1 Kwe’yamhi kǝ kuni mbǝnfata, kǝ kuni fǝrta Shemeɗ Chiɗchiɗ, nda i yah mbu ichi naka yara Fara. 2 Kǝthlǝm le la shuwunkǝ tǝ hanshundǝ somǝn, nga tǝ nofchǝ natna shundǝwa tǝ Fara, nifǝsǝ la sǝnkǝ i natna mbutǝwa, la mbukǝn icha ɓuɓweeta mbǝɗa alchita Shemeɗa. 3 Le la mbukǝ ichi na yara Fara, na shunandǝ nofcha kǝ tinaǝn kanda, kǝ chekaǝn alchita kanda, kǝ saǝn sǝssi kanda. 4 Le naka shundǝ tǝ hanshundǝ somǝn naka tinaɗǝ fat’en, paɗ le naka mbu’ichi na yara Fara tinaɗǝ fatǝrmbanda. 5 Yahkisi natuni kǝ shununi tǝ hanshuwunchǝ somsomǝn, ɓureɗi yahtǝ kǝ mbu’uni ichi na yara Fara. Le la mbukǝ ichi na yara Fara, sheraɗa le la shuwunkǝ tǝ hanshuwunchǝ somsomǝn, ma mbwi yunǝ hanngalǝ i mbutǝn, kana tinandǝ fatǝrmbanda.

6 Nakǝnya hwanmancha, ma ɓeɗi mbǝskuni nja shundǝ tǝ hanshuwuncha, mǝ natna chekanda kuni ma mbwa’awi hangngalǝ shuwunkǝna kuniwa, ndu sǝnda, ndu ichi na yara Fara, ndu sakandaɗi? 7 Nakǝn kichu tǝ ichi nguchit shishingtǝsa fechengnanda, nda kǝla’a tǝ ǝnat pecha, ma chu ɓurechengnanda kish ɗiichinwa, wun na sǝn i nat ficha futa tǝ i nat ficha peta? 8 Ma pyawu fichǝ kutmetǝ keeke tǝ i nat ficha sǝndǝwa, wun na sǝhatǝfǝ kǝ mbata? 9 Nakǝn kichu mbǝɗengnuni, ma shununi tǝ hanshuni mbǝsauchit ficha, nakficha sǝn i mbutuniwa kǝni? Shuwunkuniyu mere pǝɗakna hur rǝnna’a. 10 Michisi somsomǝna hur kisshita, chika yen miya tǝ sakǝtkǝnsi. 11 Ma sǝnwi sakǝt mikǝnwa, naki nat kǝ roma mbǝɗa lǝ shuwunkǝn, lǝ shuwunkǝn paɗ nakǝn kǝ roma mbǝɗengna. 12 Nakǝn kichu mbǝɗengnuni, nakuni tǝ ɓwechit hura a ɗar mbǝs fǝr Shemeɗchi somsomǝn, fǝram alchiɗengnuni kǝ suni tor tǝ fǝr Shemeɗǝ na tinandǝ fatǝrmbanda.

13 Kǝthlǝm ndǝkǝn, chikawun na shundǝ tǝ hanshundǝ somsomǝn kǝ hwanǝn kǝ fǝrang fichǝ mba sǝn i mbutǝn. 14 Kǝthlǝm ma hweni tǝ hanshundǝ somǝn, shemeɗengnǝ hwanka, paɗ yarengnǝ cheku tǝ ǝnwa. 15 Mǝnati sǝta? Ni hwandǝ tǝ shemeɗengna, ni hwandǝ tǝ yarengnǝ paɗ. Ni ǝn’imshi tǝ shemeɗengna, ni i’ndǝ tǝ yarengnǝ paɗ. 16 Manga kichuuwa, masa sǝt usoko tǝ shemeɗeku, tǝ kǝni le naka kuthlǝmata mbǝsauchik hanshuniniyu ndatwa: "Kǝ sokǝn kichu wa kǝnǝ." Kǝ ɗar usoko tǝ natu sǝta, ma sǝnutǝ i natu mbutǝwa? 17 Chika sokkǝnwa shiɗi usoko kaǝn, ǝnsǝ chekandǝna le nak nduk tǝsǝ le sǝnuchikwa.

18 Saɗi Farǝ usoko sheraɗi kuni tǝ shundǝ tǝ hanshuwunchǝ somsomǝn. 19 Chika kichu, a hur kǝtǝn hwanda kweshikǝn kǝ mbu’i ichi ɗurman tǝ hanndǝkiketengna kǝthlǝm kǝ sakayi funǝhar mǝni mbu ichi aru kumchitkum (10,000) tǝ hanshundǝ somsomǝn.

20 Hwanmancha, malamǝn yarǝ’ichǝ nda hwecha. Kǝnuni hwecha a hur ɓǝɓichitfata, kǝnuni pǝktecha hur yarengnuni.

21 A hur kus yara fichǝhiwa:

"Tǝ mbǝɗa nofcha fa hanshuwunchǝ

somsomǝn paɗ tǝ miya

romcha nati shundǝ tǝ nofchiya,

chika tǝkichu ngunda kithlǝmatwa,

ndat Lǝmwanda."

22 Awi shundǝ tǝ hanshuwuncha nakndǝ kǝ sakǝtkǝn nga kǝ mbǝɗa fa fǝrkitwa kǝ mbǝɗa fa ɓahfǝrkit. Mbu yara Fara i fafǝrkit nga i fa ɓahfǝrkitwa. 23 Kǝthlǝm ndǝkǝn ma hwim fatǝrmbandǝhi, kana chikawunna nata shundǝ tǝ hanshuwunchi somsomǝn, nakǝn funǝsǝ mbǝsaundǝ i nat ficha sǝtwa, ndu funǝ fa ɓahfǝrkit yimkǝsi, ngunda ndatwa nga nakuni hur’inchǝwa? 24 Ma chikawuna mbu yari Farǝ na sǝtta, kana lǝ ɓahfǝrkit ndu yunǝ roma yimtǝsi le sǝnuchik i nat ficha sǝtta, ɓak shunda chikawuna tǝka harfa a kakǝn tǝrtǝhi. 25 Naficha chaɗǝ ɓuɓwee ichi kissha hanɗǝkiketǝ’enyu, tǝ kichu hǝmkǝnhi mwanaǝn Fara ndakǝnwa: "Kittǝkǝn Fara hurnuni."

26 Mǝ natma mbuta hwanmancha? Ma hwimunihi yuna imshǝ’ensi i mwanandǝ Fara, yunǝ sakandaɗi, yunǝ mbu’icha, yunǝ shundǝ tǝ hanshundǝ somsomǝn, yuna fǝr hanngalǝ shunda. Sam ichǝnat kǝthlǝm tinandǝ fafǝrkit. 27 Mana yuna shundǝ tǝ hanshundǝ somsomǝn, mǝ sheraɗa nifǝ chap ndu mǝkkanwa, kǝ sǝndǝ ɗeɗerra paɗ yunǝ kǝ fǝrǝn hanngalǝ shuwunkǝn. 28 Manga yunǝsǝ na fǝr hanngalǝ shuwunkǝnwa, chikawun kǝ ngasǝn ɓa’a hur fatǝrmbakǝn, kǝ shunaǝn fat’en tǝ Fara.

29 Tapǝnechǝ chap ndu mǝkkan kǝ shuwunnda, tahchikǝn kǝ kikeɗangndǝ hǝɓakkǝ i mbutǝnda. 30 Ma yunǝsa mbǝnniyu ɗas ɓat sǝn’ichikǝna mbǝt’en, le naka shunda tǝrkakǝnyu kǝ ngasǝn ɓa. 31 Natuni nuni mbǝla mbu ichi na yara Fara ǝrtǝ ǝrta, kǝthlǝm kǝ sak chikawuni paɗ kǝ mbǝs chikawun alchita, 32 Tapǝnecha la mbǝllakǝndǝ hǝrǝm inchengnandǝ har. 33 Fara nga Farǝ la shekɗandǝ i’ndǝwa, i yuyurchita.

Nakǝn kichu mbǝɗa fatǝrmbaɗǝ chiɗchiɗ, 34 kǝ ngas nishchǝ ɓa a hur kǝtǝn hwacha. Kǝthlǝm fǝrau fichǝ mbanda kandǝ kǝ shuwunndǝwa, kǝ kuwurndǝ ndak nda i mbutǝ kus. 35 Ma ǝnsǝ yahtǝnda sahta, kǝ sahhangndǝ hishchǝngnanda huri. Kǝthlǝm ǝnat harǝfata kǝ shuwun nuhnifa a hur kǝtǝn hwanda.

36 Tǝrkaakǝ shunda Fara ɓat tǝ mbǝɗengnuniwa, ndu kunang ndak sa’andǝn? 37 Mala yarkǝ yunǝwa tapǝnaa nakǝn, ndu le mbǝskǝ fǝrta shemeɗa, kǝ sǝnǝnwa ichi nati yaranda kunisǝya mbuta Lǝmwanda. 38 Ma cher yunǝ mbǝnnifiyu, mǝlan ma kǝ cherunindǝfa.

39 Kǝthlǝm ndǝkǝn hwanmancha, namtǝ ɓweechit hur mbu ichi na yara Fara paɗ mǝ malaɗuni shundǝ tǝ hanshuwunchǝ somsomǝnwa. 40 Kǝ suni chikama a mbayi kamkǝsi, paɗ a hur tahhasǝkǝn.