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Sʼel Krist ecʼɛrm ɛsɛl
1 Ow akpl cɛ eke ki lɛɛr ɛy ɛsɛ Krist e juma kok ɛsɛl lele ob nyamn af ɛw ɛsɛl eke lʼabul Nyam ecʼów nawrɛ eke lↄl es ab af. 2 Low cɛ eke wɛl bʼibrm ob nyamn af ɛw ɛsɛl a el: ke -lʼel cɛcɛ. 3 Ɛm ecʼa, ↄtur eke ki jɛjr ɛm e low okr, ɛgŋ kaka fɛŋ ↄtu eke ki jɛj ɛm e juma a ok, ow ↄnym any kaka; tasi a, mi jɛjm ɛm obi e juma mʼokm. 4 Tasi ɛm a, mʼam ɛkn eke ɛm e tutr ɛm a, mʼↄnym low kaka eke mi kʼokr ɛm sosi ów af, gbɛkↄ ow elm ke ɛbɛn a mi kʼↄ́nym low ↄbr eci. Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ anake bi jɛj ɛm e low ok a. 5 Ow sosiɛm a, gbuŋ eke Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ e lɛgŋ a kʼow a, kì jɛjr kʼokr. In anake li bʼow lʼɛlu yecʼa eke lↄl es ncebn ɛm a ↄkm a, ɛtŋ li bʼow nʼↄny sow tutr ekʼanŋ mɛrm ɛm a lʼok ↄkm usu ayl ɛm. Ɛtŋ Nyam bʼow aw ɛgŋ ɛgŋ ɛsɛ elel ekʼow it ab af.
6 Agŋ lisijimɛl, low a eke mi dad a ecʼa, ↄny sosiɛm mʼoc Apolↄs lele ɛm obi ɛm obi ab mʼↄkŋn any. Mʼerur eke mi ki yɛgm ↄny nyandrɛ na e liy a: «Kʼàfŋ ow a eke wɛl nↄn ab es kʼim.» Ɔny ɛm ecʼɛgŋ kaka kʼɛ́w sos ki dad kʼɛsɛ low yɛgm ɛs na ↄny any akm lawl nyam a. 7 Tasi ɛm a, bwo am ↄŋ agb akm awlŋɛl ɛjecʼa jɛj ɛl owi ok ee? Kↄ fɛŋ a ekʼↄny a, ow elm Nyam ↄↄmʼŋ ee? Ɛtŋ ekʼow el Nyam ↄŋʼŋ, bla sosiɛm kʼɛw sos, ɛsɛ ɛbɛn owʼn elm ob eke ŋ ɛŋn ↄfr ɛm af ee? 8 Am kokr ɛsɛ ɛbɛn ów a fɛŋ cɛ ↄny uwr any af. Am ocar ↄny sosi ób ↄnyu! Ɔbr nuŋ kpɛkŋ am eel ɛ́b ebu ekʼɛy sʼanm ɛm yɛji! Ow akpal ↄny gbɛ! Blel ↄny eel ɛ́b ebu ana, ɛy yɛji, blel sʼel ↄny ab! 9 Ɛm e tutr ɛm a, ɛy ɛrm ɛsɛl a, Nyam ot ok ɛy agŋ a ekʼↄsŋ es a e jam, ɛsɛ agŋ eke wɛl ↄb low luw ecʼaf. Ɛtŋ wɛl ɛw ɛy an wus nimum ecʼany af lele afr ɛrm ɛsɛl ecʼany af ab. 10 Ɛy, wɛl am ot ɛy ɛsɛ “eŋ ɛm eŋuŋ” ɛsɛl af Krist sosiɛm, kↄ ↄny, am otar ↄny sosi ɛsɛ “ɛsɛwru” af ↄny lel Krist ab ecʼaf okr ab ɛm. Ɛy, wɛl am ot ɛy agŋ fuɛfuɛ, kↄ ↄny, am otar ↄny sosi lɛc ɛsɛl. Ɔny, wɛl bʼɛlum ↄny nↄnↄ, kↄ ɛy, wɛl úbm ɛy. 11 Toŋ sicaca ɛm, ɛmɛny namn am ↄny ɛy, mij amn am ↄny ɛy, sʼↄnym mob sus ɛm. Wɛl am ijr ɛy gbre ɛtŋ ow ↄŋ sʼam adŋ es sʼɛc. 12 Sʼam ij gbre si kok juma ɛy obi ecʼabu ɛm. † Wɛl bi wɛwr ɛy, ke sʼám ibrm Nyam ecʼↄwrↄ sʼↄŋ agŋ a. Wɛl bʼijr ɛy gbre, ke sʼám ɛgŋ sʼeb. 13 Wɛl bi cak ɛy, kↄ si bʼatr agŋ ɛjecʼa sos es. Toŋ yɛfɛnyna, agŋ ecʼa, sʼanŋ ɛsɛ lirŋ af suw egŋun eke agŋ papl es ↄwl ab af.
14 Mi nↄnm ów amua mʼawm ↄny ɛ́s eke mi kʼↄŋ ↄny eci. Kↄ eke eel ɛm ecʼey amamn eke mi bʼerur a, ow sosiɛm anake mʼam ɛwar ↄny a. 15 Tasi ɛm a, eke agŋ fandi lɛw am ow yɛgm ↄny Krist ab ecʼɛb ir owi yɛji, ↄnymn ey ɛsɛl nↄnↄ. Kↄ ow elm ɛm anake ɛsɛ ɛgŋ ɛs af, mʼↄŋ ↄny sel ɛŋn a ekʼanŋ Jesu Krist ɛm a, lɛgŋ a eke mʼis ↄny Amani Mamn ab ee? 16 Ow sosiɛm a, mʼam ibrm ↄny eke kʼebr ɛm e sɛwl a. 17 Ɛtŋ ow nuŋ af, mʼɛrm Timote ɛm ecʼiy e mʼerur tasi ke el cɛcɛ Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ ɛm a ↄny ecʼaraŋn. Li bʼow li kↄkn ↄny sebr a eke bi nyimnʼm ɛm lele Krist ab ecʼɛb ir ab ɛm a, yecʼa eke mi bi yɛgm susu fɛŋ lele Sinyamel fɛŋ ɛm ab a.
18 Ɔny ɛm ecʼagŋ bɛb tutr eke mi kʼow mʼɛwlm mʼowm ↄny ogŋ a ij, ɛtŋ ow sosiɛm am ɛw sos. 19 Gbɛkↄ eke Ɛs Kↄtↄkↄ erur, waa na ɛm cɛ, mi bʼow mʼow ↄny ogŋ yogŋ, ɛtŋ mi bʼow mʼɛkn tasi sós ɛwu amua e sodad ebl a, ke mʼɛkn tasi ɛl ecʼabusu a yɛjʼeke -nʼↄnyn eke -li ki kokr Nyam e juma a. 20 Tasi ɛm a, Nyam e gbreŋgbi usu a elm sodad ebl e low, kↄ abusu ↄny e low. † 21 Lɛgŋ a eke mi bʼow mʼow ↄny ogŋ yogŋ a, bla lowi am erurir ee? Kↄ mʼábu likŋni ab mʼow oglog kↄ mʼów ɛrm ekʼerur iy ɛm gbↄŋ lele ɛrm frↄrↄ ab ee?
† 4:12 Pↄl kok ndey lɛl ɛm mel: Ɛ̀kn Ob Kok 18.3. † 4:20 abusu ↄny ikŋ na el Abŋ Lala ecʼa eke bʼitŋn kretiɛnɛl ecʼɛb ir a, ke bʼↄŋ ɛl -li kok ɛsɛ elel eke Nyam bʼerur ab af a.