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Sʋsʋ Ɩbwaarɛ ayɛ
kuwura‐gya mʋ
Ɩnɩmʋ kamaa mʋ, n kɩɩ nɩɩ n wu sʋsʋ Ɩbwaarɛ ayɛ ɔpʋnʋ maa tigi kɩ dɛ. Nɩɩ n nu ɔbʋlɛ mʋ nɩɩ kɩ daa tɔwɛ mɛ asɛ fɛɛ kabɩlɛ mʋ bɩla tɔwɛ mɛ yɛ, “Ba sʋsʋ nfɩɩ, kɛ n kaapʋ fʋ atɔ mʋ nɩɩ ɩ dagaa fɛɛ ɩ maa waa ɩnɩmʋ kamaa.” Opula tɔ nɩɩ Ɩbwaarɛ Kayaayu mʋ taa mɛ. Nɩɩ n ba kɩɩ mʋ, n wu kuwura‐gya mʋ kɩ maa bʋ sʋsʋ Ɩbwaarɛ ayɛ yɛgɛ ɔkʋ tɛ kɩmʋ sʋ. Nɩɩ ɔmʋ nɩɩ ɔ tɛ kɩmʋ sʋ mʋ, ɩɩ ŋalɩgɛ pɩlɛpɩlɛ fɛɛ abuu ŋalɩgɛsa mʋ nɩɩ ɩ sʋ ɔgyalɩn, ɩmʋ ɩ gyɛ gyasipa nɩɩ ii fuuli yɛ kaneliyan nɩɩ ɩɩ payɩ mʋ. Nɩɩ okyimale mʋ nɩɩ kɩɩ ŋalɩgɛ fɛɛ ɔgyalɩn kubuu mʋ nɩɩ ki du fɛɛ kɩfatɛɛ bunboli, nɩɩ kɩ kyaabɔɔ kuwura‐gya mʋ. Nwuragya adʋnyɔ yɛ ana ɩkʋ ɩ yɩlɛ kyaabɔɔ kuwura‐gya mʋ yɛgɛ abɩlɩsa adʋnyɔ yɛ ana ba tɛ ɩmʋ sʋ. Ba bun atɔ fufuli nɩɩ ba bun suwa awura‐wʋrʋ. Nɩɩ bʋlayɩ ɩɩ wɛɛ ɩsɛɛ yɛgɛ ɛɛ pʋntɛ lɩɩ kuwura‐gya mʋ asɛ. Ɩfɩtɩla isunɔ ɩ bʋ kuwura‐gya mʋ asɛ ɩ dɩyɛ. Ɩnɩmʋ ɩ gyɛ Ɩbwaarɛ N‐yaayu nsunɔ mʋ. Kuwura‐gya mu ansi tɔ mʋ, n bɩla wu kʋtɔ kʋ fɛɛ ɔpʋ, nɩɩ ki du fɛɛ kɩlasɛ, nɩɩ kɩ bɩla ki du kɩlɩn‐kɩlɩn.
Nsana tɔ mʋ atɔ kɩsa ana ba kyaabɔɔ kuwura‐gya mʋ, yɛgɛ ba sʋ ansi bamʋ ansi tɔ yɛ bamʋ kamaa yɛ katɩn kʋmaa. Kʋtɔ kɩɩsa gyankpaasa mʋ ki du nɩn fɛɛ barɩnɛ, nɩɩ ɔnyɔsapʋ du fɛɛ naatɛ gbelu, nɩɩ ɔsasapʋ mu ansi tɔ i du fɛɛ nyɩmɩsa, nɩɩ ɔnasapʋ du fɛɛ kpaakpaatɛ mʋ nɩɩ ee fugi. Atɔbwaaya kɩɩsa ana maŋa ɔkʋmaa nɩmʋ sʋ abanbantɛ asiye, nɩɩ ba sʋ ansi bamʋ n‐yɩɩ sʋ katɩn kʋmaa nɩmʋ kyaabɔɔ halɩɩ bamʋ abanbantɛ tɔ. Ba mɛɛ yɛgɛ kɩtɔwɛ kakyʋwapɛ yɛ kagyanbwɛ yɛ,
“Kyɩrɛkyɩrɛ, kyɩrɛkyɩrɛ, kyɩrɛkyɩrɛ,
ɩ gyɛ anɛ‐Nyɩrɩpɛ Ɩbwaarɛ Owura lala,
mʋ nɩɩ ɔ bʋ tɔ, nɩɩ ɔ wʋla ɔ bʋ tɔ pɔyɩ nɩɩ atɔ i piili,
nɩɩ ee biti ɔ baa ɔ bʋ tɔ kakpaa mʋ.”
Saŋa kʋmaa mʋ nɩɩ atɔbwaaya kɩɩsa mʋ bɛɛ bɩɩ ɩlʋn bɛɛ taa bʋnyaa yɛ bɛɛrɛɛ yɛ afwaala bɛɛ sa ɔmʋnɩ ɔ tɛ kuwura‐gya mʋ sʋ, nɩɩ ɔ tɛ nkpa tɔ kakpaa mʋ. 10 Nɩɩ abɩlɩsa adʋnyɔ yɛ ana mʋ bee muŋa ɔmʋnɩ ɔ tɛ kuwura‐gya mʋ sʋ, nɩɩ ɔ tɛ nkpa tɔ kakpaa mu ansi tɔ, bee sun mʋ. Nɩɩ bee bugi bamʋ awura‐wʋrʋ bɛɛ yɩla kuwura‐gya mʋ asɛ nɩɩ bɛɛ tɔwɛ yɛ,
11 “Anɛ‐Nyɩrɩpɛ yɛ anɛ Ɩbwaarɛ,
fʋ dagaa fɛɛ ba sa fʋ bʋnyaa yɛ bɛɛrɛɛ, nɩɩ fʋ ɔlʋn dagaa fʋ.
Lɩɩ fɛɛ fʋ ɩ tʋʋ kʋtɔ kʋmaa nɩmʋ,
nɩɩ fʋ kebiti tɔ nɩɩ fʋ tʋʋ ɩnɩmʋ kpini,
nɩɩ bamʋ kpini ba bʋ tɔ nɩɩ ba sʋ nkpa falɛ.”