1 Nak nyɛr akpa amin ndi amunwa. Anuŋ ne na amɛ te yaŋ ta abɛ shar Arik ne yaŋ zhi men. 2 Duŋ ŋursuk zhin ne ta acɛn ba, te nena amɛ aner anuŋ ane ta abɛ shar Arik ne yaŋ zhi. 3 Izhin bǝ shuzhi abaŋ ndi ayi ne jaru, te bǝyi ndi ayi izhineba yi ndɔ. Shuzhi zhin abaŋ ndi ayi ne miŋ kɛ iyah, te bǝyi ndi ayi ijineba.

4 Abɛ nek ngɔŋ ne miŋ kɛ Ŋa bɔbɔk, fena lulum bǝn wa abɛ nak gli lɛ kɛ kpa nyak men. Arik atei te abɛ kur bǝn alulum ambuk bǝn amba bǝ kur bǝn alulum. 5 Duŋ asusun amin abɛ yaŋ sik ne nyɛr azɔb ba, tena tanyɛme ne iki yiŋ ndi Arik ne nǝgu neyi. Tǝ Arik adi,

<<Ba M tei nduŋu ba;

Kɔka Mŋuru nsuk.>> 6 Amɛ ta bla ne zhɔk susun,

<<Arik Ŋgɔŋ wa ayine zɔk me ma,

Ba M tei ntǝ sisik ba.

Iner atei nam anii?>>

7 Shuzhi zhin angɔŋgɔŋ abɛ men gli zhin, abaŋ ndi abla zhin ilɛ kɛ Arik. Shuzhi zhin ndi ne yime tena aku, izhin bǝ baŋ ir kɛ tanyɛme iyi asusun mǝne. 8 Yesɔ Kristi ayi anenen ba sen ba aliŋ ben iyaŋ klɛtu.

9 Kǝr izhin bǝ duŋ abaŋ asusun amin agli tibɛ ne tsar kiki nuŋ yayas ba. Ire te asusun amɔr abɛ yik ŋurklik ne ta zhɔk, bane zǝ tsar iyi ikili; ben abaŋ ndi azǝ tsara ndi batei nǝk ba ikinuŋ didik ba. 10 Ine na ndum Arik ayi ne amkpa awaŋ ndi ne nau aŋyak ŋgɔŋ ne tuk amkpur ne akabaŋkɔŋ ndi ba ayi ne mgbyamgbyaŋ kɛ zhɔk kinuŋ nenu ba.

11 Ngɔŋ ne na ndum ne akaba ma agli azhizhi ane naarumɔ te yir miŋ Amkpa Angɔŋ ane Tsetser te bɛ yi tuk amkpur ane lalɛ, ama mkpuŋ kpa kɛ naarumɔ agɔŋ kǝ ne abɛm ane akaba ma. 12 Neme Yesɔ maayi ne yik iyah te ku ne anɔkɔŋ akɛ goŋ ntun te duŋ aneshir bɛ yi tsetser ne shur azhizhi amaa. 13 Duŋ taba, mɔryi, bǝ kɔmɔ anenen bene bɔu ne goŋ ntunɔ, te tabǝ gab iyah iyi yaŋ yigu shak ayi. 14 Tǝ ayaŋ ne gɔŋmimi mɔr kǝŋe bata yine ntun nuŋ iyi yaŋ klɛtu ba; taba shur ayi tǝ wɔb ikɔb kɛ nyɛ.

15 Neme, tabǝ nak tuk Arik amkpur tena gbaru asak ai yi idɔ gbar iyi lǝlɛn ndi abu anu azho sak maa. 16 Duŋ ŋursuk zhin nena didik tena zhɔkzhin akpa ne naki, te waŋa ayi kiki iyi tuk amkpur ndi Arik anyɛri.

17 Zǝ zhin ilɛ kɛ angɔŋgɔŋ amin abɛ gli zhin tena zǝ ilɛ men. Azǝn ŋub zhin ndi aneshir abaŋ ndi atei bla iki yiŋ ndi nena. Zǝ zhin lɛ mǝne teduŋ idu mǝne bǝyi kɛ nyɛr, bai hru ba, te iyiŋɛ ba tei yi alɛla anuŋ bene bɛ zhin ba.

18 Ben zhin ta Arik, te tane zhi tedi idur mɔrɔ ben bubu ndi tabǝ tsǝntsǝn didik kɔte mkpaŋ takɛ. 19 Fena nga mben zhin ngɔŋ te izhin bǝ ben me Arik te duŋu abɛ ashar mǝ akama nyak bene bɛ zhin andanda.

20 Mben Arik ane nek isɔŋ kɛ sik, iwaŋ ndi igar zǝ azhizhi ane kpa nyak iyaŋ klɛ ne akam lɛg Ngɔŋ Yesɔ amɔr aŋyak ne ku, Iwaŋ ndi ayi Ngɔŋ ane awanta, 21 ne na zhin aŋyak ne kɔte nii iyi rɛ ne naki ndi ne teu, te ben ndi abɛ nadum ne miŋ mɔr iki iyiŋ ndi ne reu, igar zǝ ben Yesɔ Kristi, iwaŋ ndi ngɔŋ bɛ yi kɛ Yesɔ Kristi ne iyaŋ klɛtu ben iyaŋ klɛtu! Bǝ yeme.

22 Amunya, m ben zhin te izhin bǝ gli ilɛ keŋ ndi mne bla zhin ne vuŋ susun, te na cɛr zhin ilɛ wamkpuk.

23 Mwɔb te izhin bǝ zhi te izumɔr Timoti neka tunu arumɔ ne jaru. Ate nyɛ yir andanda, M tei ntsan ndɔ te nyɛ bene bɛ zhin.

24 Tǝk zhin angɔŋgɔŋ abɛ gli zhin ne ilɛ kɛ Arik ben abɛ zǝ lɛ maa bɔbɔk. Abaŋ ndi ayi ne Italiya adi abɛ tek zhine.

25 Ita zhɔk bǝyi ne atu amin bɔbɔk.