Pɩlabɩ alɩwaatʋ cabɩ yɔ, Yesu wɛʋ “Yɔɔrdaŋ pɔɔ wayɩ”, Pereya egeetiye ɖɩnɛ ɖɩ-taa yɔ. (Yohanɛɛsɩ 10:40) Lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, ɛlɩnɩ ɖɩ-taa nɛ etikini Yerusalɛm.

Yesu taaɖɔŋ nʋmɔʋ ŋgʋ e-ɖeke. Ɛ nɛ ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa nɛ “ɛyaa canɖaŋ” yaa samaɣ sɔsɔɔ ŋga ka-taa lambuu mʋyaa nɛ kɩdɛkɛdɩm laɖaa kaawɛɛ yɔ. (Luka 14:25; 15:1) Farɩsɩ ñɩma nɛ takayɩsɩ mayaa mba pakaɖaɣnɩ Yesu tɔm wɩlʋʋ nɛ ɛ-lakasɩ yɔ, paawɛɛ ɖɔɖɔ samaɣ ŋga ka-taa. Paa pɩɩla ɛzɩma, pɔɖɔŋaɣ nʋmɔʋ ŋgʋ lɛ, pɛwɛɛ nɛ pamaɣzɩɣ heu kilebu, pɩɣa kilebaɣ nɛ ɛyʋ ñɩm tʋ nɛ Lazaarɩ pɔ-yɔɔ aduwa yɔɔ.—Luka 15:2; 16:14.

Yesu ɖiɣni tɔzʋʋ ɛzɩma e-koyindinaa kaɖɩnɩ-ɩ nɛ pohoŋi-i yɔ, pɩ-yɔɔ. Pʋyɔɔ ɛɖaɣnɩ yɔɔdɩnʋʋ ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa nɛ ɛtɔzɩ-wɛ tɔm kɩcɛyɩtʋ ndʋ ɛɛtɛm-wɛ wɩlʋʋ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ ɛwɛɛ Galilee yɔ, tɩ-taa natʋyʋ yɔɔ.

Eheyi-wɛ se: “Pɩɩsaŋ se nʋmɔʋ kɩdɛkɛdʋʋ wɩlʋʋ ɛtaawɛɛ, ɛlɛ pɩtɩŋɩɣnɩ weyi ɛ-yɔɔ yɔ, eleba. . . . Ɩɖaŋ mɩ-tɩ! Ye ño-koobu ɛɖʋ-ŋ ɖɩwɩzɩyɛ yɔ, kalɩ-ɩ, nɛ ye ɛpɩsɩ ɛ-laŋɩyɛ yɔ, ŋkpeɣ-i. Ye ɛɖʋ-ŋ ɖɩwɩzɩyɛ tam lʋbɛ evemiye taa kɔyɔ, nɛ ɛpɩsɩ ɛkɔɔ ñɔ-cɔlɔ tam lʋbɛ se: ‘Menkpiɖiɣ’ kɔyɔ, kpeɣ-i.” (Luka 17:1-4) Paa pɩɩla ɛzɩma, Yesu tɔm tʋnɛ tɩtɔzɩ Pɩyɛɛrɩ tɔm ndʋ ɛpɔzaa pɩlɩɩnɩ kpaɣʋ nɛ kpeɣu tam lʋbɛ yɔɔ yɔ, pɩ-tɔm.—Maatiyee 18:21.

Yesu tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa kaɣ pɩzʋʋ nɛ pɔɖɔ lɔŋ tasʋʋ pʋnɛ pɩ-yɔɔ? Pɔpɔzɩ Yesu se “sɔzɩ-ɖʋ tisuu” lɛ, ɛlɛ cosi-wɛ se: “Ye ɩɩwɛnɩ tisuu ññɩɩ ɛzɩ cɔyɛ piye yɔ yɔ, nɛ ɩtɔ tɩʋ sɔsɔʋ se: ‘Kpɛzɩ ña-tɩ nɛ ŋtɔlɩ lɩm sɔsɔm taa kɔyɔ’, kɩñaŋ-mɩ.” (Luka 17:5, 6) Toovenim, tisuu ññɩɩ pɩzɩɣ nɛ pɩla tʋma sɔsɔna.

Pʋwayɩ lɛ, Yesu wolo ɛ-tɔm yɔɔ nɛ ɛñɩɣ niye ɛzɩma pɩcɛyɩ siŋŋ se ɛyʋ ɛwɛɛnɩ lɩmaɣza kɩbana nɛ tɩ luzuu yɔ, pɩ-yɔɔ nɛ eheyi apostoloowaa se: “Mɩ-taa anɩ lɩmɖʋyʋ kɔŋnɩ ɖɩhayɩyɛ, yaa wondu ɖɩtɩŋɩyɛ lɛ, ɛkaɣ ɛtɔ ɛ-lɩmɖʋyʋ weyi ɛlɩnɩ hayɩm yɔ se: ‘Kɔɔ lɛɛ lɛɛ nɛ ŋcaɣ nɛ ŋtɔɔ?’ Yele ɛtɔŋɩ-ɩ se: ‘Labɩ-m tɔɔnaɣ nɛ ŋsɩɩ-kɛ mɛn-tɛɛ nɛ mɔntɔɔ nɛ mɔñɔɔ. Pʋwayɩ lɛ ña-maɣmaɣ ŋŋtɔɔ nɛ ŋñɔɔ?’ Ɛkaɣ sɛʋ ɛ-lɩmɖʋyʋ ɛnʋ se ɛlabɩ ɛ-tʋmɩyɛ yaa we? Mɩ ɖɔɖɔ, ɩlabɩ mbʋ mbʋ Ɛsɔ ɖʋ-mɩ se ɩla yɔ lɛ, ɩtɔ mɩ-tɩ se: ‘Ðɩkɛ lɩmɖʋyaa mba pɛfɛyɩ wazaɣ yɔ: Ða-tʋmɩyɛ ɖɩlaba.’”—Luka 17:7-10.

Paa Ɛsɔ sɛyʋ weyi lɛ, pɩwɛɛ se ɛnɩɩ pɩ-taa se pɩcɛyɩ siŋŋ se ɛsɩɩ Kewiyaɣ tʋma kajalaɣ lone taa. Pɩtasɩ lɛ, pɩwɛɛ se ɛnɩɩ pɩ-taa se ɛwɛʋ Ɛsɔ ɖɩɣa taa nɛ ɛsɛɣ-ɩ yɔ, pɩkɛnɩ-ɩ waɖɛ sɔsɔɖɛ siŋŋ.

Maarɩɩ nɛ Maarta nɛ pɔ-hɔʋ taa tʋ Lazaarɩ paawɛ Betaanii Yudee egeetiye taa. Pɩwɩɣaɣ Lazaarɩ lɛ, petiyi nɔɔyʋ se ewolo nɛ eheyi Yesu. Alɩwaatʋ ndʋ Yesu wɩlɩ lɩmaɣza kɩbana wɛnʋʋ nɛ tɩ luzuu pɔ-yɔɔ tɔm nɛ ɛtɛ lɛ, abalʋ ɛnʋ ɛtalɩ ɛ-cɔlɔ nɛ eheyi-i se: “Kɩbaɣlʋ, weyi ŋsɔɔlɩ-ɩ yɔ, pɩwɩɣ-ɩ.”—Yohanɛɛsɩ 11:1-3.

Yesu nɩwa se pɩwɩɣ ɛ-taabalʋ Lazaarɩ siŋŋ lɛ, etiyele se tɔm ndʋ tɩma e-toma taa. Ɛlɛ ɛyɔɔdaa se: “Kʋdɔŋ ŋgʋ yɔ kɩtɩkɛ sɩm kʋdɔŋ, kɩkɛ Ɛsɔ samtʋ pʋyʋ, se kɩ-yɔɔ lɛ, Ɛsɔ Pɩyalʋ hɩɖɛ ɛsɛɛ.” Yesu ɖaɣnɩ caɣʋ ɖenɖe ɛɛwɛɛ nɛ pɔkɔɔ peheyi-i tɔm ndʋ yɔ, avema naalɛ, nɛ pʋwayɩ lɛ, eheyi ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa se: “Ðɩpɩsɩ Yudee.” Paba nɩ mbʋ lɛ, pa-taa tɩla leleŋ nɛ pocosi-i se: “Tɔm wɩlɩyʋ, ɖeɖe wayɩ ɖeɖe wayɩ yɔ Yudee mba caɣaɣ se paɖabɩ-ŋ pɛɛ, nɛ ŋpɩsɩɣ peeɖe na?”—Yohanɛɛsɩ 11:4, 7, 8.

Yesu cosi-wɛ se: “Ɛzɩ wɩsɩ kʋyʋmsɩ taa fɛyɩ ñɩɣtʋ hiu nɛ naalɛ? Weyi ɛɖɔŋ wɩsɩ taa yɔ, piituuluu-i, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ ɛnaɣ ɛjaɖɛ yɔɔ cɩnɛ mintʋsʋʋ; piyele weyi ɛɖɔŋ ɖoo taa yɔ, putuuluu-i, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ mintʋsʋʋ fɛyɩ ɛ-cɔlɔ.”  (Yohanɛɛsɩ 11:9, 10) Ɛcaɣ ɛtɔ se alɩwaatʋ ndʋ Ɛsɔ ha-ɩ se ɛlabɩnɩ ɛ-tɔm susuu tʋmɩyɛ yɔ tɩtɩtɛmta. Ɛlɛ pʋcɔ nɛ tɩtɛ lɛ, pɩwɛɛ se ɛlabɩnɩ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ tɩkazaa yɔ, tʋmɩyɛ camɩyɛ.

Yesu tasɩ yɔɔdʋʋ se: “Ðɛ-ɛgbaɣdʋ Lazaarɩ ɖowa, ɛlɛ mowoki menfezi-i ɖom mbʋ pɩ-yɔɔ.” Ɛ-tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa maɣzaɣ se Lazaarɩ hɛzaɣ kɩhɛzʋ, pʋyɔɔ pocosi-i se: “Kɩbaɣlʋ, ye eɖowa yɔ, ɛkaɣ fem.” Ðɩnɛ ɛlɛ, eheyi-wɛ kaɣlaa se: “Lazaarɩ sɩba . . . Ɛlɛ ɖiwolo ɛ-cɔlɔ!”—Yohanɛɛsɩ 11:11-15.

Tomaa nawa se ye Yesu ewobi Yudee yɔ, pɩtɩla pakaɣ-ɩ kʋʋ, ɛlɛ ɛɛsɔɔlaa se ɛtɩŋɩ-ɩ paa le nɛ ɛɖʋ-ɩ nesi, pʋyɔɔ eheyi tɔmkpɛlɩkɩyaa lalaa se: “Ða ɖɔɖɔ ɖiwolo nɛ ɖa nɛ ɩ ɖɩkpɛndɩ ɖɩsɩ.”—Yohanɛɛsɩ 11:16.