɩɩsʋpʋ mʋ ba bwii kpee Ɩbwaarɛ aseepu abɩlɩsa yɛ Farasii abi mʋ asɛ, nɩɩ ba taasɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Mɩnɛ waa nɩɩ fan man kɩtaa mʋ ba?”

46 Nɩɩ akɩɩsʋpʋ mʋ ba lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Nyɩmɩsa kʋ man pɩɩta tɔwɛ asɩn fɛɛ ɔnyɩn nɩmʋ.”

47 Nɩɩ Farasii abi mʋ ba taasɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Ɩmʋ sʋ ɔ bɩla pɩna fanɛ gbaa fanɛ? 48 Fan wu kadɛ nɩmʋ tɔ abɩlɩsa abɛɛ Farasii abi mʋ tɔ ɔkʋ maa kɔɔlɛ mʋ gyii? Ayee! 49 Amaa sakyɔ mʋ nɩɩ ba kɔɔlɛ mʋ gyii mʋ bɩrɛ ba man nyi Mosesi nbara mʋ, ɩmʋ sʋ Ɩbwaarɛ nnɔ mʋ nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ yɩla ii biti ɩ ba bamʋ sʋ.”

50 Nikodemusi mʋ nɩɩ ɔ wʋla ba Yesu asɛ kakaakʋ, nɩɩ ɔ gyɛ bamʋ abɩlɩsa mʋ tɔ ɔkʋ mʋ, taasɛ bamʋ yɛ, 51 “Anɛ nbara ɩɩ sa ɔkpa fɛɛ a taalɛ bun nyɩmɩsa kʋpwɛ yɛgɛ a man nu mʋ kɔnɔ tɔ asɩn wu kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ ɔ waa?”

52 Nɩɩ ba lɛɛ mʋ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Ngbaa fʋ, fʋ lɩɩ Galile nɩn? Kɩɩ Asɩnkyan yɩlasa mʋ tɔ danbɩrasa, fii biti fu wu fɛɛ Ɩbwaarɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ kʋ man lɩɩ Galile.”

53 [Nɩɩ ba kʋsʋ ngyaŋɛ mʋ tɔ, nɩɩ ɔkʋmaa nɩmʋ kpee mʋ ayɛ.]