Luke 1212LukeThe journey to JerusalemBekwel New Testament

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1. 1BKWÉ ghɛŋ tak, bot eezɛsɛɛga é di tak. Mɛbu mɛ bot sa náá, bɛdhiiti nyalel pak'ɔɔ. Tin, Yezu eezɛke nɛ bɛdjekel bɛ náá: «Ɛsok nɛ esonok djas, ye goka ɛ́ náá, bi kyee leviid eFalizyɛ. Ye kwyɛl ɛlyaal ɛ́, mɛfulu mɔɔ yii mɛdjhaaz pɛ ɛko bhimis pɛ si.BSBBSB: In the meantime, a crowd of many thousands had gathered, so that they were trampling one another. Jesus began to speak first to His disciples: “Beware of the leaven of the Pharisees, which is hypocrisy.
2. 2BKWEsesɛɛ djas di esyela ɛ, yɛ waawyis é gwyɛ, etɛp ee nadi tɔ sɔ ɛ, yɛ waaguaa nɛ bot djas.BSBBSB: There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known.
3. 3BKWÉtɛp tak ɛ́ di náá, etɛp djas bi aadi elii tɔ ghooghom ɛ, yɛ aadi egék é gwyɛ mwos dwoo. Sa bi nanyiiŋelaa tɔ ɛlɔ pɛ tɔ dhɛŋ ɛ, yɛ aadi ɛ́ moo tuuda kɔ emii e mendjaa.»BSBBSB: What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.
4. 4BKW«Biyɔ bɛsɔ bam, mɛ lɛɛ bin ɛ́ náá, nàkaabka bot ɛ di egó tsik epuud ɔ, bhii tak, bɛ kadi ɛ́ ààsa dhiiti sonok.BSBBSB: I tell you, My friends, do not be afraid of those who kill the body and after that can do no more.
5. 5BKWMɛ paakolyaal bin sa bot di egoka nɛ ɛkaab dhaa nyel ɛ. Bi goka nɛ kaab ɛ́ Zɛɛb, mot di náá, bhis ɛsyee, nyɛ ɛ́ nɛ ghwyil ɛkɛmwas bin tɔ du na kɔm-kɔm ɔ. Nɛ tsɛɛtsɛ, mɛ lɛɛ bin ɛ náá, ye ɛ́ nyɛy ɛ bi di egoka nɛ ɛkaab!BSBBSB: But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear the One who, after you have been killed, has authority to throw you into hell. Yes, I tell you, fear Him!
6. 6BKWBot djas nɛ gu náá, bɔɔ enen etɛn dyeebabɔmsaa ɛ́ nɛ epata ebá. Kabela náá, ye tok nɛ sa Zɛɛb aadjisa é mis mɛ.BSBBSB: Are not five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten by God.
7. 7BKWDeenek, bhoo elo bin ɛ́ elaŋa, sa mot ààdi nɛ bwoo, etɛɛ náá, é mis ɛ Zɛɛb, bi ɛ́ nɛ boo mɛtaŋ, dhaa enen!»BSBBSB: And even the very hairs of your head are all numbered. So do not be afraid; you are worth more than many sparrows.
8. 8BKW«Mɛ lɛɛ bin ɛ́ náá, mot aamyam popoopwon é mis mɛ bot djas náá, nyɛ ɛ́ djekel'am ɔ, Sɛɛŋɛlɛ Mɔn Mot pe ɛ́ waamyam nyɛ é mis mɛ efofop ɛ Zɛɛb.BSBBSB: I tell you, everyone who confesses Me before men, the Son of Man will also confess him before the angels of God.
9. 9BKWTin, Mot ɛ kɛla popoopwon é mis mɛ bot djas náá, nyɛ tok djekel'am ɔɔ, mam pe, mɛ waakɛla nyɛ é mis mɛ efofop ɛ Zɛɛb.BSBBSB: But whoever denies Me before men will be denied before the angels of God.
10. 10BKWYɛ bɛ náá, dhiiti mot eelóo mbee ɛkpa nɛ Sɛɛŋɛlɛ Mɔn Mot ɔɔ, mot tak ɛ́ nɛ ghwyil ɛbela ɛpelak. Yɛ kabɛ náá, mot eebyasal Sisim na Dɛɛ ɔɔ, yenɔk aanàkwaabela ɛpelak.BSBBSB: And everyone who speaks a word against the Son of Man will be forgiven, but whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven.
11. 11BKW«É sok bɛ aatɔ́ nɛ nen sok bhwoob bɛtetɛp, tɔ mendjaa mɛ mendjaala mɛ eYuda nɛ pɛ daa ekukuma nɛ bɛmɛkoozi ɛ, sa mot ààbem ba dum nɛ dáa bi aataŋal nɛ mɛkpa mɛ bi aalóo ɛ.BSBBSB: When you are brought before synagogues, rulers, and authorities, do not worry about how to defend yourselves or what to say.
12. 12BKWEtɛɛ náá, é di'enek wat Sisim na Dɛɛ waalyo bin dáa bi di egoka nɛ ɛtaŋal ɛ.»BSBBSB: For at that time the Holy Spirit will teach you what you should say.”
13. 13BKWMot ngɔt tɔ ɛdhuu ɛ bot ɛ nadi tin ɔ zokazɛke nɛ Yezu náá: «Lyoel! Lɛɛa nɛ mɔn nyaag'am náá, bis kaa esa ee sɛɛg'es nalik ɛ.»BSBBSB: Someone in the crowd said to Him, “Teacher, tell my brother to divide the inheritance with me.”
14. 14BKWYezu eezɛbɔɔza nɛ nɛ náá: «Mɔɔ sɔ'am, ɛzɛ nɛɛg mɛ tetɛp dum nɛ etɛp bin, dɔɔ nɛ étɛp ɛkaa esa ee sɛɛg'en nalik bin nɛ yɛ ɛ?»BSBBSB: But Jesus replied, “Man, who appointed Me judge or executor between you?”
15. 15BKWBhii tak nyɛ eezɛke nɛ nɔɔ náá: «Bi ɛ́ kobaka nɛ dɔɔ mɛvu, etɛɛ náá, tsik mot tok étɛp mɛvu. Ye nakoozobɛ náá, nyɛ ɛ́ kum mot.»BSBBSB: And He said to them, “Watch out! Guard yourselves against every form of greed, for one’s life does not consist in the abundance of his possessions.”
16. 16BKWTin, nyɛ ɛ́ boozɛlɛɛ bɛ kana yak: «Dhiiti kum mot nadi ɛ́ nɛ mɛdhik mɛ nadi sa náá, nyɛ gó bhek ɛbuɛpe ɛ.BSBBSB: Then He told them a parable: “The ground of a certain rich man produced an abundance.
17. 17BKWNyɛ moo tin é siiza. Nyɛy náá: “Mɛ sa dáa etɛɛ náá, mɛ tok nɛ bɛtɛ nɛ e di étɛp mɛ neekwom edee mɛ gó tɔ pyeeb'am ɛ?”BSBBSB: So he thought to himself, ‘What shall I do, since I have nowhere to store my crops?’
18. 18BKWBhii tak nyɛ eezɛke náá: “Beea dáa mɛ aasa ɛ: mɛ waawaaz etaa bam, da mɛ ɛ́ lóo bɛ na bɔk-bɔk. Tin, da mɛ ɛ́ wa edee bam nɛ mɛvu mam djas.”BSBBSB: Then he said, ‘This is what I will do: I will tear down my barns and will build bigger ones, and there I will store up all my grain and my goods.
19. 19BKWBhii tak mɛ ka ke nɛ nyel'am ɛ náá: “Mɔɔ sɔam, e di deenek, wɔ moo ɛ́ nɛ mɛvu ɛbuɛpe, yii aadjala étɛp membu ɛbuɛpe ɛ. Wɔ ɛ́ nɛ ghwyil ɛka wala. Dɛa edee nɛ mɛdii. Dia tɔ mɛ myaala.”BSBBSB: Then I will say to myself, “You have plenty of good things laid up for many years. Take it easy. Eat, drink, and be merry!”’
20. 20BKWTin, Zɛɛb zokazɛke nɛ nɛ: “Wɔy mot di ààbɛ nɛ lyem'aak! E pum'ak mos mɛ ɛpenɔɔ tsikɔ. Deenek, esesɛɛ ee wɔ kwom ɛ, ɛzɛ aabe yɛ?”»BSBBSB: But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’
21. 21BKWYezu eebaazɛke náá: «Yɛ aadi ɛ́, deenek dum nɛ bot ɛ di saa mɛvu mɛ mɛnyel mɔɔ ɛmet. Da é mis mɛ Zɛɛb bɛ ɛ́ kadi ɛ, ààbɛ bɛkuma ɛ bot.»BSBBSB: This is how it will be for anyone who stores up treasure for himself but is not rich toward God.”
22. 22BKWYezu zɛke bhii tak nɛ bɛdjekel náá: «Étɛp tak ɛ́ mɛ di ke náá: Nàbemka ba étɛp edee bi di nɛ gwyes tak étɛp tsiken ɛ, nɛ étɛp eduuba ekaad ee bi di egoka nɛ ɛbɔt ɛ.BSBBSB: Then Jesus said to His disciples, “Therefore I tell you, do not worry about your life, what you will eat, or about your body, what you will wear.
23. 23BKWEtɛɛ náá, tsik eedhaa edee nɛ mɛnyok. Nyel eedhaa ekaad nɛ boo mɛtaŋ.BSBBSB: For life is more than food, and the body more than clothes.
24. 24BKWBeeka enen ee di djóoaa kɔlbo enek: Bɛ ààbɛ epyeeb, ààbɔ́k edee ee di wum tɔ epyeeb ɛ. Bɛ tok nɛ edi ɛkwom edee tɔ bhwaa nɛ kɔ etaa. Dhi tin, Zɛɛb é dee bɛ! Biyɔ, bi dhaa enen nɛ boo mɛtaŋ.BSBBSB: Consider the ravens: They do not sow or reap, they have no storehouse or barn; yet God feeds them. How much more valuable you are than the birds!
25. 25BKWƐzɛ pak'en di nɛ ghwyil ɛbil ba mɛlu kɔ mɛlu mɛ tsik'ɛ nɛ esiiza bɛ?BSBBSB: Who of you by worrying can add a single hour to his life?
26. 26BKW«Yɛ bɛ náá, bi tok nɛ ghwyil ɛkwak ɛsa ba sa dem ɔ, étɛp yé bi di bem ba kɔ ɛsu ɛ yii ka likenek?BSBBSB: So if you cannot do such a small thing, why do you worry about the rest?
27. 27BKWPookogwyákeka dáa mɛzɛm di wyee tɔ mɛdhik ɛ: Bɛ ààsa mɛsa. Bɛ ààlat ekaad. Tin, ye goka ɛ́, mɛ lɛɛ bin náá, ye nakoobɛ Salomɔŋ nɛ bɛtɛ nɛ duu, nyɛ nabɛ ɛ́ ààbɛ nɛ mbɛɛ kaad nanyɔ dhaa wat tɔ kɔkɔ mɛzɛm menek.BSBBSB: Consider how the lilies grow: They do not labor or spin. Yet I tell you, not even Solomon in all his glory was adorned like one of these.
28. 28BKWKwyii Zɛɛb di e bet eka e mɛdhik, da djɛmɛn ye ɛ́ nɔŋaa, dikaa tɔ du, gwyaasa nɛ biyɔ! Zɛɛb tok nɛ ghwyil ɛsa deenek dum nɛ nen e? Dáa bi di náá, bi tok nɛ boo ɛmyaal nɛ nɛ ɛ!BSBBSB: If that is how God clothes the grass of the field, which is here today and tomorrow is thrown into the furnace, how much more will He clothe you, O you of little faith!
29. 29BKWNà dhekeka mɛnyel min étɛp ɛsesaa edee nɛ mɛdii mɛ bi aadɛ ɛ.BSBBSB: And do not be concerned about what you will eat or drink. Do not worry about it.
30. 30BKWYe ɛ́ bot ɛ bɔs'ak ɛ di pɛɛ Zɛɛb ɔ, di nɛ egwyes e esaala binek. Guka náá, Sɛɛg'en nɛ gu egwyes bin.BSBBSB: For the Gentiles of the world strive after all these things, and your Father knows that you need them.
31. 31BKWPookosaaka ɛsok Ɛyoŋ ɛ Zɛɛb. Bhii tak, nyɛ waadjɛ bin yii ka lik ɛ.»BSBBSB: But seek His kingdom, and these things will be added unto you.
32. 32BKW«Mɔɔ ɛsaa ɛ́ Zɛɛb, nàbem ba, etɛɛ náá, Sɛɛg'en kwyɛl ɛ́, nyɛ needjɛ bin Ɛyoŋ ɛ lɛ.BSBBSB: Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is pleased to give you the kingdom.
33. 33BKWBɔmsaka ekum bin. Sa bi aabela ɛ, bi kaa-kaŋ ɛ́ nɛ bɛdjel ɛ bot. Saka mengwyɛ mɛ epata ee di yɛ ààgwyɛ ɛ́. Kwomka ekum bin pɛ dáa Zɛɛb. Penek, bot ɛ djii aanàkwaani, kɛdjii yɛ. Bɛsɛs aanàkwaagɔɔ yɛ.BSBBSB: Sell your possessions and give to the poor. Provide yourselves with purses that will not wear out, an inexhaustible treasure in heaven, where no thief approaches and no moth destroys.
34. 34BKWBi sa deenek etɛɛ náá, e di mot di kwom esa bɛ ɛ, lyemɛ di ɛ́ tak.»BSBBSB: For where your treasure is, there your heart will be also.
35. 35BKW«Dika nɛ ekaad e mɛsa min, nɛ elambi etuuba.BSBBSB: Be dressed for service and keep your lamps burning.
36. 36BKWDika dáa bot ɛ mɛsa di bwood kukuma yɔbɔ ɔ, etɛɛ náá, esok nyɛ aabula kɛbeeb moma ɛ, nyɛ diig ɛbɛ ɛ ndjaŋ ɔ, bɛ neeleedii.BSBBSB: Then you will be like servants waiting for their master to return from the wedding banquet, so that when he comes and knocks, they can open the door for him at once.
37. 37BKWMɛnyɔ nɛ bot ɛ mɛsa aadi é nyan ɛ mis ɔ, é ghɛŋ kukuma yɔbɔ aatuula ɛ. Tsɛɛtsɛ nɛ tsɛɛtsɛ, mɛ lɛɛ bin ɛ náá: kukuma nyɛ ɛmet ɛ́ waabɔt ekaad e mɛsa mɛ, da bhii tak nyɛ ɛ́ dil bɛ kɔ mesa, da nyɛ ɛ́ djɛ bɛ edee.BSBBSB: Blessed are those servants whom the master finds on watch when he returns. Truly I tell you, he will dress himself to serve and will have them recline at the table, and he himself will come and wait on them.
38. 38BKWNyɛ ɛ́ bula kuku ɛgha ɛ pum ɔ, nɛghu kabɛ pum eezeliig ɔ, da nyɛ ɛ́ bela bɛ e mis membek ɔ, mɛnyɔ nɛ nɔɔ ɛbuɛpe!BSBBSB: Even if he comes in the second or third watch of the night and finds them alert, those servants will be blessed.
39. 39BKW«Gwakeka sa mɛ di lɛɛ ɛ: Yɛ bɛ náá, nakuma ndjaŋ ɛpedi ɛ́ di é gu ɛwala ɛ pum mot djii aazyɛ, zɛdjii tɔ ndjaŋ'ɛ ɔ, pe nyɛ aanàkwaabet nyɛ, nyɛ zɛni tɔ ndjaŋ'ɛ.BSBBSB: But understand this: If the homeowner had known at what hour the thief was coming, he would not have let his house be broken into.
40. 40BKWBiyɔ pe nyanka mis, etɛɛ náá, Sɛɛŋɛlɛ Mɔn Mot aatuula e ɛwala bi aadi ààbwood nyɛ ɛ́.»BSBBSB: You also must be ready, because the Son of Man will come at an hour you do not expect.”
41. 41BKWTin, Pyɛɛd eezɛdji nyɛ náá: «Ghɛŋ, wɔ lɛɛ kana yak ɛ́, étɛp bisɔ bɛ ɛmet “ohoo” étɛp bot djas?»BSBBSB: “Lord,” said Peter, “are You addressing this parable to us, or to everyone else as well?”
42. 42BKWWɔ gwaa Ghɛŋ zɛbɔɔza nɛ nɛ náá: «Nwyak mot-mɛsa di sosoob nɛ etsoŋ ee? Beea kukuma ngɔt zokazɛlɛɛ mot-mɛsa mɛ náá, nyɛ baal ndjaŋ'ɛ. Bhii tak, da nyɛ ɛ́ djɛ bɛdhiiti bot ɛ mɛsa yɔbɔ edee e tɛtɛ ɛwala.BSBBSB: And the Lord answered, “Who then is the faithful and wise manager, whom the master puts in charge of his servants to give them their portion at the proper time?
43. 43BKWMɛnyɔ nɛ mot-mɛsa menɔk, kukuma ye ɛ́ bula zɛbela nyɛ, nyɛy é sa mɛsa mɛ tak ɔ.BSBBSB: Blessed is that servant whose master finds him doing so when he returns.
44. 44BKWTsɛɛtsɛ nɛ tsɛɛtsɛ, mɛ lɛɛ bin ɛ, náá: Kukuma ɛ waadjɛ mot-mɛsa menɔk esa bɛ djas, nyɛ baal.BSBBSB: Truly I tell you, he will put him in charge of all his possessions.
45. 45BKWMot-mɛsa menɔk ɛ ka ke náá: “Kukuma aanàkwaaleebula.” Bhii tak nyɛ moo duma botom nɛ boa ɛ di sa mɛsa tin ɔ nɛ mɛbin e mɛnyel. Di nyɛ di dɛ edee nɛ kuka yɛ mɛnyok.BSBBSB: But suppose that servant says in his heart, ‘My master will be a long time in coming,’ and he begins to beat the menservants and maidservants, and to eat and drink and get drunk.
46. 46BKWTin, kukuma yɛ aabula ɛ́, e dwoo nɛ ɛwala mot-mɛsa menɔk aadi pel náá, nyɛ aanàkwaazyɛ dwoo tak ɛ. Nyɛ waasɔ mot-mɛsa menɔk, da nyɛ ɛ́ lyaal nyɛ kyet dáa bot ɛ di ààdum koŋ nɛ Zɛɛb ɔ.BSBBSB: The master of that servant will come on a day he does not expect and at an hour he does not anticipate. Then he will cut him to pieces and assign him a place with the unbelievers.
47. 47BKW«Mot-mɛsa mɛ di gu sa lyem kukuma yɛ di kwyɛl ɔ, da nyɛ ɛ́ kadi ɛ́, ààsa ɔ, nyɛ waabiaa nɛ ghwyɛs ɛbuɛpe.BSBBSB: That servant who knows his master’s will but does not get ready or follow his instructions will be beaten with many blows.
48. 48BKWYɛ kabɛ náá, mot di ààgu ɛkwosak ɛ kukuma yɛ di sa esonok binek ɔ, yɛ mɛbin aadi ɛ́, ba bim eghwyɛs. Mot ɛ djɛaa bɛtɛ nɛ esa ɔ, pɛ dáa mot tak yɛ aabaawaabaa ɛ́ ɛbuɛpe; pɛ dáa mot bɛ aakwom daa lɛ ɛbuɛpe ɔ, pɛ daa lɛ, bɛ aabaazowaab ɛ ɛbuɛpe kɛdhaa dhaŋaa bim bɛ nakwom ɛ.»BSBBSB: But the one who unknowingly does things worthy of punishment will be beaten with few blows. From everyone who has been given much, much will be required; and from him who has been entrusted with much, even more will be demanded.
49. 49BKW«Mɛ nazyɛ, zɛtuub du kɔ bɔs. Mɛ kwyɛl ɛ́ náá, pe du tak kaa di moo tuuba!BSBBSB: I have come to ignite a fire on the earth, and how I wish it were already kindled!
50. 50BKWYe goka ɛ́ náá, mɛ duwa kɔkɔ mbi ɛduwa Zɛɛb sis. Mɛ ɛpebwood ɛduwa Zɛɛb tak nɛ lyem pɛ ɛko, lyem'am ɛ́ pɛ ɛko kɛkum dwoo ɛduwa Zɛɛb ɛlenek aazyɛ ɛ́.BSBBSB: But I have a baptism to undergo, and how distressed I am until it is accomplished!
51. 51BKW«Bi gek ɛ́ náá, mɛ nazyɛ kɔ bɔs ɛ́, étɛp egwyem nɛ ɛgwakel tɔ bot e? Ààbɛ! Mɛ lɛɛ bin ɛ náá: mɛ nazyɛ, zɛbɛk nɛ wa ɛghuub pak bot.BSBBSB: Do you think that I have come to bring peace to the earth? No, I tell you, but division.
52. 52BKWKana dwoo pan mos'ak, bot ɛtɛn di tɔ mɛbyel mɛ wat ɔ, waabɛka. Bot ɛlɛl waapek bot ɛbá. Bot ɛbá waawaya nɛ bak bɛlɛl.BSBBSB: From now on, five in one household will be divided, three against two and two against three.
53. 53BKWSɛɛg ɛ waabhina mɔn'ɛ; mɔn bhina sɛɛg. Nyɛɛg bhina mɔn'ɛ mɔɔ moma; mɔn mɔɔ moma bhina nyɛɛg. Bhɛɛbel moma bhina nakɔla; nakɔla bhina bhɛɛbel moma.»BSBBSB: They will be divided, father against son and son against father, mother against daughter and daughter against mother, mother-in-law against daughter-in-law and daughter-in-law against mother-in-law.”
54. 54BKWYezu nadi baake nɛ mɛdhuu mɛ bot náá: «Esok bi di baabee eguud é kɛghɛɛ pɛ ɛbil ɛ dwoo ɛ, e di tak wat, bi dyeebake ɛ náá: “Bhi ɛ waanee.” Ye ɛ́ waabataswaala ɛ nee.BSBBSB: Then Jesus said to the crowds, “As soon as you see a cloud rising in the west, you say, ‘A shower is coming,’ and that is what happens.
55. 55BKWYɛ ka bɛ, esok bi bee pup ɛpekɛ ghɛɛ pɛ kyɛ bɔs ɛ, bi dyeebake ɛ náá: “Gwyes ɛ waakas mos ɛbuɛpe.” Yɛ aabataswaala deenek.BSBBSB: And when the south wind blows, you say, ‘It will be hot,’ and it is.
56. 56BKWBot ɛ mɛdjhaaz pɛ ɛko, bhimis pɛ si, bi ɛ́ nɛ ghwyil ɛsiiza ɛnyɔɛpe endem di kɔ bɔs ɛ, nɛ ekyee e bɔs nɛ gwoo. Ha, étɛp yé bi di ààgu sa ɛwala mena dik'ak, di ekwyɛl ɛlɛɛ ɛ?»BSBBSB: You hypocrites! You know how to interpret the appearance of the earth and sky. Why don’t you know how to interpret the present time?
57. 57BKW«Étɛp yé biyɔ bɛ ɛmet di ààgu ɛpɛ́ɛ náá: “Yak ɛ́ mbɛɛ sonok”?BSBBSB: And why don’t you judge for yourselves what is right?
58. 58BKWYɛ bɛ náá, wɔ ɛpekɛ taŋal bi nɛ mot ɔ, bi nɛ mot tak ɛ́ di ɛdjaad ze wat ɔ, étɛp ɛtɔ́ pɛ baakɛ pɛ́ɛ bin ɔ, sa mɛghaaz bi gwakel e di bi dinaa e ze'enek ɛsok. Deenek wɔ waalu náá, mot bi nɛ nɛ di nɛ tɛp ɔ nàdul wɔ sok bhwoob bɛtetɛp. Bhii tak bɛtetɛp eezɛdjɛ wɔ e mɛmbɔ mɛ esodja, da wɔ ɛ́ mɛtaa e mbok.BSBBSB: Make every effort to reconcile with your adversary while you are on your way to the magistrate. Otherwise, he may drag you off to the judge, and the judge may hand you over to the officer, and the officer may throw you into prison.
59. 59BKWMɛ lɛɛ wɔ náá, wɔ aanàkwaawyis tin, ààtuud sa mot wɔ nabe ɛ, dɔɔ nɛ bɛna-tseetsa.»BSBBSB: I tell you, you will not get out until you have paid the very last penny.”