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Yesu kaapʋ Ɔbɩlɩsa Nikodemusi
1 Ɔnyɩn kʋ lɩɩ Farasii kʋbʋ mʋ tɔ nɩɩ bɛɛ tɩɩ mʋ yɛ Nikodemusi, ɔ gyɛ Gyiwu abɩlɩsa mʋ tɔ ɔkʋ nɩn.
2 Mʋ ɩ ba Yesu asɛ kagyanbwɛ kʋ, nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ Yesu yɛ, “Ɔkaapʋpʋ, an nyi yɛ Ɩbwaarɛ i sun fʋ yɛ fʋ ba kaapʋ anɛ. Lɩɩ fɛɛ ɔkʋ mɛɛ taalɛ waa asɩn kyinkyinsa mʋ nɩɩ fɩɩ waa falɛ, amɔɔ Ɩbwaarɛ tii mʋ sʋ.”
3 Nɩɩ Yesu lɩɩ kɔnɔ yɛ, “N tɔwɛ fanɛ kesintin yɛ, ɔkʋ mɛɛ taalɛ wu kɛ ɔ bɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ kuwura‐gyii mʋ, amɔɔ ɔ yɛgɛ nɩɩ ba bwii kʋʋgɛ mʋ.”
4 Nɩɩ Nikodemusi taasɛ yɛ, “Nɛnɛ nɩɩ ba bɩla yɛ ba kʋʋgɛ nyɩmɩsa mʋ nɩɩ ɔ tɛɛ dan? Ɛ taalɛ bɩla bwii loo mu‐nyi ɔtɔ tɔ kɛ ba kʋʋgɛ mʋ?”
5 Nɩɩ Yesu lɛɛ mʋ kɔnɔ yɛ, “N tɔwɛ fʋ kesintin yɛ ɔkʋ man bʋ tɔ ɔ taalɛ loo Ɩbwaarɛ kuwura‐gyii mʋ tɔ, amɔɔ ɔ yɛgɛ nɩɩ ba gyee mʋ Ɩbwaarɛ kekyugyee maa Kayaayu Kyɩrɛkyɩrɛ mʋ kigyee, kɛ ɔ nyɛ kakʋʋgɛ pʋpwɛ.
6 Nyɩmɩsa kʋʋgɛ nyɩmɩsa fɛɛ mu keduli nɩn, nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ Kayaayu mʋ ɩ kʋʋgɛ nyɩmɩsa fɛɛ Ɩbwaarɛ keduli nɩn.
7 Man yɛgɛ i kyinkyin fʋ fɛɛ, n maa tɔwɛ fʋ yɛ ɩ dagaa ba bwii kʋʋgɛ ɔkʋmaa nɩmʋ.
8 Afuu ɩɩ da ii kpee katɩn mʋ nɩɩ ii biti. Fii nu ɩmʋ sʋ, amaa fʋ man nyi katɩn mʋ nɩɩ ɩɩ lɩɩ yɛ katɩn mʋ nɩɩ ii kpee. Kanɩn nɩɩ ɔkʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ba kʋʋgɛ mʋ Ɩbwaarɛ Kayaayu mʋ tɔ mʋ du.”
9 Nɩɩ Nikodemusi taasɛ yɛ, “Nɛnɛ nɩɩ ɩnɩmʋ ɩ taalɛ waa?”
10 Nɩɩ Yesu lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, “N nyi fʋ maa gyɛ Ɩsɩrayɩ ɔkaapʋpʋ kparɛ, nɩɩ fʋ man nu ɩnɩmʋ kasɛ?
11 N tɔwɛ fʋ kesintin yɛ, ɩmʋ nɩɩ an nyi mʋ nɩɩ an tɔwɛ, nɩɩ ɩmʋ nɩɩ an wu mʋ, nɩɩ an lɛɛ an tɔwɛ. Amaa fan mɛɛ kɔɔlɛ anɛ asɩn tɔwɛsa fen gyii.
12 N maa tɔwɛ fanɛ kasɛ sʋ asɩn nɩɩ fan maa kɔɔlɛ gyii falɛ mʋ, nɛnɛ nɩɩ fan taalɛ kɔɔlɛ sʋsʋ asɩn gyii?
13 Ɔkʋ man pɩɩta lɩɩ kasɛ sʋ kpee sʋsʋ, amɔɔ mɛ, Daadimaadi Obii‐nyɩnsa mʋ nɩɩ n lɩɩ sʋsʋ ba kasɛ sʋ mʋ.
14 Saŋa mʋ dɩdaa mʋ, fɛɛ kanan mʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ yɛgɛ nɩɩ Mosesi taa ɔpɔlɛ ŋalɩgɛ waa kɩnansɛ nɩɩ ɔ maalɛ oyu, kʋsaa kɩmʋ ifuli mʋ sʋ, nɩɩ asa ba kɩɩ nɩɩ ba nyɛ nkpa mʋ, kanɩn maŋa nɩɩ ii tiri fɛɛ ba kʋsaa mɛ, Daadimaadi Obii‐nyɩnsa mʋ sʋsʋ,
15 kɛ ɔkʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ɔ kɔɔlɛ mɛ gyii mʋ ɔ nyɛ nkpa kakpaa.
16 “Lɩɩ kanan mʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ sʋ kebiti sa dulinyaa tɔ asa gaa sʋ mʋ, ɔ lɛɛ mɛ, Mu‐Bii kʋlʋn kpen mʋ sa, fɛɛ ɔkʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ɔ kɔɔlɛ mɛ gyii mʋ, mɛɛ yɛ ɔ fɔyɩ, amaa ee biti ɔ nyɛ nkpa kakpaa.
17 Lɩɩ fɛɛ Ɩbwaarɛ man sun mɛ, Mu‐Bii mʋ ba dulinyaa nɩmʋ tɔ, yɛ n ba bun kɩmʋ tɔ asa kʋpwɛ, amaa o sun mɛ nɩn yɛ n ba waa bamʋ ɔmɔlɩgɛpʋ.
18 Ɔkʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ɔ kɔɔlɛ mɛ gyii mʋ, Ɩbwaarɛ mɛɛ yɛ o bun mʋ kʋpwɛ, amaa ɔkʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ɔ man kɔɔlɛ mɛ gyii mʋ, Ɩbwaarɛ wʋla bun mʋ kʋpwɛ. Lɩɩ fɛɛ ɔ man kɔɔlɛ mɛ, Ɩbwaarɛ Mu‐Bii kʋlʋn kpen mʋ gyii.
19 Kanan mʋ nɩɩ kʋpwɛ kubun mʋ kɩ ba mʋ ɩ gyɛ yɛ, ɩŋmaŋɛsa mʋ ɩ lɩɩ sʋsʋ nɩn ba dulinyaa tɔ, amaa asa bee biti kitentenbiri mʋ ba kyɔ ɩŋmaŋɛsa mʋ, lɩɩ fɛɛ bamʋ asunsunsa ɩ gyɛ alibi nɩn.
20 Lɩɩ fɛɛ ɔkʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ɛɛ waa alibi mʋ ii kisi ɩŋmaŋɛsa mʋ, nɩɩ ɔ mɛɛ ba ɩŋmaŋɛsa mʋ tɔ, kɛ mu alibi ɩ ba lɩɩ ifuli.
21 Amaa ɔkʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ɛɛ waa atɔ mʋ nɩɩ ɩ dɛ ɔkpa mʋ bɩrɛ, ɛɛ ba ɩŋmaŋɛsa mʋ tɔ, kɛ asa ba nyɛ wu fɛɛ mʋ atɔ waasa mʋ ɩ gyɛ ɩmʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ ii biti.”
Yesu maa Gyɔn Okyugyeepu
22 Ɩnɩmʋ kamaa mʋ Yesu maa mʋ abɩɩlapʋ ba lɩɩ Gyerusalem kpee Gyudeya ɔsʋwʋlɛ sʋ. Ɔ kyɩna tʋtɔ nkɛ nyɔ kʋ maa bamʋ, nɩɩ o gyee asa Ɩbwaarɛ kekyugyee.
23 Kanɩn saŋa maŋa nɩɩ Gyɔn Okyugyeepu mʋ gbaa bʋ Anon kadɛ mʋ nɩɩ ki tiri Salim mʋ tɔ. Ee gyee asa Ɩbwaarɛ kekyugyee, lɩɩ fɛɛ nkyu ɩ kyɩna ɩ kyɔ tʋtɔ gaa, nɩɩ asa bee kpee mʋ asɛ yɛgɛ ee gyee bamʋ.
24 Saŋa maŋa, ba man pɩɩta tii Gyɔn obu.
25 Nɩɩ ɩmɔɔrɛ ɩ tɩyɛ Gyɔn abuupu yɛ Gyiwu nyɩmɩsa kʋ nsana lɩɩ anaana tɔ ineesi kɩfwɩɩ sʋ.
26 Nɩɩ Gyɔn abɩɩlapʋ ba ba mʋ asɛ ba tɔwɛ mʋ yɛ, “Ɔkaapʋpʋ, ɔnyɩn mʋ nɩɩ an wu mʋ Gyɔdan ɔbʋn benbe mʋ, ɔmʋ nɩɩ fu gyii mʋ asɩn kesintin mʋ gbaa ii gyee asa Ɩbwaarɛ kekyugyee, yɛgɛ asa kpini bee kpee mʋ asɛ.”
27 Nɩɩ Gyɔn lɛɛ bamʋ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ man kan taa kʋtɔ kʋ sa ɔkʋ mʋ, ɔ mɛɛ taalɛ nyɛ kɩmʋ.
28 Fanɛ gbaa‐gbaa fanɛ fen biti fan gyii mɛ kesintin fɛɛ, n wʋla tɔwɛ fanɛ yɛ, ‘Man gyɛ mɛ ɩ gyɛ Krisito, Ɔmʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ wʋla lɛɛ mʋ.’ Amaa Ɩbwaarɛ sun mɛ nɩn yɛ n gyankpaa ba lɔŋɔ ɔkpa yɩla mʋ.”
29 Nɩɩ ɔ bɔ kɩŋasan yɛ, “Ɔmʋ nɩɩ ɔ sʋ ɔkyɩɩfɔ mʋ ɩ gyɛ ɔkyɩɩfɔ mu‐kuli. Ɔkyɩɩfɔ mu‐kuli mʋ kyɛmɩnɛ bɩrɛ ɛɛ yɩlɛ ee gyoo nɩn. Nɩɩ ɔ kan nu mʋ ɔbʋlɛ mʋ, mu ansi i gyii. Kanɩn maŋa sʋ nɩɩ nbɩɩnbɩɩ mi ansi i gyii gaa.
30 Ɩ dagaa fɛɛ Yesu kɩtɩɩ kɩ ba ki dii ki tii sʋ, kɛ mɛ Gyɔn kɩtɩɩ mɔɔ kɩ ba kasɛ.
31 “Ɔmʋ nɩɩ ɔ lɩɩ sʋsʋ ba mʋ kyɔ ɔkʋmaa nɩmʋ. Ɔmʋ nɩɩ ɔ lɩɩ kasɛ sʋ mʋ gyɛ kasɛ nɩmʋ sʋ nyɩmɩsa nɩn, nɩɩ kasɛ nɩmʋ sʋ asɩn nɩɩ ɛɛ tɔwɛ. Nɩɩ ɔmʋ nɩɩ ɔ lɩɩ sʋsʋ mʋ kyɔ ɔkʋmaa nɩmʋ.
32 Ɩmʋ nɩɩ o wu yɛ ɩmʋ nɩɩ o nu mʋ, ɩmʋ kesintin nɩɩ ee gyii mʋ, nkɛɛ ɔkʋ mɛɛ kɔɔlɛ mʋ kesintin kigyii mʋ ee gyii.
33 Amaa ɔkʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ɛɛ kɔɔlɛ mʋ asɩn mʋ gyii mʋ, ɩmʋ ɩɩ kaapʋ fɛɛ Ɩbwaarɛ gyɛ kesintin wuya.
34 Ɔmʋ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ sun mʋ mʋ, Ɩbwaarɛ asɩn nɩɩ ɛɛ tɔwɛ, lɩɩ fɛɛ Ɩbwaarɛ sa mʋ Kayaayu mʋ nɩɩ kɩ man sʋ ɔkaa.
35 Mɛ‐Sɛ Ɩbwaarɛ mʋ ii biti Mu‐Bii kʋlʋn mʋ, nɩɩ ɔ taa kʋtɔ kʋmaa waa mʋ kɩbaa tɔ.
36 Nɩɩ ɔkʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ ɔ kɔɔlɛ Mu‐Bii mʋ gyii mʋ sʋ nkpa kakpaa. Amaa ɔmʋ nɩɩ ɔ man nu sa Mu‐Bii mʋ, ɔ mɛɛ yɛ ɔ nyɛ nkpa kakpaa, amaa Ɩbwaarɛ agbʋ mʋ ɩ dɛ mʋ sʋ.”