1 Yesus ka̧ mbɔmbu lɛpɔ nyɛ ɓejekɛ ɓenɛ nde: «Wɛtɛ mumɔ ɓa̧ nɛ kusuku ɓuɗyate. A ɓa̧ nɛ mɔ ɓakiɗya kusuku nɛ. Ɛ ɓomɔ nje lɛpɔ nyɛ nyɛ nde, mɔ ɓakiɗya kusuku nɛ kɛ sambɔ yo. 2 Ɛ nyɛ jeɓa nyɛ lɛpɔ nde: ‹Yo kwalɔ yasi te nda yi mi wokɛ ɓomɔ lɛpɛ nɛ ɗinɔ ɗyɔ kɛ́? Lɛpɔ kasi mɛsay mɛ ɓakiɗya kusuku mbɛ yi wɛ kelma kɛ́, kɛto wɛ tí kɛ̀ se mbɔmbu yí kelɔ mɛsay mɛte na.› 3 Ɛ mɔ ɓakiɗya kusuku kɔ lɛpɛ kɛ mɔy temɔ nɛ nde: ‹Mi ta kelɔ nan, kɛto masa wombɛ kɛ soŋɛ mi kɛ mɛsay mɛ ɓakiɗya kusuku nɛ. Mi yeti nɛ ɗeti te yi putike mɛnɛti na. Njɔn jɔmbuna yasi kɛ ɓɔ ɓomɔ kɛ kelɔ mi.› 4 Ɛ nyɛ lɛpɛ nde: ‹Mi duwa̧ nda yi mi ta kelɔ, nɛ́ ɓomɔ ɓu̧ nɛ mi kimɔte kɛ mɛtu̧ man komɛ ɓo ta soŋɛ mi kɛ mɛsay kɛ́.› 5 Ndana, ɛ nyɛ jeɓa mumɔ hɛnɛ ɛ ɓa̧ nɛ yaŋa ɓenɛ masa wenɛ kɔ. Ɛ nyɛ diyɛ bosa mumɔ nde: ‹Wúnɛ masa wombɛ nɛ niŋgɔ?› 6 Ɛ mbɛte yeŋsa nyɛ nyɛ nde: ‹Nyaŋgwɛ mɛmbe mɛmutɔ gɔmay.› Ɛ mɔ ɓakiɗya kusuku lɛpɛ nyɛ nyɛ nde: ‹Ɓoŋgɔ mɛkana mɔ ɗiyɔ mɛtiɗyɛ nɛdɔ kɛtɔ nde, yo kamɔtan.› 7 Kɛ kɔŋte, ɛ nyɛ diyɛ wɛtɛ sendi nde: ‹Yɔ ɓa niŋgɔ?› Ɛ nyɛ yeŋsa nde: ‹Makɔ yombo gɔmay.› Ɛ mɔ ɓakiɗya kusuku lɛpɛ nyɛ nyɛ nde: ‹Ɓoŋgɔ mɛkana mɔ kɛtɔ nde, yo kamɔtan jɔ kamɔtati.› 8 Ɛ masa ɓeya mɔ ɓakiɗya kusuku kɔ jayɛ nyɛ kɛto jɛŋ te yi nyɛ kelma kɛ́.»

Ɛ Yesus kɛ̀ mbɔmbu lɛpɔ nde: «Ɓotu ɓe mɛnɛti ɓaka nɛ jɛŋ kelna mɛkele suŋgwɛ nɛ ɓenjɔŋ ɓan kwa̧ ɓotu ɓete ɓe ɓeŋgwɛ mɛyasi mɛ Njambiyɛ ɓaka. 9 Mi kɛ lɛpɔ nyɛ wunɛ nde: Wunɛ ɓôŋ gbɛla mɛyasi mɛ mɛnɛti maka ɓiye nɛ sɔ wúnɛ ɓomɔ, yaka nɔ, komɛ mɛyasi mɛte ta ɓanɔ wunɛ kɛ́, Njambiyɛ ta ɓu̧ wunɛ tikɔ kɛ mbɛy te yi wunɛ ta ɗiyɔ kɛte kpo nɛ kpo. 10 Kɛto mɔ te ɛ duwɛ ɓakiɗye mɔnɔ yasi, a yakama duwɛ ɓakiɗye sendi nyaŋgwɛ yasi. Yɔkɔ ɛ seɓile mumɔ kɛ mɔnɔ yasi, a ta seɓile sendi mumɔ kɛ nyaŋgwɛ yasi. 11 Ɗete, ŋgɛ ɓɛ nde, wunɛ tì duwɛ ɓakiɗya gbɛla mɛyasi mɛ mɛnɛti maka na, nda má nje kaŋɛ sulna mɛyasi nyɛ wunɛ nde, wunɛ ɓâkiɗya? 12 Ŋgɛ ɓɛ nde, wunɛ tì duwɛ ɓakiɗya yasi mumɔ na, nda má nje nyɛ wunɛ yasi te yun kɔ? 13 Kiya mɔ mɛsay wɛtɛ ti yaka ɓɛ nɛ ɓemasa yiɓa na. Ho a ta ɓenɔ wɛtɛ, kwaɗyɛ mbaŋa, ho a ta wokuna nɛ wɛtɛ, yɛliyɛ mbaŋa. Wunɛ ti yaka kelɔ mɛsay mɛ Njambiyɛ, ɓeŋgwɛ sendi kasi kusuku na.»

14 *Ɓefarisɛ̧ ɓa̧ kɛ wokɔ mɛlɛpi mɛnɔri hɛnɛ. Ɛ ɓo yisɛ Yesus, kɛto ɓo ɓa̧ nɛ kwaɗya mɔni ɓuɗyate. 15 Ɛ Yesus lɛpɛ nyɛ ɓo nde: «Wunɛ nɛ ŋguru wun kɛ ɓu̧ yotu yun kɛ misi mɛ ɓomɔ nde, wunɛ nɛ ŋgbeŋ. Yasi wɛtɛ, Njambiyɛ duwa̧ yasi te yi kɛ mɔy mɛtemɔ mun kɛ́. Wunɛ dûkwɛ nde, yasi te yi ɓomɔ lukse kɛ́, Njambiyɛ ɓɛ́ŋa yo nda ɓi̧ kɛ misi mɛnɛ. 16 Mɛmboŋga mɛte yi Mɔyisi kɛtima kɛ́ nɛ̀ mɛlɛpi mɛte yi ɓotu ɓe punja mɛlɛpi mɛ Njambiyɛ lɛpima kɛ́ ɗiyma kumɔ kɛ ŋgimɔ te yi Jaŋ te mɔ tɔpuna ɓomɔ kɛ mɔrɔku. Kɛ kɔŋte, kandɛ kɛ ŋgimɔ te yite, ɓo kɛ lɛpɔ Kimɔ Tom kɛ kasi *Kandɔ Njambiyɛ. Ndana mumɔ hɛnɛ kɛ suŋna, na nyiŋ kɛte nɛ ɗeti hɛnɛ. 17 Wunɛ dûkwɛ nde, ɗyoɓɔ nɛ̀ mɛnɛti yakama yambile nɛdɔ. Yasi wɛtɛ, kinɛ mɔnɔ yaŋa nɛ mbɛt yakama ɗuwɛ kɛ mɛmboŋga mɛ Njambiyɛ na.

18 «Mumɔ hɛnɛ ɛ soŋɛ ɓɔ nɛ nyari ɓu̧ mbaŋa, yite nyɛ mɔ kelna wanja. Sendi, mumɔ hɛnɛ ɛ ɓu̧ nya te yi njom soŋma ɓɔ nɛ nyɛ, mɔ te mɔ kelna wanja.»

19 Kɛ kɔŋte, ɛ Yesus yekiɗye wɛtɛ kanɔ nde: «Wɛtɛ mbam ɓa̧ nɛ ɓuɗya kusuku. A ɗikima lɛŋɛ kpasa mɛlambɔ mɛte yi ɗye ɓuɗya mɔni. A ɗikima joŋna mɛtu hɛnɛ kɛ nyɛŋgwɛ, komsa ɓuɗya mɛɗye jeɓa nɛ ɓomɔ. 20 Yo ɓa̧ sendi nɛ wɛtɛ buka mumɔ nde Lasar. A ɓa̧ mɛtinɛŋgwɛ kɛ numɛy mɔ kusuku kɔ. Yotu Lasar ɓa̧ tandɛ mɛpeŋ nɛ fata fata. 21 A kwaɗya ɗye mɛmbulma mɛɗye mɛte yi ɗikima ɓalɔ wulɛ kɛ teɓel mɔ kusuku kɔ kɛ́. Ko ɓembiye ɗikima nje ɗatɔ mɛpeŋ mɛnɛ. 22 Ɗiyɔ kɛ́, buka mɔ kɔ nja̧ gwe, ɛ ɓejaki ɓe Njambiyɛ soɓɛ nyɛ kɛ̀ tikɔ kɛ kɛki Abaraham. Mɔ kusuku kɔ nja̧ gwe sendi, ɛ ɓo pumbɛ nyɛ. 23 A ɓa̧ kɛ saŋgwa nɛ nyaŋgwɛ mɛbɔnɛ mate kɛ ɗya ɓemuŋ. Kɛ nyɛ ma kaŋɛ misi kɛ́, a ɓɛ́ŋa kɛnjɛ lɔndunate Lasar kɛ kɛki Abaraham. 24 Ɛ nyɛ kembiɗya lɛpɔ nde: ‹Saŋsu Abaraham, gwakɔ ŋgwɛtɛ wombɛ. Tomɔ Lasar, a tɔ̂pa toŋ nyɛy nɛ kɛ mɔrɔku nje wɛɗye nɛ ɗyem ɗyembɛ, kɛto mi kɛ saŋgwa nɛ nyaŋgwɛ mɛbɔnɛ kɛ lam ɗitɛ te yikɛ.› 25 Ɛ Abaraham yeŋsa nde: ‹Mɔnmbɛ, taka kimɔte. Wɛ ɓa̧ nɛ kusuku ɓuɗyate kɛ joŋgwɛ ɗyɔ, ɛ Lasar saŋgwa nɛ mɛbɔnɛ kɛ ŋgimɔ te yite. Ndana Lasar mɛ kɛ kimɔ ɗiyɔ woŋga, ma wɛ mɛ yɔ kɛ mɛbɔnɛ. 26 Yiŋa yasi sendi nde: Nyaŋgwɛ gboŋgo ndoŋ kɛ njoka su sinɛ wunɛ. Ɗete, ŋgɛ ɓomɔ kwaɗyɛ tɛmɛ woŋga yí kɛ̀ wɛri, ɓo ti yaka kwa̧ na. Sendi, ŋgɛ ɓomɔ kwaɗyɛ tɛmɛ wɛri nje woŋga, ɓo ti yaka saɓiyɛ na.› 27 Ɛ mɔ kusuku kɔ lɛpɛ nde: ‹Saŋsu, nda yo ɗete kɛ́, mi kɛ ŋgwɛta nɛ wɛ nde: Tomɔ Lasar kɛnjɛ kɛ yi saŋmbɛ, 28 kɛto mi nɛ ɓemaŋ ɓembɛ yitan, na kɛ̀ lɛpi yasi te yi nyɛ ɓɛŋma nɛ misi mɛnɛ kɛ́ kimɔte nyɛ ɓo, ma ɓo nje nje sendi kɛ mbɛy nyaŋgwɛ mɛbɔnɛ mɛte yikɛ.› 29 Ɛ Abaraham yeŋsa nde: ‹Mɛmboŋga mɛte yi Mɔyisi kɛtima kɛ́ nɛ̀ mɛkana mɛ ɓotu ɓe punja mɛlɛpi mɛ Njambiyɛ mate, ɓo ɓêŋgwɛ yo.› 30 Ɛ mɔ kusuku lɛpɛ nde: ‹Ko na, Abaraham, saŋsu! Yo nde, ŋgɛ wɛtɛ mumɔ tɛmɛ kɛ njoka ɓotu ɓete ɓe ma gwe ɓaka kɛ̀ pɛ yan, ɓo ta yeŋsa temɔ.› 31 Ɛ Abaraham nje lɛpɔ nyɛ nyɛ nde: ‹Ŋgɛ ɓo ti wokɛ mɛn Mɔyisi nɛ̀ mɛn ɓotu ɓe punja mɛlɛpi mɛ Njambiyɛ na, ɓo ti yaka jayɛ yiŋa yaŋa na, ko ɓɛkɔ nde, mumɔ wômkwɛ kɛ̀ lɛpɔ nyɛ ɓo.›