1 Yesu maa tɩɩ abɩɩlapʋ kudu‐anyɔ mʋ ba gyaŋɛ mʋ, ɔ sa bamʋ ɔlʋn nɩɩ ɔ waa bamʋ kɩnyɩn tɔ yɛ ba gya nbwɩɩ libi lɩɩ asa tɔ kɛ ba kyɛ alɔ. 2 Tʋtɔ nɩɩ o sun bamʋ yɛ, ba naa tɔwɛ kuwura‐gyii mʋ asɩn kɛ ba kyɛ alɔpʋ. 3 Nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Fan maa kpee falɛ, fan man taa sɛhn tii sʋ. Fan man taa kikpebi abɛɛ adiikun abɛɛ agyitɔ abɛɛ afulee abɛɛ kaalɛ nyɔsapʋ kʋ tii sʋ. 4 Nɩɩ kɩkpaara kʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ fan loo kɩmʋ sʋ, nɩɩ ba kɔɔlɛ fanɛ mʋ, fan kyɩna tʋtɔ naa fʋʋ saŋa mʋ nɩɩ fen biti fan lɩɩ kadɛ maŋa tɔ. 5 Nɩɩ kadɛ mʋ nɩɩ ba kina fanɛ kɩkɔɔlɛ, nɩɩ fan lɩɩ tʋtɔ fen kpee mʋ, fan kpɩkpaa fanɛ ayaa sʋ apurutiti, kɛ ɩ kaapʋ fɛɛ kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ fan waa mʋ, ɩ man bʋrɔn.” 6 Ɩmʋ sʋ abɩɩlapʋ mʋ ba natɛ ndɛ‐bi‐ndɛ‐bi mʋ sʋ kpini bɛɛ tɔwɛ asɩn danbɩrasa mʋ, yɛgɛ bɛɛ kyɛ asa katɩn kʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ bee kpee mʋ.

7 Kanɩn saŋa maŋa mʋ Owura Herodi maa nu atɔ mʋ nɩɩ ɩ waa kpini mʋ ɩ tɔɔrɔɔ mʋ gaa. Lɩɩ fɛɛ akʋ bɛɛ tɔwɛ yɛ Gyɔn okyugyeepu mʋ i kyiŋi ba nkpa tɔ. 8 Nɩɩ akʋ mɔɔ ba yɛ, olewupu Eligya i bwii kyiŋi ba nkpa tɔ, nɩɩ akʋ mɔɔ ba bɩla tɔwɛ yɛ, atɔwɛpʋ dɩdaa mʋ ɔkʋ i bwii kyiŋi ba nkpa tɔ. 9 Amaa Herodi tɔwɛ yɛ, “N yɛgɛ nɩɩ ba tɩn Gyɔn okyugyeepu kumu. Anɩmʋ nɩɩ n bɩla n nu mʋ n‐yɩɩ sʋ asɩn falɛ?” Nɩɩ ɔ kpan mʋ n‐yɩɩ fɛɛ o wu Yesu.

10 Nɩɩ asunpu mʋ ba maa bwii ba mʋ, ba ba tɔwɛ Yesu kʋtɔ kʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ba naa waa. Tʋtɔ nɩɩ ɔ taa bamʋ nkʋn ba lɩɩ kpee kadɛ mʋ nɩɩ bɛɛ tɩɩ kɩmʋ yɛ Betisayida mʋ. 11 Sakyɔ mʋ ba maa nu kanɩn mʋ, ba buu mʋ kpee tʋtɔ. Nɩɩ ɔ kɔɔlɛ bamʋ tɔwɛ kuwura‐gyii asɩn sa bamʋ, nɩɩ ɔ kyɛ bamʋ nɩɩ bee biti kɩkyɛ mʋ.

12 Kyɔwɛ maa biti ɔ lʋwɛ mʋ, nɩɩ abɩɩlapʋ kudu anyɔ mʋ ba ba mʋ asɛ. Nɩɩ ba tɔwɛ mʋ yɛ, “Yɛgɛ asa mʋ ba kpee ndɛ‐bi‐ndɛ‐bi yɛ ndɔɔ ana mʋ nɩɩ ɩ bʋ tiri nfɩɩ mʋ, kɛ ba naa nyɛ ilookpa yɛ agyitɔ gyii. Lɩɩ fɛɛ katɩn mʋ nɩɩ an bʋ falɛ gyɛ kiyii nsana.”

13 Amaa Yesu tɔwɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Fanɛ gbaa‐gbaa fan sa bamʋ kʋtɔ kʋ kɛ ba gyii.” Nɩɩ ba lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ an sʋ ɩ gyɛ bodobodo anuu yɛ ɩkɩn ɩnyɔ, abɛɛ fii biti fɛɛ a naa sɔɔ agyitɔ sa asa damantɛ banɩmʋ?” 14 (Nɩɩ anyɩn mʋ nɩɩ ba bʋ tʋtɔ mʋ, bɛɛ waa fɛɛ ngbɩn nnuu).

Nɩɩ Yesu tɔwɛ mʋ abɩɩlapʋ mʋ yɛ, “Fan yɛgɛ asa mʋ ba kyɩna ntun adunuu‐adunuu.” 15 Nɩɩ abɩɩlapʋ mʋ ba waa kanɩn, nɩɩ ba yɛgɛ asa mʋ kpini ba kyɩna‐kyɩna kasɛ. 16 Nɩɩ Yesu taa bodobodo yɛ ɩkɩn ɩnyɔ mʋ diyaa mu ansi kɩɩ sʋsʋ taa afwaala sa Ɩbwaarɛ. Nɩɩ ɔ kpɛɛ‐kpɛɛ tɔ taa sa mʋ abɩɩlapʋ mʋ yɛ ba barɩgɛ tɔ sa asa mʋ kɛ ba gyii. 17 Asa mʋ kpini ba gyii ŋmɛ, nɩɩ abɩɩlapʋ mʋ ba tasɛ‐tasɛ agyisan mʋ bɔla alantan kudu anyɔ.

18 Kakaakʋ Yesu maa kʋlɛ kabwaarɛ‐kʋlɛ mʋ nkʋn mʋ, nɩɩ mʋ abɩɩlapʋ mʋ ba ba mʋ asɛ nɩɩ ɔ taasɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Anɩmʋ nɩɩ asa bɛɛ tɔwɛ yɛ, n gyɛ?”

19 Nɩɩ ba lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Akʋ bɛɛ tɔwɛ yɛ fʋ ɩ gyɛ Gyɔn okyugyeepu, nɩɩ akʋ mɔɔ bɛɛ tɔwɛ yɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ Eligya ɩ gyɛ fʋ, nɩɩ asansa mɔɔ bɛɛ tɔwɛ yɛ, fʋ ɩ gyɛ atɔwɛpʋ dɩdaa mʋ nɩɩ ba wu mʋ tɔ ɔkʋ i bwii ba nkpa tɔ.”

20 Nɩɩ ɔ taasɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Fanɔɔ fanɛ mɔɔ, anɩmʋ nɩɩ fan yɛ n gyɛ?” Nɩɩ Pita lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Fʋ ɩ gyɛ ɔmɔlɩgɛpʋ mʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ Wʋla lɛɛ mʋ.”

21 Tʋtɔ nɩɩ Yesu da bamʋ amu tɔ yɛ ba man kan waa tɔwɛ ɔkʋ. 22 Nɩɩ ɔ bɩla tɔwɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Mɛ, Daadimaadi Obii‐nyɩnsa dagaa maa gyii awʋrʋfɔ gaa, kɛ abɩlɩsa yɛ aseepu bɩlɩsa yɛ nbara akaapʋpʋ kpini ba kina mɛ. Bee biti ba mɔɔ mɛ, amaa nkɛ nsa kamaa mʋ n biti n kyiŋi lɩɩ lewu tɔ ba nkpa tɔ.”

23 Nɩɩ ɔ bɩla tɔwɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Ɔkʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ee biti fɛɛ o buu mɛ mʋ, ɩ dagaa fɛɛ o kina mʋ kɔkɔlɔ biti, kɛ o kukuri mu oyu laasa sʋla buu mɛ kakɛ kʋmaa. 24 Ɩmʋ ɩ gyɛ fɛɛ ɔkʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ee biti fɛɛ ɔ mɔlɩgɛ mʋ gbaa‐gbaa mʋ nkpa mʋ, ii biti ɩ lɩɩ mʋ abaa tɔ, amaa ɔkʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ɔ taa mʋ nkpa sa lɩɩ mɛ sʋ mʋ, ee biti o bwii nyɛ mʋ nkpa. 25 Fɛɛ nɩɩ nyɩmɩsa kan nyɛ dulinyaa tɔ atɔ kpini nɩɩ ɔ pan mʋ nkpa mʋ, mɩnɛ nɩɩ ɔ nyɛ? 26 Nɩɩ ɔkʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ɩ sʋ mʋ ipeeli lɩɩ mɛ yɛ mɛ asɩn mʋ sʋ mʋ, kanɩn maŋa nɩɩ ii biti ɩ baa ɩ sʋ mɛ, Daadimaadi Obii‐nyɩnsa mʋ ipeeli sa kanɩn ɔsa maŋa, lɩɩ kakɛ mʋ nɩɩ maa Mɛ‐Sɛ yɛ mʋ nbɔɔ kyɩrɛkyɩrɛ mʋ an biti a ba bʋnyaa tɔ mʋ. 27 N tɔwɛ fanɛ kesintin fɛɛ fanɛ mʋ nɩɩ fan yɩlɛ nfɩɩ falɛ tɔ akʋ ba mɛɛ yɛ ba wu lewu, amɔɔ ba dan wu kuwura‐gyii mʋ pɔyɩ.”

28 Yesu maa tɔwɛ asɩn nɩmʋ lʋwɛ nkɛ nsunɔ kamaa mʋ, ɔ taa Pita maa Gyɔn yɛ Gyemisi nɩɩ maa bamʋ ba kpee kɩbɩɩ kʋkʋ sʋ ba naa kʋlɛ kabwaarɛ‐kʋlɛ. 29 Maa san ɔ maa sʋ ɛɛ kʋlɛ kabwaarɛ‐kʋlɛ mʋ, nɩɩ mu ansi tɔ a biliŋi, nɩɩ mʋ ɩkaalɛ gbaa ɩ lɔŋɔ fuuli parɛparɛ nɩɩ ɩ ŋalɩgɛ fɛɛ bʋlayɩ maa wɛɛ ɩsɛɛ mʋ. 30 Opula maŋa tɔ asa anyɔ akʋ ba ba mʋ asɛ. Bamʋ ɩ gyɛ Mosesi maa Eligya. 31 Ba taa bʋnyaa sʋ ba Yesu asɛ, nɩɩ maa bamʋ bɛɛ tɔwɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ tɔwɛ yɩla fɛɛ ee biti o kpee Gyerusalem naa wu mʋ. 32 Pita maa mʋ tɔɔmaa ana mʋ ba dɛ nsɩɩrɛ, amaa ba maa kyiŋi mʋ, ba wu Yesu bʋnyaa mʋ yɛ asa anyɔ mʋ ba maa yɩlɛ mʋ asɛ. 33 Asa anyɔ mʋ ba maa lɩɩ Yesu asɛ bee kpee mʋ, Pita tɔwɛ Yesu yɛ, “Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ, ɩ bʋrɔn gaa fɛɛ a maa bʋ nfɩɩ. Yɛgɛ a waa abu asa, fʋ lɛɛ kʋkʋ. Mosesi lɛɛ yɛ Eligya lɛɛ. (Yɛgɛ ɔ man nyi kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ ɛɛ tɔwɛ).”

34 Ɔ dan san ɛɛ tɔwɛ nɩɩ abwaarɛ‐wʋlɛ a ba bun bamʋ sʋ. Nɩɩ ɩ kɩtaa abɩɩlapʋ mʋ kufuu kanan mʋ nɩɩ abwaarɛ‐wʋlɛ mʋ a bun bamʋ sʋ mʋ. 35 Nɩɩ ɔbʋlɛ kʋ tɔwɛ abwaarɛ‐wʋlɛ tɔ yɛ, “Ɔnɩmʋ ɩ gyɛ mi‐bii mʋ nɩɩ n wʋla lɛɛ. Fen nu mʋ asɛ.” 36 Ɔbʋlɛ mʋ maa tɔwɛ lʋwɛ mʋ, ba wu fɛɛ ɩ san Yesu nkʋn nɩn. Nɩɩ mʋ abɩɩlapʋ mʋ ba yɛgɛ nɩɩ asɩn mʋ a sii yɛ bamʋ nkʋn, ba man tɔwɛ ɔkʋ kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ ba wu saŋa maŋa.

37 Ɩmʋ lɩɩkaakɛ mʋ ba maa lɩɩ kɩbɩɩ mʋ sʋ bɛɛ ba mʋ, sakyɔ damantɛ kʋ ba gyaŋa Yesu. 38 Nɩɩ ɔnyɩn kʋ bʋ sakyɔ mʋ tɔ kuusi tɩɩ yɛ, “Ɔkaapʋpʋ! N kʋlɛ fʋ nɩn, kɩɩ mi kebii‐nyɩnsa‐bii nɩmʋ sa mɛ, mʋ nkʋn ɩ dan ɔ gyɛ mi‐bii. 39 Kayaayu libi kʋ ɩɩ taalɛ ɛɛ ba mʋ sʋ, nɩɩ opula tɔ ee kuusi yɛgɛ ɩɩ sʋ mʋ ɩɩ tʋʋ kasɛ, ɩɩ bɩɩtɛ mʋ fɛɛ kabwɩɩ mʋ, yɛgɛ mʋ kɔnɔ tɔ ɩ lɩɩ afʋfʋʋ ɩ taa mʋ i kpii nɩɩ ɩ waa mʋ ɩ kyɛɛrɛɛ pɔyɩ kɛ ɩ yɛgɛ mʋ. 40 Nɩɩ n kʋlɛ fʋ abɩɩlapʋ yɛ ba gya kayaayu libi mʋ lɩɩ mʋ tɔ, amaa ba man taalɛ.”

41 Nɩɩ Yesu lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, “O! Fanɛ ndaga asa, fan man kɔɔlɛ Ɩbwaarɛ gyii, nɩɩ fanɛ ɩkpa ɩ man du kyɛɛkyɛɛ. Nkɛ nfɩnɛ nɩɩ n biti n kyɩna fanɛ asɛ nyɛ kenyiita sa fanɛ?” Nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ ɔnyɩn mʋ yɛ, “Taa fu‐bii mʋ ba nfɩɩ.”

42 Nɩɩ kebii mʋ maa ba Yesu asɛ mʋ, nɩɩ kayaayu libi mʋ ba taa mʋ tʋʋ kasɛ nɩɩ i kpii mʋ fɛɛ kigbingbin mʋ. Amaa Yesu pʋntɛ kayaayu libi mʋ sʋ, nɩɩ ɔ kyɛ kebii mʋ bwiiyaa mʋ sa mʋ‐sɛ. 43 Lɩɩ kanan mʋ nɩɩ Yesu lɛɛ Ɩbwaarɛ ɔlʋn kparɛ mʋ kaapʋ mʋ, ɩ waa asa mʋ kpini kɩyan.

Ɩ maa san i kyinkyin asa mʋ lɩɩ kʋtɔ kʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ Yesu waa sʋ mʋ, ɔ tɔwɛ mʋ abɩɩlapʋ mʋ yɛ, 44 “Fan kan fanɛ asʋ kɛ fan nu yɛ ɔdan. Bee biti ba lɛɛ mɛ, Daadimaadi Obii‐nyɩnsa mʋ waa asa abaa tɔ.” 45 Amaa mʋ abɩɩlapʋ mʋ ba man nu ɩmʋ kasɛ. Ɩ gyɛ asɩn baalasa mʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ man lɛɛ kaapʋ bamʋ, amaa nɩɩ ba sʋ kufuu fɛɛ ba taasɛ mʋ asɩn mʋ kasɛ.

46 Nɩɩ ɩmɔɔrɛ ɩ tɩyɛ mʋ abɩɩlapʋ mʋ nsana fɛɛ bamʋ tɔ mʋ, anɩmʋ ɩ gyɛ ɔlala. 47 Amaa Yesu maa bɩɩ nfɛɛrɛ mʋ nɩɩ bɛɛ fɛ mʋ, ɔ taa kebii pii ba yɩlɛ mʋ asɛ. 48 Nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Fʋ kʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ fʋ kɔɔlɛ kebii nɩmʋ dubi mɛ kɩtɩɩ tɔ sʋ mʋ, fʋ kɔɔlɛ mɛ nɩmʋ. Nɩɩ fʋ kʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ fʋ kɔɔlɛ mɛ mʋ, fʋ kɔɔlɛ ɔmʋnɩ o sun mɛ mʋ. Nɩɩ ɔmʋnɩ ɔ gyɛ pii fanɛ kpini tɔ mʋ, mʋ ɩ gyɛ fanɛ tɔ ɔlala.”

49 Nɩɩ Gyɔn tɔwɛ sa Yesu yɛ, “Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ! An wu ɔnyɩn kʋ maa sʋ fʋ kɩtɩɩ ɛɛ gya nbwɩɩ libi. Ɩmʋ sʋ an gya mʋ lɩɩ kɩmʋ tɔ. Lɩɩ fɛɛ ɔ man tii anɛ sʋ.” 50 Nɩɩ Yesu tɔwɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Fan man gya mʋ. Lɩɩ fɛɛ ɔkʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ɔ mɛɛ tɔwɛ ee yii fanɛ mʋ, o tii fanɛ sʋ.”

51 Yesu kibwii kpee sʋsʋ saŋa maa tiri tɔ mʋ, nɩɩ ɔ waa mʋ nfɛɛrɛ, nɩɩ o yii sʋ kpee Gyerusalem. 52 Tʋtɔ nɩɩ ɔ lɛɛ nbɔɔ sun yɛ ba gyankpaa mʋ kpee Samariya kadɛ‐bi tɔ naa kʋʋla gyoo mʋ. 53 Amaa tʋtɔ asa mʋ ba man kɔɔlɛ mʋ, lɩɩ fɛɛ ba dan be nyi maa kpee Gyerusalem nɩn. 54 Nɩɩ mʋ abɩɩlapʋ anyɔ, Gyemisi maa Gyɔn ba maa wu kanɩn mʋ, nɩɩ ba yɛ, “Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ, fii biti fɛɛ a tɩɩ fʋlɔn lɩɩ sʋsʋ ba tuwa bamʋ abɛɛ?” 55 Amaa nɩɩ Yesu biliŋi kɩɩ bamʋ, nɩɩ ɔ yɛ, “Fanɛ katɔwɛ maŋa man bʋrɔn.” 56 Nɩɩ Yesu maa mʋ abɩɩlapʋ ba lɩɩ tʋtɔ taa kpee kadɛ‐bi pʋpwɛ kʋ sʋ.

57 Ba maa naa ɔkpa tɔ bee kpee mʋ, nɩɩ ɔnyɩn kʋ tɔwɛ Yesu yɛ, “N biti n buu fʋ kpee katɩn kʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ fii kpee mʋ.”

58 Nɩɩ Yesu tɔwɛ ɔnyɩn mʋ yɛ, “Agboogboo bɛɛ dɛ ɩbɔ tɔ, nɩɩ nbwiibi ba sʋ nsʋswaa, amaa mɛ, Daadimaadi Obii‐nyɩnsa bɩrɛ n man sʋ katɩn mʋ nɩɩ n dɛ fʋʋtɛ.”

59 Nɩɩ Yesu bɩla tɔwɛ ɔnyɩn kʋ mɔɔ yɛ, “Buu mɛ.”

Amaa ɔnyɩn mʋ tɔwɛ Yesu nɩn yɛ, “Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ, yɛgɛ n bwii kpee naa pula nsɛ pɔyɩ.”

60 Amaa Yesu tɔwɛ mʋ yɛ, “Yɛgɛ bamʋ nɩɩ ba du fɛɛ alewupu, lɩɩ fɛɛ ba man nyi Ɩbwaarɛ mʋ ba kpee naa pula bamʋ alewupu. Kɛ fɛɛ fʋ, fu kpee naa tɔwɛ Ɩbwaarɛ kuwura‐gyii mʋ asɩn.”

61 Nɩɩ ɔnyɩn kʋ mɔɔ bɩla yɛ, “Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ n biti n buu fʋ, amaa yɛgɛ kɛ n bwii kpee naa kala mɛ kɩkpaara sʋ asa kɛ n ba.”

62 Nɩɩ Yesu tɔwɛ mʋ yɛ, “Fʋ kʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ fii biliŋi fɩɩ kɩɩ kamaa mʋ, nɩɩ fʋ nfɛɛrɛ man dɛ katɩn kʋlʋn mʋ, fʋ man dagaa Ɩbwaarɛ kuwura‐gyii.”