1 Ɓotu ɓe ɓoŋna mɔni garama hɛnɛ nɛ̀ ɓotu ɓe mɛɓeyɔ ɗikima nje kɛ kɛki Yesus yí nje wokɔ mɛlɛpi mɛnɛ. 2 *Ɓefarisɛ̧ nɛ̀ ɓotu ɓe kɛtina mɛyasi nyiŋgilama lɛpɔ nde: «Mbam kɔ kɛ ɓu̧ ɓotu ɓe mɛɓeyɔ nɛ mɛsosa, kwa̧ ɗyena sendi ɓenɛ ɓo.»

3 Yasi wɛtɛ, ɛ Yesus nyɛ ɓo kanɔ nde: 4 «Kɛ njoka yun, ŋgɛ wɛtɛ mumɔ ɓɛ nɛ ɓesam gɔmay, ŋgɛ wɛtɛ ɗimbiyɛ, a kél nan? ’A ti páŋ tikɔ ɓesam kamɔtan jɔ kamɔni jɔ yitan jɔ yini te ɓari kɛ mbɛy mɛɗye kwa̧ kɛ̀ sa̧ yɔkɔ ɛ ɗimbiya kɔ kumɔ kɛ ŋgimɔ te yi nyɛ dolɛ nyɛ kɛ́ na? 5 Komɛ nyɛ si dolɔ nyɛ kɛ́, ’a ti sóɓa nyɛ nyɛ kɛ ɓɛkɔ nɛ nɛ mɛsosa na? 6 Kɛ nyɛ yɔkwɛ kumɔ tu̧, a má jeɓa ɓesɔ ɓenɛ nɛ̀ ɓembam ɓete ɓe ɗiyɛ kɛ kɛki nɛ ɓaka lɛpɔ nyɛ ɓo nde: ‹Wusɛ sôsaŋgwɛ, kɛto mi dolma sam wombɛ ɛ ɗimbiya kɔ.› 7 Mi kɛ lɛpɔ nyɛ wunɛ nde: Ɗete sendi, mɛsosa ɓɛ́ki ɓuɗyate kɛ ɗyoɓɔ, kɛto mɔ mɛɓeyɔ wɛtɛ ɛ yeŋsa temɔ kɔ. Mɛsosa mɛte kwa̧ yikɛ yi ɓɛŋna kɛto ɓomɔ kamɔtan jɔ kamɔni jɔ yitan jɔ yini ɓe nɛ ŋgbeŋ ɓe yeti kɛ diyɛ nde, ɓo yêŋsaŋgwɛ temɔ ɓaka.»

8 «Ho nde, ŋgɛ wɛtɛ nyari ɓɛ nɛ sule kamɔ, ŋgɛ wɛtɛ ɗimbiyɛ, a kél nan? A kwénja lambo wɔmbile tu̧ sa̧ kimɔte kumɔ kɛ ŋgimɔ te yi nyɛ dolɛ yo kɛ́. 9 Komɛ nyɛ si dolɔ kɛ́, a má jeɓa ɓesɔ ɓenɛ nɛ̀ ɓoma ɓete ɓe ɗiyɛ kɛ kɛki nɛ ɓaka lɛpɔ nyɛ ɓo nde: ‹Wusɛ sôsaŋgwɛ, kɛto mi dolma sule wombɛ ɛ ɗimbiya kɔ.› 10 Ɗete sendi, mi kɛ lɛpɔ nyɛ wunɛ nde: Ɓejaki ɓe Njambiyɛ wóku mɛsosa ɓuɗyate, ndi kɛto mɔ mɛɓeyɔ wɛtɛ ɛ yeŋsa temɔ kɔ.»

11 Ɛ Yesus lɛpɛ sendi nde: «Wɛtɛ mbam ɓa̧ nɛ ɓɔnɔ ɓembam yiɓa. 12 Ɛ ndɛmbi te lɛpɛ nyɛ saŋgwɛ nde: ‹Saŋmbɛ, nyɛkɔ mi ŋgaɓiyɛ mɛyasi mɛte yembɛ.› Ɛ saŋgwɛ wan kaɓɛ mɛyasi mɛte yi nyɛ ɓa̧ nɔ kɛ́ nyɛ ɓo. 13 Mɔnɔ mɛtu kwaŋma kɛ kɔŋte nɛ mbɛt, ɛ ndɛmbi te dokɛ mɛyasi mɛnɛ hɛnɛ kwa̧ kɛ̀ lɔndunate kɛ wɛtɛ mɛnɛti. Kumɔ mate, ɛ nyɛ si kwaŋɗye kusuku nɛ kɛ nyɛm nyɛm joŋgwɛ. 14 Kɛ nyɛ ma si kwaŋɗye yo ɗete kɛ́, yaka nɔ, nyaŋgwɛ kolɔ kɛ ɗya̧ kɛ mɛnɛti mɛte, ɛ yasi hɛnɛ kandɛ ɓanna nɛ. 15 Ɛ nyɛ kwa̧ kɛ̀ diyɛ mɛsay kɛ ɓɔ wɛtɛ mbam mate. Ɛ mbam te kɛnjɛ nyɛ kɛ ɓakiɗya ɓeaɓem ɓenɛ kɛ mɔy lɔ̧. 16 Mɔnɔ mbam kɔ gɔruma ɗye mɛmbumɔ mɛte yi ɓeaɓem ɗikima ɗye kɛ́. Ko ɗete, mumɔ wɛtɛ nɛ wɛtɛ tì nyɛ nyɛ yaŋa na. 17 Ndana, ɛ nyɛ kandɛ takina yasi lɛpɔ kɛ mɔy temɔ nɛ nde: ‹Ɓotu ɓe mɛsay ɓe saŋmbɛ hɛnɛ nɛ ɓuɗya mɛɗye kwa̧ to te, mi mbɛ waka kɛ gwe nja. 18 Mi ta tɛmɛ yɔkwɛ kɛ̀ pɛ yi saŋmbɛ. Mi ta lɛpɔ nyɛ nyɛ nde: Saŋmbɛ, mi ma kelɔ ɓeyate ɓuɗyate kɛ mbɔmbu Njambiyɛ nɛ̀ kɛ mbɔmbu wɔ. 19 Wɛ ti yaka jeɓa se mi nde mɔnɔ wɔ na. Kelɔ nɛ mi nda yi wɛ kelɛ nɛ wɛtɛ mɔ mɛsay wɔ kɛ.› 20 Kɛ kɔŋte, ɛ nyɛ tɛmɛ yí yɔkwɛ kɛ̀ pɛ yi saŋgwɛ.

«A ɓa̧ ndi lɔndunate, ɛ saŋgwɛ ɓɛŋɛ nyɛ gwe ŋgwɛtɛ wenɛ sɛɗyɛ kɛ̀ wuse nyɛ kwa̧ dulɔ numbu nɛ. 21 Ɛ mɔnɔ lɛpɛ nyɛ nyɛ nde: ‹Saŋmbɛ, mi ma kelɔ ɓeyate ɓuɗyate kɛ mbɔmbu Njambiyɛ nɛ̀ kɛ mbɔmbu wɔ. Wɛ ti yaka jeɓa se mi nde mɔnɔ wɔ na.› 22 Ko ɓɛkɔ ɗete, saŋgwɛ lɛpima nyɛ ɓotu ɓe mɛsay ɓenɛ nde: ‹Wunɛ njâki nɛdɔ nɛ lambɔ te ɛ laŋma nyɔŋɔ kwa̧ ɓɛsɔ kɔ nje lɛnje nyɛ. Wunɛ nyɛ̂ki bolo kɛ ɓɔ nɛ, lɛnje sendi nyɛ mɛnakala kɛ mɛkol. 23 Wunɛ kɛ̂n ɓu̧ mɔnɔ nday te ɛ nɛ mutɔ kɔ nje wo. Wusɛ ɗyênaŋgwɛ, nɛ̀ wusɛ sôsaŋgwɛ, 24 kɛto mɔnmbɛ kɔ gwa̧, ndana a womiya. A ɗimbiya, ndana hɛ dolma nyɛ.› Ɛ ɓo kandɛ jesɔ.

25 «Kɛ ŋgimɔ te yite tomba te ɓa̧ kɛ ŋgwaŋ. Kɛ nyɛ ma yɔkwɛ wuta nɛ tu̧ kɛ́ a wóku ɓomɔ kɛ mɛndɛ mɛndumɔ ɓɔlɔ jesɔ. 26 Ɛ nyɛ jeɓa wɛtɛ mɔ mɛsay diyɛ nyɛ nde: ‹Ŋge yi kwaŋna woŋga kɛ́?› 27 Ɛ nyɛ yeŋsa nyɛ nyɛ nde: ‹Mɔŋ yɔkwa̧, ɗete sɔŋgwɛ woma mɔnɔ nday te ɛ nɛ mutɔ kɔ, kɛto mɔnɔ ɗyaŋma nɛ tɛ.› 28 Tomba mɔy wokuma ŋgambi kinɛ kwaɗyɛ nyiŋɛ tu̧ na. Ɛ saŋgwɛ pundɛ kɛ̀ ŋgwɛta nɛ nyɛ nde, a nyîŋa tu̧. 29 Ɛ nyɛ nje lɛpɔ nyɛ saŋgwɛ nde: ‹Pa ɓɛŋɛ, mi kɛ kelɔ mɛsay nyɛ wɛ waka ɓuɗya mɛsew. Mi tì yɛliyɛ yiŋa lɛpi kɛ numbu yɔ wɛtɛ yesɔ na. Ko gbɛla mɔnɔ taɓɔ wɛtɛ nɛ wɛtɛ, wɛ tì nyɛ mi nde, mi wôku ɗye sosa nɔ sinɛ ɓesɔ ɓembɛ na. 30 Ɓɛŋa nde, mɔnɔ wɔ ɛ ma sambɔ mɛyasi mɔ ɓenɛ ɓoma ɗyaŋma kɛ́, wɛ kɛ nje wo mɔnɔ nday te ɛ nɛ mutɔ kɔ nyɛ nyɛ ɗye.› 31 Ɛ saŋgwɛ lɛpɛ nyɛ nyɛ nde: ‹Mɔnmbɛ, sinɛ wɛ waka mɛtu hɛnɛ. Mɛyasi hɛnɛ te yi mi nɔ, yo yɔ. 32 Yasi wɛtɛ, yakama nde, wusɛ sôsaŋgwɛ kelɔ jesɔ, kɛto mɔŋ kɔ gwa̧, ndana a womiya. A ɗimbiya, ndana hɛ dolma nyɛ.› »