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Pɔɔlɩ maa Silasi ba taa
Timoti tii bamʋ kanatɛ sʋ
1 Nɩɩ Pɔɔlɩ maa Silasi ba ba Debe, nɩɩ ba lɩɩ tʋtɔ kpee Lisitira. Tʋtɔ maa nɩɩ ba wu Yesu obuupu kʋ mʋ nɩɩ bɛɛ tɩɩ mʋ yɛ Timoti. Nɩɩ mu‐nyi gyɛ Gyiwu obii mʋ nɩɩ ɔ kɔɔlɛ Krisito gyii, amaa mʋ‐sɛ bɩrɛ gyɛ Giriki obii nɩn.
2 Krisito akɔɔlɛ‐gyipu mʋ nɩɩ ba bʋ Lisitira yɛ Ikoniyum mʋ, ba tɔwɛ Timoti n‐yɩɩ sʋ asɩn danbɩrasa.
3 Ɩmʋ sʋ Pɔɔlɩ ii biti fɛɛ ɔ taa Timoti buu mʋ n‐yɩɩ kpee ɔkpa. Nɩɩ Gyiwu abi mʋ nɩɩ ba bʋ tʋtɔ mʋ sʋ mʋ, ɔ tɩn Timoti oduu, lɩɩ fɛɛ bamʋ kpini be nyi fɛɛ Timoti mʋ‐sɛ maa gyɛ Giriki obii nɩn.
4 Ba maa naa ndɛ sʋ mʋ, bɛɛ kaapʋ bamʋ kɔnɔsa mʋ nɩɩ Krisito asunpu mʋ yɛ abɩlɩsa mʋ nɩɩ ba bʋ Gyerusalem ba sa bamʋ fɛɛ ɔsa kʋmaa o buu ɩmʋ.
5 Ɩmʋ sʋ Krisito abi ba nyɛ ɔlʋn kɩkɔɔlɛ‐gyii tɔ, yɛgɛ kakɛ kʋmaa bɛɛ nyɛ akyɔ bee tii sʋ.
Pɔɔlɩ kɩlɛɛkaapʋ lɩɩ
ɔnyɩn kʋ maa tɩɩ mʋ
lɩɩ Masedoniya kʋ sʋ
6 Nɩɩ Pɔɔlɩ maa mʋ bɩrɩsa ana ba bɔla Firigiya maa Galati ifuli sʋ kyʋn, lɩɩ fɛɛ Kayaayu Kyɩrɛkyɩrɛ mʋ man sa bamʋ ɔkpa fɛɛ ba tɔwɛ abwaarɛsɩn Asiya ɔsʋwʋlɛ sʋ.
7 Saŋa mʋ nɩɩ ba fʋʋ Misiya ngyaŋɛ mʋ, ba kpan bamʋ n‐yɩɩ fɛɛ ba faa loo Bitiniya, amaa Yesu Kayaayu mʋ man sa bamʋ ɔkpa.
8 Ɩmʋ sʋ ba lɩɩ Misiya kpee Trowa kadɛ tɔ.
9 Ɩmʋ kagyanbwɛ mʋ, Pɔɔlɩ nyɛ ansi sʋ kɩlɛɛkaapʋ. O wu Masedoniya ɔnyɩn kʋ maa yɩlɛ ɛɛ kʋlɛ mʋ yɛ, “Faa ba Masedoniya, ba kyɛ anɛ tɔ.”
10 Saŋa mʋ nɩɩ Pɔɔlɩ wu ansi sʋ kɩlɛɛkaapʋ mʋ, opula maŋa tɔ nɩɩ an kʋʋla anɛ n‐yɩɩ an biti a kpee Masedoniya. Lɩɩ fɛɛ an kɔɔlɛ kyula fɛɛ Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ Ɩbwaarɛ ɩ tɩɩ anɛ yɛ a naa tɔwɛ asɩn danbɩrasa mʋ sa bamʋ.
Lidiya ɩ kɔɔlɛ Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ
gyii Filipi kadɛ tɔ
11 An lɩɩ Trowa kyɩna nkyu sʋ yii sʋ kpee Samotiri. Ɩmʋ lɩɩkaakɛ mʋ, nɩɩ an fʋʋ Neyapoli.
12 Nɩɩ an lɩɩ tʋtɔ kyaga sʋ natɛ kpee Filipi mʋ nɩɩ kɩ gyɛ Masedoniya kabaafʋn kʋ kadɛ lala, nɩɩ tʋtɔ bʋ Roma abi kasɛ. An gyii tʋtɔ nkɛ nkʋ.
13 Nɩɩ kakɛ fʋʋtɛsa akɛ mʋ an lɩɩ kadɛ mʋ tɔ kpee ɔlɩɩkaa. An waa nfɛɛrɛ fɛɛ an biti an wu kabwaarɛ‐kʋlɛ opula. A maa wu kʋkʋ mʋ, an kyɩna piili an tɔwɛ an sa akyɩɩ mʋ nɩɩ ba ba gyaŋɛ tʋtɔ mʋ.
14 Akyɩɩ mʋ nɩɩ bee nu asɩn mʋ bɛɛ tɩɩ bamʋ tɔ ɔkʋ yɛ Lidiya, nɩɩ ɔ gyɛ ataa kɩrɩman‐kyu ɔfɛpʋ nɩɩ ɔ lɩɩ Tatira kadɛ lala tɔ nɩɩ ɔ sɩlɛ Ɩbwaarɛ. Nɩɩ Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ mʋ bugi mʋ kɔkɔlɔ tɔ, nɩɩ ɔ kɔɔlɛ Pɔɔlɩ asɩn mʋ gyii.
15 Saŋa mʋ nɩɩ an gyee maa mʋ kɩkpaara sʋ abi kpini Ɩbwaarɛ kekyugyee mʋ, ɔ tɩɩ anɛ ba mʋ ayɛ. Nɩɩ ɔ tɔwɛ anɛ yɛ, “Nɩɩ fan kɩɩ mɛ fɛɛ n kɔɔlɛ Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ mʋ gyii bɩrɛ, fan ba kyɩna mɛ kɩkpaara sʋ.” Nɩɩ ɔ dan mata sʋ halɩɩ an kyula naa kyɩna mʋ asɛ.
Ba tii Pɔɔlɩ maa Silasi obu
16 Kakaakʋ an maa kpee kabwaarɛ‐kʋlɛ opula mʋ, an gyaŋa kɩnyɛ kibite mʋ nɩɩ ɔ sʋ kabwɩɩ libi. Nɩɩ ɛɛ kpalɩ ee wu asɩn mʋ nɩɩ ii biti ɩ ba, yɛgɛ ɛɛ nyɛ afulee gaa ɛɛ sa mʋ wuya ana.
17 Nɩɩ kebii kyɩɩsa‐bi nɩmʋ buu anaa Pɔɔlɩ, yɛgɛ ee kuusi ɛɛ tɔwɛ yɛ, “Asa anɩmʋ ba gyɛ Ɩbwaarɛ lala mʋ nɩɩ ɔ bʋ sʋsʋ mʋ ayaafɔlɛ. Nɩɩ bɛɛ tɔwɛ fanɛ ɔkpa mʋ nɩɩ fen biti fan bɔla sʋ nyɛ kamɔlɩgɛ.”
18 Ɔ maa sʋ ɛɛ tɔwɛ asɩn nɩmʋ kakɛ kʋmaa. Amaa kamaa tɔ mʋ kibite mʋ asɩn mʋ i fii Pɔɔlɩ, nɩɩ o biliŋi tɔwɛ kabwɩɩ libi mʋ yɛ, “N tɔwɛ fʋ yɛ, lɩɩ Yesu Krisito kɩtɩɩ tɔ sʋ mʋ, lɩɩ mʋ tɔ.” Nɩɩ opula tɔ nɩɩ kabwɩɩ libi mʋ lɩɩ mʋ tɔ.
19 Amaa saŋa mʋ nɩɩ kebii kyɩɩsa‐bi mʋ wuya ana, ba wu fɛɛ ba man bɩla ba sʋ tamaa mʋ nɩɩ ba nyɛ afulee lɩɩ mʋ sʋ mʋ, ɩmʋ sʋ ba kɩtaa Pɔɔlɩ maa Silasi nɩɩ ba bɩɩtɛ bamʋ kpee asɩn ogyikpa alʋnpʋ mu ansi tɔ.
20 Nɩɩ ba taa bamʋ ba asɩn agyipu abɩlɩsa asɛ nɩɩ ba tɔwɛ yɛ, “Anyɩn anɩmʋ ba gyɛ Gyiwu abi nɩn nɩɩ bee biti ba boyi anɛ kadɛ,
21 yɛgɛ bɛɛ kaapʋ anɛ atɔ pʋpwɛ mʋ nɩɩ ɩ man dagaa anɛ Roma abi fɛɛ a buu abɛɛ a waa.”
22 Nɩɩ sakyɔ mʋ nyaŋɛ tɔ ba tii Pɔɔlɩ maa Silasi waa tɔ, nɩɩ asɩn agyipu mʋ ba sa ɔkpa fɛɛ ba bugi bamʋ ɩkaalɛ mʋ kɛ ba tɩŋɛ bamʋ.
23 Saŋa mʋ nɩɩ ba tɩŋɛ bamʋ lʋwɛ mʋ, ba taa bamʋ naa tii obu. Nɩɩ ba sa ɔmʋ nɩɩ ee kun obu mʋ sʋ kɔnɔ yɛ, ɔ kɩɩ bamʋ sʋ danbɩrasa.
24 Ba maa sa mʋ kɔnɔ lʋwɛ mʋ, ɔ taa bamʋ naa tii nsana tɔ obu mʋ tɔ, taa agbeeleebi ŋmina bamʋ ayaa kyaga kigbilin.
Obu okunpu mʋ kɔɔlɛ
Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ gyii
25 Amaa kiyiridi nsana mʋ, Pɔɔlɩ maa Silasi bɛɛ kʋlɛ kabwaarɛ‐kʋlɛ yɛgɛ bɛɛ bɩɩ ɩlʋn bɛɛ yɩn Ɩbwaarɛ, yɛgɛ bamʋ nɩɩ ba tii obu mʋ gbaa bee nu bamʋ asɛ.
26 Nɩɩ opula maŋa tɔ nɩɩ kasɛ ki gyingyen nɩɩ obu mʋ gyingyen naa lɩɩ halɩɩ kɩmʋ kasɛ. Nɩɩ saŋa maŋa tɔ obu mʋ ɩpʋnʋ i tigi nɩɩ agbeeleebi mʋ nɩɩ ba taa ŋmina bamʋ ɔkʋmaa mʋ ɩ saŋɛ.
27 Saŋa mʋ nɩɩ obu tiipu okunpu kyiŋi wu fɛɛ ɩpʋnʋ mʋ i tigi mʋ ɔ bɩɩtɛ deebi lɛɛ nɩɩ ee biti fɛɛ ɔ mɔɔ mʋ n‐yɩɩ, o nyi fɛɛ obu atiipu mʋ ba lɩɩ sɩlɛ nɩn.
28 Amaa Pɔɔlɩ pʋntɛ mʋ sʋ yɛ, “Man waa fʋ n‐yɩɩ sɛhn, anɛ kpini a bʋ tɔ.”
29 Nɩɩ okunpu mʋ biti fɩtɩla, sɩlɛ taa kufuu yɛ kɩkyɩkya ba tɩyɛ Pɔɔlɩ maa Silasi ayaa tɔ.
30 Nɩɩ ɔ lɛɛ bamʋ ba kewu taasɛ bamʋ yɛ, “Anyɩn, mɩnɛ ɩ dagaa n waa kɛ n nyɛ kamɔlɩgɛ?”
31 Nɩɩ ba lɛɛ kɔnɔ yɛ, “Kɔɔlɛ Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ Yesu gyii kɛ faa fʋ kɩkpaara sʋ abi fan nyɛ kamɔlɩgɛ.”
32 Nɩɩ ba tɔwɛ Ɔnyɩrɩpɛ mʋ asɩn sa mʋ yɛ bamʋ nɩɩ ba bʋ mʋ kɩkpaara sʋ kpini.
33 Kanɩn kagyanbwɛ saŋa maŋa tɔ nɩɩ okunpu mʋ taa Pɔɔlɩ maa Silasi lɩɩ naa nyɛɛ bamʋ ɩlɔ. Nɩɩ kanɩn opula maŋa tɔ nɩɩ ba gyee maa mʋ kɩkpaara sʋ abi kpini Ɩbwaarɛ kekyugyee.
34 Tʋtɔ nɩɩ obu atiipu okunpu mʋ taa bamʋ kpee mʋ kɩkpaara sʋ naa dɩŋa agyitɔ sa bamʋ. Nɩɩ maa mʋ kɩkpaara sʋ abi kpini ansi i gyii lɩɩ ba maa kɔɔlɛ Ɩbwaarɛ gyii mʋ sʋ.
Ba yɛgɛ Pɔɔlɩ maa Silasi
lɩɩ obu tiisa mʋ tɔ
35 Amaa ɩ maa ba ŋmaŋɛ tɔ mʋ, asɩn agyipu mʋ ba sun Apurusi yɛ ba naa tɔwɛ okunpu mʋ yɛ, “O tigi anyɩn mʋ kɛ ba natɛ.”
36 Nɩɩ okunpu mʋ tɔwɛ Pɔɔlɩ yɛ, “Asɩn agyipu mʋ ba sa kɔnɔ yɛ, n tigi faa Silasi. Ɩmʋ sʋ fɛn taalɛ natɛ kayɩɩ yuuli tɔ.”
37 Amaa nɩɩ Pɔɔlɩ tɔwɛ Apurusi mʋ yɛ, “Ba kɩtaa anɛ ba man gyii anɛ asɩn nɩɩ ba dayɩ anɛ sakyɔ tɔ, yɛgɛ an gyɛ Roma abi nɩɩ ba kɩtaa anɛ tii. Nɩɩ bee biti ba lɛɛ anɛ lɩɩ nfɩɩ asiri tɔ? Ayee! Kanɩn sʋ yɛgɛ bamʋ gbaa‐gbaa bamʋ ba ba lɛɛ anɛ.”
38 Nɩɩ Apurusi mʋ ba kpee naa tɔwɛ asɩn agyipu mʋ. Nɩɩ ba maa nu fɛɛ Pɔɔlɩ maa Silasi ba gyɛ Roma abi mʋ, kufuu kɩ kɩtaa bamʋ.
39 Ɩmʋ sʋ asɩn agyipu mʋ ba ba kɩtaa bamʋ ayaa tɔ. Nɩɩ ba lɛɛ bamʋ lɩɩ obu tiisa mʋ tɔ, kʋlɛ bamʋ yɛ ba lɩɩ kadɛ mʋ tɔ.
40 Nɩɩ Pɔɔlɩ maa Silasi ba maa lɩɩ obu tiisa mʋ tɔ mʋ, ba kpee Lidiya kɩkpaara sʋ. Tʋtɔ nɩɩ ba naa tu Krisito abi mʋ, nɩɩ ba tɔwɛ waa bamʋ. Nɩɩ ba lɩɩ tʋtɔ kyʋn.