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Luke 4
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Luke
Preparation and ministry in Galilee
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Jesus
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Galilee
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Israel
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Elias
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Nazareth
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Capernaum
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Jerusalem
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Jordan
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Berean Standard Bible
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Dáa Yezu nabula pɛ dii Yuldɛn ɛ, ye nabɛ ɛ́ Sisim na Dɛɛ moo tɔ lɛ na «tɔɔɔ», Sisim zɛdul nyɛ tɔ bal,
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Then Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the wilderness,
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é di Dim mot mɛkɔŋ nakɛwa nyɛ tɔ mɛbhowal ɔ. Ye nabɛ ɛ́, nyɛ naasa mɛlu mɛkam-mɛná ààdɛ edee. Bhii tak za zokazɛsa nyɛ.
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where for forty days He was tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those days, and when they had ended, He was hungry.
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Dim mot mɛkɔŋ eezɛke nɛ nɛ náá: «Nɛghu wɔ ɛ́ Mɔn Zɛɛb ɔɔ, kea nɛ ɛkok ɛlak náá, ye liigel, da yɛ ɛ́ di mapa.»
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The devil said to Him, “If You are the Son of God, tell this stone to become bread.”
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Yezu eezɛbɔɔza nɛ nɛ náá: «Ekwyala ɛ Zɛɛb lɛɛ náá: “Tsik mot tok nɛ mapa toto.”»
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But Jesus answered,
“It is written: ‘Man shall not live on bread alone.’”
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Bhii tak, dim mot mɛkɔŋ eezɛbyet nɛ nɛ kɔ dwol, wɔ gwaa nyɛ lyaal nyɛ tɔ ɛwala ɛwat mɛyoŋ mɛ di kɔ bɔs ɛ, djas.
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Then the devil led Him up to a high place and showed Him in an instant all the kingdoms of the world.
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Satan nɛ nɛ náá: «Gwyáka, mɛ waadjɛ wɔ eghɛŋ nɛ mɛkas mɛ di tɔ mɛyoŋ mak ɛ djas. Etɛɛ náá, ye naazedjɛaa mɛ. Mɛ ɛ́ nɛ ghwyil ɛdjɛ nɛ mot mɛ aakwos ɛdjɛ ɔ.
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“I will give You authority over all these kingdoms and all their glory,” he said. “For it has been relinquished to me, and I can give it to anyone I wish.
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Yɛ bɛ náá, wɔ eemyaal ɛkwyit mɛboŋ mɔ si mɛko mam ɔ, mɛ waadjɛ wɔ djas.»
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So if You worship me, it will all be Yours.”
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Yezu eezɛbɔɔza nɛ nɛ náá: «Ekwyala lɛɛ ɛ́ náá: “Ye ɛ́ Ghɛŋ, Zɛɛb'ɔ ɛ́ wɔ di egoka nɛ ɛduwal. Wɔ zosa ɛ mɛsa mɛ nyɛy nyɛ ɛmet.”»
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But Jesus answered,
“It is written: ‘Worship the Lord your God and serve Him only.’”
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Bhii tak, Dim mot mɛkɔŋ eebaazɛtɔ́ nɛ nɛ pɛ Yeluzalɛm, zɛgel nyɛ kɔ ɛko ɛ kok Ndjaa-ebuwa. Nyɛy nɛ Yezu náá: «Yɛ bɛ náá, wɔ ɛ́ Sɛɛŋɛlɛ Mɔn Zɛɛb ɔɔ, tsela, da wɔ ɛ́ kɛduma pɛ si.
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Then the devil led Him to Jerusalem and set Him on the pinnacle of the temple. “If You are the Son of God,” he said, “throw Yourself down from here.
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Deenek, etɛɛ náá, ekwyala lɛɛ ɛ náá: “Zɛɛb ɛ́ waalɛɛ nɛ efofop bɛ náá, bɛ baal wɔ.”
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For it is written: ‘He will command His angels concerning You to guard You carefully,
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Tin, baabela náá: “Bɛ waabɛp wɔ kɔ mɛmbɔ mɔɔ, é kaab náá, ko'ɔ ɛzɛkɛbema ɛbɛk.”»
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and they will lift You up in their hands, so that You will not strike Your foot against a stone.’”
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Tin, Yezu eezɛbɔɔza nɛ nɛ náá: «Ekwyala baalɛɛ ɛ́ náá: “Sa wɔ ààwa Ghɛŋ, Zɛɛb'ɔ tɔ mɛbhowal.”»
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But Jesus answered,
“It also says, ‘Do not put the Lord your God to the test.’”
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Bhii nyɛ nazewa Yezu tɔ mɛbhowal dáa nyɛ nakwyɛl ɛ, Dim mot mɛkɔŋ eezɛbet nyɛ, nyɛ tɔ́ ɛtsetaɛpe, kɛkum é dhiiti ɛwala aanyɔ nɛ nɛ ɛ.
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When the devil had finished every temptation, he left Him until an opportune time.
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Yezu eezɛsik pɛ Ghalile, ghwyil Sisim na Dɛɛ tɔ lɛ «tɔɔɔ». Duma yɛ zokakɛ kɔ mɛl mɛ nadi mbaka-mbaka nɛ tin ɛ djas.
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Jesus returned to Galilee in the power of the Spirit, and the news about Him spread throughout the surrounding region.
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Tin, Yezu moo tin elyo bot mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb tɔ mendjaa mɛ mendjaala mɛ eYuda. Bot ɛ nadi egwak nyɛ ɔ, naadyeebaduduwal nyɛ.
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He taught in their synagogues and was glorified by everyone.
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Dhiiti dwoo Yezu zɛtɔ́ pɛ Nazalɛt, é di nyɛ nawyelaa ɔ. É dwoo saba, nyɛ eezɛni tɔ ndjaa mendjaala mɛ eYuda dáa nyɛ natawa nɛ ɛsesa ɛ. Nyɛ ɛ́ boowyɛl é mis mɛ bot étɛp ɛlaŋ ɛ ekwyala ɛ Zɛɛb.
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Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read,
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Bhii tak náá, bɛ eezɛdjɛ nyɛ mbwoob mɛkana mɛ ngoolel-mɛkpa Ezayi, nyɛ eezɛwyiiz mɛkana mɛ tak. Nyɛ kabela é di nakwyalaa náá:
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the scroll of the prophet Isaiah was handed to Him. Unrolling it, He found the place where it was written:
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«Sisim ɛ Ghɛŋ ɛ́ nɛ nam etɛɛ náá, nyɛ naadjɛ mɛ ebotan, étɛp mɛ neezɛtuud bɛdjel ɛ bot mbɛɛ bhaadal. Nyɛ naadhis mɛ, mɛ zɛlɛɛ bot ɛ membok náá, bɛ moo ɛ́ tiia. Mɛ zɛlɛɛ bɛ na edhim náá, bɛ moo zɛnyaa sok. Mɛ zɛlɛɛ bot ɛ́ di nyalaa ɔ, bɛ neepɛka.
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“The Spirit of the Lord is on Me, because He has anointed Me to preach good news to the poor. He has sent Me to proclaim liberty to the captives and recovery of sight to the blind, to release the oppressed,
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Mɛ zɛtuud náá, mena moo ɛ́, é mɛwala mɛ Ghɛŋ di zɛtsik bot bɛ ɛ.»
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to proclaim the year of the Lord’s favor.”
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Bhii tak, Yezu eezɛwol mɛkana, zɛdjɛ nɛ mot nakwokwom mbwoob mɛkana mɛ tak ɔ, nyɛ eezɛnɔɔ nyel, disi. Bot djas nadi tɔ ndjaa mendjaala mɛ eYuda ɔ, moo tin «dhuuu», nɛ mis é nyel'ɛ.
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Then He rolled up the scroll, returned it to the attendant, and sat down. The eyes of everyone in the synagogue were fixed on Him,
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É di'enek, nyɛ boozɛlɛɛ bɛ náá: «Mos ekwyala ee bi zegwak ɛ, eedjala.»
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and He began by saying,
“Today this Scripture is fulfilled in your hearing.”
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Bɔɔ djas nadi etaŋal étɛp'ɛ, bɛ nadi edjoka mbɛɛ etɛp ee nyɛ nadi elɛɛ bɛ ɛ. Bɛ zokazɛdji náá: «Ye tok mɔn Zozɛf'aak é?»
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All spoke well of Him and marveled at the gracious words that came from His lips. “Isn’t this the son of Joseph?” they asked.
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Tin, Yezu eezɛke nɛ nɔɔ náá: «Tsɛɛtsɛ náá, bi ɛ́ waadjɛ kana yak: “Ngwomel bot, tsika nyel'ɔ wɔy wɔ ɛ́ ɛmet.” Bi ɛ́ waabaake nɛ nam náá: “Bis eegwak menduk mɛ mɛsa mɛ wɔ nasa pɛ dɛl ɛ Kapɛlnaum ɛ. Baasa esa e tak wak kɔ ghaada yɔ met!”»
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Jesus said to them,
“Surely you will quote this proverb to Me: ‘Physician, heal yourself! Do here in Your hometown what we have heard that You did in Capernaum.’”
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Bhii tak nyɛ eezɛbaabil náá: «Nɛ tsɛɛtsɛ, mɛ lɛɛ bin ɛ́ náá, ye tok nɛ dhiiti ngoolel-mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb ààmyaalaa kɔ dɛl ɛ lɛ met.
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Then He added,
“Truly I tell you, no prophet is accepted in his hometown.
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Tsɛɛtsɛ, mɛ lɛɛ bin ɛ náá: É ghɛŋ ɛ ngoolel-mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb Eli, ye nabɛ ɛ́ nɛ bɛtɛ nɛ bɛkus ɛ boa tɔ Yisalaɛl, é sok ye nasa membu melɛl nɛ pes, bhi àànee ɛ, é sok boo pwom nasa kɔ dɛl djas ɛ.
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But I tell you truthfully that there were many widows in Israel in the time of Elijah, when the sky was shut for three and a half years and great famine swept over all the land.
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Zɛbela náá, Zɛɛb nabɛ ɛ́ ààkyeed Eli pɛ daa kus moma dik'ena. Nyɛ nazokyeed nyɛ ɛ́ pɛ daa dhiiti kus moma, nadidi pɛ dɛl ɛ Salepta ɔ, pɛ kyee dik Sidɔn.
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Yet Elijah was not sent to any of them, but to the widow of Zarephath in Sidon.
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Ye nabaabɛ pe ɛ́, nɛ bot ɛ nadi nɛ ɛbɛ́ ɛ zezam ɔ, ɛbuɛpe tɔ Yisalaɛl é ghɛŋ ɛ ngoolel-mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb Eliize. Zɛbela náá, ye nabɛ ààbɛ nɛ mot ngɔt tɔ sama yɔɔ natsak, bhis Naaman, mot kyee dik Siili nyɛ ɛmet.»
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And there were many lepers in Israel in the time of Elisha the prophet. Yet not one of them was cleansed—only Naaman the Syrian.”
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Tin, wɔ gwaa ɛbuk zɛmɛt bɔɔ djas tɔ ndjaa mendjaala mɛ eYuda, bhii bɛ nazegwak deenek ɛ.
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On hearing this, all the people in the synagogue were enraged.
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Wɔ gwaa bɛ zɛwyɛl, bhii tak bɛ eezɛwyis tɔ́ nɛ Yezu edi sis ààbɛ kɔ dɛl, pɛ kɔ nges boo ɛtsok ɛ Nazalɛt nasumaa kɔ tak ɛ, étɛp bɛ neekɛ zyeegal nyɛ, nyɛ neeges tɔ toŋ.
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They got up, drove Him out of the town, and led Him to the brow of the hill on which the town was built, in order to throw Him over the cliff.
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Tin, Yezu zokazɛsyela tɔ lɔɔ, nɔɔ nyel'ɛ, tɔ́ yɛ.
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But Jesus passed through the crowd and went on His way.
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Dhiiti dwoo, Yezu naatɔ́ pɛ Kapɛlnaum, dɛl ɛ Ghalile. Nyɛy é lelyo bot mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb, dwoo saba.
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Then He went down to Capernaum, a town in Galilee, and on the Sabbath He began to teach the people.
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Bot naadyeebadjodjoka dáa nyɛ nadi elelyo ɛ, etɛɛ náá, nyɛ nalelyo ɛ́ nɛ eghɛŋ.
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They were astonished at His teaching, because His message had authority.
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Tɔ ndjaa mendjaala mɛ eYuda nadi ɛ́ nɛ dhiiti mot nadi nɛ mbee sisim nadi edhedhek ɔ. Mot'enɔk moo zɛtsim ɛlyelɛpe.
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In the synagogue there was a man possessed by the spirit of an unclean demon. He cried out in a loud voice,
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Nyɛy náá: «Haa! Mena ɛ́ nɛ yaa tɛp, Yezu, mot Nazalɛt? Wɔ zyɛ, zɛtwak bis é? Mɛ nɛ gu náá: Wɔy ɛ́ mot na dɛɛ Zɛɛb nadhis ɔ.»
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“Ha! What do You want with us, Jesus of Nazareth? Have You come to destroy us? I know who You are—the Holy One of God!”
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Yezu eezɛbhɛm nyɛ ɛlyelɛpe. Nyɛy náá: «Dia gwyem, wyisa tɔ nyel mot'ak!» Mbee sisim zɛghɛɛg mot'enɔk si é mis mɛ bot. Bhii tak, nyɛ eezɛwyis tɔ lɛ, ààzuk nyɛ é dhiiti di.
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But Jesus rebuked the demon.
“Be silent!”
He said.
“Come out of him!”
At this, the demon threw the man down before them all and came out without harming him.
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Bot djas naadjoka ɛlyelɛpe, bɛ moo tin elelii pak'ɔɔ náá: «Yak ɛ́ yaa kɔkɔ lii nɛ nwyak mot? Nyɛ ɛ́ nɛ eghɛŋ nɛ ghwyil ɛbatake nɛ embee esisim náá, bɛ wyis, bɔɔ ɛ́ batawyis.»
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All the people were overcome with amazement and asked one another, “What is this message? With authority and power He commands the unclean spirits, and they come out!”
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Wɔ gwaa, dék din ɛ lɛ zɛdjala kɔ kyee dik'enek djas.
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And the news about Jesus spread throughout the surrounding region.
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Yezu eezɛwyis tɔ ndjaa mendjaala mɛ eYuda, tɔ́ pɛ daa Simɔŋ. Ghuna tsi ɛ Simɔŋ yii moma nadi ɛ́ nɛ mɛkosa ɛkpaŋɛpe. Bɛ eezɛke nɛ Yezu náá, nyɛ sa sonok étɛp'ɛ.
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After Jesus had left the synagogue, He went to the home of Simon, whose mother-in-law was suffering from a high fever. So they appealed to Jesus on her behalf,
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Nyɛ eezɛmalal é ngwoob'ɛ, tinaak nyɛ zɛbhɛm mɛkosa, nyɛ wyis. Wɔ gwaa, mɛkosa zɛwyis tɔ lɛ. E di tak wat, moma yenɔk eezɛwyɛl, nyɛ moo ebe bɛ.
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and He stood over her and rebuked the fever, and it left her. And she got up at once and began to serve them.
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Kasɛka ɛ́, é ɛbil ɛ dwoo ɛ, bot ɛ nadi nɛ membel membi-membi ɔ, naazyɛ nɛ nɔɔ pɛ daa Yezu, nyɛ ɛ́ bookɛl mɛmbɔ kɔ lɔɔ. Bhii tak náá, bɛ eezɛtsak.
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At sunset, all who were ill with various diseases were brought to Jesus, and laying His hands on each one, He healed them.
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Embee esisim nadi ewyis tɔ bɛtɛ nɛ membel, bɔɔ é tsitsim náá: «Wɔ ɛ́ Mɔn ɛ Zɛɛb!» Yezu ɛ́ boozɛlyak bɛ náá, bɛ diyal enuub etɛɛ náá, bɛ nadi egu náá, nyɛy ɛ́ di Mɛsia.
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Demons also came out of many people, shouting, “You are the Son of God!” But He rebuked the demons and would not allow them to speak, because they knew He was the Christ.
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Dáa mɛlem nalem ɛ, Yezu eezɛdus tɔ ghaada tɔ́ pɛ kyee di ààbɛ nɛ bot ɛ. Tin, zukamwaa nɛ mot moo zɛsaa nyɛ, wɔ gwaa, bɛ zokazɛbela nyɛ. Ɛkwosak ɛ lɔɔ nabɛ ɛ́, bɛ nɛ bɛ nɔɔ di é di wat, nyɛ nàkabaalik bɛ.
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At daybreak, Jesus went out to a solitary place, and the crowds were looking for Him. They came to Him and tried to keep Him from leaving.
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Nyɛ eezɛke nɛ nɔɔ náá: «Ye goka ɛ́ náá, mɛ tɔ́, kɛgoola mbɛɛ bhaadal dum nɛ Ɛyoŋ ɛ Zɛɛb pɛ bɛdhiiti eghaada esis, etɛɛ náá, mɛ nadhisaa ɛ́, étɛp tak.»
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But Jesus told them,
“I must preach the good news of the kingdom of God to the other towns as well, because that is why I was sent.”
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Tin, nyɛ nadi egoola mɛkpa ɛ Zɛɛb tɔ mendjaa mɛ mendjaala mɛ eYuda kyee dik Yude.
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And He continued to preach in the synagogues of Judea.
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