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N teri lela Tiɔfiles, fo nyi kananɛ basa nɛ bumo gbagba wu asheŋ nɛ a wora anyi to na kikɛ nsaa bɔ kubɔya na ka bɔ amo be kubɔya n sa anyi. Basa damta malɛ teŋ wora ania n sibɛ amo n nase. Ebunyampo, ma Luuk gba keni asheŋ na kikɛ to nyam ŋ koya amo nɛnɛ nseŋ wu fanɛ a daga fanɛ n sibɛ amo kikɛ kebɛso so n sa fo nɛ fo tiŋ m pin asɔ nɛ b ŋini fo na kikɛ be kashenteŋ chap.

Jemanɛ nɛ Ewura Hɛrɔd daa ji kuwura ashi Judiya be efuli so na, bɔrɛmatapo ko daa wɔtɔ nɛ baa tre mo Zakareya. E daa la Abija be bɔrɛmatapoana be katuŋ na to be eko nna. Mbe eche be ketre e daa la Elizabɛt. Mo alɛ gba daŋ shi bɔrɛmatapoana be kanaŋ to nna, Ɛɛrɔn be kanaŋ to. Bumo benyɔ kikɛ daa bɛ Enyɛnpe be mbraana na nɛ mbe asheŋ ŋinisoana na kikɛ so nna nɛnɛ a maa foe ekpa kikɛ nsaa wɔ kebaawɔtɔ cheembi nɛ k bee par Ebɔrɛ to. Ama b daa maŋ kɔ mbia, ŋkpal manɛ so, Elizabɛt daa la egbentepo nna, mo alɛ nɛ mo kul Zakareya kikɛ daŋ bel nna.
Saŋko nɛ bɔrɛmatapoana be daŋkare be kushuŋ na tɔr katuŋ nɛ Zakareya daa wɔ na to ebi so nɛ k ba fanɛ Zakareya e ya kaa shuŋ mbe kushuŋ Ebɔrɛ be anishito ashi bɔrɛlambu na to. Bɔrɛmatapoana be daŋkare so nɛ b daŋ bɛ so n to beri nɛ k lara mo fanɛ e luri Enyɛnpe be bɔrɛlambu na to n ya lara sarga. Duwu mo nɛ amo be efɛa bee wora Ebɔrɛ ebel nɛ e chɔɔ bɔrɛsure na so n lara sarga. Ndoŋ nna nɛ e luri bɔrɛlambu na to. Jemanɛ nɛ e luri nɛ e chɔɔ duwu na nɛ jimaŋ malɛ wɔ kowu a kule Ebɔrɛ. E wɔ ndoŋ nna nɛ Enyɛnpe be malaika ba mo kutɔ epul na to m ba yili bɔrɛsure nɛ e daa chɔɔ duwu kumo so na be jisoso. Zakareya ka wu mo nɛ kufu pɛ mo n wul mo to. Nɛ malaika na kaŋɛ mo: “Zakareya, sa maa lɔ kufu. Ebɔrɛ nu fo kekule na, amoso, fo eche Elizabɛt beeŋ kurge fo ebinyɛn nɛ men nase mo ketre Jɔn. Fo kagbene beeŋ fuli n wora fo ebel ga nɛ kebia na be kakurge na be asheŋ e wora basa damta ebel ga. Ŋkpal manɛ so, e beeŋ ba kaa la esagboŋ Enyɛnpe be anishito. Yili jemanɛ nɛ e wɔ mo nio be epun to, Kiyoyu Cheeŋ na e naaŋ bɔlɔ mo to. E ba koso e maaŋ nuu nsa be yiri kikɛ. E beeŋ shin nɛ Israɛlebi be bedamta e kilgi m ba Enyɛnpe bumo be Ebɔrɛ kutɔ. E beeŋ ba kaa la kenya nɛ e beeŋ juŋkpar Enyɛnpe na a kɔ eleŋ nɛ Kiyoyu Cheeŋ nɛ anebi Elaija daŋ nya na. E beeŋ bar betuto nɛ bibi abar so n shin nɛ amukpakpasowuraana e fara a fɛ basa cheembi be nfɛra. E beeŋ chala basa n sa Enyɛnpe n shin nɛ b bela ase a jo mo.” Nɛ Zakareya kaŋɛ malaika na: “Ma nɛ ma eche kikɛ bel, nɛ nuso nɛ meeŋ wora m pin fanɛ k la kashenteŋ nna?” Nɛ malaika na kaŋɛ mo: “Ma e la Geebriɛl, emo nɛ e yil Ebɔrɛ kutɔ saŋkama na. Nɛ Ebɔrɛ shuŋi ma nɛ m ba bɔ le be baru n sa fo. Ama fo maŋ yirda kubɔya na, kumo alɛ be saŋɛ kaŋ fo, loŋ e naaŋ wora. Ŋkpal fo ka maŋ yirda ma kubɔya ere so, fo maaŋ naŋ tiŋ m malga. Feeŋ ki neemu yili kabre n ya fo kachɛ nɛ ma kamalga ere beeŋ bɔla ekpa.” Saŋɛ ere so kikɛ nɛ Zakareya be kechɛr bɔrɛlambu na to na bee chinchiŋ basa nɛ b yil kowu a jo mo na. E ka baŋ lar, e maŋ tiŋ m malga bumo kutɔ nɛ b pin fanɛ Ebɔrɛ shin nɛ e wu kusɔ ko bɔrɛlambu na to. Mbe enɔana nɛ e daŋ ta a ŋini asheŋ ŋkpal e ka maŋ tiŋ m malga na so. Zakareya be kushuŋ ashi bɔrɛlambu na to be jemanɛ ka ba choŋ nɛ e yɔ epe.
K maŋ chɛr ko nɛ mbe eche Elizabɛt di kedampo nseŋ ŋana mbe kumu afɔl anu a wɔ laŋ to. E yɛ: “Naniere bre Enyɛnpe chɛ ma to ŋ ŋini ma mbe kasha nseŋ lara ma anishinyɔr basa to.”

Elizabɛt be kedampo be kufɔl shesopo to nɛ Ebɔrɛ shuŋi malaika Geebriɛl Galili be kade ko to nɛ baa tre Nazarɛt. Kasuŋgurbia ko nɛ b daŋ yili kumo fanɛ mo nɛ Josɛf, Ewura Deevid be kanaŋ to be esa, daŋ ba kil nna nɛ e daŋ bar kubɔya ko. Kebichebi na be ketre e daa la Mɛɛri. Le nɛ malaika na daŋ ba kaŋɛ mo: “Kumulelawura, fo kechɔrɔ nde. Ebɔrɛ yɛ e wɔ fo kutɔ.” Malaika na be kamalga daŋ wul Mɛɛri to ga nseŋ chinchiŋ mo nɛ e fara a pin mbe kechɔrɔ na be kifito a gben. Nɛ malaika na kaŋɛ mo: “Mɛɛri, sa maa lɔ kufu, ŋkpal manɛ so, Ebɔrɛ bee sha kenɛfa fo nna. Feeŋ di kedampo ŋ kurge ebinyɛn n nase mo ketre Yesu. E beeŋ ba kaa la esagboŋ nɛ b baa tre mo Ewurgboŋ Ebɔrɛ Pibinyɛn. Enyɛnpe Ebɔrɛ beeŋ shin nɛ e ji kuwura nɛ mo nana Deevid daŋ ji na. E beeŋ ba ki Jeekɔb be kanaŋ to be Ewura mbaanaayɔ. Mbe kuwura maaŋ loge kikɛ.” Nɛ Mɛɛri bishi malaika na: “M maŋ nyi enyɛn nɛ nuso nɛ le be kusɔ beeŋ tiŋ n wora?” Nɛ malaika na shuli so ŋ kaŋɛ: “Kiyoyu Cheeŋ na e naaŋ gbelge fo so nɛ Ebɔrɛ be eleŋ e ba buu fo so. Amoso, baaŋ tre kebia cheembi nɛ feeŋ kurge na Ebɔrɛ Pibinyɛn. Fo kurgepo Elizabɛt nɛ b yɛ e la egbentepo na gba di kedampo mbe mbel to, kumo be afɔl ashe nde. Ŋkpal manɛ so, kusɔ kama maŋ wɔtɔ nɛ Ebɔrɛ maaŋ tiŋ n wora.” Nɛ Mɛɛri kaŋɛ: “N la Ebɔrɛ be kenya nna, shin nɛ kusɔ nɛ fo malga ere e wora ma loŋ.” Nɛ malaika na yɔ ŋ ka mo.

K maŋ chɛr ko nɛ Mɛɛri bela ase n nya manaŋ n yɔ kebee so be kade ko to, Judiya be efuli so. E ya luri Zakareya pe nna n chɔrɔ Elizabɛt. Elizabɛt ka nu Mɛɛri be kechɔrɔ na nɛ mbe kebia na kilgi mbe epun to nɛ Kiyoyu Cheeŋ na bɔlɔ Elizabɛt to kikɛ. Nɛ e malga eleŋso ŋ kooba ŋ kaŋɛ: “Kumulelawura, beche kikɛ to fo e nya nɛfa ga. Nɛfa malɛ e baa la kebia nɛ feeŋ kurge na peya. Manɛ e ba nɛ le be kesheŋ gboŋ ba ma alɛ so le nɛ n Nyɛnpe mo nio e ba nɛ e ba chɔrɔ ma. Ŋkpal manɛ so, ŋ ka nu fo kechɔrɔ nɛ kebia na kilgi ma epun to kagbenefuliso Fo ka yirda fanɛ Ebɔrɛ be kubɔya nɛ e bar fo na beeŋ bɔla ekpa na so so nɛ e nɛfa fo kagbenefuliso nna.”
Nɛ Mɛɛri kaŋɛ:
“Mee ta ma kagbene kikɛ a di Ebɔrɛ epaŋ.
Ma kagbene fuli ŋkpal Ebɔrɛ ma Emɔlgapo so,
ŋkpal e ka wu ma alɛ ebɔlpo,
mbe kenya kuwɔr so.
Yili kabre mbaanaayɔ basa kikɛ beeŋ kaŋɛ fanɛ n nya nɛfa,
ŋkpal asɔgboŋ nɛ Enyɛnpetale Ebɔrɛ wora n sa ma ere so.
Mbe ketre e du cheeŋ.
Bekama nɛ baa ŋana mo
nɛ e bee wu kuwɔr ashi enananyɛn koŋwule be jemanɛ
n ya fo enananyɛn ko malɛ be jemanɛ.
E teŋi mbe enɔgboŋ to n
jija kamoowuwuraana be ejina kikɛ n lɛ.
E gbelge bewurgboŋ ashi bumo be nwurputi so
m ba kaseto nseŋ maŋ bebɔlpo so.
E sa bumo nɛ akoŋ bee mɔ
na asɔ lela ga nseŋ shin nɛ damawuraana bɛta
n yɔ nɛ enɔfuloŋ.
E shin nɛ mbe kɔnɔ nɛ e nase
n sa an nanaana na bɔla so nseŋ ba
mbe kenya Israɛl be kechɛto to.
E nyiŋi kewu Eebraham
nɛ mbe kanaŋ kikɛ kuwɔr mbaanaayɔ.”
Mɛɛri daŋ ji fanɛ afɔl asa Elizabɛt kutɔ nseŋ naŋ bɛta n yɔ epe.

Elizabɛt be kakurgeachɛ ka fo nɛ e kurge ebinyɛn. Mbe bechenashapoana nɛ mo kurgepoana ka nu mamachi be kelela nɛ Enyɛnpe wora mo na nɛ bumo kikɛ be ŋgbene fuli bumo.
Kebi na ka fo nchɛ aburwa nɛ b ba ku mo kututu nsaa shin nɛ b nase mo mo tuto be ketre Zakareya. Nɛ mo nio kaŋɛ: “Ayai, mbe ketre e la Jɔn.” Nɛ b kaŋɛ mo: “Fo kurgepo malɛ kikɛ maa ji ketre na ai!” Ndoŋ nna nɛ b wora enɔ m bishi kebia na mo tuto ketre nɛ e bee sha nɛ e nase kebia na. Nɛ Zakareya ŋini n shin nɛ b bar mo kusɔ sibɛso nɛ e sibɛ ŋ kaŋɛ: “Mbe ketre e la Jɔn.” Nɛ k chinchiŋ bumo ga. Epul na to nɛ Zakareya be kɔnɔ bugi nɛ mbe kudonduloŋ kilgi nɛ e fara a malga a di Ebɔrɛ epaŋ.
Kufu daŋ pɛ mbe bechenashapoana kikɛ ga nɛ asheŋ nɛ a wora na be baru sɔ Judiya be kebee be efuli na so kikɛ. Ekama nɛ e nu kumo be asheŋ fɛ kumo be nfɛra nseŋ kaŋɛ: “Nuso be esa nɛ kebia ere yɛ e ba ki.” K daŋ baŋ fuli nna fanɛ Ebɔrɛ be eleŋ daa wɔ mo to.

Nɛ Kiyoyu Cheeŋ na bɔlɔ Jɔn mo tuto Zakareya to nɛ e wu le be kubɔya ŋ kaŋɛ:
“Men shin nɛ an di Enyɛnpe, Israɛl be Ebɔrɛ epaŋ.
Mo e ba mbe basa be kechɛto to m ba sɔ bumo n yige.
E sa anyi Emɔlgapo lempo nɛ e shi Deevid
mbe kenya be kanaŋ to.
Dra na kikɛ nɛ e shin nɛ mbe anebi cheembiana kaŋɛ le:
‘E nase kɔnɔ fanɛ e beeŋ mɔlga anyi ashi an doŋana
nɛ basa nɛ b kishi anyi kikɛ be eleŋ to.’
E yɛ e beeŋ wu an nanaana kuwɔr
n nyiŋi mbe kɔnɔ naseso cheembi na.
E nase kɔnɔ n sa an nana Eebraham
nseŋ bɔ fanɛ e beeŋ mɔlga anyi ashi an doŋana kutɔ
n shin nɛ an shuŋ mo a maa ŋana nɛ an baa du cheembi a maa kɔ kulubi kikɛ mo kutɔ ashi an be ŋkpa ere to kikɛ.
Fo, m pibi, baaŋ tre fo Ebɔrɛ Enyɛnpetale be anebi.
Feeŋ juŋkpar mo,
Enyɛnpe na,
n lɔŋɛ mbe ekpa n sa mo
ŋ ŋini mbe basa kananɛ baaŋ nya bumo be alubi be ketampaŋ bumo. Baaŋ nya kumɔlga.
An be Ebɔrɛ la kuwɔrwupowura a du cheembi nna,
e beeŋ shin nɛ an fara a nya kumɔlga naniere
nseŋ nyaŋɛ kefulto ashi ebɔrɛso
n yuu bumo nɛ b wɔ tentembiri to
nsaa ŋana luwu na so kikɛ
n shin nɛ an bɔla kagbenewushi be ekpa to.”
Nɛ kebia na daŋ eyur to a kɔ Kiyoyu Cheeŋ na be eleŋ ga. Kiyi to nɛ e daa wɔ n ya fo jemanɛ nɛ e fara a bɔ mbe kubɔya a sa Israɛlebi na.

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