Autocontrole
O autocontrole é fruto do Espírito e virtude indispensável. A graça de Deus nos ensina a renunciar à impiedade e a viver com sobriedade, domínio próprio e piedade no mundo presente.
Fruto e virtude
O domínio próprio é fruto do Espírito. Acrescentai ao conhecimento o autocontrole. A disciplina interior produz maturidade.
Se ke Mumi Klɔuklɔu ɔ ngɛ wɔ kpakae ɔ, yiblii nɛ e woɔ ngɛ wa mi ji: suɔmi, bua jɔmi, he jɔmi, tsui si tomi, tsui mi jɔmi, kpakpa peemi, anɔkuale yemi, he si bami kɛ he nɔ yemi; nɛ ngɛ enɛ ɔmɛ a blɔ fa mi ɔ, Yuda bi ɔmɛ a mlaa amɛ kɛ mɛ be sane ko.
Se loko ji nyɛ nine maa su kikɛmɛ a nike ni nɛ ɔmɛ a nɔ ɔ, tsa pi hemi kɛ yemi kɛkɛ nɛ he hia nyɛ, e he hia kaa nyɛɛ pee nyɛ he nimli kpakpahi, nɛ lɔ ɔ hu pí. E he hia kaa nyɛɛ bɔ mɔde nɛ nyɛ hla nɛ nyɛɛ le nɔ́ nɛ e ngɛ nyɛ hlae nɛ nyɛ tsu. Lɔ ɔ se ɔ, nyɛɛ bɔ mɔde nɛ nyɛɛ le nyɛ he nɔ hyɛmi. Nyɛ na tsui si tomi, nɛ nyɛɛ pee nyɛ he Mawu nimli, nɛ nyɛ ha Mawu nɛ e kudɔ nyɛ. Nɛ enɛ ɔ ma ha nyɛ na adesa he suɔmi kpakpa.
Ejakaa Mawu dloomi nɔ́ke nɔ nɛ ji neneene yi wami hemi ɔ, a kɛ ngɛ nɔ tsuaa nɔ hae. Nɛ nɔ́ke nɔ nɛ ɔ tsɔɔ wɔ kaa Mawu ngɛ hlae nɛ wa kua nɔ́ yayami peemi kɛ je nɛ ɔ mi akɔnɔ níhi. Waa ba wa je mi kpakpa, nɛ waa ye Mawu gbeye ngɛ wa si himi mi daa kɛ daa.
Ejakaa Mumi Klɔuklɔu ɔ nɛ ji Mawu nɔ́ke nɔ ɔ, hla we kaa o ye nimli gbeye, se mohu o na nile kɛ mumi mi he wami nɛ o kɛ suɔ mɛ ngɛ bua jɔmi si himi mi.
I gbaa ye nɔmlɔ tso ɔ nya nɛ i peeɔ lɛ basabasa nɛ i kɛ tsɔɔ lɛ nɔ́ nɛ sa nɛ e tsu, se pi e suɔmi nya i. I peeɔ enɛ ɔ bɔ nɛ pee nɛ nyagbe mi benɛ i bua fo mali ɔmɛ a nya ta a, a ko de ke ami lɛɛ i be he wami nɛ a ngmɛɛ ye he.
Loko ji nyɛ maa ye kunimi ɔ, nyɛ kua nyɛ he nɛ nyɛɛ hiɔ níhi fuu nɛ maa tsi nyɛ blɔ ɔ. Fo tulɔ tsuaa fo tulɔ peeɔ enɛ ɔ bɔ nɛ pee nɛ e nine nɛ su ayekoo nike ni nɛ se kɛ we nɔ. Se wɔɔ lɛɛ wa tsuɔ wa ni tsumi ɔ konɛ wa nine nɛ su hiɔwe nike ni nɛ puɛ we ɔ nɔ.
Kami ko be nɛ bɛ Nɔmlɔ nɔ hyɛ. Kamihi ba nihi fuu a nɔ hyɛ, nɛ kami ko be nɛ nya hí dami. Nyɛɛ ngɔ nyɛ he ngɔ fɔ Mawu nɔ nɛ e maa gbe kami tsuaa kami nya la bɔ nɛ nyɛ ma nyɛ nya maa da. E wo he si nɛ e maa pee ngɛ e si womi ɔ nya. E maa tsɔɔ nyɛ bɔ nɛ nyɛ maa pee kɛ je kami he wami ɔ mi konɛ nyɛ nyɛ nya nɛ nyɛɛ da.
Dominar a si mesmo
Melhor é quem domina o seu espírito do que quem toma uma cidade. A cidade sem muros é quem não tem autocontrole.
Nyɛ ko ba nyɛ je mi kaa je mi bi ɔmɛ, nɛ nyɛ ko di je ɔ mi níhi a se, se mohu nyɛɛ pee nyɛ he nimli hehi ngɛ nyɛ nɔ́ fɛɛ nɔ peemi mi, kɛkɛ ɔ, nyɛ ma yɔse bɔ nɛ e blɔ ɔmɛ maa hi kɛ ha nyɛ ha.
Anyɛmimɛ, nyɛɛ le enɛ ɔ: Nyɛ ti nɔ tsuaa nɔ nɛ e pee tue bulɔ, se e nya nɛ ko sɔ kɛ munyu tumi, nɛ e muklii mi hu nɛ ko fu mlamlaamla.
Ejakaa tsa pi nimli adesahi nɛ waa kɛ ngɛ ta hwue ɔ, se mohu mumi yayamihi kɛ nɔ yeli kpanakuhi nɛ a hɛɛ Abosiami he wami, nɛ a ji je nɛ ɔ nɔ yeli ngɛ diblii mi.
Lɔ ɔ he je ɔ, nyɛɛ pee klaalo. Nyɛ ko hwɔ mahe kaa ni kpa amɛ, nɛ nyɛɛ hi si ngɛ kpoo peemi mi kɛ hyɛ e bami ɔ blɔ.
Nyɛɛ hyɛ nɛ hi nɛ nyɛ ko pee kaa mɛ, nɛ hiɔwo nɛ i kɛ nyɛ tsuo wa ngɛ ni tsue wawɛɛ nɛ wa ma na a, nɛ ko laa nyɛ; se mohu nyɛ nine nɛ su hiɔwo mluku nɔ kɛ je Nutsɔ ɔ dɛ.