1 Saŋa maa tɔ nɩɩ owura Herodi mʋ nɩɩ ɛɛ kɩɩ Galile sʋ mʋ nu asɩn lɩɩ Yesu sʋ, 2 nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ mʋ kamaa abi mʋ yɛ, “N kɔɔlɛ gyii fɛɛ Gyɔn okyugyeepu mʋ i kyiŋi lɩɩ lewu tɔ ba, ɩmʋ sʋ nɩɩ ɔ sʋ falɛ ɔlʋn ɛɛ waa asɩn kyinkyinsa nɩmʋ.”

3 Herodi nɩmʋ wʋla yɛgɛ nɩɩ ba kɩtaa Gyɔn ŋmina taa mʋ tii obu, lɩɩ Herodiya mʋ nɩɩ naafɔɔ ɔ daa ɔ gyɛ Herodi maŋa mu‐supu Filipu mʋ‐ka mʋ sʋ. 4 Lɩɩ fɛɛ Gyɔn daa kyɩna ɛɛ tɔwɛ mʋ yɛ, “Ɩ man dɛ ɔkpa fɛɛ fʋ kɔɔlɛ fu‐supu mʋ‐ka Herodiya kili.” 5 Naafɔɔ Herodi daa ee biti ɔ mɔɔ Gyɔn nɩn, amaa ɔ kyɩna ɔ sɩlɛ asa mʋ, lɩɩ fɛɛ Gyiwu abi ba wu fɛɛ Gyɔn gyɛ Ɩbwaarɛ ɔtɔwɛpʋ nɩn.

6 Amaa kakaakʋ Herodi maa kyɩna ee gyii mʋ kakɛ kʋʋgɛsa akɛ kinsigyi mʋ, Herodiya mu‐bii kyɩɩsa kyaa sa bamʋ, nɩɩ ɩ waa Herodi ɔkɔn naa kyʋn sʋ. 7 Nɩɩ ɔ da mʋ kɔkɔlɔ sʋ bɔ ntan tɔwɛ mʋ yɛ, kʋtɔ kʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ɔ kan tɔwɛ yɛ ee biti mʋ, ee biti ɔ sa mʋ. 8 Nɩɩ mu‐nyi tɔwɛ waa mʋ yɛ ɔ naa tɔwɛ Herodi yɛ, “Sa mɛ Gyɔn Okyugyeepu kumu tangɩran tɔ nfɩɩ nbɩɩnbɩɩ nɩmʋ.” 9 Asɩn mʋ ɩ tɔɔrɔɔ Owura Herodi gaa, amaa lɩɩ mʋ ntan mʋ nɩɩ ɔ bɔ, yɛ mʋ kinsigyi tɔ afɔ mʋ sʋ mʋ, ɔ sa kɔnɔ yɛ ba waa kanɩn sa kebii kyɩɩsa‐bi mʋ. 10 Nɩɩ ɔ yɛgɛ ba naa tɩn Gyɔn kumu obu tiisa mʋ tɔ. 11 Ba bɩya Gyɔn kumu mʋ tangɩran tɔ ba sa kebii kyɩɩsa‐bi mʋ, nɩɩ ɔ taa kɩmʋ naa sa mu‐nyi. 12 Nɩɩ mʋ abɩɩlapʋ ba ba taa mʋ kubuni naa pula. Nɩɩ ba naa tɔwɛ Yesu.

13 Yesu maa nu kʋtɔ mʋ nɩɩ kɩ waa mʋ, nɩɩ ɔ taa ɔkʋlɩ lɩɩ tʋtɔ mʋ nkʋn kpee opula mʋ nɩɩ i du surum. Sakyɔ mʋ ba maa nu kanɩn mʋ ba taa ayaa tɔ lɩɩ ndɛ sʋ ba mʋ asɛ. 14 Yesu maa kpɩlɩgɛ lɩɩ ɔkʋlɩ mʋ tɔ nɩɩ o wu asa damantɛ mʋ, bamʋ asɩn ɩ waa mʋ kʋwɛɛ nɩɩ ɔ kyɛ bamʋ nɩɩ bɛɛ lɔ mʋ.

15 Ɩmʋ kalaatɩpwɛ asɛ mʋ, mʋ abɩɩlapʋ ba ba mʋ asɛ ba tɔwɛ mʋ yɛ, “Opula nɩmʋ bʋ kata yɛ kadɛ, nɩɩ kyɔwɛ mɔɔ tɛɛ lʋwɛ. Yɛgɛ sakyɔ mʋ ba kpee ndɛ‐bi‐ndɛ‐bi tɔ kɛ ba nyɛ naa sɔɔ agyitɔ gyii.”

16 Yesu lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Ɩ man dagaa fɛɛ ba kpee. Fanɛ nɩn fan sa bamʋ agyitɔ kɛ ba gyii.”

17 Nɩɩ abɩɩlapʋ mʋ ba lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Bodobodo anuu yɛ ɩkɩn ɩnyɔ nkʋn nɩɩ an sʋ nfɩɩ.”

18 Nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Fan taa ɩmʋ bɩya mɛ nfɩɩ.” 19 Ɔ tɔwɛ asa mʋ yɛ ba kyɩna afitiri sʋ. Ɔ taa bodobodo anuu mʋ yɛ ɩkɩn ɩnyɔ mʋ, kɩɩ sʋsʋ nɩɩ ɔ taa afwaala sa Ɩbwaarɛ. Nɩɩ ɔ kpɛɛ bodobodo mʋ tɔ taa sa mʋ abɩɩlapʋ mʋ, nɩɩ abɩɩlapʋ mʋ mɔɔ ba taa sa asa mʋ. 20 Bamʋ kpini ba gyii ŋmɛ, nɩɩ abɩɩlapʋ mʋ ba ba tasɛ awuribi mʋ nɩɩ ba gyii san mʋ bɔla alantan kudu anyɔ. 21 Asa mʋ nɩɩ ba gyii bodobodo mʋ kɔnɔ ɩ waa fɛɛ anyɩn ngbɩn nnuu, yɛgɛ ba man kalɛ akyɩɩ yɛ nbii gbaa tii su.

22 Ɩnɩmʋ kamaa mʋ opula tɔ nɩɩ Yesu yɛgɛ nɩɩ mʋ abɩɩlapʋ mʋ ba loo ɔkʋlɩ tɔ gyankpaa mʋ faa kpee benbe, nɩɩ ɔ sa sakyɔ mʋ ɔkpa yɛ ba natɛ. 23 Maa yɛgɛ nɩɩ ba kyʋn mʋ, o dii kpee kɩbɩɩ sʋ mʋ nkʋn ɔ naa kʋlɛ kabwaarɛ‐kʋlɛ. Kalaatɩpwɛ asɛ mʋ, mʋ nkʋn ɩ bʋ tʋtɔ, 24 amaa saŋa maa tɔ mʋ ɔkʋlɩ mʋ tɛɛ wʋla fʋʋ nkyu nsana, nɩɩ afuu a maa waa mʋ, nɩɩ apaa a daa a kyenkpen ɔkʋlɩ mʋ.

25 Ɩ ba fʋʋ kɩbwayɩkɛ sʋ kerefi asa naa fʋʋ kerefi asiye nsana mʋ, Yesu natɛ nkyu sʋ ee kpee mʋ abɩɩlapʋ mʋ asɛ. 26 Ba maa wu maa naa nkyu sʋ ɛɛ ba mʋ, bamʋ nkɔlɔ ɩ ŋmaa bamʋ. Nɩɩ ba tɔwɛ yɛ, “Obuni nɩn.” Nɩɩ ba kuusi lɩɩ fɛɛ kufuu kɩ kɩtaa bamʋ.

27 Amaa Yesu tɔwɛ bamʋ opula tɔ yɛ, “Fan nyɛ nkɔlɔ, mɛ nɩn. Fan man sɩlɛ kufuu.”

28 Nɩɩ Pita lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ, nɩɩ ɩ kan ɩ gyɛ fʋ mʋ, yɛgɛ n natɛ nkyu mʋ sʋ ba fʋ asɛ.”

29 Nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ mʋ yɛ, “Ba!”

Nɩɩ Pita lɩɩ ɔkʋlɩ mʋ tɔ ɔ naa nkyu mʋ sʋ ee kpee Yesu asɛ. 30 Amaa maa wu apaa mʋ, kufuu kɩ kɩtaa mʋ, nɩɩ o piili ee munla, nɩɩ o kuusi yɛ, “Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ, mɔlɩgɛ mɛ!”

31 Opula tɔ nɩɩ Yesu tɛɛŋɛ mʋ kɩbaa kɩtaa mʋ tɔ. Nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ mʋ yɛ, “Fu kɩkɔɔlɛ‐gyii man kyɔ. Mɩnɛ ɩ waa nɩɩ fʋ man kɔɔlɛ gyii?”

32 Ba maa dii loo ɔkʋlɩ mʋ tɔ mʋ, nɩɩ afuu mʋ ɩ yɛgɛ. 33 Nɩɩ bamʋ nɩɩ ba bʋ ɔkʋlɩ mʋ tɔ mʋ, ba muŋa sun mʋ nɩɩ ba tɔwɛ yɛ, “Kesintin, fʋ gyɛ Ɩbwaarɛ mu‐Bii nɩn.”

34 Ba maa faa ɔbʋn mʋ, nɩɩ ba naa dan Kanesareti ɔsʋwʋlɛ sʋ. 35 Nɩɩ asa mʋ nɩɩ ba bʋ tʋtɔ mʋ ba maa bɩɩ Yesu mʋ, ba sun tɔwɛ ndɛ mʋ nɩɩ ɩ kyaabɔɔ bamʋ mʋ kpini. Nɩɩ asa ba taa bamʋ alɔpʋ kpini ba mʋ asɛ. 36 Nɩɩ ba kʋlɛ mʋ yɛ, ɔ dan yɛgɛ kɛ alɔpʋ mʋ ba dan taa bamʋ abaa mata mʋ kaalɛ kɔnɔ‐bi, nɩɩ bamʋ nɩɩ ba mata maŋa kpini ba nyɛ alanfɩya.