Malaki

3 “Hyɛ! I ngɛ ye tsɔlɔ ɔ tsɔe, nɛ e ma ba dla blɔ ngɔ to mi. Nɛ si kake too ɔ, anɔkuale Nyɔmtsɛ ɔ nɛ nyɛ ngɛ e se blɔ hlae ɔ maa ba e sɔlemi we ɔ; nɛ somi ɔ he tsɔlɔ ɔ nɛ nyɛ bua jɔ e he ɔ maa ba. Hyɛ! E maa ba kokooko,” Yehowa tabohiatsɛ ɔ lɛ de.

2 “Se ligbi ɔ nɛ e maa ba a, mɛnɔ lɛ ma nyɛ maa da nya, nɛ ke e ba hia si ɔ, mɛnɔ lɛ ma nyɛ maa da si? Ejakaa e maa pee kaa la nɛ a kɛ tsuɔ dade he, kɛ jale nɛ a kɛ fɔɔ nɔ́ he. 3 Nɛ e ma ba hi si kaa sika hiɔ he tsulɔ kɛ e he fɔlɔ, nɛ e maa tsu Levibi ɔmɛ a he; E ma ha nɛ a he ma tsɔ* kaa sika tsu kɛ sika hiɔ, nɛ a ma ba pee nihi nɛ a maa ngɔ nike ní afɔle kɛ ha Yehowa ngɛ dami mi. 4 Nɛ nike ní afɔle nɛ maa je Yuda kɛ Yerusalem ɔ maa sa Yehowa hɛ mi, kaa bɔ nɛ e ji blema lokoo ɔ, kaa jeha komɛ nɛ be ɔ.

5 “Ma ba nyɛ ngɔ nɛ ma ba kojo nyɛ, nɛ ye he maa sɔ kɛ ye odase kɛ si kunya yeli, gba puɛli, nihi nɛ a kãa lakpa kita, nihi nɛ a sisiɔ ní tsuli, yalɔyihi, awusahi,* kɛ nihi nɛ yi bua nibwɔhi.* Nimli nɛ ɔmɛ yi mi gbeye,” Yehowa tabohiatsɛ ɔ lɛ de.

6 “Ejakaa imi ji Yehowa; i tsakee we. Nɛ nyɛ ji Yakob bimɛ; lɔ ɔ he je nɛ a kpataa we nyɛ hɛ mi lolo ɔ nɛ. 7 Kɛ je nyɛ nɛmɛ ɔmɛ a yi nɔ nɛ nyɛ gba kɛ je ye blɔ tsɔɔmi ɔmɛ a he nɛ nyɛɛ kɛ tsu we ní. Nyɛɛ kpale kɛ ba ye ngɔ, nɛ imi hu ma kpale kɛ ba nyɛ ngɔ,” Yehowa tabohiatsɛ ɔ lɛ de.

Se nyɛ biɔ ke: “Kɛ wa ma plɛ kɛ kpale kɛ ba kɛɛ?”

8 “Anɛ nɔmlɔ adesa ma nyɛ maa ju Mawu lo? Se nyɛ ngɛ mi jue.”

Nɛ nyɛ biɔ ke: “Kɛ wa plɛ kɛ ju mo kɛɛ?”

“Nyɛ juɔ mi ngɛ mi dlami nyɔngmanyɔngma mi kakaaka a kɛ yemi kɛ buamihi nɛ a kɛ baa a mi. 9 A gbiɛ nyɛ,* ejakaa nyɛ ngɛ mi jue. Ee, ma a tsuo ngɛ mi jue. 10 Nyɛɛ ngɔ mi dlami nyɔngmanyɔngma mi kakaaka a tsuo kɛ ba níto he ɔ, konɛ niye ní nɛ hi ye we ɔ, i kpa nyɛ pɛɛ, nyɛɛ ngɔ nɔ́ nɛ ɔ kɛ ka mi nɛ nyɛɛ hyɛ, kaa i be hiɔwe agbo ɔmɛ blie nɛ ma ha nɛ jɔɔmi nɛ nɛ ngɔ pue nyɛ nɔ kɛ ya si nɔ́ ko be nyɛ hiae lo,” Yehowa tabohiatsɛ ɔ lɛ de.

11 “Nɛ ma kã nɔ́ puɛlɔ* nɛ ngɛ nyɛ kpɛti ɔ hɛ mi, nɛ e be tso yiblii nɛ ngɛ nyɛ zugba a nɔ ɔ puɛe, nɛ wai yiblii be wai tsohi nɛ a ngɛ nyɛ ngmɔ ɔmɛ a mi ɔ nɔ tae,” Yehowa tabohiatsɛ ɔ lɛ de.

12 “Je ma amɛ tsuo ma de ke nyɛ ngɛ bua jɔmi, ejakaa nyɛ ma ba pee zugba nɛ haa nɔ bua jɔmi,” Yehowa tabohiatsɛ ɔ lɛ de.

13 Yehowa ke: “Munyu nɛ nyɛ tu kɛ si mi ɔ nya wa.”

Nɛ nyɛ deɔ ke: “Mɛni wa de nɛ lɔ ɔ tsɔɔ kaa wa tu munyu kɛ si mo?”

14 “Nyɛ deɔ ke: ‘Se nami ko be Mawu jami he. Benɛ wa ye Yehowa tabohiatsɛ ɔ mlaa amɛ a nɔ, nɛ wa nyɛɛ mɔbɔmɔbɔ ngɛ e hɛ mi ɔ, mɛni se lɛ wa ná? 15 Amlɔ nɛ ɔ, wa buɔ nihi nɛ a woɔ a he nɔ ɔ kaa a ngɛ bua jɔmi. Jehanɛ hu ɔ, nihi nɛ a peeɔ yiwutso ní ɔ yeɔ manye. A jeɔ blɔ, nɛ a kaa Mawu, se nɔ́ ko pee we mɛ.’”

16 Jamɛ a be ɔ, nihi nɛ a yeɔ Yehowa gbeye ɔ kɛ a sibi tu munyu, nɔ fɛɛ nɔ kɛ e nyɛmi tu munyu, nɛ Yehowa ngɛ tue bue, nɛ e ngɛ nɔ́ nɛ a ngɛ dee ɔ nue. Nɛ a ngma nihi nɛ a yeɔ Yehowa gbeye, kɛ nihi nɛ a pueɔ a yi mi tɛ ngɛ e biɛ* ɔ he ɔ a biɛ ngɛ kaimi womi ɔ mi ngɛ e hɛ mi.

17 Yehowa tabohiatsɛ ɔ ke: “A ma ba pee ye nɔ́ ngɛ ligbi nɛ i kɛ mɛ maa pee ye weto ní klɛdɛɛ ɔ* nɔ. Ye mi mi maa sã mi ngɛ a he, kaa bɔ nɛ tsɛ mi mi sãã lɛ ngɛ e bi nɛ sɔmɔɔ lɛ he ɔ. 18 Nɛ nyɛ maa kpale na slɔɔto nɛ ngɛ dalɔ kɛ yiwutsotsɛ a kpɛti, kɛ slɔɔto nɛ ngɛ nɔ nɛ jaa Mawu kɛ nɔ nɛ ja we Mawu ɔ a kpɛti.”