[1] Bɛ na wa yel kɛ tɩ na kpɛ n a gbor cen a Ɩtali a, bɛ de nɩ a Pol nɩ nɩ-pàwrɩ bɛ mɩnɛ ƴãw sojarɩ kʋba nɩ-kpɛ̃ɛ na dɩ kɛ Ziliyisɩ a nũú. Ʋ tɩ ɩ n sojarɩ kʋba nɩ-kpɛ̃ɛ a Ʋrɔm tẽw na-kpɛ̃ɛ lɩɛrɛ sojarɩ pʋɔ.
[2] Tɩ tɩ kpɛ n Adɩramɩsɩɔm tẽw gbor kpɛ̃ɛ kãw na tɩ cere a Azi tẽw gbee siwfʋ zie a. Masedʋan tẽw dɔɔ kãw, na yi Tesaloniki bɛ bʋɔlɛ Arɩsɩtakɩ a, tɩ páw tɩ na.
[3] A bio daarɩ, tɩ tɩ ta n Sɩdɔ̃ siw. A Ziliyisɩ tɩ maal a tɛr a Pol nɩ nɩsaalʋ, ʋ tɩ kʋ̀ ʋ nɩ sɔr k'ʋʋ cen tɩ pùori a ʋ barɩ, bɛ tʋ̃ɔ kaa a ʋ zie.
[4] Tɩ tɩ yi n a be lɛ kpɛ a gbor, ɛ cen lãnɩ a kʋ̃ɔ-kpɛ̃ɛ sɔgɔ tẽw Sɩɩpʋr lõbowr ʋl na pĩ a sɛsɛb a, a sɛsɛb na tɩ fure tuore tɩ a ƴãw.
[5] A kʋ̃ɔ-kpɛ̃ɛ ʋl na lãnɩ a Silisi nɩ a Pãfili a zu n'a tɩ tɩ duw tɩ ta siw Mɩɩr Lisi lowr.
[6] A sojarɩ kʋba nɩ-kpɛ̃ɛ tɩ nyɛ̃ nɩ Alɛsãdiri gbor a be ʋ cere a Ɩtali lowr, ʋ ƴãw tɩ kpɛ.
[7] Bibi-yaga za ƴãw, tɩ duwri nɩ bɛl bɛl ɛ hanɩ lɛɛɛ wa tɩ ta a Kinidɩ ƴãw. A sɛsɛb na tɩ tuore tɩ, tɩ kʋ̃ tʋ̃ɔ cãa tori niwn cere a, tɩ tɩ tu n Salɩmonɛ tẽw nyɔ-mɩɩla lowr, kɛ́ tɩ tʋ̃ɔ lãnɩ a kʋ̃ɔ-kpɛ̃ɛ sɔgɔ tẽw Kɩrɛtɩ lõbowr ʋl na pĩ a sɛsɛb a.
[8] Tɩ tɩ lãnɩ nɩ a tẽw kõkowr hanɩ nɩ, ɛ wa ta tẽw kãw bɛ na bʋɔlɛ kɛ Gbee-siwfʋ-zie-na-vɩɛl-a, na pɩɛlɩ Lasaya a.
[9] Tɩ tɩ kɔwr ɩ a be yaga, ɛ a gbor duwfʋ wa tɩ ɩrɛ dɛ̃bɩ̃ɛ, bʋ̃ʋ n'ʋ vɛ̃, a mʋta-tuo bibir tɩ tɔl a baarɩ. Lɛ n'a a Pol tɩ yel a lɛ ʋ na nyɛ̃ a:
[10] «Ɩ̃ ba mɩnɛ ɛ, ɩ̃ nyɛ̃ na kɛ tɩɩm wa yel kɛ tɩ cãa duwr a, tɩ na sãw nɩ yel-yaga, a gbor nɩ a ʋ tuor ƴãw, ɛ a tɩɩm tɛɛ za mì kʋ̃ cɩ̃ɛ ɩ.»
[11] Ɛ cɛ a sojarɩ kʋba nɩ-kpɛ̃ɛ tɩ de nɩ a gbor sob nɩ a gbor duwre dem, ɛ bɛr a Pol ƴɛrʋ.
[12] A tẽw nɛ gbee siwfʋ zie be bɛ tɩ tɛr kpɛb a sɩ̃ɔ vuo nɛ pʋɔ ɩ. Alɛ so nɩbɛ yaga zie tɩ saw kɛ́ bɛ lɛ kpɛ a gbor cere. Bɛ tɩ bɔbr a kɛ alɛ wa tʋ̃ɔ, bɛ̃ɛ ta Fenisi, be a be a sɩ̃ɔ. Ʋ tɩ ɩ n a Kɩrɛtɩ tẽw gbee siwfʋ zie na be a mʋ̃tɔ̃w-kpɛb-zie-gʋba lowr nɩ dʋrʋ lowr a.
[13] Sɛsɛble kãw tɩ yi n a saa-pɛrɩ́-dʋrʋ lowr fure. Lɛ n'a bɛ tɩ tɩɛr kɛ bɛ na tʋ̃ɔ na maalɩ a bɛ pʋ-tɩɛrʋ. Bɛ tɩ ír ɩ a gbor kpawbir bɛr, ɛ cere lanɛ a Kɩrɛtɩ.
[14] Ɛ cɛ, a bɛ tɩ cɛlɩ ɛ, ɛ́ sɛsɛb kpɛ̃ɛ kãw, bɛ na bʋɔlɛ Erakɩlɔ̃ a, yi a kʋ̃ɔ-kpɛ̃ɛ sɔgɔ tẽw tan pʋɔ ɛ fu siw.
[15] A sɛsɛb tɩ ŋmɛ na ɓaw a gbor, ʋ kʋ̃ lɛ tʋ̃ɔ duw tuori a sɛsɛb ɛ. Lɛ n'a tɩ tɩ bɛr a sɛsɛb ɓaw tɩ cere nɩ.
[16] Kʋ̃ɔ-kpɛ̃ɛ sɔgɔ tẽle kãw bɛ na bʋɔlɛ kɛ Koda a, ɛ ʋ tɩ pĩ a sɛsɛb blã a, a ʋ lobõwr ʋl na be a saa-pɛrɩ́-dʋrʋ lowr a, ʋlɛ n'ʋ tɩ tu lãnɩ tɔl, ɛ hanɩ lɛɛɛ wa tɩ tʋ̃ɔ nyɔw a gbor bile tɛr.
[17] Bɛ na wa taw ʋ do n ƴãw a gbor-kpɛ̃ɛ pʋɔ baarɩ a, bɛ ɩ n a lɛ bɛ na tʋ̃ɔ a: bɛ de nɩ mie 'lẽ nɩ a gbor viiri koli, ɛ́ bɛ na tɩ zɔrɛ dɛ̃bɩ̃ɛ bɛ nãa wa cen tɩ kpa gbɛɛ a biire na be a Libi tẽ-kõkowr ƴãw a, bɛ lɔb ɩ a gbor kpawbir ƴãw a kʋ̃ɔ̀mɩ́, ɛ pãa bɛr a sɛsɛb darɛ bɛ cere nɩ.
[18] A bio daarɩ, a sɛsɛb tɩ cãa bɛ bɛrɛ tɩ ɛ. Lɛ n'a bɛ tɩ wob a gbor tuor lɔb ƴãw a kʋ̃ɔ̀mɩ́.
[19] A bibie ata sob, a gbor duwrbɛ tɛɛ za tɩ wob ɩ a gbor duwfʋ bome lɔb ƴãw a kʋ̃ɔ̀mɩ́.
[20] Bibie a ŋmɩn za, mʋ̃tɔ̃w bɛ tɩ cãa pure ɩ, ŋmarbie mɩ̀ bɛ tɩ cãa yire ɩ, a sɛsɛb kpɛ̃ɛ na tɩ pili pàw tɩ a, tɩ cãa na fure nɩ fãw bɛ dɩ vuo ɩ. Tɩ bɛ tɩ cãa tɩɛrɛ kɛ tɩ na cɩ̃ɛ na ɩ.
[21] A tɩ kɔwrɩ na bɛ na bɛ dɩ bom a. Lɛ n'a a Pol tɩ ìr ar a bɛ sɔgɔ ɛ yel bɛ: «Ɩ̃ ba mɩnɛ ɛ, nyɩ nãa tɩ bɛr a wõ a ɩ̃ ƴɛrʋ ɛ tɩ tɩ cãa be a Kɩrɛtɩ, a bome kʋ̃ʋ sãw ɛ wɛ a a ŋa ɩ.
[22] Ɛ cɛ ƴɛrɛ ŋa a, ɩ̃ yere na kʋ̀rɛ nyɩ kɛ́ nyɩ cãa ƴãw fãw, nyɩ been kãw za bɛ kpiir ɛ, a gbor yõ n'ʋ na wɛ.
[23] Bʋ̃ʋ n'ʋ vɛ̃, a tɩ̃ɩsɔw a, a ɩ̃ Naaŋmɩn ɩ̃ na tone a, malkɩ kãw wa n a ɩ̃ zie
[24] wa yel mɛ̃: ‹Ta zɔrɛ dɛ̃bɩ̃ɛ ɩ, Pol i, a fɛr a kɛ́ fʋ ta a na-kpɛ̃ɛ niŋé, ɛ a Naaŋmɩn nɔnɛ na kʋ̀ b k'aa bɛlɩ dem za nɩ fʋ̃ʋ na lãw duwre a, bɛ kʋ̃ kpi ɛ!›
[25] Lɛ so, nyɩ ƴãw fãw, ɩ̃ ba mɩnɛ ɛ! Ɩ̃ bɛr ɩ tɩɛrʋ, a Naaŋmɩn na tu n a lɛ ʋ na yel kʋ̀ m a.
[26] A fɛr a kɛ́ tɩ tɔ kʋ̃ɔ-kpɛ̃ɛ sɔgɔ tẽw kãw kõkowr ar.»
[27] A tɩ̃ɩsɔwr pie nɩ anaar sob tɩ n'ɩ a ŋa a sɛsɛb na tɩ darɛ tɩ gʋɔr ɩ a Mediterane kʋ̃ɔ-kpɛ̃ɛ zu a. A na tɩ manɛ a tɩ̃ɩsɔw zi-põ-zɛ̃-taa a, a gbor duwrbɛ tɩ nyɛ̃ na k'aa ɩ na mɛ̃ tɩ pɩɛlɛ nɩ tẽw a.
[28] Bɛ tɩ lɔb ɩ a kʋ̃ɔ-kpɛ̃ɛ zulu bʋ̃-mána nyɛ̃ a ɩ mɛtɩr lɩz'a ayi ŋmãa nũu dɔwlɩ ayi. Bɛ tɩ cen nɩ blã ɛ lɛ lɔb nyɛ̃ mɛtɩr lɩzɛr ɩ anĩ.
[29] Bɛ na tɩ zɔrɛ dɛ̃bɩ̃ɛ a gbor nãa wa cen tɩ ŋmɛ pìe a, bɛ lɔb ɩ kpawbie anaar a gbor pùorí ƴãw a kʋ̃ɔ̀mɩ́, ɛ́ bɛ pãa gùre kɛ a zie vɩɛ fɔ̃w.
[30] Ɛ cɛ a gbor duwrbɛ tɩ bɔbr a kɛ bɛ zɔ ɛ bɛr a gbor; bɛ tɩ ɓaw nɩ a gbor bile ƴãw a kʋ̃ɔ̀mɩ́, ɛ bɛlɩ yel kɛ kpawbie n'a bɛ bɔbr kɛ́ bɛ cen tɩ ƴãw a kʋ̃ɔ̀mɩ́ a gbor nisɔw.
[31] Lɛ n'a a Pol tɩ yel a sojarɩ kʋba nɩ-kpɛ̃ɛ nɩ a sojarɩ: «A nɩbɛ bɛ ŋa bɛ wa cãa be a gbor pʋɔ a, nyɩ kʋ̃ tʋ̃ɔ faa nyɩ tʋɔra ɩ.»
[32] Lɛ n'a a sojarɩ tɩ ŋma a gbor bile mie bɛr, ɛ bɛr ʋ cere.
[33] Bɛ na tɩ zɩ̃ cɛlɛ a zie vɩɛfʋ a, a Pol tɩ kpaalɛ nɩ bɛ za kɛ́ bɛ dɩ. Ʋ tɩ yere na: «Bibie pie nɩ anaar n'ɩ a ŋa nyɩ na wone a tuo ɛ bɛ dɩ bom za a.
[34] Lɛ so, ɩ̃ zɛlɛ nyɩ kɛ nyɩ dɩ bom kãw, a nyɩ faafʋ ƴãw n'a. Ɩ̃ lɛb yel ƴãw pʋɔ, a nyɩ been kãw za zukɔbr been sɩrɩ kʋ̃ bɔr ɛ.»
[35] Ʋ na tɩ ƴɛr a ŋa baar a, ʋ de nɩ dipɛ̃, pùori Naaŋmɩn yaanɩ a bɛ za niŋé, ɛ nyɔw ŋma, tĩ 'wɔbr.
[36] Lɛ n'a bɛ za mɩ̀ pãa tɩ ƴãw fãw dɩ.
[37] Tɩ za na tɩ be a gbor pʋɔ a, tɩ ɓã n taa ɩ nɩbɛ kɔbr ayi dɔwlɩ lɩz'a anaar ŋmãa nũu dɔwlɩ nɩ-been.
[38] Ŋa za na wa dɩ tɩw baar a, bɛ ír ɩ a ci-vʋɔrɩ lɔb ƴãw a kʋ̃ɔ̀mɩ́ kɛ́ a gbor ta cãa tɩbrɛ ɩ.
[39] A zie na wa vɩɛ a, a gbor duwrbɛ bɛ tɩ bãw ʋlɩ tẽw nɛ na n'ʋ a ɩ. Ɛ cɛ bɛ tɩ nyɛ̃ nɩ a kʋ̃ɔ-kpɛ̃ɛ zie kãw na ɩ goraa a, ɛ gbãgbala pɩɛlɩ a. Be n'a bɛ tɩ bɔbr kɛ alɛ na na tʋ̃ɔ a, bɛ̃ɛ ɩ a gbor ʋ ta.
[40] Bɛ tɩ cɛr ɩ a kpawbie mie bɛr, ɛ bɛr a a siw a kʋ̃ɔ̀mɩ́ lãw nɩ a gbor vue mie. Al pùorí, bɛ tɩ 'lẽ nɩ pɛn kɛ a sɛsɛb kpɛ ʋ pi tʋ̃ɔ darɛ a gbor cere nɩ a gbãgbala ʋl pɛr. Gbor kʋ̃ɔ mie na ŋmɩɛr ʋ dãdawlɛ a (27.40).
[41] Ɛ cɛ bɛ tɩ tuor ɩ zi-biire, a gbor kpɛ nɛr a be. A gbor niŋé tɩ kpɛ na nɛr a biire pʋɔ kʋ̃ lɛ tʋ̃ɔ dam ɛ, ɛ a kʋ̃ɔ mie ŋmɩɛr a gbor pɛr wɛlɛ.
[42] Lɛ n'a a sojarɩ tɩ tɩɛr kɛ a nɩ-pàwrɩ na lo n a kʋ̃ɔ̀mɩ́ duwri yi zɔ, ɛ bɔbr kɛ́ bɛ kʋ́ bɛ.
[43] Ɛ cɛ a sojarɩ kʋba nɩ-kpɛ̃ɛ, na tɩ bɔbr k'ʋʋ faa a Pol a, tɩ piw bɛ nɩ sɔr a lɛ ƴãw. Ʋ tɩ yel ɩ a bɛlɩ dem na bãw a duwfʋ a, kɛ́ bɛ de niwn lo a kʋ̃ɔ̀mɩ́ duwri ta a tẽw;
[44] ɛ a ŋmaarɛ, kɛ́ bɛ nyɔw dapawlɩ bɩɩ a gbor na wɛl yaarɩ a bʋ̃-kãw tuur ɩ. A ŋa n'a bɛ ɩ bɛ za tʋ̃ɔ ta a tẽw, ɛ bom bɛ ɩ a bɛ kãw za ɩ.