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Yã́ pↄ́ kú láɛ bee guuↄ
Gbɛ̃zↄ̃ↄ pↄ́ Zãa lá plaade kɛ̃̀ mɛ́ láɛ bee kɛ̃̀ Gaiuɛɛ. Gaiu ì zĩkɛ Luaɛ, ì nibↄↄ yàaekɛ, asa à zɛ̀ ń sĩanao. Diotɛfi sↄ̃ dɛnlawɛɛlɛna pↄ́ gì sĩanaiɛ. À bↄ̀ Zãa kpɛ, i aà gbɛ̃́ↄ dilɛo. À Yesude pãle pↄ́ wì mɛ Demɛtiu maabò (12), ↄ̃ à a mↄa wɛ́kpalɛińzi yã'ò à fↄkpàmá (13-15). Wá è lápi guu gbãakpaa Yesudeↄziá yeakↄ̃zi yã́ɛ, mɛ́ zɛa ń sĩanao yã́ɛ.

Lua zĩkɛnaↄ dilɛa

1 Ma gbɛ̃zↄ̃ↄ, mámɛ ma láɛ bee kɛ̃̀ ma gbɛ̃́ yenzide Gaiusiɛ.[a] Má yenzi ń sĩanao. 2 Ma gbɛ̃́ yenzide, miↄ wabikɛnɛ kɛ́ ǹyↄ̃ aafia, yã́pii i bↄnɛ maa, lá n bↄ maawa. 3 Kɛ́ wá gbɛ̃́ↄ mↄ̀, aa òmɛɛ lá ń sĩana kũa mɛ́ ń kú a guu, ↄ̃ ma pↄ kɛ̀na maamaa. 4 Tó má mà ma nɛ́ↄ kú ń sĩanao, pↄnae dɛmɛɛ beelao.

5 Ma gbɛ̃́ yenzide, ń náai vĩ zĩ pↄ́ ni kɛ wá gbɛ̃́ↄnɛ guu, atɛ̃sa nibↄↄ. 6 Aa n yeawázi yã'ò wá gãlideↄnɛ. Kũ̀sũa kɛnɛ́, lá a maa wà kɛ Lua zĩ guuwa. 7 Asa aa dàzɛu ń Kilisi tↄ́o, mɛ́ aa daa luayãdansaiↄ gã̀uo. 8 Sema wà gbɛ̃́ bee taaↄ yàaekɛ, wíↄ dɛ an zĩkɛndeeↄ ũ sĩana baokpaa guu.

9 Ma taalanae kɛ̃̀ n gãlideↄnɛ, ãma Diotɛfi dɛnlawɛɛlɛna ye wá yã́io. 10 Bee yã́i tó ma mↄ, má bↄaànↄ ń yã́ pↄ́ ì kɛↄ ń yãvãi pↄ́ ì dↄwáↄ. Bee lí ká aà bakanswãua ũo, ìli wá gbɛ̃́ↄ dilɛo, baa se ì gí gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ ye ń dilɛↄnɛ, ì kãaakɛkĩi zↄ̃nɛ́.

11 Ma gbɛ̃́ yenzide, ńsu yãvãi dadao, sema yãmaa. Gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ ì yãmaakɛ mɛ́ Lua pↄ́ ũ, gbɛ̃́ pↄ́ ì yãvãikɛ Lua dↄ̃o. 12 Gbɛ̃́pii ì Demɛtiu tↄnasi. Baa sĩana ì aà sáaukpa. Wápiↄ wi aà sáaukpa sↄ̃, mɛ́ ń dↄ̃ kɛ́ wá seeladekɛ náai vĩ. 13 Má yãvĩ dasi mà onɛ, ãma má ye mà kɛ̃nɛ láuo. 14 Ma wɛ́ dↄi wà wɛsikↄ̃lɛ tia, wí yãbↄ kↄ̃ lɛ́u.[b] 15 Lua n to aafia. N gbɛ̃naↄ fↄkpàma. Fↄkpa wá gbɛ̃naↄwa dodo.