Maatiyee 14:1-36
14 Alɩwaatʋ ndʋ tɩ-taa lɛ, Eroodi weyi ɛɛkɛ egeetiye ñʋʋdʋ yɔ, ɛnɩɩ tɔm ndʋ pɔyɔɔdaɣ Yesu yɔɔ yɔ
2 nɛ eheyi ɛ-lɩmɖʋyaa se: “Ɛyʋ ɛnʋ, ɛkɛ Yohanɛɛsɩ Lɩm Mɩyɩsɩyʋ. Pefezi-i nɛ sɩɖaa taa, nɛ pʋyɔɔ ɛlakɩ maamaaci lakasɩ nzɩ.”
3 Eroodi* kaakpa Yohanɛɛsɩ nɛ ɛhɔkɩ-ɩ nɛ ɛɖʋ-ɩ salaka ɛ-ɖalʋ Filiipu halʋ Eroodiyaadɩ yɔɔ.
4 Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, Yohanɛɛsɩ kaawɛɛ nɛ eheyiɣ Eroodi se: “Paɣtʋ tɩha-ŋ nʋmɔʋ se ŋkpaɣ Eroodiyaadɩ.”
5 Ɛlɛ, paa ɛɛsɔɔlaa se ɛkʋʋ Yohanɛɛsɩ yɔ, eseɣaɣ ɛyaa samaɣ sɔɔndʋ, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ kakpakaɣ-ɩ se ɛkɛ nayʋ.
6 Ɛlɛ pɔtɔkaɣ Eroodi lʋlʋʋ kazandʋ lɛ, Eroodiyaadɩ pɛlɛ paa nɛ pɩkɛdɩnɩ Eroodi siŋŋ
7 nɛ ɛlɛ ɖuu se ɛcɛlɩɣ-ɩ mbʋ payɩ ɛkaɣ-ɩ pɔzʋʋ yɔ.
8 Peeɖe pɛlɛ ɛnʋ ɛɖɔm e-ɖoo lɔŋ tasʋʋ yɔɔ nɛ ɛtɔ se: “Cɛlɩ-m tɛlɛm nakʋyʋ taa Yohanɛɛsɩ Lɩm Mɩyɩsɩyʋ ñʋʋ.”
9 Paa pɩɩcɛyɩ wiyaʋ siŋŋ yɔ, e-ɖuutu nɛ mba ɛ nɛ wɛ pacaɣaa nɛ pɔtɔkɩ tɔɔnaɣ* yɔ pɔ-yɔɔ lɛ, ɛha nɔɔ se pɛcɛlɩ-ɩ kʋ.
10 Peeɖe etiyaa nɛ pɛsɛtɩ Yohanɛɛsɩ ñʋʋ salaka taa.
11 Pɔkɔnɩ ɛ-ñʋʋ tɛlɛm taa nɛ pɛcɛlɩ pɛlɛ, nɛ ɛlɛ woni-kʋ nɛ ɛcɛlɩ e-ɖoo.
12 Pʋwayɩ lɛ, ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa kɔɔ nɛ pakpaɣ e-tomnaɣ nɛ powoni pepi; nɛ powolo peheyi Yesu.
13 Yesu nɩ-tʋ lɛ, ɛkʋyɩ peeɖe nɛ ɛkpa kpɩyʋʋ taa nɛ ewolo lone nɖɩ ɖɩ-taa ɛpɩzɩɣ nɛ ɛwɛɛ e-ɖeke yɔ. Ɛlɛ samaɣ nɩwa se ɛɖɛwa lɛ, kalɩɩnɩ tɛtʋ ndɩ ndɩ taa nɛ kɔɖɔ nɩŋgbanzɩ nɛ katɩŋ ɛ-wayɩ.
14 Etibini kpɩyʋʋ taa lɛ, ɛna ɛyaa samaɣ sɔsɔɔ nakɛyɛ, nɛ kalabɩ-ɩ pʋtɔdɩyɛ, nɛ ɛla nɛ kʋdɔndɩnaa mba paawɛ ka-taa yɔ pɔ-yɔɔ cɛ.
15 Ɛlɛ ɖanaɣ ɖanaa lɛ, ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa kɔɔ ɛ-cɔlɔ nɛ peheyi-i se: “Pɩkɛ lone nɖɩ ɖiposini ɖɩsɩ yɔ nɛ alɩwaatʋ tɛm ɖɛʋ; yele samaɣ nɛ kɛɖɛɛ, nɛ kapɩzɩ kowolo tɛtʋ taa nɛ kaya ka-tɩ tɔɔnaɣ.”
16 Ɛlɛ Yesu heyi-wɛ se: “Pɩtɩcɛyɩ se kɛɖɛɛ; mɩ-maɣmaɣ ɩha-kɛ nabʋyʋ nɛ kɔtɔɔ.”
17 Peheyi-i se: “Ðɩfɛyɩnɩ nabʋyʋ cɩnɛ nɛ pɩtasɩnɩ kpɔnʋnaa kagbanzɩ nɛ kpakpasɩ naalɛ.”
18 Eheyi-wɛ se: “Ɩkɔnɩ-m wɛ cɩnɛ.”
19 Nɛ eheyi ɛyaa samaɣ se kacaɣ ñɩtʋ yɔɔ. Ðɩnɛ ɛlɛ ɛkpaɣ kpɔnʋnaa kagbanzɩ mba nɛ kpakpasɩ naalɛ nzɩ, nɛ ɛkpazɩ ɛ-ɛsa nɛ ɛsɔdaa lɛ, ɛwazɩ pɩ-yɔɔ; nɛ ɛpɛlɩ kpɔnʋnaa nɛ pɩtɛ lɛ, ɛcɛlɩ-wɛ ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa, nɛ ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa tayɩ-wɛ ɛyaa samaɣ.
20 Nɛ pa-tɩŋa pɔtɔɔ nɛ pahaɣ, nɛ pekpeɣli hɔɔlasɩ nzɩ sɩkazaa yɔ, nɛ sisu ɖɔkɩŋ 12.
21 Mba pɔtɔwaa yɔ, pa-taa abalaa kpɛndɩ ɛzɩ 5 000 mbʋ yɔ, patɩkalɩ halaa nɛ piya cikpesi.
22 Nɛ kpaagbaa mbʋ lɛ, eheyi ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa se pakpa kpɩyʋʋ taa nɛ pɛɖɛɛ-ɩ nɔɔ kidiiliŋ lɛɛkʋ yɔɔ, nɛ ɛnʋ yele ɛyaa samaɣ nɛ kɛɖɛɛ.
23 Eyebi ɛyaa samaɣ nɛ kɛɖɛɛ lɛ, ɛɖɛɛ ɛkpa pʋʋ yɔɔ e-ɖeke se ɛtɩmɩ. Ðoo yuwa lɛ, e-ɖeke ɛɛwɛnɩ peeɖe.
24 Alɩwaatʋ ndʋ lɛ, kpɩyʋʋ kaaposini kidiiliŋ nɛ mɛtanaa mɩnɩŋ sakɩyɛ,* nɛ Yesu tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa wɛɛ nɛ palʋkɩnɩ lɩm hola, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ helim makaɣ tuluŋa.
25 Ɛlɛ pɩkɔm tɛbɩyɛ tɛɛ* lɛ, Yesu ɖɔŋ teŋgu yɔɔ nɛ ɛkɔŋ pɔ-cɔlɔ.
26 Alɩwaatʋ ndʋ ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa na-ɩ ɛwɛɛ nɛ ɛɖɔŋ teŋgu yɔɔ lɛ, sɔɔndʋ kpa-wɛ nɛ pɔtɔ se: “Ðoziye yaa!” Nɛ pama kubuka nɛ sɔɔndʋ.
27 Ɛlɛ kpaagbaa mbʋ lɛ, Yesu yɔɔdɩnɩ-wɛ nɛ ɛtɔ se: “Sɔɔndʋ ɛtaakpa-mɩ! Ma na; itaase sɔɔndʋ.”
28 Pɩyɛɛrɩ heyi-i se: “Kɩbaɣlʋ, ye pɩkɛ ña yɔ, tɔ se mɔnɖɔ lɩm yɔɔ nɛ mɔnkɔɔ ñɔ-cɔlɔ.”
29 Eheyi-i se: “Kɔɔ!” Nɛ Pɩyɛɛrɩ lɩɩ kpɩyʋʋ taa nɛ ɛɖɔŋ lɩm yɔɔ nɛ ewoki Yesu cɔlɔ.
30 Ɛlɛ ɛcɔŋnaɣ ɛzɩma helim sɔsɔm makaɣ yɔ lɛ, sɔɔndʋ kpa-ɩ. Nɛ ɛpaɣzɩ lɩm tɛɛ sʋʋ lɛ, ɛma kubuka se: “Kɩbaɣlʋ, ya ma-ñʋʋ!”
31 Kpaagbaa mbʋ lɛ, Yesu sezi e-nesi nɛ ɛɖɔkɩ-ɩ nɛ eheyi-i se: “Tisuu ññɩɩ tʋ ña, ɛbɛ yeba nɛ ŋpaɣzɩ pɩtʋʋ?”
32 Pakpa kpɩyʋʋ taa lɛ, helim sɔsɔm mbʋ piyele mabʋ.
33 Nɛ mba paawɛ kpɩyʋʋ taa yɔ, paha-ɩ ñamtʋ,* nɛ pɔtɔ se: “Toovenim taa lɛ, ŋkɛ Ɛsɔ Pɩyalʋ.”
34 Nɛ pɛtɛzɩ teŋgu nɛ patalɩ Jeneezaarɛɛtɩ.
35 Peeɖe mba sɩmɩ-ɩ lɛ, petiyi ageeta wena acɔ-wɛ nɛ ata yɔ a-tɩŋa a-taa, nɛ ɛyaa kɔnɩ-ɩ mba payɩ pɛkɛ kʋdɔndɩnaa yɔ.
36 Nɛ petendi-i se eyele nɛ potukuni cɛɛkɛ e-toko kɩtɩnʋʋ nɔɔ; nɛ mba pa-tɩŋa payɩ potukuni-kʋ yɔ, pɔ-yɔɔ cɛ caɣ caɣ.
Pɩ-tɛɛ tɔm
^ Pɩkɛ Eroodi Antipasɩ. Cɔnɩ Tɔm pee sɔsɔna tɔbʋʋ lɩzʋʋ.
^ Yaa “ɛ nɛ wɛ pacaɣ taabɩlɩ yɔɔ.”
^ Piye piye, “nɛ staadɩnaa sakɩyɛ.” Staadɩ kʋɖʋmʋʋ maɣnɩ mɛtanaa 185.
^ Pʋ-tɔbʋʋ se tanaŋ tɛɛ ñɩɣtʋ 3 nɛ piwolo ñɩɣtʋ 6 yɔɔ mbʋ yɔ.
^ Yaa “poluŋ ɛ-tɛɛ.”
