Ebree mba 1:1-14
1 Ðooo lɔndaa lɛ, Ɛsɔ kaatɩŋnɩ nayaa yɔɔ nɛ ɛyɔɔdɩnɩ ɖɔ-cɔzɔnaa tam sakɩyɛ nɛ pɩtɩŋnɩ nʋmɔŋ sakɩyɛ yɔɔ.
2 Lɛɛlɛɛyɔ, kɩyakɩŋ ɛnɩ ɩ-ɖɩdɛnɖɛ lɛ, ɛtɩŋnɩ Pɩyalʋ nɔɔyʋ yɔɔ nɛ ɛyɔɔdɩnɩ-ɖʋ, weyi ɛlɩzɩ-ɩ se pɩtɩŋa payɩ pɩkɛ ɛ-pʋyʋ yɔ, nɛ weyi ɛ-yɔɔ ɛtɩŋnaa nɛ ɛlɩzɩ ɛjaɖɛ yɔɔ ɖʋtʋ* yɔ.
3 Ɛkɛ Ɛsɔ samtʋ kɩlɛmʋʋ nɛ mbʋ Ɛsɔ kɛnaa ɖeyi ɖeyi yɔ pɩ-lɛzʋʋ, nɛ ɛɖɔkʋʋ pɩtɩŋa payɩ pɩtɩŋnɩ e-ɖoŋ tɔm yɔɔ. Nɛ ɛñalɩ ɖa-kɩwɛɛkɩm nɛ pɩtɛ lɛ, ɛcaɣ Kɩlɩm nesi kɩbanzɩ yɔɔ ɖooo hayo.
4 Pʋyɔɔ ɛkɔm nɛ ɛkɩlɩ Ɛsɔ tiyiyaa, mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ paha-ɩ hɩɖɛ nɖɩ ɖɩkɩlɩ pa-ñɩna yɔ.
5 Mbʋ pʋyɔɔ yɔ, Ɛsɔ tiyiyaa taa anɩ Ɛsɔ heyi wiɖiyi se: “Ŋkɛ man-pɩyalʋ; sɔnɔ manpɩsɩ ña-caa”? Nɛ ɖɔɖɔ se: “Mankaɣ pɩsʋʋ ɛ-caa, nɛ ɛkaɣ pɩsʋʋ man-pɩyalʋ”?
6 Ɛlɛ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ ɛɖaɣnɩɣ tiyuu ɛ-Kajalaɣ Pɩɣa tɛtʋ yɔɔ yɔ, ɛyɔɔdʋʋ se: “Nɛ Ɛsɔ tiyiyaa tɩŋa ɩha-ɩ ñamtʋ.”*
7 Pɩtasɩ lɛ, ɛyɔɔdʋʋ Ɛsɔ tiyiyaa yɔɔ se: “Ɛlakɩ nɛ e-tiyiyaa pɩsɩɣ feziŋ, nɛ ɛ-lɩmɖʋyaa pɩsɩɣ miŋ nzʋlʋmɩyɛ.”
8 Ɛlɛ ɛyɔɔdʋʋ Pɩyalʋ yɔɔ se: “Ɛsɔ kɛnɩ ñe-kewiyaɣ kpelaɣ tamtam, nɛ ñe-Kewiyaɣ ɖaʋ kɛ siɣsiɣ wɛtʋ kewiyitu ɖaʋ.
9 Ŋsɔɔlɩ siɣsiɣ wɛtʋ nɛ ŋpaɖɩ paɣtʋ yɔɔ maʋ. Pʋyɔɔ Ɛsɔ, ñɛ-Ɛsɔ ta-ŋ amɛya num nɛ pɩkɩlɩ ña-taabalaa.”
10 Nɛ: “Kiɖe tɛɛ lɛ, hayɩ Kɩbaɣlʋ, ŋsɩ tɛtʋ tigila, nɛ ɛsɔdaa kɛ ñe-nesi tɛɛ tʋmɩyɛ.
11 Pakaɣ ɖem, ɛlɛ ña lɛ ŋkaɣ wɛʋ; nɛ ɛzɩ toko yɔ, pa-tɩŋa pakaɣ cadʋʋ,
12 nɛ ŋkaɣ-wɛ kpiyuu ɛzɩ toko sɔsɔʋ yɔ, ɛzɩ toko yɔ, nɛ pakaɣ-wɛ lɛɣzʋʋ. Ɛlɛ ña lɛ ŋwɛɣ ɛzɩ ŋwɛʋ yɔ, nɛ ña-pɩnzɩ ɩɩkaɣ sɩʋ tɩnaɣ wiɖiyi.”
13 Ɛlɛ Ɛsɔ tiyiyaa taa weyi yɔɔ ɛyɔɔdɩ wiɖiyi se: “Caɣ me-nesi kɩbanzɩ yɔɔ nɛ pɩkɔɔ pɩtalɩ alɩwaatʋ ndʋ manpɩsɩɣ ño-koyindinaa ña-nɩŋgbanzɩ ɖɩzɩyɛ yɔ”?
14 Ɛzɩ pa-tɩŋa patɩkɛ feziŋ weyi ɩlakɩ tʋmɩyɛ kiɖeɖee,* weyi petiyi-i se ɩɖʋ lɩm mba pakaɣ hiɣu ñʋʋ yabɩtʋ yɔ?
Pɩ-tɛɛ tɔm
^ Yaa “ɛlɩzɩ pɩnzɩ.” Cɔnɩ Tɔm pee sɔsɔna tɔbʋʋ lɩzʋʋ.
^ Yaa “tɩŋa iluŋ ɛ-tɛɛ.”
^ Yaa “ɩlakɩ samaɣ tʋmɩyɛ.”
