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1Dhiiti dwoo, Yezu nadi edjaala é dhiiti di. Dáa nyɛ nasilal ɛ, djekelɛ ngɔt eezɛke nyɛ náá: «Ghɛŋ, lyaala bis ɛdjaala Zɛɛb, dáa Zaŋ nalyaal bɛdjekel bɛ ɛ.»One day in a place where Jesus had just finished praying, one of His disciples requested, “Lord, teach us to pray, just as John taught his disciples.”

2Yezu eezɛke nɛ nɔɔ náá: «Bi ɛ́ di edjaala ɔ, keka náá: “Zɛɛb Sɛɛg'es, din ɛ lɔ di Dɛɛ ye guaa. Ɛyoŋ ɛ lɔ zyɛ.So Jesus told them, “When you pray, say: ‘Father, hallowed be Your name. Your kingdom come.

3Djɛ bis ɛlu nɛ ɛlu edee di egoka nɛ nes ɛ.Give us each day our daily bread.

4Pela bis mesyem mes etɛɛ náá, bisɔ ɛpepel bot ɛ nasa bis mɛbiyo ɔ. Sa wɔ ààbet bis tɔ mɛbhowal.”»And forgive us our sins, for we also forgive everyone who sins against us. And lead us not into temptation.’”

5Yezu eezɛbaake nɛ nɔɔ náá: «Djhoopookogek tyee náá: mot ngɔt pak'en ɛ́ nɛ sɔ, nyɛ eezɛtɔ́ pɛ daa lɛ kuku pum. Nyɛ eezɛke nɛ nɛ náá: “Sɔ'am, djema! Kola mɛ emapa elɛl,Then Jesus said to them, “Suppose one of you goes to his friend at midnight and says, ‘Friend, lend me three loaves of bread,

6etɛɛ náá, dhiiti sɔ'am ngɔt nadi é mɛndjoŋ ɔ, aloo nɛ tuula nenak pɛ daa lam. Mɛ tok nɛ edee mɛ djɛ nyɛ.”because a friend of mine has come to me on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.’

7Djhoopookogekeka náá: Sɔ'ɛ eezɛbɔɔza nɛ nɛ tɔ ndjaŋ'ɛ náá: “Beta mɛ gwyem! Ɛbɛ ɛ ndjaa moo ɛ́ kɔɔla nɛ ɛngoŋ. Bis nɛ bɔn moo ɛ́ ‘kpop’ mendjaa me si. Mɛ aanàkwaawyɛl, zɛdjɛ wɔ emapa é tak!”And suppose the one inside answers, ‘Do not bother me. My door is already shut, and my children and I are in bed. I cannot get up to give you anything.’

8Mɛ lɛɛ bin ɛ tsɛɛtsɛ náá, yɛ bɛ náá, nyɛ di ààwyɛl zɛdjɛ nyɛ ɛ́, kɔ ɛsu ɛ ɛsɔ ɛ bɛ nɛ nɛ ɔ, nyɛ waabatawyɛl, zɛdjɛ nyɛ sa nyɛ saŋ ɛ́, etɛɛ náá, sɔ ɛpenaada ɛwaab, ààbɛ nɛ sen.I tell you, even though he will not get up to provide for him because of his friendship, yet because of the man’s persistence, he will get up and give him as much as he needs.

9Yɛ bɛ mam ɔ, mɛ kalɛɛ bin ɛ náá: Waabka, bi ɛ waadjɛaa. Saaka, bi ɛ waabela. Diigka é ɛbɛ ɛ ndjaa, bɛ waadii bin ye ɛ́.So I tell you: Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and the door will be opened to you.

10Ye ɛ́ deenek, mot aawaab ɔ, nyɛ waadjɛaa. Mot aasaŋ ɔ, nyɛ waabela. Bɛ dii ndjaŋ ɛ́, nɛ mot diig ɔ.For everyone who asks receives; he who seeks finds; and to him who knocks, the door will be opened.

11«Yɛ bɛ náá, dhiiti mot pak'en ɛ́ sɛɛg mɔn ɔ, mɔn ɛ́ waab su ɔɔ, nyɛ nɛ ghwyil ɛdjɛ mɔn nyɔ é di tak é?What father among you, if his son asks for a fish, will give him a snake instead?

12Yɛ kabɛ náá, mɔn waab ɛ́ ɛke ɔɔ, nyɛ ɛ́ nɛ ghwyil ɛdjɛ nyɛ baalɔɔl é di tak é? Yɛ aanàkwaasael.Or if he asks for an egg, will give him a scorpion?

13Kwyii biyɔ, bɛmbee ɛ bot bi di ɛ, bi nɛ gu ɛdjɛ embɛɛ esonok nɛ bɔn bin, gwyasa nɛ Sɛɛg'en di tɔ gwoo ɔ, nyɛ waadjɛ Sisim na Dɛɛ nɛ mot aawaab ɔ.»So if you who are evil know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father in heaven give the Holy Spirit to those who ask Him!”

14Dhiiti dwoo, Yezu nadi esɔ mbee sisim nanɛɛg dhiiti mot bubu ɛ. Wɔ gwaa mbee sisim zokawyis tɔ mot'enɔk, bubu mot'enɔk moo tin é lii. Tin, ɛdhuu ɛ bot ɛ nadi tin ɔ moo tin é djoka.One day Jesus was driving out a demon that was mute. And when the demon was gone, the man who had been mute spoke. The crowds were amazed,

15É di'enek, bot ɛ nadi tin ɔ moo tin é ke pak'ɔɔ náá: «Ye ɛ́ Bɛlzebul, kukuma embee esisim, ɛ di edjɛ kɔkɔ yak mbi mɛbwala mɛ nyɛ di esɔ embee esisim nɛ ye ɛ́!»but some of them said, “It is by Beelzebul, the prince of the demons, that He drives out demons.”

16Bɛdhiiti nadi ekwyɛl ɛlóo ɛ nyɛ pɛ ɛko, da ɛ́ bwood nyɛ pɛ kyɛ. Bɛ ɛ́ boolɛɛ nɛ nɛ náá: «Sa bis dhiiti ɛtseŋa mɛbwala di elyaal náá, Zɛɛb ɛ́ nadhis wɔ ɛ!»And others tested Him by demanding a sign from heaven.

17Tin, Yezu nabɛ ɛ́, eegu egeka e elyem bɔɔ. Nyɛ ɛ́ booke nɛ nɔɔ náá: «Ɛyoŋ ɛ di náá, mɛsa mɛ bot ɛ tak ɛwaya pak'ɔɔ ɛ, ɛyoŋ ɛ tak aanàkwaadi. Bɔn bil wat tak ɛ waagonel pak'ɔɔ.Knowing their thoughts, Jesus said to them, “Every kingdom divided against itself will be laid waste, and a house divided against a house will fall.

18Yɛ bɛ náá, Satan ɛ́ di etwak nyel'ɛ nyɛ met ɔɔ, ɛyoŋ ɛ lɛ aapyet dáa? Etɛɛ náá, bi ke ɛ́ náá, mɛ twak embee esisim ɛ nɛ ghwyil ɛ Bɛlzebul djɛ mɛ ɛ.If Satan is divided against himself, how can his kingdom stand? After all, you say that I drive out demons by Beelzebul.

19Yɛ bɛ náá, mɛ sɔ embee esisim ɛ́ nɛ ghwyil ɛ Bɛlzebul ɔɔ, haa yebɔ bot aasɔ embee esisim nɛ yaa ghwyil? Étɛp tak ɛ́ di náá, bot bin bɔɔ bɛmet aadi ɛ́ bɛtetɛp bin.And if I drive out demons by Beelzebul, by whom do your sons drive them out? So then, they will be your judges.

20Nɛ tsɛɛtsɛ mɛ lɛɛ bin ɛ náá: Ye ɛ́ nɛ ghwyil ɛ Zɛɛb ɛ mɛ di esɔ embee esisim. Ye kwyɛl ɛlyaal ɛ́ náá: Ɛyoŋ ɛ Zɛɛb eezekum tɔ len.But if I drive out demons by the finger of God, then the kingdom of God has come upon you.

21«Yɛ bɛ náá, mot ghwyil di nɛ mɛkoo mɛ dɛɛb ɛ di ebaal ndjaŋ'ɛ ɔɔ, esa bɛ ɛ́ waabaalaa ɛnyɔɛpe.When a strong man, fully armed, guards his house, his possessions are secure.

22Yɛ kabɛ náá, dhiiti mot di dhaa nyɛ nɛ ghwyil eezyɛ ɔɔ, nyɛ kwak ɛbhaad nyɛ si ɔ, bhii tak, nyɛ kadɛk nyɛ mɛkoo mɛ dɛɛb mɛ nyɛ nadi ebe-bwaal ɛ. Tin, nyɛ kanɔɔ esa bɛ djas ɛ́ kaa.But when someone stronger attacks and overpowers him, he takes away the armor in which the man trusted, and then he divides up his plunder.

23«Mot ɛ di ààdi bis nɛ nɛ ɔ, nyɛ ɛ́ mot mɛbhuka mam. Zɛnɔɔ náá, mot di ààkwyee mɛ nɛ ɛsɛɛg ɔ, waaz ɛ waaz'aak.»He who is not with Me is against Me, and he who does not gather with Me scatters.

24«É sok mbee sisim di ewyis tɔ nyel mot ɛ, ye dyeebawyis ɛ́ tɔ́, tɔ di di ààbɛ nɛ mɛdii ɔ, é kɛsaa di yɛ aakɛwala ɔ. Yɛ di ààbela di ɔɔ, yɛ kake ɛ́ náá: “Mɛ pookosik pɛ ndjaŋ'am, ndjaa mɛ nawyis tɔ tak ɛ.”When an unclean spirit comes out of a man, it passes through arid places seeking rest and does not find it. Then it says, ‘I will return to the house I left.’

25Tin, sika yɛ aakasik ɛ, ye kabela ndjaa tak ɛ́, toto, waabela, koobela.On its return, it finds the house swept clean and put in order.

26É di'enek, ye katɔ́, kɛnɔɔ bɛdhiiti embee esisim etɛn nɛ ebá di edhaa yɛ nɛ embee mɛsa ɔ. Tin, bɔɔ djas kazɛni ɛ́ tɔ ndjaa bɛ bela di ɛdisi ɔ. É di'enek, tsik mot'enɔk kazɛpulel dhaa-dhaŋak tyee nabɛ sok ɛ.»Then it goes and brings seven other spirits more wicked than itself, and they go in and dwell there. And the final plight of that man is worse than the first.”

27Dáa Yezu nadi elii deenek ɛ, dhiiti moma zokazɛben gwood tɔ ɛdhuu ɛ bot, nyɛy nɛ nɛ náá: «Mɛnyɔ nɛ moma nabɛp ɛbum ɛ lɔ ɔ! Mɛnyɔ nɛ mɛbel mɛ wɔ nadɛɛ!»As Jesus was saying these things, a woman in the crowd raised her voice and said, “Blessed is the womb that bore You, and blessed are the breasts that nursed You!”

28Tin, Yezu eezɛbɔɔza nɛ nɛ náá: «Mɛnyɔ nɛ nen, bot ɛ di egwak mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb, da bi ɛ́ kɛ dáa Zɛɛb di ekwyɛl ɛ.»But He replied, “Blessed rather are those who hear the word of God and obey it.”

29Dáa mɛdhuu mɛ bot nadi esaala é ngwoob ɛ Yezu ɛ, nyɛ moo tin é ke náá: «Bot ɛ di kɔ bɔs'ak mos'aak àànyɔ bot. Bɛ ɛpewaab dhiiti tseŋa mɛbwala mɛ Zɛɛb. Bɛ aanàkwaakobee dhiiti wat, yɛ di ààbɛ yii nabɛ ye ɛ́ ngoolel-mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb Yonas ɔ.As the crowds were increasing, Jesus said, “This is a wicked generation. It demands a sign, but none will be given it except the sign of Jonah.

30Deenek, tyee wat Yonas nadi tseŋa é mis mɛ bot ɛ ghaada Niniv ɛ, deenek ɛ́ Sɛɛŋɛlɛ Mɔn Mot aadi tseŋa étɛp bot ɛ di kɔ bɔs'ak mos'ak.For as Jonah was a sign to the Ninevites, so the Son of Man will be a sign to this generation.

31É dwoo Zɛɛb aazɛpɛ́ɛ bot ɛ, moma di mɛkoozi kɔ mɛl mɛ di pɛ kyɛ bɔs ɛ, waatyaa sok bhwoob bot ɛ mɛlu mak. Tin, nyɛ waakwyesal bɛ ndjɛ sɔs, etɛɛ náá, nyɛ naadus pɛ mɛsik mɛ bɔs, étɛp ɛzɛgwak mɛkpa mɛ etsoŋ ɛ Salomɔŋ. Ghuna yii di wak ɛ eedhaa-dhaŋak yɛ Salomɔŋ.The Queen of the South will rise at the judgment with the men of this generation and condemn them; for she came from the ends of the earth to hear the wisdom of Solomon, and now One greater than Solomon is here.

32É dwoo Zɛɛb aazɛpɛ́ɛ bot ɛ, bot ɛ dɛl ɛ Niniv waatyaa sok bhwoob bot ɛ mɛlu mak. Tin, bɛ waazɛkwyesal bɛ ndjɛ sɔs, etɛɛ náá, bot ɛ ghaada Niniv naazeliig elyem bɔɔ, bhii bɛ nazegwak mɛlyo ɛ Yonas ɛ. Ghuna yii di wak ɛ dhaa-dhaŋak yɛ Yonas!»The men of Nineveh will stand at the judgment with this generation and condemn it; for they repented at the preaching of Jonah, and now One greater than Jonah is here.

33«Mot aanàkwaatuub lama, da nyɛ ɛ́ butal yɛ si bhwaa. Yɛ ààsaaa deenek. Ye goka nɛ ɛkɛlaa ɛ́, pɛ kɔ tɛɛg, etɛɛ náá, bot djas aadi eni tɔ ndjaŋ ɔ needi tɔ gwyɛ tak.No one lights a lamp and puts it in a cellar or under a basket. Instead, he sets it on a stand, so those who enter can see the light.

34Mis mɔ ɛ́ lambi nyel'ɔ. Mis mɔ ɛ́ di enyaasok ɛnyɔɛpe ɔɔ, gua náá, nyel'ɔ djas ɛ́ tɔ selele. Yɛ kabɛ náá, mis mɔ àànyaasok ɔɔ, nyel'ɔ djas ɛ́ tɔ ghooghom.Your eye is the lamp of your body. When your eyes are good, your whole body also is full of light. But when they are bad, your body is full of darkness.

35Deenek ɛ́, mɛ di elɛɛ wɔ náá, wɔ di tsoŋ mot étɛp ɛbaal eselele di tɔ lɔ ɛ, é kaab náá, eselele bin ɛzɛkɛliiza ghooghom.Be careful, then, that the light within you is not darkness.

36Yɛ bɛ náá, nyel'ɔ djas ɛ́ tɔ selele, ààbɛ nɛ kyee nyel wat di tɔ ghooghom ɔɔ, nyel'ɔ djas aadi ɛ́, tɔ gwyɛ, dáa lambi di edjɛ wɔ gwyɛ nɛ mɛkas mɛ ɛ.»So if your whole body is full of light, with no part of it in darkness, you will be radiant, as though a lamp were shining on you.”

37Dáa Yezu nasilal ɛlii ɛ, dhiiti Falizyɛ zokadjóo nyɛ, nyɛ zɛdɛ pɛ ndjaŋ'ɛ. Yezu zokani tɔ ndjaa mot tak, nɔɔ nyel, disi kɔ mesa.As Jesus was speaking, a Pharisee invited Him to dine with him; so He went in and reclined at the table.

38Falizyɛ yenɔk zokadjoka dáa nyɛ nabee náá, Yezu nabɛ ààgwyii mɛmbɔ ɛsok nɛ nyɛ nɛ dɛ edee ɛ.But the Pharisee was surprised to see that Jesus did not first wash before the meal.

39Tin, Ghɛŋ ɛ́ booke nɛ Falizyɛ yenɔk náá: «Beeka dáa biyɔ eFalizyɛ di ɛ: Bi dyeebagwyii ɛ́ ekoŋ e ebɛɛlɛ nɛ ekoŋ e esaan. Yɛ kabɛ tɔ tak ɔ, bi nɛ bu ɛkwosak ɛ djii nɛ embee elyem dhaa nyel.Then the Lord said, “Now you Pharisees clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside you are full of greed and wickedness.

40Bi ààtselal, ye tok Zɛɛb mot nasa pɛ kel ɔ naba ààsa tɔ tak é?You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?

41Djɛka bɛdjel ɛ bot esa eedi tɔ ebɛɛlɛ ɛ, nɛ yii di tɔ esaan bin ɛ. Deenek ɛ́ esonok djas aadi, dɛɛ étɛp'en.But give as alms the things that are within you, and behold, everything will be clean for you.

42«Haa kpaa-ghoŋ nɛ biyɔ, eFalizyɛ etɛɛ náá, bi ɛpetuud Zɛɛb nɛ endiyal kam e nadjeebe nɛ aghomkɔtɔ, zɛnɔɔ mɛwyee mɛ di ebɛaa tɔ bok ɛ. Da bi ɛ́ kapeeba ɛ́ epiki nɛ kwyɛl ɛ Zɛɛb. Ghuna, sa bɛ di egoka nɛ ɛwa lyem é tak ɛ́, yɛ ɛ́ yenek, ààpeeba bɛdhiiti kalik ɛ.Woe to you Pharisees! For you pay tithes of mint, rue, and every herb, but you disregard justice and the love of God. You should have practiced the latter without neglecting the former.

43«Haa kpaa-ghoŋ nɛ biyɔ, eFalizyɛ etɛɛ náá, bi kwyɛl ɛ́, mɛbhóó mɛ pɛ sok étɛp ɛtela mɛnyel tɔ mendjaa mɛ mendjaala mɛ eYuda, bi nɛ kwyɛl bi swosaa nɛ duu kɔ mɛbɛsɛɛ.Woe to you Pharisees! For you love the chief seats in the synagogues and the greetings in the marketplaces.

44Haa kpaa-ghoŋ nɛ biyɔ, etɛɛ náá, bi ɛ́ dáa mɛvit mɛ di ye moo ààkanyen ɛ. Mɛvit mɛ bot di kɛ kɔ tak ààgu ɛ!»Woe to you! For you are like unmarked graves, which men walk over without even noticing.”

45Mot ngɔt tɔ bɛlyoel ɛ etsi e Zɛɛb zokazɛdji nyɛ náá: «Lyoel, dáa wɔ di elii deenek'enek, wɔ lee tin ɛ́ dɔɔ nɛ bisɔ!»One of the experts in the law told Him, “Teacher, when You say these things, You insult us as well.”

46Yezu eezɛbɔɔza nɛ nɔɔ náá: «Kpaa-ghoŋ dɔɔ nɛ biyɔ, bɛlyoel ɛ etsi e Zɛɛb! Bi ɛpekɛl kɔ ekoŋ e bot mɛkɔm mɛ na dil-dil, da bi kadi ɛ́, ààkosɛɛb-sɛɛbak djin wat étɛp ɛkwyee bɛ é ɛbɛp dil-dil mɛkɔm mɛ tak.“Woe to you as well, experts in the law!” He replied. “For you weigh men down with heavy burdens, but you yourselves will not lift a finger to lighten their load.

47Haa kpaa-ghoŋ nɛ nen, etɛɛ náá, bi ɛpesum mɛvit mɛ bɛngoolel ɛ mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb, bɛngoolel ɛ mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb bɛbhaab bin nagó ɛ!Woe to you! For you build tombs for the prophets, but it was your fathers who killed them.

48Deenek, bi kwyɛl ɛlyaal ɛ náá, bi eemyaal embee esesɛɛ bɛbhaab bin, etɛɛ náá, bɛ naagó bɛngoolel ɛ mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb, ye ɛ́ biyɔ ɛ kadi esum mɛvit mɔɔ!So you are witnesses consenting to the deeds of your fathers: They killed the prophets, and you build their tombs.

49Kɔ ɛsu ɛ tak ɛ Zɛɛb tɔ etsoŋ bɛ, nake náá: “Mɛ waakyeed bɛ bɛngoolel ɛ mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb nɛ bot ɛ lwoma, bɛ waagó bɛdhiiti, da bɛ ɛ́ wa bɛdhiiti tɔ tsik mezuk.”Because of this, the wisdom of God said, ‘I will send them prophets and apostles; some of them they will kill and others they will persecute.’

50Kana ɛkus ɛ bɔs, bɛtɛ nɛ bɛngoolel ɛ mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb naadyeebagóaa, étɛp tak ɛ́ di náá, esesɛɛ binek djas kwyɛ kɔ elo e kɔkɔ bot ɛ di kɔ bɔs dwoo mos'ak.As a result, this generation will be charged with the blood of all the prophets that has been shed since the foundation of the world,

51Kana dwoo ɛsyee ɛ Abhɛl, kɛyaka nɛ yɛ Zakali, mot nagóaa pak mesa ebuwa, bɛ di eka ebuwa ɔ, nɛ Di na Dɛɛ ɛ Ghɛŋ, nɛ tsɛɛtsɛ mɛ lɛɛ bin ɛ́ náá, esesɛɛ binek djas kwyɛ kɔ elo e kɔkɔ bot ɛ di kɔ bɔs dwoo mos'ak.from the blood of Abel to the blood of Zechariah, who was killed between the altar and the sanctuary. Yes, I tell you, all of it will be charged to this generation.

52«Haa kpaa-ghoŋ nɛ nen, biyɔ, bɛlyoel ɛ etsi e Zɛɛb, etɛɛ náá, bi eezediyal ze di etɔ́ nɛ bot pɛ daa Zɛɛb ɛ. Biyɔ bɛmet bi ààpakɛ é ze tak. Tin, bi ɛpela bot ɛ di ekwyɛl ɛdhaa é ze tak ɔ, ze.»Woe to you experts in the law! For you have taken away the key to knowledge. You yourselves have not entered, and you have hindered those who were entering.”

53Dáa Yezu nawyis tɔ ndjaŋ'enek ɛ, eFalizyɛ nɛ bɛghaŋ ɛ mɛkana mɛ etsi moo tin nɛ mɛbhuk tɔ elyem. Bhii tak bɛ moo tin edji nyɛ bɛtɛ nɛ ekiya dum nɛ bɛtɛ nɛ etɛp.As Jesus went on from there, the scribes and Pharisees began to oppose Him bitterly and to ply Him with questions about many things,

54É di'enek, bɛ nadi elóo nyɛ pɛ ɛko, da bwood nyɛ pɛ kyɛ étɛp bɛ neebela mɛkpa mɛ bɛ aapit nyɛ nɛ ye ɛ.waiting to catch Him in something He might say.

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