Elizabɛtë -o -ho -bi

Sɛnbi ˈkö -a ˈˈkpɛ Zakari, ˈo ˈle, ˈo shi Elizabɛtë -man -ba -wuën -kɔɛ Jerizalɛmën dzhii -bɔ. ˈEyɛ nɛn -a -le Jerizalɛmën ˈkpaan gbɛ ˈe ˈgbömën 400 -kɔ man. -Ba va -e za -kpe ˈnun, ˈe maan -ba ˈˈho -bi mii. Lë ˈkö Zakari -o -ze -zösɔn -kɔkɔɛɛ ˈla -ze ˈaman tɔ ˈpa, ˈakö ˈˈwuënsɛ Gabriɛlë -o -tsa -sɔn kɛ hian. ˈEyɛ, -e -ko Zakari pɔɛ dzhi -sɛsɛ, ˈe maan Gabriɛlë -o -she kɛ bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘Pɔɛ ˈˈman bu dzhi ko. Joova -o -ɲɛn -bë bu -nda gbɛgbɛ ˈkö ˈze ˈpa. Bu shi Elizabɛtë ˈo -bë ho -bi sɛnbi ˈkö, -e bie ˈkun ˈbu ko ˈo ˈhɛn Jan. Joova ˈo -bë nɔn -giman -kaka ˈkö ko kɛ -wɛn.’ Zakari -o -bie kɛ bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘ˈˈƝan -kɛ maan ˈˈyɛ ˈe ˈˈkë ˈkun ˈe ˈyi -bu dzhu, ˈe -le gbɛkpo? ˈMɛn ˈle, mɛn shi -man -han -kuö oo, nanmɛ han ˈsɛ ˈpa ˈˈho -bi.’ Gabriɛlë -o -she kɛ bɛn ˈˈyi -nda: ‘-Zö maan ˈo -ɲɛn ˈmɛn -bë bu -nda ˈˈyi ˈze ˈpa. ˈE maan ˈkun -bu ˈˈbuö ˈe ˈˈshe -anunmanhɔɛ, bɔ ˈpa ˈˈdzhuo bɛn ˈvɛtsuun bu shi ˈo ˈˈɲan ho -bitshɔɔ.’

ˈE lë ˈˈyɛ nɛn, Zakari -o za -kpe ˈnun -zösɔn -kɔkɔɛɛ ˈla ˈlö. -O -nɔn -tën bu, tsabiɛ ˈba ˈwɛn ˈˈba kɛ ˈˈduë piɛɛn -bɔ, -ba -yɛ ˈla ˈkun ˈba lɔ -kɛ ˈyi ˈe -le -kɛ ˈlö. Zakari -o ˈˈman sɛ bɛn ˈˈdzhu. ˈO bɔ ˈˈkɛ maan -wɔ kɔ nɛn -kɛ ˈyi ˈe -le ˈlö këkë. ˈEyɛ -e -le -ze tsabiɛ ˈˈba -ba -tɛn ˈe ˈla ˈkun -Zöɔ kɛ -she Zakari bɛn -nda.

-E -nɔn za gbɛ, Elizabɛtë -o -nɔn -pi, ˈakö -o -ho -bi sɛnbi ˈˈtshɔ ˈkö kɔ -Zö ˈˈwuënsɛɔ -o -le dzhui ˈnun. ˈEyɛ, -e lë ˈo kɛ ˈˈba ˈle, ˈo tsabiɛ ˈˈba ˈama dzhi -kpe ˈnun, -e -le -ze -ba -bë ˈɲɔn ˈba nɔn sɛ -hën -bitshɔɔ. Elizabɛtë -o dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘ˈHɛn ˈyi ˈo -shi maan ˈe -le Jan.’ -Ba dzhu bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘ˈMun -woe ˈla, tsako mii ˈhɛn ˈˈshe Jan. -Ko ˈo ˈhɛn Zakari kɔ ˈo yi ˈnun.’ ˈE maan Zakari -o -nɔn -kɛ ˈkö ˈakö -o lɛlɛ bɛn ˈˈyi -fɔ ˈe fɛn: ‘ˈO ˈhɛn -she Jan.’ ˈEnɛɛnbɔ ˈakö Zakari ˈo ˈmɛɛn -e -gba. -Bitshɔɔ ˈo dzhi bɛɛn, -e -bë -nɔn Juide ˈˈmaan ˈkpakpa, ˈakö tsabiɛ ˈˈba -ba -bie ˈbakö bɛn ˈˈyi: ‘-Bitshɔ ˈˈwɛn wɔ sɛ mi sɛ, ˈˈɲan -kɛ maan ˈo -le?’

ˈEyɛ -nunmën ˈakö ˈˈwuënsɛ ˈfɛnfɛɛn -e -bë Zakari fɛn. -O -bo -kete ˈˈyi: ‘ˈA -bua Joova ˈhɛn, ˈekun -o -she Abraamën -nda ˈkun ˈo -bë nɔn Mesiɔ -bë ˈɲɛn tsa ˈˈpɛ. Jan ˈo -le -ketebosɛ, nanmɛ ˈo bokan tsabiɛ ˈˈba ze ˈba lɔ Mesiɔ.’

-Kɛ ˈkö -e -le Elizabɛtë ˈo -woe ˈla tsabi ˈkö -a ˈˈkpɛ Mari. ˈE -kɛ ˈˈyɛ, -e -kɔ ˈe -ye -yemi. ˈMun -le ˈze -a -hɛɛn ˈe bɛnkë ˈyi ˈˈyɛ -bë ˈla.